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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
8
Batavia reports include school books at Kline's store and local sales ads for auto repairs and building materials. Social notes mention visits from Hamilton and Cincinnati, a planned factory in Hillsboro, and upcoming events including a Union service and Boston fair coverage. An assortment of health ads promote Kennedy’s laxative and Burdock Blood Bitters, plus local mining and railway items.
At Loveland on a Monday night Edgar Hill 19 and his sister Lucy 16 with Flora Mullen 18, all of Newberry and Pleasant Hill, attempted to cross the flooded O Banion creek in darkness. The carriage overturned, the three were swept away, two girls drowned downstream and Hill saved by no one, funeral services held at Pleasant Hill church.
The body of Wilse Smith, a wealthy Bethel resident aged about 45, was found by his wife with a gunshot to the head. Described as despondent from imagined cares, he leaves a widow and a teenage daughter. The piece also notes Labor Day school arrangements and entry rules for six year olds.
A non-sectarian Union Bible school meets Sundays at 3 p m in Amelia to study Genesis over three years. Superintendent Hanan and officers including Harvey Perin and J N Fitzpatrick lead classes with teachers Mrs Troutman Mrs Mellen and others. Rev H M Cooper of Cincinnati to speak next Sunday after class.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back uric acid and Bright s Disease claiming hospital and private practice success. It offers a free sample bottle and an information book by mail with address to Binghamton New York and notes bottles sold by druggists.
The clipping touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney ailments including backache and urinary disorders. It cites Mrs Maggie Reiff of Hamilton Ohio praising the product and notes sale by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. Additional items mention local church services, a marriage in Batavia, and Ely's Cream Balm promotional lines.
The 56th Clermont County Teachers Institute finished Friday with an Amelia hosted evening and a dance after a Friday entertainment. New Richmond won hosting rights for 1907 with 186 votes to Bethel's 50. Attendance reached 198, with many members and guests noted, including officers, visitors, and a closing party at Mrs Ella Sebler's home.
A mixed party of about fifty, hosted by Mrs. Benjamin Turner and Mrs. Martha Livingstone, traveled by trolley from Perlatown to Hilleboro along Swing road. Guests hailed from Cincinnati, Perlatown, Boston and Batavia, with Batavia represented by Ww. Q. Robinson, Mine Lillian, and Misses Ema Leeda, Cectle Hatick and Hattie Hitch, plus Miles Eveland. The return trip included a buffet luncheon after an hour of sightseeing in the highland city.
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