Will of Dr Myers Leaves All to Daughter and Children
The will dated January 20 1891 with two codicils left the bulk of John E Myers estate to his daughter Ella J Kerr and her children under a trust managed by Marion Myers. A 247 acre Washington D H farm and a life usufruct on the Kerr residence support the family, with modest annuities to the Goshen Presbyterian Church via a $500 fund. A minor bequest to the church is provided and two codicils address church endowment and personal sickness provisions. The document notes the estate valued around 350000, with no saleable inventory made public. Moving ceremonial and fraternal notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Myers
Testator
Miami Cemetery
Goshen
Ella J. Kerr
John D. Kerr
Washington D. H
Marion Myers
Kerr
Edith
John Kerr
Cincinnati Presbytery
Court affirms admission of child as paternity evidence
Ohio Supreme Court upholds a Scioto county bastardy case ruling that a witness could display the infant in her arms to prove paternity. Crow v Jordan confirms the circuit court’s decision to admit the child as corroborating evidence, and the judgment was affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Supreme Court
Scioto County
Crow
Circuit Court
Court of Common Pleas
Evening Lectures And Town Events In Batavia Milford
City hall lecture by Mary A. Livermore in Batavia tomorrow night. Batavia Orchestra concert at Maple Grove Friday night. Milford hosts first assembly hall event and Christmas church exercises on December 80. John W. Lowe Post hosts ball and sapper on December 20. Presbyterian society serves supper and social at church tomorrow evening. Clermont Courier backs Foraker for president in 1806. Porter and hammer shop expansion noted in Stirling. Milford young society to hold first assembly ball Friday night with regional music and attendees. Belt and Barr advertised as gift source for presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Batavia
Mary A. Livermore
Maple Grove
First Assembly Hall
Milford
M. Ball and Sapper
John W. Lowe Post
Presbyterian Ladian Society
Batavia Orchestra
Charles Belt
Misa Bertha Bishop
Percy Jamieson
Reminiscences of Captain Gray and Batavia Parade
An elderly Batavian recalls Virginia era military life in Batavia Ohio. Captain David Gray, tall and Anglo African in bearing, led local drill with boys amid whisky and cider, leaving a mixed memory of bravura and poverty. The piece shifts to a county court verdict against C P W railroad for a fatal collision involving Elizabeth Collins, and ends with short notes on winter cough cures and a suggestive ad line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Virginia Military Reservation
Miami
Scioto
Ohio
Free State
David Gray
Culpepper Court-House
Batavia
Dave
Gray
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Elizabeth W. Collins
George Collins
Cincinnati Northern Road
Oak Street
Dugan
Ben Anson
Colling
Night Larks Minstrel Show Disaster Exposed in Cincinnati Tale
A lurid reminiscence from a returned troupe member details Clark's Female Minstrel Show's miserable tour through Batavia Williamsburg and Georgetown. The narrator describes meager earnings, rotten equipment, and outraged townsfolk prompting arrests, expulsions, and a chaotic collapse as the group faced hunger, debt, and flight.
Pulling the Devil's Tail by a West Union Minister
Reverend Laird of West Union's Clermont preaching era criticized for attacking the press. Local papers are urged to ignore the pulpit critic, arguing both church and press serve society but must not be hostile. The writer urges Laird to stay in his own sphere and cease meddling with the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
M. E. Church
West Union
Clermont
Brother Aird
Adams County
Huggins Reunion At Bethel Home
A pleasant gathering occurred at Robert Huggins residence near Bethel bringing together relatives of his aged parents born in 1812 and 1815. They married in 1882 and had nine children, four alive, plus twenty five grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Thirty five attendees shared a country dinner and brief religious exercises led by Dr Huggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Huggins
Bethel
Hoggins
Wayland Family Finds Success in Chicago Move
John Wayland and family, once in Batavia then Spencer Indiana and Bloomington, now settled in Chicago. Wayland made a fortune in staves, leaving journalism to business, with friends glad to hear of their new life and the arrival of time’s procession. Blow, blow, blow Hodl's Sarwapa-Filla advertised as a constitutional remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wayland
Batavia
Spencer
Indiana
Spencer Journal
Bloomington
Chicago
Wayland
Will disputes highlight value of written wills in probate court
