Courts Journal Entries at Public Building Noted
Public record columns record court entries as they appear at the public building. Some entries show joy while others reflect sorrow with Cupid’s role hinted and comments included.
02 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
1
Public record columns record court entries as they appear at the public building. Some entries show joy while others reflect sorrow with Cupid’s role hinted and comments included.
Common Pleas Court entries include a $188.33 attachment claim in the Alrey versus Kimball matter. A deputy clerk of the court resigns, signed by W. A. Joseph. Moran versus The City and Suburban Telegraph Association and John Sanderman receive an injunction order.
A long list of real estate transfers in various townships with buyers, sellers, and amounts, followed by marriage licenses for multiple couples in Williamsburg and surrounding areas. The notice includes estate administrations, guardianships, and final accounts, plus a health advertisement for Dr. King's New Discovery.
John T. Hoffman, postmaster in Wileon, Adams county, returned after a week’s disappearance to find a $116 discrepancy in money order accounts. Deputy Marshal Sanderson served a warrant as Hoffman pleaded guilty to embezzlement before US Commissioner Hall and was bound over on $1000 bail. Hoffman said he left to borrow funds to cover the shortage and made restitution, but authorities will press the case.
The Courier publishes the corrected list of active teachers attending the second day of the C C T I session in New Richmond on November 21 1903. Twelve of fourteen townships are represented with seventy eight teachers on roll call out of two hundred nineteen expected.
A timely suggestion urges prudent housewives to stock Chamberlains Cough Remedy for the season. It claims prompt, satisfactory results when used at first sign of a cold and notes it is safe for children and pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists.
About six weeks ago Allen Glaney was cutting glass for frames when a glass splinter struck his eye. The injury worsened and Dr. VanHorn of Batavia advised surgery to preserve sight. Last Saturday Glaney underwent a successful operation and, with care, hopes for full restoration.
One Hundred Dollars A Box in the value H. B. Tisdale Summerton South Carolina endorses DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. He says piles for twenty years vanished after trying doctors and medicines, claiming the salve cured him. The product combines witch hazel with antiseptics and emollients to relieve and reportedly cure piles and skin ailments. Sold by John Bunn & Son.
The Brown County News reports western states ranking on teacher wages with Wisconsin first and Illinois second. Michigan trails Indiana while Iowa ranks ninth and Ohio tenth paying male teachers $85 and female $29 monthly. Ohio shows the lowest northern state wages and only Maine New Hampshire Vermont pay women less. Iowa, among the Mississippi states, pays near Louisiana in low wages yet has notably fine school buildings.
A. H. Thurnes, Buffalo coal operator, reports kidney and bladder pain relief after using Foley's Kidney Care. He describes passing gravel and stones before treatment and says the medicine gave him a thousand dollars of good by ending his pain and restoring vitality.
The Portsmouth Blade quotes a reader urging respect for Scioto and Lawrence county courthouses and praising Batavia Clermont County’s aged building noting its dilapidation. The letter mentions costs and taxes and contrasts the local relic with Batavia’s antiquated structure. The Resila shoe is noted as new.
An Interurban collision on Sunday on the Fruit Hill pike in suburban Ohio injured both motormen. James Boyd of California oroperated eastbound car 61 while E W Knight of Cox Landing led westbound car 65. Knight's legs were broken and Boyd suffered a fractured left thigh with severe facial injuries. Conductor Tom Baker resigned after the crash, his second head-on on the same line.
Quarter ending November 17 shows deposits by bank and type across Clermont county and neighboring towns. Figures list individual deposits demand certificates and bond accounts for institutions including Midland National Washington D D H First National Georgetown Lebanon National Citizen's National Ripley First National Wilmington Franklin National Merchant's National Hillsboro and New Richmond National with varying totals.
A narrator recalls Christmas memories, highlighting the universal reach of the holiday. He describes a 1901 scene in a department store toy department where a grease stained machinist selects gifts for four children, totalling two nickels and a dime, ensuring each child has a present.
A vintage drug testimonial claims nervousness sleeplessness stomach upsets and run down systems improve with Electric Bitters. It promises stomach toning kidney and bowel regulation liver stimulation and blood clarification. Priced at 600 with satisfaction guaranteed by Ash's Pharmacy Batavia and Amelia Drug Co. Amelia.
The Boston farmers institute will convene Wednesday and Thursday December 16 and 17 with 9 20 a m start and sessions lasting past 7 30 p m. State lecturers A L White and E P Snyder will present talks on suitable topics, plus local discourses and music with recitations. It is the county's most interesting session yet and the first for Boston. The full program will be printed in the Courier next week. In Yoakum Texas J M Haller heads a dry goods firm and a friend reports a pal ace car remark about taking Little Early Risers to wake rested and feel good. DeWitts Little Early Risers are sold by John Bunn & Son.
