Clermont County Teachers Institute Opens With 183 Names
The 59th annual Clermont County Teachers Institute opened under President D E Kirgan with 183 listed teachers at Bethel. Sessions featured talks on country schools grammar and composition by Supt Humphrey Mrs Richards and Dr Bennett, plus an A L Grant lecture. a social event followed on the Baptist church lawn.
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Clermont County Teachers’ Institute
D. BE. Kirgan
Clermont
Nina Bethymer
John Huntington
E. H. Miller
FP. Timmons
Clermont Teachers’ Institute
Bethel
Richard
Oxford
Humphrey
Ironton
Bennett
Piqua
Pres
Kirgan
Taylor
The
Baptist Church
Richards
Grammer
Grant
Clermonters
Georgetown
Ugnet
W.J. Bryan
Bethel Gekee
Hou
Widow Delivers Child in Silence of Midnight Tragedy
Mrs Tena Willis, a house keeper for Thomas Kinner at Locust Corner, was found dead in her room beside a newborn infant. Coroner T A Mitchell ruled infant death by birth strangulation and mother death by hemorrhage. The event caused community stir and comment.
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Tena Willis
Thomas Kinner
Locust Corner
T. A. Mitchell
Clermont Women Lead In 1909 10 Club Season Inaugural
The Clermont county Woman's Clubs inaugurate the 1909 10 season on October 2 with Batavia club focusing on American literature Amelia club on American authors. Inaugural events at Mrs. J W Ranson home and Lulu Howe home include papers by Mrs Jennib Titus and Maude Hall with readings and music. Other clubs Progress Milford Vesta Williamsburg Fortnightly New Richmond seek catalogues for reference.
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Clermont County
Batavia Club
Amelia Club
J. W. Ranson
Jennib Titus
W. C. Griffith
Lulu Howe
Patrick Henry
Maude Hall
Helen Coulter
Jane Thomas
Progress Club
Milford
Vesta Club
Williamsburg
New Richmond
Courier
Regimental reunions seek old comrades at Felicity and Columbus
The 59th Ohio plans a reunion at Felicity on the first Saturday in October with dinner at 12:30 and warm Felicity hospitality. Fuller’s Ohio Brigade reunion will be held in Columbus around August 31 with a full brigade history book to be distributed. Other Clermont commands’ reunions lack dates, and secretaries are asked to provide details while M. J. Kain handles election duties efficiently.
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59Th Ohio
Felicity
Felicitians
59Th
Fuller
Ohio
Columbus
Bth Calvary
Chile
4Th
Clermont
Sure Shot: Corporal Jordan Excels in 600 Yard Camp Perry Match
Corporal Jess Jordan of company K, pictured recently, narrowly missed first in the 600 yard event at Camp Perry with a 40. Private Andrews of the 5th regiment scored a possible 40 with Sergeant Anderson placing ninth with 45. Captain Anderson took 11th with 42. Jordan, a Clermont boy, strengthens his reputation as a sharpshooter and may rise to lead the column.
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Jess Jordan
Company K
Camp Perry
Andrews
5Th Regiment
Anderson
Jordan
Death of Asa Van Wormer Lauded in Clermont
Well known Clermont resident Asa Van Wormer, a Cincinnati business leader, died after a life of rising from poverty to wealth. His funeral was led by Winton Place M B church pastors Reverend Burdsall and Reverend Thomas, with attendance from the University of Cincinnati board, faculty, and the remains interred at Spring Grove beside his wife.
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Daily Press
Asa van Wormer
Cincinnati
Clermont
Winton Place
M. B
Edward Burdsall
Onward Strathmore Wins Premium at Carthage Fair
Onward Strathmore a handsome trotting stallion owned by Rapp and Barker captured first premiums in both roadster ring and sweepstakes ring at the Carthage fair last week. This marks the horse’s second fair victory.
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Strathmore
Rapp & Barker
Autobiography of Ohio Secretary of State candidate Sulivan
Sulivan submits an autobiographical sketch as part of his campaign for Secretary of State. He outlines a farm upbringing in Auglaize County born November 11 1860, a large family, early education, and work in printing. He notes service as postmaster for six years and his appointment as State Printer by Governor Harris, still in that role under Governor Harmon.
