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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
4
A short, fragmented notice from The Clermont Courier referencing its weekly schedule and publication timing. The OCR fragment shows scattered words about months and a brief citation of the paper’s branding. No clear events or individuals are identifiable.
August 12 1914 commentary suggests Graves refused to receive suffrage petition documents in a boorish act rumored to be backed by brewing and saloon interests. The piece notes the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State previously served on the State Liquor License Board and as assistant secretary to Graves.
The Ohio Experiment Station promotes farm progress through long standing research. Exhibits at Clermont County Fair show soil tests crop rotation and seed choices with daily demonstrations using the Babcock milk tester and free sweet milk tests.
The Clermont County Experiment Farm announces a Mid-Summer Field Meeting on August 27. Hay den of the Ohio Experiment Station will address the gathering, with other speakers offering brief talks. Farmers are invited to attend and learn through practical on-site experience.
Postmasters and all postal workers must verify the recipient’s pension certificate before delivering letters containing pension checks to soldiers. The certificate number must match the check number. Checks are mailed in window envelopes with a transparent cover to view the address and number for verification. Pensioners are reminded to keep certificates ready for comparison.
Atlas National Bank of Cincinnati sues Belle Vandervort for 9367.96 with 8 percent interest from August 1 1914. Foreclosures and divorces filed include Frank Altman Irene Altman and Mary Moorehead C E Arthur. Entries order service by publication writ of partition and sale proceedings noted.
Public notices list administrators and executors for several estates including Ella Gunderley William A Canter Ezra Varney Maggie Wittmer and George Nordman Final account for Sarah J Brown suspended in Emma Henwood estate Wills admitted to probate for William A Canter Ezra Varney and Maggie Witmer deceased
County commissioners met in regular session on August 8 and approved a long list of bills for material labor and supplies. Repairs were noted for roads abutments and other areas. Final figures show numerous entries including salaries tax refunds hauling lumber and bridge work among others.
Sheriff sale set for Saturday August 29 1914 at 1 o clock for Hiram Sanders two farms on Monterey and Newtonsville pikes between two traction lines. Whole then 100 and 105 acre tracts appraised at 3000 and 8600. Fine stock farm with water, grass and potential profit.
A sequence of property transfers records numerous betshel and Tate township deeds. Names include M. E. Studer, William McNair, A W Dillman, G C Anderson, Dora Waterfield, Harry Ely, John Lovelace, Joseph Cumming, Debbie Wood, John Fuhr, Chas E B Ross, Frank Beard, Carrie Stevens, George Minderman, Walter Musgrove, William Echart, Nancy Hoff man, Octave Coleman, Geo Anderson, Herman Hockmuth, Charlotte Crosley, Edwin Adams Jr, Clement Crooks, Howard Creager, Amanda Schnell, G F Roby, Elisabeth Cox, Mary Meyer, Mattie Brown, and Allen Kemp with acres and lots in Bethel, Tate, Williamsburg, Union, Miami, Pierce, Goshen, Loveland, and Loveland Camp Grounds. amounts show many at $1 and some higher like $7500 and $1292.
A Milford school principal Carl Connell resigned last week leaving the position open. The vacancy has not yet been filled and no replacement is in place at this time.
The board of elections met on Saturday and distributed ballots to presiding judges for last Tuesday. New member Elmer Taylor took the oath of office with a commission dated August 1, 1914 to May 1, 1917. The board may organize at any time by August 165.
Forrest Ely bought A. C. Nash news agency last week and took possession Monday. He will run the business in the law office of Ely and Burnet. Ely already handles the Saturday Evening Post and is regarded as a top local agent in the state.
The last quarterly conference of the year is this Wednesday at 7:80. All members should attend. Sunday school begins at 9:00 a.m. Communion at 10:30. Epworth League gathers at 6:30. Confessing Christ away from Home led by Charles White, BE. Burdsall is the pastor.
A second vote in Ripley last week on a $40,000 schoolhouse bond failed by 0.26 votes. The outcome is unsettled as old buildings are condemned and a majority oppose a new facility.
E J Manning died at his home August 6 at age 75 after a long run in a daily meat market. Survived by widow and four sons. funeral at his late residence with Calvary interment. Numerous social items follow, detailing visits, gatherings, institute attendance, weddings, travel, and local family movements among Hamilton and nearby communities.
A feature touts Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach trouble noting many users cured and praising the product. Mrs Rosie Rish of Wabash Indiana credits it as the best medicine for her stomach issues. The ad states the tablets strengthen the stomach and are sold by all dealers.
Citizens of New Harmony plan a Saturday August 16 home coming with a full program. Prominent speakers have been secured and music will accompany the events. Exercises start at 9 30 in the morning and refreshments will be served.
Miss Mary Cowen formerly of Batavia now living in Washington D C impressed Batavia music lovers with a beautiful solo at the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Her admirers are many and she always pleases her audience. In the evening she sang at the union services at the M E church.
The baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Lott Hulick died last Friday at their east of town home after a ten day illness. Burial was in Union Cemetery on Monday. The family has the sympathy of many friends in their hour of sorrow.
An old advertisement warns that constipation poisons the body and urges use of Dr. King's New Life Pills. It claims immediate absorption of toxins from backed up waste and recommends one dose tonight taken at the druggist.
A boarding notice offers beds and meals at 25 cents each with a good home cook. A feed stable is connected and the property is a square and a half above town hall on Main street. Miss Kate Erion manages or owns the establishment.
Estate of Geo Nordman in Clermont County Ohio names H C Behym er as administrator de bonis non after Nordman’s death. Probate judge A Joseph dated August 11 1914. Chas O Kearns attorney.
The notice names non residents Biffie M Gardner William Gardner Clarence Jeremiah Della Neramiah Clarence Pricket and Golden F Pricket William Taylor and others. On June 29 1914 the petitioner filed in the Court of Common Pleas Clermont County Ohio docket No 18674 seeking partitions of several described tracts of land in Clermont and Pierrangay Counties with boundaries and measurements given.
Rose J. K administratrix of the estate of Sarah J Jones files in Clermont County Probate Court. Alfred N Paxton acts as attorney for the plaintiff in the action against the estate. The document references live pleadings and dates, indicating a pending probate matter.
A fragmentary legal notice mentions Irene Altm and a case in Court s County Ohio with garbled text. The readable portion references a court proceeding and a party named ALEMAN amid damaged OCR.
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