Prize Coupon Election Contest Ends Christmas Noon
Readers urged to clip coupons, vote for six prize writers by December 25 1891. Coupons may be mailed or delivered at the Courier office. Top towns include New Richmond Moscow Milford Bantam and others. Prizes include a New York trip, World’s Fair visit, sewing machine, Britannica set, Webster’s Dictionary, and classic works.
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Bureau of Correspondence
Friends of Correspondents
New Richmond
Moscow
Milford
Bantam
Mount Pisgah
Williamsburg
Bethel
Crosstown
Amelia
Owensville
Goshen
Loveland
Mulberry
Newtonsville
Child
Olive Branch
Nicholsville
Edenton
Moore’s Fork
Courier
New York
Chicago
Shakespeare
Scott
Byron
Dicken
Vote Submission Hint From Local Town Leader
The notice asks residents to plainly write their favorite and submit votes from the town named in the header. It emphasizes sending ballots to the designated address and ensuring clear identification of the voter.
His Last Trip Thomas B Dustin dies after long illness
Thomas B Dustin of this place, longtime commercial traveler for a wholesale china and glass house, died December 21 after a lingering illness. Born in 1845 in Batavia, he served in the 59th Ohio, earned injuries in Kentucky, moved to Cincinnati ten years ago as a commercial agent, and became a trusted director. His funeral was held in Cincinnati and he was buried in Union Cemetery.
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Thomas B. Dustin
Batavia
Col
Jesse 8. Dustin
Lorena Dustin
59Th Ohio
Kentucky
Piketon
Columbia
Cincinnati
T. C. Campbell
Union Cemetery
Death of Captain Orville Burke Bethel attorney
Captain Orville Burke of Bethel died at home on Sunday December 19 at age sixty from lung trouble after a brief illness. An able and conscientious attorney and ardent Republican, he served bravely in the Civil War. He leaves a widow, grown children, and many friends who mourn his loss.
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Orville Burke
Clermont
Spirit moved Beloit organist shames own faith confession
A Beloit Quaker village organist sparked a breach during a meeting when she confessed being led astray after a Salem trip. The sisters stayed distant and the brothers offered no support, leaving the crowd to discuss the episode in disorder.
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Beloit
Salem
Jesus
A Brute and a Baby in Kentucky Tragedy
George Keller of Four Mile Kentucky returns home after drinking to find his 13 year old son and 3 year old daughter. In a fit of drunken rage he kills the toddler with a pistol shot then lays with the body. He buries the child in a garden before fleeing to a saloon and later turning himself in at Newport. Coroner's inquest pending.
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George Keller
Four- Mile
Kentucky
New Richmond
Newport
Miss Elizabeth Cade’s Mind Fails After Care for Invalid Mother
Friends report Miss Elizabeth Cade suffered a mental breakdown following lengthy nursing for her mother who died recently. After a rest trip to Miamsburg with her brothers, she showed brief improvement at Cincinnati depot before a total collapse sent her back to Miamsburg for care.
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Elizabeth Cade
Miss Cade
William
Miamsburg
Batavia
Sam
Cincinnati
Tragedy After Revolver Accident Near Williamsburg
Little Inez Curlis, four, died after a revolver discharged while three local youths examined the weapon during a gathering at Mrs. Corliss's home near Carrier’s school house. Snider held the gun as it went off, passing through the child and mortally wounding her. She died Thursday morning after suffering.
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Inez
Abner Curlis
Susan Curlis
Carrier’s School House
Williamsburg
Fred Curtis
Oral Fryman
George Snider
Snider
Fryman
Norfolk and Western expands lines toward Cincinnati
The Commercial Gazette reports the Norfolk and Western system widening its reach. It has acquired the Scioto Valley route to Kenova and extends the New River branch to Kenova, with forty miles in operation. Officials view a turnover of the Cincinnati, Virginia and Portsmouth road to N W in weeks.
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Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati
Seaboard
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Norfolk
Bay
Newport News
Norfolk and Western
Scioto Valley
Columbus
Ironton
Ohio River
Kenova
Powhattan
West
Courier’s Davy Jones misprint spurs brother letter
A Brazier Ohio reader named David Jones writes to the Courier to correct a joke about Edward Jones the Olive Branch murderer. He denies involvement with crime, says he has never been imprisoned, and asks the paper to drop slurs against him and his family. The editor apologizes, calling the incident an accidental allusion to the mythic Davy Jones.
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Edward Jones
Olive Branch
Jane
Edward
Davy
Davy Jones
David Jones
Brazier
Ohio
the Courier
Ed Jones
David
Jones
Peculiar Prayer in New Jersey Church Clipping
A Clayton New Jersey church recounts a preacher’s unusual plea on a Sunday excursion train. He prayed the Southbound West Jersey line stay on track so church members aboard could repent, noting it would be awkward to bury a member killed on a church outing. The clipping quips no rail accidents occurred last week.
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Clayton
New Jersey
West Jersey
Spe
Billy Fee’s Grave Ends Notorious Ohio River Tragedy
The remains of Billy Fee, victim in the Lawrenceburg shanty-boat murder, were buried in Moscow, Indiana, last week. The case involving Key and Rusk is described as unsolved and heinous, with Mrs Key divorcing the man and living with her father in Cincinnati. The item includes unrelated notes promoting Ayer’s Sarsparilla and Almanac and a restaurant oyster delivery, ending with a Willitts reference at City Hall on January 3.
