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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
8
Edwin Jones announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio. He cites no personal platform, pledging to run the state fiscally and under strong law enforcement. Jones, a Jackson resident with deep Republican ties and wartime support, is 52 with three children.
Batavia residents and nearby visitors populate social notes from Williamsburg to Hyde Park. Promotions, church festivals, and public events appear with a mix of names, towns, and dates, including reg istrations, chapels, and a county picnic schedule.
A Friday night farewell gathering honored Charlee C. Jackson on leaving for Camp Sherman. Jackson, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Jackson, departed Sunday morning to begin army service, with many friends in attendance.
State inspector and County Agent Stowe reviewed threshermen for wasteful practices reducing grain yield. Despite several hundred bushels per season lost, instructions were to be followed closely. Peter Ballinger named janitor for the public building. C. H. Crane resigned. County commissioners budgeted five dollars for road improvements from the South Milford bridge to the Hamilton county line due to the Nitrate plant.
Citizens of Batavia and surrounding county respond with a rousing patriotic display after Friday’s Allied victory news. A band leads a parade, bells ring, lights glow, and townsfolk celebrate the war effort. A Woodland Park rally Sunday August 11 features speakers Probasco Patterson Fonst McMurray and Lillie Fasis.
M E church led by Rev BR B Wilson holds Sunday school at 9 15 a m with morning and evening preaching at 10 30 a m and 8 p m The Ladies Aid or Worth League meets Sabbath evening at 6 45 p m United Brethren church with EB F Wegner pastor lists regular services Next Sunday Sunday school at Owensville U B church and public worship at 10 15 a m Everyone is invited.
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