10 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
1
Young man George Houser was struck by a trolley car on the C. E. traction line near Nine Mile last Friday and died two hours later from injuries including a broken arm crushed ribs and lung injury. He was taken to Frank Sweitzer’s home where Drs. Ricker and son treated him but he did not survive. This marks the road's first fatality.
Captain Dell Hulick notes 5 828 residents and staff at the Soldiers Home in Dayton with 471 on duty or ill, and an immense weekly intake of bread biscuits cookies pies meat and vegetables. Thanksgiving menu lists 4000 pounds dressed turkeys 180 gallons oysters 15 bushels apples 50 bushels sweet potatoes and more.
O L Steen a former Adams county teacher now living in Kansas writes the Defender of a strong demand for skilled educators. He notes teaching in Sedgwick county at 40 dollars monthly in his second year and says Kansas has 151 colleges and an average school wage near 40 dollars a month.
The December McClure’s features Mr Potter’s Vacation a tale of stock battle on an ocean liner blending science art and romance with superb illustrations. An anecdote endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy curing Mr Shell’s stomach pains so he could attend a Summer Hill party. Beck’s Pharmacy sells the remedy.
Louis Buerkle completes a large ice house on the mill pond bank capable of storing two years’ supply. A ten horsepower engine powers storage and ice handling gear. The project, one of the county’s largest, is boosted by a cold snap likely to fill the facility. Buerkle is praised as a progressive citizen contributing to town prosperity.
The 8th annal session will be held in Clyde on the 16th 17th and 18th instants. A robust programme includes papers on horticulture with a large county delegation attending. Lowell Roudebuah of Nicholsville will present spraying for codling moth in Southern Ohio as premiums are offered for fruit flowers and displays.
Mise Eleanora Jane Fulton daughter of Rev. and Mrs G M Fulton and Chas Hill Tafts were married December 3 1902 at the M E parsonage in Maineville The ceremony was by Rev G M Fulton The bride wore a white organdie bouquet of white chrysanthemums The groom formerly from Clermont County and now head chemist at Shoenburg laboratory Pittsburg will reside in Pittsburgh after December 10 1903
Bank reports indicate robust capital and deposits across a network including First National New Richmond, People's National Georgetown, Merchants' National Hillsboro, and others. Figures show substantial individual deposits and demand certificates, with totals varying by bank and location reflecting wide regional liquidity.
Announcement from Cincinnati party last week notes the engagement of Miss Laura Boyd Jenike to Professor James Ross Campbell a noted writer on scientific topics who holds a mathematics chair in an eastern college. Other items mention Isaac Kaufman relocating his Cincinnati wine shop and several local society notes.
The court invalidates the 1902 act that aimed to move county clerks’ terms from August to January, finding it unconstitutional to defer terms or create non fortuitous vacancies. Clerks will still take office on the first Monday in August after election, with ouster and injunction issued.
A mix of readers notes from 1902 including a child’s Christmas letter to Santa asking for a soldier, drest items, and a lamp, plus local items about Beibel revivals, coal, candy shops, asylum occupancy, and community notices from Batavia and surrounding towns.
This week a Burley tobacco market report notes improved overall activity despite discouraging weather. Sales totaled 965 hogsheads, 175 new, with higher average prices around 80 cents per hundred. New offerings appeared for the first time in 1961, and early results under a new inspection system were generally satisfactory to shippers and buyers.
Hillsboro faces a closure of saloons on the first of next month after a second local option election. Records show 1902 deaths at 12 and 85 serious injuries in football, with 1901 at 8 dead and 75 wounded. Enforcement efforts proceed though past results were uneven. Dow tax revenue leaves town about $5,000 short.
The State vs James Ramsey ends with a guilty verdict after the defendant, on bail, left to marry and not attend deliberations. Crowd fills the court as the verdict is read while Ramsey reports for business next day. Local notices and ads mix with the court scene.
An article warns against treating nervousness and headaches as medical conditions when they stem from astigmatism. It explains symptoms and how properly corrected glasses relieve eye strain, with a testimonial from Miss Rachel Danberry of Batavia Ohio praising Lingerfield optics in Dayton for restoring her sight.
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