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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
8
The Clermont Courier reports missing attendance at a Masonic picnic, a vacationing family in Mineral Springs, and varied social calls. Funerals, visits, travels to Cleveland and Chicago, church talk by Col. Ashburn, and local road garage changes are noted alongside farm transfers and small town movements.
Notice states no transient trade will be fed at the Miller Hotel Owensville Ohio during the week of the Boston Fair due to sickness. It mentions a picnic at Heinrici's camp and lists several names associated with a Miss Todd party. Also notes Victory Buttons distribution at Army recruiting stations and mentions Prague Chautauqua trip of Godfrey family and brick paving in Wilmington.
Dr. Giel of Winchester found his auto on fire near Batavia while returning home. With no water and no extinguisher, he used abundant road dust to smother the flames and prevent further damage. The report notes dust is effective in its place.
The passage records numerous local social events with families visiting relatives and attending a funeral. Names include Mrs A Halleatavia, Ruth, Kath, Kathonhin Ith, Gus Brown, and J Hutchinson, among others, with mentions of Beulah Hobson and several couples visiting or hosting.
An OCR fragment mentions a name Fronce or Fronch and Hopeer with insurance reference and a date hint 60 No.8 am 8 ont pale. The readable text is unclear but records a brief unidentified insurance note.
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