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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1927
Page
5
Hamlet and Marathon items report residents traveling to Port San Pedro and Honolulu with stops noted. Social events include oyster suppers, birthdays, funerals, and church activities, with health updates and a new radio installation. A wedding, a birth, and a few local visits fill the community page with dated references and neighborhood ties.
Ed Meier and family and Charles Meier visited with Albert Meier’s family. Louise Garbe spent Sunday at home. Dr. Beckelheimer called on Calvin Beckelheimer. Ed Ross family spent in Covington Ky. Ross relatives visited A Richert’s and Neville. Bale of social visits among local families. multiple gatherings noted with churches and clubs, including the Whitaker Livestock Club and Glen Olive Clothing Club hosting Pauline Malot’s home mp mp. Ladies' Aid events announced for December 15 at I C O F hall.
Farmers from Kentucky and Ohio pack Maysville for the first 1927 burley sale. About 227360 pounds sold at Gray's No 1 and Burley Association houses, bringing $49375.01 total and $21.72 average, higher than last year and Lexington opening. Clermont county tobacco being stripped and sold locally at 26 to 80 cents per pound.
The Record notes Milford citizens are uneasy as spring nears with many fed birds gathered in a tree. Some residents believe the birds offer companionship, while others worry the birds will linger year round in Batavia.
The Adams County grand jury met five days last week and examined 116 witnesses in 65 cases. Thirty five indictments were returned and 80 cases ignored. Nine bills were made public while 26 were sealed. One indictment was for second degree murder.
The Batavia Rebekah Lodge hosted a well attended supper in the Odd Fellows hall with chicken paddies pumpkin pies and more. Receipts totaled 69.90. In March 1876 Professor Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first complete sentence over the telephone saying Mr Watson come here I want you.
Dayton authorities blame rabbits imported from Cyn thiana Kentucky and Maysville Kentucky for the death of Fenton Williams from tularaemia. Fellow workers Harry Holtgreven and Emanuel Gruber at the same poultry warehouse are ill with the disease.
Paul Pathe sues Bethel Council and Board of Public Affairs seeking to block bond issuance and plant installation for electric service. Southwestern Power and Light Co. current, later Union Gas and Electric Co., is involved. Attorneys to file briefs by Friday before a court ruling.
Columbus Ohio December 9 Secretary of State Clarence J Brown cites 115009 deaths 3500000 injuries and 3 billion in property losses in five years nationwide. He argues for a drivers license law and penalties to deter drunk driving and curb highway hazards statewide.
The Miami Grange elected officers for the coming year at the Milford meeting on Saturday December 3. New officers include Master R A Riehle Overseer J H Martin Lecturer Mrs Wittner Steward Henry Long Assistant Steward Leo Riehle Chaplain Minnie Long Treasurer J J Landeman Secretary F A Riehle Gate Keeper Ed Price Ceres Mrs B F Turner Pomona Mrs Mabel Kaiser Flora Mary Galloway L A S Hattie Davis Business Agent Edwin Price Legislative Agent G M Roudebush Also attending the National Grange conference in Cleveland were Mr. and Mrs G M Roudebush Mr. and Mrs R F Turner Mrs Alexander Miss Alice Boyce and F A Rieble.
Ohio motor buses now haul United States mail under contract. About two dozen bus lines could extend service as transportation officials consider relieving mail congestion between Cincinnati and points like Winchester Mt. Carmel Williamsburg and Batavia. Batavia may offer 7 40 a m departures to Georgetown and other routes via C G P and N W rail lines.
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