Boston fair week promises horse shows and rainless days
Batavia and surrounding towns promote the Boston fair with notices of splendid horse flesh, fine stables, and hardware bargains. Local attorneys and agents advertise services, loans, organs, and real estate while farmers urged to attend meetings at the fair to discuss prices, trusts, and improvements for Clermont county. Attendees are told to plan trips from Batavia, Loveland, Amelia, and Cincinnati as fair week approaches.
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Clermont County
Moscow Diphtheria Report Refutes Enquirer Tale
The Enquirer sent a space writer to Moscow to claim filthy conditions during a diphtheria outbreak. Evidence shows Moscow as clean and well governed with sanitary emphasis. The Clermont County Teachers Institute is praised for excellence and financial health, returning 220 to the county treasury after expenses.
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Enquirer
Moscow
Cincinnati
Clermont County Teachers’ Institute
Marathon and Church Deeds Mark Local Week
Hartman of Cincinnati visited friends Sunday as students head to schools. Boston team lost to Marathon on Marathon grounds while Marathon defeated Westboro on Westboro grounds. Lee Gorman left for the Dayton convention. Rev Laird completed one year of work and is urged to return for another year of community building.
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Hartman
Cincinnati
Boston Boys
Marathon
Lee Gorman
Dayton
Marathon Boys
Westboro Boys
Westboro
Laird
Obituary of Mrs Mary E Boyd of Williamsburg
Mary E Boyd born May 20 1848 in Williamsburg died August 18 1889 in Williamsburg widow of Joseph Boyd granddaughter of John Lytle great niece of Gen. William Lytle active Presbyterian Church member for 41 years and longtime Sabbath school teacher. Relief Corps treasurer and local social organizer. Funeral held August 16 at her residence conducted by Rev John Roberts.
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Mary E. Boyd
Joseph Boyd
E. C. Boyd
Mary A. Sharp
Williamsburg
John Lytle
Gen
Wm. Lytle
Pioneer
Willamsburg
Presbyterian Church
Church of Christ
Woman's Relief Corps
John Roberts
Reed and Marshal Nuptials Reported in Cincinnati Ceremony
A wedding notice lists James G. Reed and Abbie M. Marshal with Rev. J Straus officiating at the Presbyterian manse near the 2nd Inst. The text mentions the bride Emma J. Ross and Schuyler P. Johnson of Cincinnati with Rev. GQ Fulton conducting on August 1 1980.
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M. Fulton
Schuyler P. Johnson
Cincinnati
Emma J. Ross
J. Straus
Presbyteria Fresenage
James G. Reed
Abbie M. Marshal
Social Notes from Batavia and Nearby Towns
Miss Nannie Dimimitt visits New Richmond and Mrs Tell Robinson visits Batavia friends. Various residents from Williamsburg Detroit and Cincinnati travel for visits and business, with local figures like Auditor Temple and Ed Scott seen in Batavia. General John Grant at the G A R encampment and other travel and health updates fill the Batavia social page.
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Nannie Dimimitt
New Richmond
Tell Robinson
Batavia
C. M. Moorehead
Williamsburg
Auditor Temple
Ed. Scott
Edwin B. Thayer Esq
Miamiville
Michigan
Ton
Detroit
Herman Hulick
Charles L. Miller
Perin’s Milla
Boston
Massachussets
John Grant
Milwaukee
Clinton
Iowa
Alonzo C. Cushard
Moscow
Grayson
Kentucky
James Hillin
Buffalo Staffice
George Jan
Cincinnati
Ter
Lucy
Samuel Titus
Daugh
A. B. Shaw
Dion Williams
Nettie Hayes
Bantam
Led
Fishback
Cairo
Ilinois
Lowe
Jonathan Christy
Marathon
W. H. A. Latham and Son
Newport
A. Harwood
Fast Walnut Hills
James L. Turk
Loveland
Lew Martin
Anson Wilson
Jackson
Lew
Monterey
Riverside
Williamsburg Community Notes Highlight Social Ties and Church Revival
Miss Fanny Riggs of Columbus visits. Rosa Hageman hosts ice cream fete for Miss Georgia Dunbar of Walnut Hills. Walker-Snell reunion aan town park. new post office streamlined by C P Vanosdol. Mr and Mrs Jack Stratton open bakery and ice cream parlor on Main street. M E church baptism and church membership drive authorized 45 baptisms and 60 new members with 26 probations. revival spirit continues at praise meeting.
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Fanny
Anna Laughlin
Delta
Eustis Morris
Rushville
Chas Lemins
Dayton
B. N. Stockton
Ruth Everhart
Norwood
Anna
Laura Thomas
George Neider
Augusta
Hutchinson
Walnut Hills
Olive Walker
Cincinnati
Salem
G. A. McNutt
J. Selig
Leffingwell
Frankfort
Maggie Miller
Felicity
W. W. Widmeyer
Batavia
C. P. Cheseldine
London
C. P. Vanosdol
Vanosdol
Williamsburg
Jack Stratton
Main Street
M. E
W. H. Sutherland
Educational miscellany questions on science writing and arithmetic
A long list of prompts asks about physiology effects of tobacco opium nerves and terms like isotherm and mirage. It then moves to grammar and history questions, followed by book keeping and arithmetic drills. The passage ends with a notice seeking agents for Star Phosphate Fertiliser in multiple Ohio townships.
Local social notes and visits from Alleghany City residents
Mrs. Dr. Reynolds visits relatives eleven years after her wedding day. Mrs. Wooley returns from Cincinnati. Residents R. A. Davis F. F. Tally attend Maysville fair. Loux leaves for Omaha with his brother. Nannie Dimmitt visits Batavia. Mrs. Bryson Purcell visits her son F. M. Purcell at home. Rev. W. G. Warner returns from Old Point Comfort. Excursions down the Minnie Bay and the flying Virginia for the Conquest of Mexico. Carrie Simmons visits Batavia. Dell Denham hosts. Electrc Normal and Business Institute to open September 9. Wes Doughty and Fos Edwards visit from Amelia. Mrs. Frank Smith visits from Cincinnati. Lena Lokie visits Dr Norris. Townsley girl to a surprise evening. Bantam Moore opens next Monday September 2.
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Alleghany City
Minnie Bay
Mexico
St. Lawrence
Virginia
Carrie Simmons
Batavia
Dell Denham
B. G. Mann
Electrc Normal and Business Institute
Wes
Doughty
Fos, Edwards
Amelia
Mia
Frank Smith
Cincinnati
Lena Lokie
Ripley
Norris
Townsley
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