Holiday visits and family gatherings across the region
The page lists numerous guests and home gatherings over the holidays. Names include Hubert Seyler from New York visiting local relatives, Mrs. Lady Titus entertaining the Wiseman family, Miss Betty Dewdney hosting friends, and many more families from Milford, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Williamsburg, Covington, Hamilton, Huntington, Ashland, and Washington D C. Also noted are several Christmas dinners and a serious burn to Shirlie Burnham near Atlin, plus decorations at the courthouse.
First Railway Mail Service Began in Civil War Era
A historical note recounts the origin of railway mail in the Civil War period. Congress approved railroad post routes in 1838, with mail initially stored in padlocked baggage compartments and later expanded for local sorting. W A Davis in St Joseph proposed on board sorting in 1862, credited here as the conceiver of the idea, with trials on the Quincy to St Joseph line approved by the Post Office and Burlington Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
France
England
Canada
George B. Armstrong
Chicago
W. A. Davis
St. Joseph
Chicago Tribune
Davis
Quincy
Overland Mail
Post Office Department
Burlington Railroad
Sunday Guests Visit Hill Family in Dayton and Cincinnati
Mr and Mrs Robert Hill hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Porter Reed and Mr and Mrs Carl Drischel with baby of Cincinnati and Norton Lee Hill of Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hill
Porter Reed
Carl Drischel and Baby
Cincinnati
Norton Lee Hill
Dayton
Santa Pup Delights Readers In Humorous Page
Snoopie the pup appears in the Courier’s funny page proving there is a Santa Claus for good boys and girls. The issue also lists holiday visits, social notes, and a note from B K W Pickard on Congress reconvening January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snoopie
Joe Jay
Santa Claus
Sixteenth Century Galleon Found Near Mona Island
A cedar galleon dated around 1550 is being excavated near Mona Island off Puerto Rico. Archaeologists Arturo Munoz MacCormick Jr, Roberto Munoz, and George Peery led the discovery using a terrameter, hoping to preserve the wreck as a historic monument on the Mona passage route between Panama and Spain.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mona Island
Arturo Munoz MacCormick, Jr
United States, Forest Service
Roberto Munoz
MacCormick
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Mayaguez
George Peery
State College grants bilingual degrees to foreign graduates
Foreign graduates at Pennsylvania State College receive diplomas engraved with their names in their native language. The article also notes musk-ox biology explaining musk glands deter pests and mentions the musk-ox lacks a fly-swatting tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Pennsylvania State College
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Clermont Courier
the Clermont Publishing Co
Batavia, Ohio
Rush
R. P. Althaus
Courier and
Cincinnati Post
Courier and Times-Star
Courier
Cincinnati Enqui
Evelyn Iles
City
Christmas
Charles Shinkle
Hubert Seyler
New York
Lady Titus
Wiseman
Betty Dewdney
Mrs. A. C. Nash
Amelia
J. F. Hartman
Batavia
Henry Myers
Mrs. Smyser
Milford
Geo. Wolf
Shirlie Burnham
Near
Atlin
Howard Hawkins
Gyet
Mary Fishback
Columbus
Clarence Reynolds
Morrow
Henry Reynolds
Bob Wiseman
Cleveland
Frank Wiseman
Detroit
Hugh L. Nichols
B.S. Rush
Randolph Reynolds
Chas. Frazier
Williamsburg
J. W. Homan
Mary
Mrs
George Slade
Hamilton
Charles Slade
George Hugo
John and
Katie Hugo
Gregg
Francis Deter
Pennsylvania
E. EB. Peterson
P. B. Elrod
Clara Johnson
Daugherty
Albert Dabler
Portsmouth
Wm. Moore
Mrs. E. 8. Rush
Kenneth Hensley
Huntington, W. Va
Parrott
Elizabeth Paxton
Ashland
P.M. Ashburn
Washington D. C
J. K. Ashburn
Holiday
Nash’s Pharmacy
Ohio
Batavia Fertilize Co
Danville
Wilbur Mills & Son
J. A. Lutes
Olive Branch
Stork
Wilson Pontiac Sales
Kyle
Tabasco
Mt. Carmel
Rome
Baldwins
Golden Delicious Apples
Orbbl. CO. Co
Houser
Hamlet
J. C. Fuhr
Willie Coal & Supply Co
John F.hartman
OIC
Catherine Horne
H. BE. Lindsey
Clermont County
C. J. Nobis
Amelia, O
Harry Hutson
Roy
Angie Armstrong
E. Streib
Evanston
Wm. Jenike
Mr. Shannon
Hillsboro
T. Q. Jenike
Norwood
Randal Walker
Oklahoma
Robert Jamieson
Jamieson
George Agnew Chamberlain
M. E
Owebaville
Wm. Bruckart
Washington
Eddie South
Clyde Tom and Wife
Indiana
Karl Habo
Helen Larkin
Oxford
Betty Wilson
Jack Paschal
Virgil
Ohio State
Jerry Wasner
Philip Lail
Billie
James McTamany
Wm Bishop
Warns
Doris Dene
Eli Speidel
Harold Edwards
Baby
Dwight Martin
Wilhameville Pta
BK. W. Pickard
Hink and Dink
Lakehestra
O. Rt
C. J. McCloy
Main Street
Claude B. Smith
Dental X-Ray
First National Bank
Batavia Building & Loan Co
E. R. Ungethuem
Blythe Jones
Henry E
Lindsey
Insurance Batavia
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