The nuncupative will of James H. Burnett of Williamsburg prompts review as Myrtle Burnett sues in common pleas, alleging her husband lacked testamentary capacity. Executor William H. Becket appointed. probate of the verbal will upheld by Judge Davis, with real estate including two farms and hotel left to widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Burnett
Williamsburg
William H. Becket
Wilsburg
Common Pleas Court
Davis
Jed
Myrtle Burnett
Common Pleas
Silken Sympathy Over a Queen and Silk Etiquette
A Batavia township woman writes condolences to Queen Victoria after Prince Clarence's death. An official reply notes the letter used plain linen paper, sparking reflections on etiquette and its grip on government and royal conduct. The piece wryly questions silk paper standards for public office applications and mocks court protocol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Clarence
Globe
Batavia
Artemas
Adam
Queen Victoria
Cleveland
United States
Still in Harness A J Sprague Aged 68 Years in Batavia
STILL IN HARNESS A J Sprague one of the oldest and beat compositors in the State now setting type on this paper in aged 68 years he came to Batavia in 1942 and has been a resident for fifty years He edited and owned the Clermont Sun was in Smith Towns lay of the New Richmond Independent News a partner in business He built a brick building from Main street to the alley now a drug store and improved his residence and the Newton House He has seen ups and downs jogs along contented and happy Arrend the Livermore lecture tomorrow night oysters at cents per quart Theat goods in market at lowest price ever sold outside the oyster banka
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Batavia
Clark
Cincinnati
The
Enquirer
Stone
Peale
Butter and Egg Express
Sucker No. 2
Charley White
Bridge
Williamsburg
Winchester
Maria Ann
Atlanta
Georgia
Jine
Columbia
Ripley
Willin
A. J. Sprague
Clermont Sun
Smith Townslay
New Richmond Independent News
Sprague
Main Street
Charles Bolt
The Good Old Weed and Local Market Notes 1892
A detailed, period style summary from Cincinnati tobacco and stock notes, covering weekly offerings, prices for new and old leaf, and a primer on preferred and cumulative stock with market quotes for Procter & Gamble Barney & Smith Michigan Pen Marvin Hall Niles Tool National Lead Tobacco Warehouse Co. Social notices include a city hall supper, Presbyterian conundrum supper, Batavia orchestra posters, and a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with multiple pharmacy listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodmann
Cincinnati
Hhds. Hhds
Roagl A Pyaathik
Ohio
Procter & Gamble
Barney & Smith
Michigan Pen
Marvin Hall Safe Co
Niles Tool
National
Tobacco Warehouse Company
If Ever I Cease to Love in the Republic
A column notes editor Thomas Boyd shot by his wife over love. It also covers a 14-year-old groom and 13-year-old bride in Coalton, a church fire in Marathon, a bank forgery case in Georgetown, juror room hardships in Padelford, Foraker's political stance, and calls to fix infirmary water closets with a focus on local figures and issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Thomas Boyd
Olympian
Olympia Washington
Courtship in Court Conflicts and Country Couple Wed
Barbara Rhinhart a German girl meets Gustav Wehr in Cincinnati then in this county. After Squire Wilson facilitates a renewal of their romance they marry. The tale blends a marriage remedy ad for Syrup of Figs and the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Rhinhart
America
Ohio
Cincinnati
Gustav Wehr
Barbara
Squire Wilson
Wehr
Gustar
California Fig Syrap Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. Myers
Goshen Presbyterian Church
E. T. Behymer
H. P
A. M. Dimmitt
G. Teasdale
A. B. Stymers
C. H
J. E. Moore
Jonathan Johnson
R. A
W. W. Perkins
J. R. McMillen
K. C. Ely
W. H. Baum
G. H. Kain
H. K. Johnson
Batavia Lodge
A. M
A. T. Johnson
W. M
D. Weaver
A. B. Devers
J. W
Kirk Kennedy
R. D. Atchley
J. D
Tyler
G. W. Slade
O. F. Marshall
T. P. Breeding
Bordwell
Archie Tatman
Clermont Courier
Joseph B. Foraker
Proas
Portamouth Presse
Fakp Souarrer
Stirling & On
Spring Street
Schaffer
See
Belt & Barr
Auld
Robin Gray
Ouch
Bolt & Barr
Huggins
Wayland's Way
Hoddl
Bavia
Court of St. James
Livermore
Oyster Banka
Bodman
Tobacco Market
M. E. Society
Presbyterian Church
Croep
Chamberlain
Charles A. Thompson
Des Moines
Iowa
John Bunn Batavia
H. F. Vortkamp
Irwin & Cobb Williamsberg
W. T. Elrod
Bothel
Major Evans
Dollie Crouch
Coalton
Kentucky
Burdsal Chapel
Marathon
Brown County Forger
George W. Puckett
Millsboro
J.W. Lawson
Whiteman
Puckett
Mt. Oreb and
Vicinity
Jlehanon Grzatte
Padelford
Julius Schatz
Mr. Colbert
Western Star
Joseph Benson Foraker
Sherman
Foraker
Lebanon
Board of Health
Congress
Judge Caldwell
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
House
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