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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
5
Sum reader notice claims thousands suffer from headaches caused by stomach liver or bowels and that Chamberlain's Tablets correct these disorders for permanent relief. It states many have been permanently cured by the tablets.
Local notes report Bethel church marks its hundredth anniversary with a community celebration inviting all. The column lists visits among residents, picnics planned at Moreead’s and Peternon’s near Dalychurch, and various social trips to Cincinnati and St. Bernard. Weather and recent injuries are briefly mentioned alongside church and family news.
Carlton J. Spence attends OSU preparatory course to lead Clermont County food clubs and take charge of Milford High School Agriculture. Supt. Aultman sick. Clermont Normal graduates in good positions. Laura Hauck hired at 70 dollars monthly. untrained teachers salary 50 dollars. Earl Hutchinson becomes Mt. Carmel principal. Laurella Lyons to Owensville consolidated school at 65 dollars. 12 to 15 rural and 5 or 6 high school positions open. Harry Zuber resigns Moscow superintendency to join Butler County schools near Oxford. Fifteen prospective teachers to attend Clermont County Normal at Batavia. Inez Clemons employed in Edenton primary.
Tobacco men with foresight warn unsold weed in the field may fetch 60 cents per pound before fall. Local warehouses report offers up to 30 cents, with many growers having sold earlier at 20 cents. Some farmers hold on in hope of better returns as the market evolves.
The Red Cross in Union township will meet at Presbyterian church Mt. Carmel on Monday evening August 19 with music by Eva Keen and an address by Edwit C Ely. On August 17 Williams burg Grange shifts to a wheat meeting at K P hall addressed by County Agent Stowe and soil expert Prof Bear with a round table. Everyone welcome.
City authorities plan to secure water from the Cincinnati reservoir for the Broadwell nitrate plant at a rate of one to two million gallons daily. Construction of water mains will begin soon as a nationwide necessity and government significance is noted.
A report says the large recent wheat harvest will allow mills to run flour without substitutes, letting housewives bake bread at home. William Drummond of Williamsburg offers his entire household goods for sale next Saturday at 1 p.m., with linoleum in stock and a note on linoleum making ingredients like cork and linseed oil.
Funeral director H Stirling Moore is noted for funeral and burial services in Batavia. The notice references horse drawn or auto funeral arrangements and auto ambulance service.
Mrs Dora Jordan returns from visit with city relatives. West Point Kentucky resident Stanley H Frazier spent the weekend with home folks. Numerous local families are noted visiting relatives in Cincinnati Logansport Madisonville and Oxford. Mrs Mollie Drummond passes away after illness. Funeral services held at M H church Friday.
Locust Corner and neighboring communities list recent Sunday visits and family gatherings. Residents including Reeves of Cincinnati and Lindsey hosted guests, while Bradbury, Barrow, Troy, Lippe, Eppert, Kiester, Thomas, Lipps, Townsley, Nash, and Guild families are noted with multiple county and city connections.
Mrs Hawbuck complains to Hiram that driving pigs takes twice as long. He replies he will not speak harshly to the critters, valued at fifty dollars apiece. The exchange appears in the Boston Evening Transcript.
Mary Jane Marthis born October 18 1843 Concord Ohio died August 10 1918 at age 74. She married Jesse Beebe John Gellispy and William W Drummond. A devout member of the M E Church she endured a broken hip from a recent accident and spoke of visions of Christ before death. She leaves a husband two sisters and many relatives.
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