Antique terms and local lore of Clermont County collectors
A glossary by Harry Halbisch lists historical tool names and terms tied to local sites in Clermont County. Entries include family farm implements, transportation modes, and regionally distinct objects such as the door knocker, the forerunner to the combine, and the Xenia Road segment linking Edenton to Blanchester.
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Oracle
Grand Army OF the Republic
United States
Anthony Wayne
Clermont
Xenia
Edenton
Blanchester
Ohio River
Elk Lick
Bear Creek
Harry Halbisch
Bible as a daily guide not a mere book
The piece argues Psalmists treated Scripture as God’s word for daily living, not just miracle tales or literature. Psalm 119’s acrostic form shows awe for God, the Bible as a map for life, and the heart’s inward transformation over rote memorization. A Korean learner’s story reinforces living a verse over parroting it.
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God
jAs
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Egypt
Heaven
Birth notices from Our Lady of Mercy Hospital highlight local families
Multiple Loveland and Cincinnati area families welcome newborns with exact birth dates and times. The list includes Walter Aisdorf Fitzgerald, Harry Smith Bud e, Edward Fuhrman Smith, John C Laske Lyter, Francis Rider Bryant Wagner, Ropert Back Ahler, and Robert Philhower. The page also features community poetry and reader submissions from Capper's Farmer, Goldie Boehmer, and Enquirer, with notices and names for submissions.
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Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Mariemont
Walter Aisdorf
Fitzgerald
R. R
Loveland
Ohio
Harry Smith
Bude
Box
Batavia
Edward Fuhrman
Smith
Moscow
John C. Laske
Lyter
E. Jackson St
Francis Rider
Bryant
Wagner
Clermont Courier Batavia Ohio Subscription Details
The Clermont Courier, published weekly by the Clermont Publishing Company in Batavia Ohio, lists six months and one year subscription rates. It notes Jerald B Fortney as publisher and that the paper is entered at Batavia post office as second class matter.
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THE
Clermont Publishing Company
Batavia
Ohio
Free Soil Convention Aims to Organize Clermont County Ticket
Looking Backward notes a Free Soil Party convention in Batavia on August 28 1849 at 10 p m to organize a county ticket and send delegates to Brown County to nominate a Senator. Hon H P Chase and John Joliffe are expected to speak with George Fisher William M Williams Jas Morin Daniel Fee John G Rogers and Charles Goodale named as attendees. A Williamsburg meeting discussed measures for capturing the monster of Hartman s Mill Pond.
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Free Soil Party
Clermont County
Batavia
Brown County
H. P. Chase
John Joliffe
George Fisher
William M. Williams
Jas. Morin
Daniel Fee
John G. Rogers
Charles Goodale
Clermont County Teachers Institute Opens in New Richmond
Fifty years ago the Clermont County Teachers Institute convened Monday morning August 21 in New Richmond Ohio with Superintendent A T Marsh of Felicity presiding. The session included singing and opening exercises by local educators.
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Clermont County Teachers’ Institute
New Richmond
Ohio
A. T. Marsh
Felicity
Engagement announced for David K. McDonald and Grace Brown
The notice states the engagement of attorney David K. McDonald of Moscow to Miss Grace Brown, daughter of James L. Brown, with a wedding planned for October. McDonald is a grandson of the late Judge George L. Swing and trained under him for law.
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David K. McDonald
Grace Brown
Mr. McDonald
George L. Swing
Miss Brown
James L. Brown
Obsolete In Clermont Andirons and Blacksmith Shop Note
Obsolete in Clermont andirons once common for wood burning on a hearth now antique. Blacksmith shop equipped for fashioning and welding iron or steel and making casual mechanical repairs and horseshoeing largely re-
Early Greek boxing allowed bone breaking and bans biting
Britannica notes that in ancient Greek boxing and wrestling early on, breaking bones was legal while biting was prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Also Mentioned on This Page
Poet's
Nook
Cincinnati
Georgetown
Portsmouth Bay
Pike Turnpike
America
Foreman
Tans Rees
Sheila
Ana
Hamilton
Ropert Back
Ahler R. R
Robert Philhower
Anq
Sheila Stinson
Lockland
Edna Hamilton
Fenton Avenue
Grace Nell Crowell
Capper
Goldie Boehmer
Enquirer
Clermont Courier
Jerald
B. Fortney
Batavia, Ohio
Sete Eee
Free Soil Convention
Snake Meeting
Williamsburg
Dan Richards
Lillie Purcell
E. B. Strosnider& Son
Amelia, O
Withamsville, Ohio
Lew. F. White
Sumner Powers
Mt. Lookout Savings and Loan Company
Linwood Road
Mt. Lookout Square
Eest
Federal Loan Bank System
Greater Cincinnati Savings & Loan Exchange
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Omagamitsrs
Hidden Hills Lake Farm
Bethel and
New Richmond Pike
Bethel
Hall Road
Herford
WM. Marshall
W. A. Lucas
Newtown Coal and Supply
Round Bottom Road
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