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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1926
Page
4
Fragmentary item from a December issue notes Clermont Publishing Co in Bitavia Ohio with garbled words and unclear date reference.
A summary of diverse cases listed in the Common Pleas Court includes Alice Weakley versus Phillipine Hoff man et al seeking 7000 dollars, a foreclosure and receiver appointment, and other actions such as a Bethel Board of Education funds transfer. Additional items cover partitions, divorces with name restoration, guardians ad litem, nolle prosequi, and commissions for Lawrence brothers and Snider.
Real estate transfers record numerous deeds for nominal one dollar payments. A. E. Hays transfers to R. Wake one acre in Tate Township. Arizona McLean to William M. Brown land in Batavia Township. Citizens Bank Co to J. E. B. Wigginton lot in Felicity. John W. Snell to Howard D. Snell land in Jackson Township. A. E. Robbins to Maggie Wisby lot in Williamsburg. Geo. W. Coombs to Walter A. Jamerson land in Miami Township. Frank A. Gauche to Otto Jackson ten acres in Miami Township. Augustus R. Clark to Joe Stephens land in Union Township. Quince Daugherty to Bessie Hays land in Tate Township.
Formerly received the mail could carry our mail with regularity and safety starts from Government square in Cincinnati. Other towns are anxious at Batavia for mail ser vice. The rural routes are receiv ing the service Batavia is. A peti tion from each town would secure its service.
Former Batavian Miss Stella Brown died at her Norwood home last Friday from an attack of acute indigestion after a brief illness. She had long served as a substitute teacher in public schools and lived with her family in Batavia for several years. Funeral services are planned for Monday with burial at Williamsburg.
Road work boosts good road status in Clermont County with pikes from Rapp's corner to Nicholsville New Richmond Franklin Bethel and Nicholsville completed by Buerkle Pringle. Ashton Pike to Blowville built by Oscar Glancy. Ba tavia to Stonelick receives winter prep. State tak eovered half mile left in rough shape. Contractors offer to gravel and finish with payment later as 600 loads ordered.
In a special session, all County Commissioners approved various bills including Bell Telephone Co and Cincinnati Quarries Co and addressed road work. The surveyor was authorized to repair Stonelick and Batavia pikes up to 1000 dollars and to spend 224 dollars on Locust Corner road.
The N and W rail timetable reduces Cincinnati to one morning mail for Batavia and nearby points, chilling town life. Supper decline leaves streets empty, unlike bustling evenings before the mail’s arrival. Buses still run through Batavia to Sardinia, but after dusk few residents appear.
A 50 pound stag with large horns has been sighted in Clermont Brown and Adams counties over ten days. It was seen grazing with cattle in Franklin township last week before vanishing and reappearing in Brown county. The deer, praised for nimble legs, reportedly can leap 50 feet and likely escaped from the Roosevelt preserve in Adams county.
Real estate in Miami township Clermont county Ohio to be sold by public auction at the Batavia courthouse front door under an order of sale in partition case No. 6575. The 11.90 acre Howell survey property, valued at 1870 dollars, will be offered cash under Sheriff Ed J Crosby's authority with attorney Hugh M Davidson listed.
Notice warns hunters and trespassers to stay off farms owned by Jesse Halbisch Batavia Hanford Male Jackson Two Wm Livengood Williamsburg Two. Names listed with price 25c for each sign and six for 25c. Signers include Geo Mosbacher Ben Kain Joe Bauman William Spores Albert Gilligan Mike Retzler Elmer White B F Mull & Son W D Simmons A H Clark. Hog cholera cited as reason for warning.
In pursuance of an order of sale issued by the Court of Common Pleas in Clermont County Ohio the public auction will offer for sale the front door of the courthouse Batavia on Thursday January 6 1027. The sale covers two tracts in Batavia township Clermont County with descriptions of parcel boundaries and deeds in book 120 pages 475 476. Proceeds directed to satisfy a mortgage lien and other court requirements.
Frank Rau of Batavia township ran over a pedestrian in Cincinnati last week. He was arrested and gave bond for appearance. Rau contends the accident was not his fault and that he took all precautions as a careful driver.
Apple trees may be pruned from late fall until growth resumes in spring. Pruning after frost aids leaf presence for judging cuts and tree shape, while fall pruning can provide work in a slack season. However, leaving prunings on the ground invites mice and rabbits to feed on bark during winter.
Case No 16136 sheriff s sale of real estate in Batavia Genesee County detailed description includes a parcel in Rewankis and Piles townships. Auction set for December 20 1996 from 10 to 1 3 o clock at the courthouse steps with cash payment. Attorneys for plaintiff present.
Hunters roam fields daily in search of rabbits but returns are meager. Heavy spring rains drown young rabbits and predators like foxes reduce numbers. Few good bags push prices to about 60 cents per head in some areas. Protection measures fail to boost sport harvest.
Notice of appointment of Britton as attorney for the estate of F McNutt, deceased. The filing indicates Wil ara edpse ern te panty as address and references a legal representative associated with the estate.
A damaged OCR fragment shows an attachment notice naming J B Polit as mayor and Sohn Fish as plaintiff and H Wolf as defendant. It references a date in October and a village setting, indicating a court attachment action.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Cincinnati station and Willisinsbare dinia with a time stamp 9 58. Details are unclear but imply a transit or scheduling context in a dated local item.
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