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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
8
Advertises discounted newspaper subscriptions for the Courier and allied papers. Includes names, addresses, and pricing for multiple year plans. Also notes birth, visits, loan offers, church events, sermons, fairs, and local notices with numerous names and places in Batavia Ohio and surrounding areas.
An old advertisement urges Foley's Kidney Remedy for vitality and health, citing Banner Bann's Pharmacy as a sale point. The item also notes political candidacy urgency, a Fort Thomas visitor, and local town notices about property and residents, including Major James Ashburn and Lt. John Ashburn.
Stacey A. Mitchell of Wilmington Ohio is appointed Supervisor of Census for the Sixth Congressional District. He will appoint enumerators across subdivisions, with work beginning April 15. Enumerator pay scales include per inhabitant, per farm, livestock, and establishment or productive industry totals, plus duty allowances and a $1500 base for the supervisor.
A party of young Columbus business men camping at Epworth Heights woke to find their camp stripped of clothing and gear during a nighttime raid. The Sleepy Sentinel failed to guard the tents, forcing the men to improvise outfits to avoid detainment, while neighbors aided the distressed campers.
Geo A Keen receives a letter from former Cler monter now in Decatur Illinois. McGavie recalls Batavia 1840s childhood friends and asks about old townsfolk, hoping for news and a possible visit before leaving. Keen sends nearby Courier article to trigger memories and connect with aged locals.
A Cincinnati architect's blue pirate plan for county offices is described as a labyrinthine exhibit turning the building upside down and inside out. The piece mocks bonds and clashes with diggers, contractors, and painters while demanding repairs to the hall floor and hints at public budgets.
The Clermont commissioners held a penultimate meeting as three members retire to private life. Hutchinson leaves for his farm, Hawkins to New Richmond to write on contracts, and Ernst pursues tobacco cultivation. The new board will qualify in September with Smith, Tuen, and Burkhardt.
Clerk M. J. Kain reports about one thousand petitions filed for candidate nominations and more are arriving. He has strived to include all who wished, yet faces disappointments as many called are not chosen, likening the process to a western land lottery where a ticket does not guarantee a prize.
Desirable property on Broadway Batavia offered for sale. Eight rooms and bath with fixtures, hot and cold water. First floor finished in hardwood, cement cellar, furnace and electric lights. Water upstairs and down. Fine lawn shade fruit trees full lot with small barn. Bargain price.
A brief item notes weekly fish availability every Friday at the corner of Fifth Street and New Street, indicating regular local market activity.
The 23 thousand dollar one half per cent toll turnpike bonds offered for sale on Monday failed to find buyers as all bids called for 4g per cent instead of the advertised half.
Rev. E Burdsall conducted the funeral for Asa Van Wormer a friend and former parishioner. Van Wormer was a capitalist and philanthropist known for a $70 000 gift toward the Library building at Cincinnati University and had bequeathed hundreds of thousands to Cincinnati institutions.
Miss Kate Doughty of Speider and Kearns law office visits Indiana. Editor Stephen Cramer travels to Edenton for Daniel Cramer family reunion. Mrs Amelia Dial from Indianapolis visits the Leonard family. C W Gest and family sail for New Orleans on a boat built at Norwood. Miss Lizzie Macdonald leaves for Xenia to teach in the 0.8, 0.8H, after a pleasant stay.
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