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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
4
The Clermont Courier comments on wartime policy and party politics. It cites signatures for an agricultural referendum, critiques Bryan and Wilson, laments infant industry woes, and notes trends in marriage and census projections. It praises the Columbus Monitor and critiques civil service fairness under Cox Finley. It also highlights Ohio state officials Turner and Hogan in fiscal terms.
A series of court actions includes Orville McNorton v McNorton and Christiana Kelch v Kelch with divorces noted. Several judgments, entries on receivers, service by publication, and fee orders appear. Marriage licenses issued for Milton Hughes and Lelia Beckett, John Zurmubley with Clara Guenther, Harvie Craig with Electa Coleman, Velmer Cramer with Martha Martin.
Olin A. Fagin executor of Theodore Myrick Sr deceased files petition in Probate Court Clermont County Ohio alleging insufficiency of personal estate to cover debts and describing two tracts totaling about five and one half acres with exceptions and mortgage claim. Lavinia Myrick widow has elected dower exclusion. Adolf J Myrick must answer by September 15 1915. Attorneys Louis Hicks and Charles G White for the plaintiff.
Administratrix announces sale of seventy five acres and 117 poles in Williamsburg Township Clermont County Ohio. Real estate appraised at 30 percent and will be sold with one third cash and two deferred payments secured by mortgage at six percent. Auction set for August 1915 at 10 oclock A M.
The Batavia village council passes a resolution to buy electric current from outside suppliers to run water pumps and supply lighting. Bids are due August 19 1915 with a ten year contract if accepted, preserving village right to purchase the supplying equipment at cost.
Bevan Cleveland files a petition in the Common Pleas Court Clermont County Ohio case 1s against John F Rodarmor Josephine F Cochnower Charles Rodarmor and others. The suit concerns real estate described as Catlett's Survey 9 on the Ohio turnpike between Cincinnati and Georgetown with specific boundary lines and various exceptions. The plaintiff seeks relief against all named defendants and asserts rights in the property arising from an earlier purchase by Bevan and Aaron B Cleveland.
Clermont County Commissioners invite sealed bids by August 30 1915 for the steel superstructure and labor to construct a bridge over East Fork of the Little Miami River at South Milford Batavia Ohio Plans and specifications are on file with the County Auditor Each bid must include a $200 certified check and be labeled Bid for the Superstructure of the South Milford Bridge The auditor Cleona Sealer airs the notice and reserves the right to reject any or all bids
The Village of Owensville Ohio invites sealed bids for 140000 in electricity works bonds issued under Ohio law. Bonds: seventeen years, five percent interest, first six 5000 denoms, eleven 1000 denoms. Bids due with bond or certified check ten percent, to Village Treasurer, August 11 1915.
Alexander and others sell 2 acres in Tate Township for $1. G B Huntington and Harris Wolff exchange 69 100 of an acre in Amelia for $1. Harris Wolf and G B Huntington transfer 60 acres in Pierce Township for $1. Ray A Richey sells 72 acres in Franklin to Joseph F Daugherty. Maggie Thompson sells a Bantam lot to Jane Johnson for $1. Jane Johnson Howard sells a Bantam lot to Elmer Ely for 1.
Probate records show Daniel Cover of Clermont deceased. J. u RS Cover and Gover appointed as executors. Various deeds listed: W915 age 88, August 4 filing, outhouse 1 acre locations and sums. Transactions include Loveland Mutual B and L to White Miller 1 dollar, and multiple parcel transfers in Jackson, Tate, Franklin, Williamsburg, Bethel townships with modest sums.
Sealed bids to supply Batavia village electric current 24 hours daily and pump water are due by 7 p m August 19 1915 at the Village Clerk’s office Batavia Ohio. Bids must state price for light and water, voltage and cycle, and include bond of 250 dollars. Bids assume a ten year contract with option for village to purchase equipment at fixed price. Mayor Burnet and Clerk Rusu sign.
Notice of a special election to approve bonds in Batavia Village School District Clermont county Ohio. Voters decide on issuing thirty thousand dollars for erecting a new school building, sanitary cesspool and walks. Bonds priced at par with semiannual interest not over five percent, due from eight to twelve years after date.
Mixed sale notices list items such as survey cuts under canopies, side curtains, rubber tires, and a pot for 225 dollars. Also advertised are horses, mules, and a Poland China boar with contact notes in Ohio.
A prisoner, angered by his confinement, hurls magazines across his cell and curses at length saying he will be hanged next Tuesday, as reported by the Chicago Herald.
When you have a cold in the head with a stopped nose sneezing and fever you want relief fast. Foley's Cold Grippe Tablets are pleasant to take and reach the stomach quickly to clear nasal passages ease headaches and fever and promote perspiration to drive the grippe out. A. O. Nash Batavia Ohio endorses them.
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