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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1924
Page
8
Local items detail subscriptions for Courier titles, guest visits across Cincinnati and Amelia, marriages at Newport and Batavia, car collision near Summerside, and community religious services marking the Assumption Holyday. Names include Lebieh, McCulloch, Whyte, Edith Calloway, Rosa Woods, and families from Mt. Washington to Xenia.
The text notes that coal tar was discarded as waste until the mid 1800s, with its value recognized around 1846. It mentions Germany as the first to use coal tar to make roofing felt, marking a shift in industrial application.
Ohio entomologist H A Gossard warns there is no rest in the fight against pests like the fall web worm, datana, and red hump caterpillar as the Mexican bean beetle spreads from the south and the European corn borer advances north. Destruction methods include scraping into water and kerosene, pruning, or spraying with arsenate or lead. The beetle arrived from the south in 1922–1923 and has reached Findlay, with the corn borer expanding despite campaigns.
The garden can stay productive through winter by planting late fall crops after early ones. Lettuce spinach kale radishes and turnips are recommended for August planting with moisture and light fertilizer to hasten growth, yielding a crop and preventing weeds.
The County Commissioners met in special session on Monday August 4 with all members present to approve bills and conduct road and bridge business. Also awarded contracts for pike work and stone delivery and set wages and repairs across multiple townships.
An alarm around noon Tuesday last week sent Loveland firefighters to the Sullivan residence on the Murdock pike just outside the corporation line. Sparks from a baling machine boiler ignited a straw stack but the fire was confined and did not reach the farm buildings due to prompt efforts.
Hamilton County Commissioners refuse a pontoon or any temporary bridge over the Little Miami River at Milford during the new bridge construction. Cost and rebuilding work justify the decision, with Wooster pike traffic to be diverted, directing travel to the Newtown bridge until completion. A. E. Mittendorf of the Automobile Club accepted the rationale and will report back.
A Milford fund surveys vehicles and pedestrians crossing the Little Miami Bridge, seeking state aid for temporary river crossing during a new structure's installation. Between Saturday 6 a.m. July 26 and Wednesday July 30, traffic totaled 15 560, averaging 3 865 per day, with 6 360 counted on Sunday.
Auction listing states sale starts 9:30 a m at residence half mile south of Lindale Wyatt Farm. Includes large quantity of household and kitchen furniture. Terms: cash under $10, over $10 bankable note 6 months 2 percent discount for cash. Auctioneers Frank Rust and W R Caloway.
The Ohio State Fair announces the Queen will win a 1925 Rollin coupe as capital prize and a New York screen test with Paramount Pictures. She and a chaperone will stay at the McAlpin in New York for a week, with possible Hollywood opportunities. Contest runs Aug 4 to Aug 20 with county based voting and prizes.
Ae and Powell of Batavia offer daily trips to Cincinnati and hauling services in modern trucks at reasonable prices. They promise to handle any and all kinds of truck hauling between Batavia and Cincinnati and elsewhere upon request. Call anytime.
General hauling and moving of furniture and live stock to market. Special trips with no distance limit. Trips to Cincinnati on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Based in Batavia contact Milton Sigleton at phone 11.
Scientists dispute whether animals perceive color with monkeys chickens rabbits and rats showing mixed results. Separately the Sans-Culottes name origin traces to aristocrats deeming trousers as rebellious and later becoming a label for the democratic Paris faction.
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