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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
8
The Clermont Courier advertises combination offers with Courier and other papers, and prints a flood of local society items. Readers include Ruth Angle visiting Thelma Searles, Mrs. C. A. Leamon’s trip, property sale to the Catholic congregation, and numerous visits, guests, and community events around Higginsport, Amelia, Milford, and Bethel.
The Hawkins 12th annual reunion will be held at the Bantam fair grounds on Saturday September 11 with an afternoon program and a ball game. Relatives and friends are invited to bring baskets and attend. Lucile Stilwell is secretary.
Cler mont County Farm Bureau executive panel urges no wheat sowing before October 8 to curb Hessian Fly damage. Meetings across townships from Bata via to Goshen inform farmers of timing and enforcement. several sessions scheduled Aug 23 24 25 at listed venues. Affected districts include Washington Moscow Franklin Tate Monroe Williamsburg Jackson Marathon and Bethel with emphasis on delaying seeding this year.
A large Batavia gathering of Republican candidates and committeemen expressed high spirits about the fall campaign. Leonard L. Harding of Milford was elected chairman of the County Central Committee, with Bruce Daughters of Felicity as secretary. The County Executive Committee also named Harding as chairman with Frank Meek as vice chairman and Ezra Ansteadt, A. Coleman, Jos. Lindsley, S. N. McMillan, and Chas. Badgley as members.
A flood of names and travels fills Newtonsville notes as residents visit relatives in Milton, Philadelphia, Wenatchee, Harrison Ohio, and Carthage Fair. Families such as Roudebushs, Barrons, and Culbertsons are mentioned along with local gatherings and the death of the little son of Mr Shansky.
A note states chloroform will remove machine oil from any garment except silk while oil removal methods from other solvents are not described.
The piece notes the shift in public opinion toward school medical inspection, citing city advantages in supervision and rural living conditions. It says counties plan to start student examinations after school begins, relying on volunteers to collect data and inform parents who are advised to consult physicians or dentists.
H B Taylor state highway commissioner notified Hamilton County that state aid for the Cincinnati Zanesville and Cincinnati Chillicothe pikes has been approved. The latter route runs through Owensville to Hillsboro.
Hon. Charles C. Kearns drew a handsome majority in the primary, carrying every county in the Sixth district except Scioto, the home of his opponent, by about 700 votes, signaling the end of Charlie's political troubles.
G M Keating, Loveland postmaster for seven years, resigns due to ill health. Clay B Steele is appointed to succeed him, with Keating commended for efficient service and high esteem among acquaintances.
Local notice lists a sale item with partial readable terms including times 7:15 and 12:16 and mentions a trader or contact in Hille borough area. Details are fragmented but indicate an East Gansta sale posting with price hints and depot references.
Fragmentary notice lists a sale and contact details including Tobanco and Albert men omer veer Mle. Date and exact terms are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
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