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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
4
Clerical notes from Batavia Ohio December 17 1902 cover a mix of editorials and remarks. General Charles Dick plans to enter the governorship race after a conference with Senator Hanna. The piece also notes European power flexing over a two million dollar debt. It reports the death of Mrs. Sarah Dent Grant, widow of Ulysses S Grant, in Washington.
A case Stein vs Bannville filed in the common pleas seeks an injunction against the wife of defendant and a New Richmond bank. Stein claims Benniville sold him a salted well near New Richmond and in Kentucky for 4200 dollars, with payment partly by note and partly by cancelling a debt. The note was transferred to Benniville’s wife to block payment. The West Union Defender notes local teacher shortages from Adams County and salaries from 18 to 30 dollars. Obits: Martha Malott, Hamilton, buried at home place. William Pate, 48, Monterey, Owensville cemetery. Mahala Ward, Willowville, civil war veteran widow.
Classified notice seeking assistance for household tasks at 4 Ll D Oliver on Red Bank Avenue near Sac White Girls in Vincingati Ohio. Entry notes location details and employment direction, indicating a domestic help position.
Santos, a Chicago railroad magnate, warns that U S prosperity may be at its peak and hints at an impending downturn. He cites unrest in New York and South America, fears of a financial crisis, and a stagnating manufacturing district signaling a fragile economy.
An advertisement promotes Dr Franklin Miles offering $4.00 worth of his complete treatment free to readers. It claims science based cures for heart nerves liver stomach and dropsy with elixir tablets laxative pills and plaster. Endorsed by Col E B Spileman and others, readers urged to request details by mail to Chicago.
Tr regrets that Ohio has its full quota of clerical civil service appointees and no further recommendations will be made for some time. Still the right man with the right influence could work into position.
The article extols proper feeding for livestock to maximize milk pork and eggs and extends the same logic to children. It highlights Scott’s Emulsion as a balanced food using cod liver oil lime and soda to build flesh blood muscle and bone.
Dispositions include dismissal for lack of security for costs in J. H. Hayes versus Lucy Dentz. settlements and dismissals in John 8. Barkley v Lucinda and John R. Clark. a December 18 trial date for State ex rel John W. Murphy v Trustees of Williamsburg township. a 30 day workhouse sentence plus $50 fine for assault in State v John Fultz with suspension on payment. A. J. Allen vs John Marshall Sanders confirmation and distribution. court to appoint members to review county clerk transactions for year ending August 31, 1992. attachment in A. J. Stein v B. A. Benneville et al.. quiet title suit John Walker v Joseph R. Walker et al.
The special edition on transportation on land and sea is praised for its handsome presentation and extensive information on railroads and shipping. Frank K. Thurber becomes Government storekeeper in Cincinnati and leaves with his wife to assume duties.
Marian R. Deeley filed in Clermont County Court of Common Pleas on December 8 1902 for dower in multiple Ohio properties. The petition names nonresident heirs and defendants including Harles R Deeley Laura H Deeley Haskin A Deeley Julia Jeannette Patterson and Albert F Patterson. Defendants are required to answer by January 31.
Emma Kellum and daughter Nellie from Tusculum visit Mr and Mrs T L Wyatt. Alice Wyatt and son Walker from Lockland visit Elizabeth Banford and Nettie Eppert. E L Stewart of Tusculum seen in town. Elizabeth Fagin and Ollie return from Manefield Illinois. Prof Horace Mendenhall of Cincinnati visits Rev H E B Armacost. Baptist church buys a Baldwin organ. A solemn sacramental service at the M E church.
The Rev. H. C. Jameson of Dayton will deliver his popular lecture Grit Greenbacks and Grace in the M. E. church Friday night December 26.
In a dramatic street scene spectators watch a balloonist struggle for life while a sick room scene unfolds at home. The text then extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for coughs and lung disease and includes a testimonial from Rev. Joene H. Fesperman praising its effects on a family member's consumptive symptoms.
An 1902 Batavia Ohio ordinance sets salaries for the Mayor Clerk Treasurer and Marshal with additional Street Commissioner pay and board salaries for Public Affairs Trustees and Health Board. It also requires bonds for these officers and repeals conflicting ordinances. Publication dated May 16 with signatures.
An ordinance from Batavia Ohio creates a five member Village Board of Health. At the May council meeting the Mayor will appoint five electors to serve, two for one year and three for two years, with successors appointed thereafter.
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