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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
8
Eli Speidel and family return from lakes trip. Mrs Lizzie Kidney and others visit Owensville homes. Captains from Columbus Barracks and Ft Thomas visit Mrs A W Ashburn. Louis Fishback turns seven with grandparents on Main Street. Rees Groves and Ethel Laughery wed in Chicago and plan to move to Wheelock North Dakota. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised. Weather noted as cool.
Harvest Home held at Coney Teland attracted visitors from adjoining counties. Saturday was the peak day with the grounds crowded and departments well filled. Premiums awarded reflected the size of the event and effort.
The War Department fixes October 8 as the departure date for the last drafted men. Farm boys will be among those to depart, with training before the date and some possibly overseas in the trenches. News of peace crept in on Saturday morning, to be welcomed if terms are just. The draft applies to all who qualify.
Coal prices sank in Batavia Monday evening with Pocahontas dropping from eight dollars per ton to five eighty five and cooking coal sliding to five thirty six. Many residents had stockpiled at the prior high price, while a few stand to profit from the decline.
William Hay and Samuel Day reportedly grew the tallest corn stock for 1917, reaching 16 feet 2 inches. The first ear sits about ten feet from the ground and the exhibition at this office draws much attention. The article notes such height would boost silage yields, needing less acreage for a field of this size.
Clint Richey of Georgetown lost his auto truck and a stock of candy in a Wednesday morning blaze near Shiloh church in Pike township. Richey was slightly burned when a wheel broke and a gas line was punctured, gasoline catching fire and engulfing the truck within seconds. The candy was partly insured. The incident suggests that insurance is essential, even in less crowded areas.
H L Britton as assignee of William Tepker will auction at his home on the Williamsburg and Boston pike about three miles east of Boston on Saturday September 1 1917 at 10 oclock a m. Sale includes livestock farm implements and about 30 tons of hay in mow. Cash terms. Also contains an advertisement for Dean’s Ointment for skin itching.
William Gayton and son Walter visit A. Jackson in Stonelick while Gantz of Milford spends time with the Misses Jackson. Mrs. A Jackson goes to College Hill for sickness. Louise Marie Penn and Anna Penn of Cincinnati visit Chas Jackson. Foley's Honey and Tar promotes relief for coughs with testimonials from Mrs Bourneville of Brussels Wisconsin.
Candidates must file petitions with county election clerk Samuel W. Sprague in Batavia by September 6, sixty days before the November 7 election. Localities should field full Republican slates. Milford votes on a 2000 bond issue to cover existing indebtedness. Many villages face budget deficits and rising running expenses.
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