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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
4
A political notice urges voters to support the Republican ticket in November and to vote early. It argues Democrats favor a tariff change and criticizes Democratic governance in Ohio, while praising Republicans as clean and capable. It references monetary policy recommendations and attacks Socialist rhetoric linked to the Constitutional Convention.
A new Irish find reveals a large copper sulphur and arsenic rich area. Dr. C. H. Ellsworth of Rochester endorses Foley Kidney Pills, claiming immediate relief from kidney and bladder trouble and strong overall improvement.
The court reports new suits and divorces, partitions and sales. Real estate transfers include multiple lots in Bethel and Loveland additions, with various grantees and nominal sums. licenses and appointments noted for local residents. and a testimonial ad for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Minnie Smith of Cincinnati vacations with her parents in town. Miss Hilla Curtis of Cincinnati visits sister Mrs Dan Shaffer. Anna Chaney returns from Missouri. Gordon Joy and wife visit Samuel Davidson. Several locals go to South Lebanon for factory work. Mrs Henry Griswold of Blanchester calls in town Thursday. Virginia Ingle visits grandparents. Mrs Owen McManna and granddaughter Mabel visit Marathon. Florence Predmore returns to Cincinnati. Mrs Geo Groves here for a few days. B E Griswold notes business in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Times Star reprints a Columbus message from August 14 1912 by Harry M. Daugherty? chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee. It states loyal Republicans must support the party platforms and ticket, and urges any candidate on other party lines to declare loyalty or decline that nomination to retain Republican backing.
W S Gunsalus of Fleming Pennsylvania says his family has used Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for fourteen years and finds it an excellent remedy. He recommends it and notes it is for sale by all druggists.
Fred Rohmer of Mason bought a horse and buggy, paid partial price, mortgaged with a first lien, disposed of the outfit for profit, and fled to Kentucky before the Blanchester Horse Rangers Association tracked him down. He was returned to Mason and jailed. potential charges unspecified.
At a recent meeting the council received a petition with 1600 signatures urging steps to buy a site for a State armory and for the state to build the armory if the town acquires the site. Batavia’s armory progress is moving. brick work may near completion by September 1. Contractor Barr reports two other contracts, a concrete silo at Mowrystown and water mains in St Bernard. Brick masons are in high demand.
Maclyn Arbuckle, in a new vaudeville sketch, intervenes with four negro poker players at a hotel. A dime ante sparks a playful uproar as the fourth man reveals a ten cent piece, claiming he was in too but was outtalked by the others.
The Norwegian skipper Reinersten recently sailed The Seal from Biddeford Devonshire for Durban Natal. The vessel began as The Purveyor built at Southampton in 1810 to supply ships at Spithead. It later served in the coasting trade after copper was stripped. In 1823 a storm drove her from Poole moorings, landing in a turnip field at Parkstone, requiring navvies to dig a channel to refloat.
The excerpt recalls Charles Dickens as a meticulously organized person noted by his daughter Mamie. It describes his methodical habits in work and drawers, yet also his restless tendency to rearrange hotel room furniture to align with his beliefs about electrical currents.
A Kansas City pastor runs a matrimonial class with about 50 couples. He urges young adults to marry, stating men in their early twenties earning 65 dollars a month should wed and women ages eighteen to nineteen should seek husbands. He formed the society a month ago and now gives weekly talks on marriage, furniture buying, cooking, saving, and childrearing. He hopes to tie many knots soon.
A new porter named Jim struggles on his first night as a hotel employee. At five in the morning the night clerk instructs him to call seventeen and four. Jim completes seventeen calls but has not started the remaining four when the supervisor checks on him.
A wire from J. P. Beckett, chief inspector of aborigines in the northern territory, reports discovery of a cave thirty miles south of the Roper River containing 40 or 50 aboriginal remains. The site shows the bodies had lain undisturbed for many years and was unknown to white men.
The National Jewelers Board of Trade urges legislative action to require proper platinum marking to distinguish pure platinum from alloy, citing rising use and fraudulent alloy sales. A nationwide crusade to protect platinum buyers is under way.
Rene Bache discusses a self proclaimed nature faker noted by the Los Angeles Times. The faker allegedly hatched fur coated chicks from a setting of 17 eggs claiming adaptation and survival in cold storage conditions.
In Loveland thieves plundered Brock Hardware Co. Ross Rodenfel, 17, was arrested, confined, and coerced into a confession after initial denials. He refused to name accomplices, was bound over to await October grand jury, and remains in county jail as authorities pursue the others involved.
William Dryden, 50, a plasterer, was arrested in Newtown after shooting James Zink, 45. Dryden pleaded self defense and was bound over to the grand jury in 1600 dollars. The men, both hard working with families, fought after a saloon dispute, Dryden shot Zink as he approached with his son. Zink died before a doctor arrived. Authorities likely to file first degree murder charges.
Last Saturday the Schwab family gathered in the Pt Isabel grove named for them, a pioneer family of the county. A large crowd attended and enjoyed a very pleasant day in the picturesque setting.
Union services on the M E K church lawn draw large crowds as outdoor setting proves preferable to hot rooms. Rev Burdsall spoke last Sunday with good music. Rev Wagner is scheduled to address the crowd next Sunday night. All are invited.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quotation marks a diplomat as a man who can call you a liar and make you like it, reflecting a wry view of diplomatic tact and persuasion.
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