The season produced sixteen fatalities among players and at least a hundred serious injuries. Officials say it was the most disastrous year in the sport's American history, with many amateur casualties likely unrecorded.
Amon Ely of Monterey in Clermont county captured the $500 fourth prize in the Commercial-Tribune guessing contest. He also shared the prior $5,000 first prize among three people. Ely was successful last year and shared a $666.66 share then. Another Clermont resident, UO D Lytle of Afton, won $100 in the seventh award.
In Cincinnati common pleas court the Water Works Commissioners sue the Interurban Railway and Terminal Co for 89 dollars plus costs claiming the company refused to repair the New Richmond turnpike portion through California property after earlier permission. The city repaired it at 959 dollars. judgment sought.
The C L and N Railroad reduced one daily Cincinnati Lebanon round trip due to rising trolley traffic on the Lebanon line. Since last August one round trip was eliminated as travel shifted to the Rapid Railway Scrugham trolley. Officials say no final decision has been made on removing a second train.
Running like mad down the street dumping occupants is a common accident scene. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieves Burns and sores and sells for 25 cents at Nash’s Pharmacy Batavia and Amelia Drug. A Kansas City initiation saw 2000 men take first degree as Knights of Pythias with over 5000 witnesses. A Winschester Indiana boy with membranous croup improved after Foley’s Honey and Tar per a local father. Refuse substitutes. Sold by John Bunn, M. D.
A tobacco fair in Ripley on January 16 will award premiums including cigarette leaf from $5 to $60 and bright leaf prizes of $10 $15 and $25. Plug filler pays $5 to $25 and corn and potatoes will have premiums announced later.
The Clermont county Auditor's report lists salaries and fees for officials including H P Williams and Geo H Eveland with net compensations, and other officers such as sheriff H C Speidel, clerk of courts A A Rice, clerk elect C N Young, probate judges O P Griffith and A N Paxton, recorder Richard Stump, and prosecuting attorneys Nichols and Davidson. Adams county figures follow for R A Stephenson and others, with totals for auditors, treasurers, sheriffs, clerks, probate judges, and commissioners for fiscal year ending September 1903.
The Courier will publish a series of announcements from The Fair of Cincinnati, highlighting a vast holiday stock, greatest variety, and low prices. The management urges Clermont patrons and out of town shoppers to read and compare, assuring readers the Fair offers bargains as strong as city trade this season.
The One Minute Cough Cure provides immediate relief for coughs croup and La Grippe by acting at the source rather than the stomach. It reduces inflammation heals and soothes while enabling lungs to supply oxygen to blood and tissues. Dr. Armstrong of Delhi Texas prescribes it daily and says no better remedy exists. Sold by John Bunn & Son.
The Milford progress club met at Mrs. J K Buckingham's home with president Mrs. Kate Kernohan opening. Topics included King John, Magna Charta, Oxford College founding, and the Black Death's labor impact. Resignations of two members were accepted. Miss Alice Eliot elected critic.
A Cincinnati shoe sale ad announces a colossal money saving event at Dan Cohens, beginning Saturday morning December 5 and continuing while stock lasts. The message urges readers to compare prices and qualities with other bargains and notes the delay was to secure attention to the store and location.
Dan Cohen promotes a Sunday program at the M K E church with Communion and sermons by Rev Spybey and Rev A N Spahr. Morning service at 10 30 and evening at 7 30, with all invited. Also ads for Aluminum Card Cases urging orders and sample offers from Marsh Manufacturing Co. and Foley's Honey and Tar advertised by John Bunn, MD.
The column lists residents visiting relatives over Thanksgiving and sharing greetings in Cedarville. It mentions James McKeever recovering from illness, Stephen O Connor visiting Fayetteville, and others visiting family, plus a reminder about Foley s Honey and Tar as a non opiate cough remedy sold by John Bunn M D.
Thanksgiving was celebrated by several families including Carroll McNutt of Cincinnati Dental College visiting relatives. E A and Bert Murphy visited their brother in Hamilton while C M Johnson and family joined their mother Mrs J W Corlety in Batavia. An oyster supper at Lorado drew a large crowd and Rev Winkler led revival services at Taylor Chapel. Marathon Lodge No 205 F and A M will install officers next Friday night with an oyster supper and second degree work.
Mrs. Anna M. Wilie of Kokomo writes of kidney trouble lasting 20 years and heart back pain. After using Dodd’s Kidney Pills from Mr. G. K. Meek’s drugstore, she reports complete restoration and activity at age 74 on her farm.
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