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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1938
Page
5
Courier notices Mt Carmel area events including a Christmas party at Mt Carmel Grane and school programs on December 28 and December 23. It also mentions local basketball teams with girls at 8 wins and boys at 16, plus various social visits and church activities in Amelia and surrounding areas.
Glen Este residents report a Sunday gathering with the Kahleis Sperry Fissel Neddermann and Phillips families. An upcoming Ladies Aid meeting is set for December 22 at Mrs Schultze with each guest to bring a 10 cent gift for the party.
Mrs. Mary Garbe celebrated her seventy fifth birthday at home with a Sunday dinner guests included Mrs. Katherine Leming and the Leming family of Milford and Clarence 274 Louise Garbe. Ed Ross joined family and friends for gatherings across local households during the weekend.
The Mt Holly community mourns the death of Chas Rapp on Saturday evening. Sympathy is extended to his family. Other notes include health updates on Frank Fenner and Cliff Swing, social gatherings at the Community Building, and several visits and social events involving local residents and families.
Batavia Methodist Church lists minister C R Spangler and Sunday School at 9 30 AM Frank Morrison superintendent Morning Worship at 10 30 AM Union service at United Brethren Church 7 30 PM Christmas program Wednesday December 21 7 PM Christmas Day two services 8 30 9 00 AM and 10 30 11 00 AM Sunday service times at the usual time
A Portland Oregonian writer argues Captain Kidd was notable but not the era’s worst pirate. The piece traces Kidd’s fate, mentions Gardiner’s Island treasure, and surveys rivals Henry Morgan Blackbeard Roberts and Teach as harsher figures in Caribbean piracy.
In Batavia the Clermont County commissioners met in adjourned session and approved a long list of bills from various departments and vendors. The action included payments to hardware suppliers, public service firms, and local businesses for jail services, court house needs, materials, and machine work.
Epworth League at Newtonville Me church Sunday at 7 30. House warming hosted by Mr and Mrs Clemons at Pleasant Ridge. Residents visit kin in Deer Park Monroe Goshen Milford Cincinnati and Canada. Banks official approves school foundation notes purchases under the fourth quarter revenue plan.
An article notes the 1938 Christmas Seals message urging home protection from tuberculosis. It reflects on historical ignorance of contagion, advances in diagnosis and treatment, and the ongoing need for education as deaths decline but the disease remains a risk among ages 15 to 45. It also reports Ohio State University’s 1939 forecast predicting modest economic gains and higher demand for goods and farm products.
Disjointed account notes three electors in 1872 voting for a dead candidate. Mentions Seyev and a claim about Russian alphabet missionaries translating the Bible. Also cites founding of Liberia in 1922 by freedmen from the United States.
The article notes that Leon Czolgosz, who killed McKinley, was electrocuted at Auburn New York on October 29 1901 and buried in quicklime in the Auburn prison cemetery. It also states Charles Guiteau, who killed Garfield, drafted a will before his June 30 1882 execution and was buried beneath a courtroom pavement in Washington District of Columbia after his death.
Nature engineers a bridge across the Schwarzwasser river in Kleinwal valley Vorarlberg Austria. The chalkstone structure spans about 30 feet as it grows with the river. An arch is supported by three pine trees that have grown into the bridge from below.
In Trivapdrum India a birth celebration honors an heir presumptive with a cupful of white sugar given to every home. Cartloads of sugar move through streets and stop at each house as part of an ancient custom marking births.
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