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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
8
Cincinnati papers offer special satuptions and local Batavia items include school start dates, sales on schoolbooks and wagons, a notable wedding, car news, medicines, and upcoming painting of a public building with eaves repairs noted amid fair events.
In Wilmington citizens voted out saloons amid a drought while water authorities limit supplies. The era also features medical ads for Dr Shoop's Ointment for piles and Urino Laxative, plus local notices on new employment and a minor injury incident with Mrs. Rueb.
Distribution figures show half year ending August 31 with apportioned sums for village missions and county funds. Totals include county funds 2,483.41 and debt service 8,902.45 while allocations for soldiers and other entities appear in the record.
Classified notice lists white huck towels with red borders 18 by 36 inches and other textiles including blue bordered 18 inch wide dark cotton toweling linen damask towels with white and colored borders and a large 25 inch size option for sale in a special offer.
HB GLANCY and Co Mrs Kate Robinson entertains niece Miss Mittendorf of Dayton. F Hallenbeck and wife Glendale with Michael Reisinger. Simpson Griffith leaves for Cincinnati with prospects. Superior wheat drill for sale at Rapp Bros Batavia. July 24 Mr and Mrs Chris Erion mourn infant. Lillian Reisinger eighth birthday. Dr J J Werner dentist at Central House Boston Aug 31 Sep 1 2 8 4 Clermont House Sep 5 6 7 8 9 10 1907. James Reed Norton of Akron marries Esther M Hicks of New Richmond Aug 26 1906 Rev E Burdsall officiating. Victor Talking Machines $10 to $100 cash or easy payments. Disks 25c 35c 40c 50c. Needles Scents per 100 by mail. J S Hulick & Bro Batavia.
Local notice notes Foleys Kidney Cure promotion amid town commerce. Mentions Dr Werner’s vacation ending, business in Clermont and Owenaville, a wagon wheel sale from four to eight dollars, and the Coyle Buggy & Implement Co. ad with prices and contact details in Batavia Ohio.
In a high profile Ehrenbeleidigung ruling the Austrian supreme court held that conversations over the telephone can be regarded as speaking in public since a third party might overhear. A cashier was fined for calling someone an impudent person and the decision prompted a ministerial order protecting privacy.
Sardines along Japan's coast are abundant and previously used as manure. Canning plants are being built in Chiba and Noyaga to test competition with the Mediterranean product in Far Eastern and American markets. A rebate on imported oil could offset the duty, improving profit potential. Taste and quality are similar to European sardines.
Madison C. Peters reflects on forbidding rules and the effect of prohibition on behavior. A spring park stroll reveals a guard explains Keep off the grass signs exist to make people enjoy being on the grass more, illustrating rule perception versus enforcement.
A traveler on a train boasts of a 22 story building started and finished in one month across the water, provoking a Yorkshireman who recalls rapid local construction and swift eviction cycles. The anecdote, cited by London Answers, contrasts imagined feats with everyday urban pace.
A magazine cover proclaims It opens flat while the author seeks legal advice. The note evokes a Strand tailor ad promising quick trouser sales, suggesting a playful critique of commercial candor in publishing.
The Gold Coast Leader notes the sudden death of Madame Yarwah on Saturday the 16th while preparing fufu. Her remains were interred on Sunday the 17th.
Knox asserts Graphter’s acquaintances are shrewd and denies owing any money. Jenke confirms the claim and Knox states he owes nobody. The exchange hints at underlying tension within a social circle.
A large audience at city hall last night applauded Miss Mary Elle Teal and her class for an excellent musical program. Each number showed care and skill by the teacher and pupils, and receipts from the event were satisfactory enough to encourage another performance.
In the past week Judge Parrott presided as new actions were filed including Peter A. Shaffer versus Louise Werzel et al for partition. Cincinnati Camp Meeting Association versus Louisa Snider received a temporary restraining order. other cases involve guardianship shifts, service by publication, and a settlement and dismissal of the Clermont County Tobacco Warehouse Co. against C. S. Shinkle et al with cost sharing.
The document records the probate filing of the 165 dated will of John Moorhead Sr. of Moscow on August 20 1907. It lists bequests to Belle Ada McNair Charles Harry John Jr Joseph Ramell Moorhead and residuary estate to Nettle Dick with support for care and burial while naming W F Dick of Moscow as executor without bond. Witnesses Charlies M. Cox C Cashard and E E DeBruler attested.
Trustees Miami township to Margaretta Wittmer lot 428 Greenlawn cemetery for 20 dollars. Lyman Craig to Little Miami Light Heat & Power Co right of way for 1 dollar. Pattison executrix to Henry A Hodges 57 acres for 2900 dollars. Rupyan to The Jones Hee Co lot 228 Williamsburg 320 dollars. Kolb to J J Isler 78 acres for 1 dollar. Donham to Clara B Donham 21 acres for 1 dollar. Hutchinson to A A Kennedy part of lots 8846 Williamsburg 900 dollars. Malott to B C Maham 2e 300 pounds. Reeves to Fred Kearns 20 poles 500 dollars. Pringle to Jacob Brothers 8 acres 1200 dollars. Shamard to Jacob Brothers 21 acres 1000 dollars. Ely heirs to John Thalman lot 178 Batavia 0 dollars. Walter to Mary A Good 50 acres 11 dollars. Grisse to Louis D Anderson 12.31 acres 61550 dollars. Burns to Mortie G Varney 86? acres 1 dollar. Levi Grimes widow to Rachel E Fry part of lot 1 Edenton 4162.50 dollars.
New Richmond enjoyed one of its liveliest seasons during the teachers Institute week. The standard turnout of educators attended, lectures were engaging, and the entertainments well received. Professor Timmons of this place was elected president for next year with New Richmond chosen as the meeting site.
Matthew Fowlds of Farwick near Kilmarnock Scotland has spent 90 years at the handloom and still weaves for a living. His family, including a son who sits as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, gathered at Wick to mark the birthday.
Advertisements promise free pamphlets on United States homestead options and cheap farm or grazing land along Chicago and North Western Railway routes in South Dakota Wyoming and other states. Also listed are loan offers at 6 percent from multiple attorneys and agents plus a dentist and assorted goods and services in Cincinnati Batavia and Willimannburg.
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