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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
8
Vermont Courier subscription rates appear amid community notices. The column lists visits by Judge Prather and Judge Davis, church events, school openings, a typhoid illness recovery, festival plans, a public sale of household goods, and a Corbin family reunion planned near Halington with baskets encouraged.
The Dustin family of Dayton Ohio expresses gratitude to Batavia friends and former neighbors for sympathy during their sorrow in the loss of John O Dustin. They thank Rev Burdeal for consoling words, Misses Jeffries for music, boy friends for services, pallbearers and the undertaker for efficient work, and Batavia friends for care.
The Clermont County Cow Testing Association notes Jerseys lead in the county with five non Jersey herds. Four Holsteins appear in the top ten, marking 80 percent Holstein representation this month, a first for the group. Alden's Fair Promise fattened by 60 pounds as border cows are being eliminated. seven unprofitable cows have been disposed of.
Mrs Helen Mounts of New Richmond visits with Mrs Marjorie Hulick and sisters Loretta and Lucile Barris from Cincinnati while Miss Beas Walker returns from New York. Hamilton's Hidon Lane visits Batavia. Joe Ernst hosts family in Milford. Community thanks follow funeral rites for Frank W Weaver.
Monroe township school board at ihs passed a resolution to vote on school centralization at the regular November election on the 8th. The plan is popular in other counties and, if approved, a centralized building is expected at the crossroads near Laurel. A large turnout is anticipated.
A single performance of The John F. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin will be staged at Loveland Miller's show grounds on Thursday August 26. The production requires 12 large motor cars and trucks for transportation and features over 50 participants in the cast and crew.
J. 8. Sackett transported 200 pheasants to Batavia for the game reserve. The birds arrived in good shape and size and will seek cover as snow falls. Officials expect the reserve to be well stocked by next year.
The Greenwood Building unit in Cincinnati processes nearly 800 claims from ex service men across Butler Warren Clermont Hamilton Highland and Brown counties. Clermont men receive special effort with Aug dates. Bring discharge affidavits employee statements and related documents. Noah Patton 95 died at his Leesburg home. oldest Odd Fellow in the state.
Batavia township trustees met last Saturday and reviewed Union cemetery funds. Lack of funds to employ a sexton was noted as yard upkeep suffers. A $100 contribution was made to the fund by the trustees. the board includes two trustees and one council member.
Sontag, confined in the county jail for illegal manufacture of white mule, nears insanity and possible commitment to the Lima hospital for the criminally insane. His wife seeks release to enable farm work while he cannot grasp her request. He cannot pay a $2000 fine and the county provides food.
Homer Johnson of Marathon lost his barn and contents last Thursday while at the Boston Fair. The origin is unknown and the building was partly insured. Neighbors struggled to save adjoining structures but many helpers were at the fair.
The paper notes county coal bidders three firms vying for a Batavia delivery contract with county teams to haul it. It highlights varying prices for coal as winter supply figures appear in the same issue.
Miss Agnes daughter of C B Nichols of this place has been engaged to teach Primary Methods at Allen county Lima for the coming winter at a salary of 1800 dollars. The note adds that it pays to prepare for teaching careers.
W. M. Thornton, a Pamplico tobacco dealer, reports to a West Union friend that southern market prices are down from last season. Growers are dissatisfied and some houses closed for days while tobacco quality remains fairly good at 4 to 5 cents per pound.
Fragmented ad copy shows a 1961 notice seeking buyers for a farm in Astoria. It mentions Fletcher and a sales action but legible details are limited.
The readable fragments describe a request related to boarding children with references and qualifications. Mentions names or terms that are unclear or garbled. Indicates concerns about business status and communication but lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities.
Classified row lists for sale various items including a folding iron bed and a cottage with a bedstead, light, and immediate possession possible. Other lines mention wages, a hotel, and stray phrases, but the legible items show household goods for sale and rental hints.
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