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Billy Fee
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Moscow
Ohio River
Key
Rusk
West
Court Condiments and Insurance Troubles Highlight Court Session
A bustling docket reports verdicts and settlements in common pleas court. Aliie Prebble v Felicity village suit progresses with nurse demand and appeal. multiple partitions, foreclosures, and bankrupt stockholder judgments noted. The courtroom resumes after illness and a key figure’s absence, with new cases listed and a sheriff bond filed.
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Court House
William Townsley
Townsley & Woodlief
Cowen
Orville Burke
Wm. Meyers
The
Royal Insurance Co
Richmond E. Wyatt
Hugh W. Rankin
Edward Hurdle
Frank
Franklin Fridmans
Evaline Bartlow
M. Soth
F. F. Spence
Mary Ingle
Aliie Prebble
Felicity
Miss Preble
Justice At
Council
Common Pleas
Henry Laub
Caroline F. Bauman
Fifth Ward Building Association
Martha J. Frazer
Towner Locker Co
J. M
Florence Seiden
J. R. Wiley
John Erskine
D. Crabbs
Washington Township
M. Loth
T. J
Ellen Spence
H. L. Arthur
Wm. McNeally
Union Building & Loan Co
Mechanice
Louisa Hodges
Boston Fair Board
Davis
Common Pleas Court
Highway Robber Seizes Peebles Man for 2 50
At Peebles Adams county last Saturday night a highwayman stopped Mr Callinger and compelled him to surrender his possessions. He paid 2 50 and the robber fled. The old man carried 200 in his inside pocket but the thief hesitated to wait for it.
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Peebles
Adams County
Courier Clubbing Offer On Publications At Cut Rates
The Courier seeks 300 new subscriptions within the next thirty days and has already booked over two hundred. Clients can save forty to ninety cents per publication by joining the Courier club. Send in orders early to take advantage.
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the Courier
Courier
Household Note on Language Clarity and Phrasing
The memorandum gives guidance on precise wording avoiding casual or misused terms. It instructs using officer instead of official and halves instead of cut in half, addressing letters clearly, stating intentions, and avoiding needless prepositions while using measurements like spoonfuls in plural form.
Kiine’s Ball New Year Social In Batavia to Open Year
On December 31 Batavia hosts Kiine’s ball with a social reception and hop. Committee members Misses Katie Duckwall Florence Swing Mamie Ashburn Jennie Penix and Mrs C Belt invite one hundred ladies with escorts. Patronesses include Mrs L Denham Mrs James B Swing Mrs J P Robinson and others. Music by Visconti and Russio. The event promises to be very swell and a great success.
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Batavia
Kiine
Katie Duckwall
Florence Swing
Mamie Ashburn
Jennie Penix
C. Belt
L. Denham
James B. Swing
J. P. Robinson
D. G. Dustin
A. W. Ashburn
Anna Griffith
R. W.C. Gregg
W. W. Dennison
Visconti and
Russio
Family Involved in Tranquility Robbery Revealed
The Courier reports that three weeks after the Tranquility robbery the culprits are the victim couple’s own son and grandson, aided by a local youth. The arrest follows a failed attempt to pass a fragment of the stolen money, which led to the confession and partial recovery of funds.
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Tranquility
Adams, Co
71 year old Williams burg man dies cutting wood
John Stroup aged 71 from two miles north of Williamsburg died while cutting firewood in nearby woods. His wife found him past supper time, laid across a log, the body later examined as heart disease claimed another victim.
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John Stroup
Williamsburg
Isaac
James McKeever
Persecuted Youth Reunited With Mother After Cold Station Plea
A 14 year old boy, poorly dressed and cold, stood at Batavia station last Thursday night. A truck driver invited him in and after hearing his story of being brought from Columbus by a man promising a good home he provided warmth and a ticket home. The boy, seeking his mother, headed to Columbus with help from local volunteers.
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Batavia
Columbus
Look Out For Them Swindle Report Involving Memorial Pictures
Lycurgus White reports two men visited his Jeffersonville pike home asking his wife for deaths in the family and filling a memorial picture form with names ages and dates. They charged $4 but took only $2 into debt. White calls the memorial a swindle and refuses to pay, noting similar schemes in nearby counties that targeted women and were halted by a prior alert.
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Lycurgus White
Jeffersonville Pike
A. E. Foot
Canal Winchester
Fayette County
Batavia
Clermont County
Allen's Discovery for Pilea cures piles claim
A letter from Albany New York dated November 27 1888 reports cure of itching and bleeding piles after twelve years using Allen's Discovery for Pilea. The writer Myrtle Avenu Albany notes it cured even a severe case and urges others to try it. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents.
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B. Belding
Myrtle Avenu
Albany
Allen
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George W. Temple
Columbus and
Maysville
John B. Gellaspiera
Jacob Jackson
Justice Turner
Monroe Township
Alfred Orebaugh
Francis C. Hartman
Lewis Ludlow
Rosanna Walker
Chauncy Bown Et al
Avel Bown
Snell & Halloway
T. M. South
Appen
A.J. Predmore
Clarence Haughton
G. A. Frazier
J. M. Wilson
Adams Again
Hop
Simmons Liver Regulators
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