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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1889
Page
8
Laurel prepares for a fox drive as local notices cover cholera in Warren county other criminal, civic and agricultural items. Reports discuss tobacco in Brown county farms a Georgetown ice factory and Buckeye banquet plans with Presbyterian ladies and Ohio political hints.
Long column reviews a string of 1850s news items including a missing Cleveland drug man CHANEY in Ripley, a 108 year old widow Mary Smith biography, burglars at Adams County editor’s home, Clermont tobacco yield, a Hancock County teacher losing a certificate, political and social tidbits from Ripley and Cincinnati, and notes on March approaching with local commentary.
A humorous anthology of everyday misconceptions showing how appearances mislead. It links writers editors preachers and officials to misread signs from fashion to temperaments. The piece suggests ordinary acts can misrepresent reality in a bustling town.
A Batavia town column comments on high taxes and the tax duplicate, noting public demand for tax relief and hints at an upcoming effort to reduce levy. The piece pokes fun at tax language, discusses public sentiment, and references local figures and shops in a humorous tone.
Miss Vesta Bishop returns from Oxford College while Noah Bernstein of Cincinnati moves to Batavia. Florence Nichols visits relatives in Newport Kentucky as W J Tone reports a trip from Locust Corner to New Orleans. Conductor Kain and family host relatives, engraver John Kline greets Batavia friends, and John Brealin of Cincinnati’s Merchant and Manufacture tours Batavia. Mr and Mrs William Perkins host tea with guests Charles G Hall John W McTomany and Charles Hail from Amelia.
A Bethel hospitality event at Ham Allen's hosted by Mrs. Mattie Paut and others featured strong hands and a lunch by Mrs. Allen. Local updates note William Gris's new residence, James Yancy’s lunch for Courier staff, a child’s shoulder injury from a fall, and a large shoe sale in Batavia with deep discounts. The piece also lists weekly Silverware draw numbers and assorted groceries priced in 1889.
An old advertisement warns against mercury based nostrums and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney Co Toledo. It claims internal use and blood impact, urging consumers to buy genuine product from Toledo druggists at 75 cents per bottle. A birth notice for Mills Smith in Marathon follows.
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