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ColumiBts
Dgar Borror
Ohio
Auglaize County
Sullivan
St. Mary’s High School
Harris
Harmon
Boys Jump Main Street Bridge Into Swift Water
A group of boys led by Earl Bunn amused themselves Monday by leaping from the Main street bridge into the deep swift water from a recent rise. The dangerous play risks disaster, yet the boys repeatedly enter and exit the water in summer attire, seemingly unhurt.
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Earl Bunn
Main Street
Damage from Sunday storm hits Batavia streets and crops
A severe electrical rain and wind storm last Sunday caused floods in Batavia with water overflowing gutters and submerging cellars and low-lying lots. Roads became torrents and crops sustained damage while damaged rear avenues showed the impact. Uncle Jim Brown was seen standing on the curb stone fishing as water rushed by.
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Batavia
Jim Brown
Dinese
Milk War Night Riders Raid Cans in Clermont and Statewide
Night riders destroy dairy cans shipped to dealers in Clermont and other points to force a milk price dispute. Cans worth 300 to 4.00 dollars cannot be repaired, with plan to end can and milk usefulness. Officials hope the milk question settles by Sunday amid widespread ill feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Tri-State Dairy Association
Kentucky
Ohio State Fair promises forty new features at Columbus exposition
The Ohio State fair managers promise forty new features at the Columbus exposition August 30 to September 3. A large entry list across 17 departments is guaranteed with superb day and night entertainment including Pain's Manhattan Beach fireworks and Kopp's Military band. The highlight is a July 31 battle royal between Dan Patch and Minor Heir for speed supremacy. Educational displays from state institutions and a domestic science department will be featured alongside practical road building demonstrations and daily agricultural lectures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pain
Manhattan Beach
Kopp
Wilmine Hammann
Spellman
Dan Patch
New Industry Proposed for Batavia Plant to Employ 100 Men
Batavia hosts consultation with the Improvement Club over establishing an automobile engines and furnishings plant. The project would hire about 100 workers and require citizens to provide a suitable building. Club will decide this week, with prior factories already in operation boosting Batavia’s manufacturing standing.
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Batavia
Improvement Club
A Merry Pair Walk Home From Highland Park
Louis Hicks and Deacon Jones, Clermont attorneys and barber, left at Highland Park after the Batavia spur last car. They walked home on a sultry August night, resting on the bridge at midnight, and reached Second and Main tired but ready for duty Tuesday morning.
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Louis Hicks
Clermont Bar
Deacon Jones
Clermont House
Highland Park
Batavia
Park Station
Louis
Death of Aged Clermont Citizen
A Clermont County notice reports the death of E C Ireton of Marathon on August 10 1909 after long illness. It notes his sons Charles Ireton Ed C Ireton and William C Treton and summarizes his marriages and service in the church and Masonic lodge. The obituary lauds him as a devoted husband and father with a quiet peaceful passing.
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Clermont
E. C Ireton
Marathon
Charles Ireton
Ed C. Ireton
William C. Treton
F. C. Treton
Clermont County
Ohio
Crosstown
Obadiah and
Mary Treton
W. F. McNutt
Rhoda Predmore
Anna Sweet
William
Charles L
Mr. Ireton
Sarah Hartman
Christ
Masonic Lodge
Bryan in Georgetown as Chautauqua welcomes Bryan
Brown county hosts a Georgetown Chautauqua session from August 18 to 22 with attendees from Brown and Clermont counties and all Southern Ohio. William J. Bryan will speak Saturday afternoon, praised as an outstanding orator and statesman, though the writer doubtfully notes no new political tricks will be learned.
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Brown County
Georgetown
William J. Bryan
Brown
Clermont
Ohio
Bryan
Principal Martin Resigns for Wilmington High Science Post
Principal Martin resigns after two years in Williamsburg Schools to take a science teacher job at Wilmington High. The vacancy remains unfilled as of now and district officials seek candidates.
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Martin
Williamsburg
Wilmigton High School
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Bailey
Darling
Easton
O. A
Sanford Brown
B. B. Holmes
Chee Burdsall
Mrs. Davis
John L Sullivan
Batavia—Manufacturing Plant
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