Prize voting drive offers grand rewards for correspondents
Readers are urged to vote using Courier ballots with new contestants added. The note promises prizes including a New York trip, a World’s Fair trip, a buggy or sewing machine, Britannica set, Webster’s dictionary, and Shakespeare or Dickens works, with strict rules on blanks and monthly participation.
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New York
Chicago
Sir Walter Scott
Dickens
Shakespeare
Encylopedia
Webster
New Richmond
Mount Pisgah
Moscow
Courier
Terry
Byron
Dicken
Man’s three marriages end in frequent divorces and scandal
The narrative traces Sylvesarks Marks a man who married three times and separated through repeated adultery based divorces. From northern wives to a fortune and a Love land home, his turbulent unions end with court actions, alimony disputes, and a chaotic boarding house episode in Ohio and Chattanooga.
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Sylvesarks
Loveland
Mark
Battery
Mr. Mark
Marks
Manger
Marke
Church
Divorce Triumph in Loveland Court Ends Tense Marriage
In Loveland a divorce case reveals Ella Marks and her husband Sylvester Marks gaining full property rights. Ella leaves for Cincinnati with a hairdresser roommate amid scandal while Sylvester steps out a free man with about £5,000 more in possessions. The judge declares both free from marital bonds and hopes for happier futures.
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Marks
Loveland
Cincinnati
Sylvester
Mr. Marks
Ella
Butter and Cheese Factory Hype Spars Readers Warnings
A farmer asks about a ready to operate butter and cheese plant from a Chicago firm. The Ohio Farmer warns that in northern Ohio a 2,000 dollar factory can fail. milk prices, fat content, and seasonal yields make profits unlikely and excess fat removal would ruin quality.
Milk prices and skim milk profits cited by Wisconsin Professor
The article discusses summer milk yields and cheese pricing, noting full-cream cheese in Wisconsin and New York state yielding about 70 cents per 100 pounds of milk after costs. It questions the value of investment in creameries, citing Prof. Henry on slick-tongued agents selling stock and inflated factory costs ranging from 5 000 to 7 000 dollars.
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Ohio
Ephor
Chicago
Elgin
Franklin County
Outo
New York
Wisconsin
York State
Henry
Wien
Batavia Youth Suffers Temporary Head Injury in School Football
Guerdon Lane, a Batavia student, was knocked unconscious during a school football game when an opposing player, Newt Shaw, kicked the ball into Lane’s head as he cradled it. Lane regained consciousness, returned to study by Monday, and Shaw was distressed by the incident.
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Guerdon Lane
Batavia
Young Lane
Lane
Newt Shaw
Mrs Warner’s Florida Moss Offer To Clermont Friends
Mrs F A Warner of St Nicholas Florida sends moss samples to Clermont readers for Christmas decorations. She will mail a package to anyone who pays postage at 16 cents per pound, with funds sent to cover the cost. Her winter in Florida gives her time to collect and forward moss ornaments to friends.
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F. A. Warner
St. Nicholas
Florida
Clermont
Jess
Teachers Association at Pt Isabel reorganizes and prospers
The Washington Township Teachers and Pupils Association meets at Pt Isabel after a October 6 reorganization with a strong officers slate and growing membership. Meetings occur every three weeks in the public school, featuring teacher talks, declamations, essays, and music, while rivaling the County Association.
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Washington Township Teachers’ and
Pt. Isabel
County Association
Reluctant Guests Spark Fracas in Milford Seance Ride to Athens
A Teal Nichols party, with Miss Caroline Roberts and George Witt, provoked a violent scene over Miss Roberts rejecting the trip north. Teal restrained bystanders as Witt feared lawyers. the group endured a chaotic journey and landed in Athens, where authorities offered care for minds diseased.
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Thomas Teal
Clayton Nichols
Caroline Roberts
Milford
George E. Witt
Henning’s Mills
Miss Roberts
Mr. Witt
Witt
Count Clermont
Athens
Mr. Teal
Teal
Nichols
Ohio
Promising Young Volunteer Starts at Highland Military School
Ed Sinks aged fifteen, son of Capt. W. R. Sinks of New Richmond, begins studies at Highland Military Academy in Worcester Massachusetts. He follows a path similar to his father who joined US military service in Major Julius Penn's Batavia company in April 1861, thirty years ago. Heaven bless the boy and both men.
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Ed Sinks
W. R. Sinks
New Richmond
Highland Military Academy
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Julius Penn
Batavia
Briggs the creamery man under fire in Warren county
The Wester Star reports the Clermont Courier accusing Briggs of spreading creamery lies to farmers in Warren county. The paper says Briggs meddles in Ohio politics instead of business and warns that political lies do not mix with cream.
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Wester Star
Lebanon
Courier
Briggs
Clermont Courier
Warren County
Ohio
Republicans to stay in power despite mortgage issues
The Lebanon Gazette notes Republicans will continue in power and mortgage grievances won't shape next year's campaign. West farmers prosper, paying debts, buying goods, and enjoying high crops and prices. Quail hunting is poor as farmers work in fields, limiting sportsmen's activity.
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Lebanon Gazette
Lebanon
Officer Relieved Receives High Commendation for Field Service
Lieutenant J. A. Jon has been relieved from Camp Oklahoma after months of service and reassigned. An accompanying order commends Lieutenant Penn for soldierly qualities and valuable services during the opening of the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation for settlement.
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J. A. Jon
Oklahoma
Penn
Pottowatomie Indian Reservation
Divorce Granted in Adams County Court
In Adams county common pleas last week Mrs. William Anderson was granted a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. Former prosecuting attorney Mr. Anderson, once famed for oratory and manners, tangled with bad company and habits, narrowly escaped the work house in Cincinnati, now a sad wreck but some friends hope for rehabilitation.
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Common Pleas Court
Adams County
William Anderson
Anderson
Chesterfield
Cincinnati
Education at Night Streets Draws Parental Alarm
local parents fret over boys roaming streets at night and veering toward licentious behavior. the piece warns of early moral corruption and calls for heroic action to curb the trend while promoting advertisements for ay ers sarsaparilla and kane fruit products in batavia.
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Teal & Nichols
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Kane
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