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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1933
Page
8
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A mix of social notices from Batavia includes Kathryn Adams hosting her Sewing Club, Barbara Urban hosting a bridge party, and Raymond Miller and Clara Pierce wed at Batavia Presbyterian. Updates mention Miss Nellie Lewis ill at O. U., T. T. Lewis hospitalized, and local sales and hardware ads.
Three Farmers Institutes will draw large crowds with renowned speakers and home talent. Moscow opens February 16 with sessions led by school officials and W D Zinn of West Virginia speaking daily. W H Aufranc and Mrs C Milner headline various talks, with institutes also at Amelia and Edenton February 17 and 18 led by R C Kinsey and J P Schmidt.
Stanford professor Wal ter R. Miles argues that aging is largely psychological rather than a fixed bodily limit. In a National Academy of Sciences report based on tests of over 800 people, many age seventy and above performed as well as younger adults, suggesting fear and tradition drive perceived decline.
A historical overview notes Gregor Mendel’s pea experiments, published long after his 1865 work, and how Hugo De Vries’ 1900 recognition spurred the acceptance of genetics. It traces the first international congresses in London 1905 and Paris 1910, with subsequent meetings in London, Berlin, and New York.
A historical snippet traces Thomas A. Edison’s early ticketing system and the Edmondson ticket case. It notes how initial paper records on cardboard led to a case to store ticket descriptions, with the Edmondson design remaining in use until 1874 when an American ticket case was invented.
The starling flocks attract study from ancient writers like Pliny for their precise coordinated flight. Large groups wheel and descend in silence, seen as a living whole that can both attract blame and help control insect plagues by sweeping into affected areas.
The article reflects on the plaintive screech owl’s wail and how listeners interpret it. It notes superstition and fear as some see omens, while others view the bird as expressing a private, affectionate sound for its intended mate.
Detroit News recounts a historical image of a judge who sat blindfolded in a St Louis courtroom when the city was a small fur trading post. A servant guided him, and clerks and attorneys read essential documents aloud to ensure he understood the proceedings.
The article notes Schoenbrunn Gnadenhutten and Fort Laurens as key Tuscarawas County Ohio sites. Schoenbrunn Island was the first settlement, rebuilt by the State Historical Society and New Philadelphia residents. Gnadenhutten is remembered for the 1782 massacre of Christian Indians. Fort Laurens, built in 1799 by General McIntosh, was the first American fort within today’s Ohio.
A visitor describes vast Suffolk flint pits viewed as ancient, with a single active shaft reaching 30 feet and no machinery. Candle-end work dictates hours, knapping and trimming methods echo prehistoric practice, linked to Brandon family artisans who allegedly kept the craft for 900 years.
Frog mugs with a frog model fixed inside the bottom were produced from about 1800 in Leeds Sunderland and Nottingham and at other English potteries. The frog was likely a gimmick to discourage tippling and may reflect temperance sentiment or novelty among drinkers.
Playthings editor notes that all domestically made dolls are now from a new unbreakable composition using wood flour corn starch and glue. The parts are molded heated and assembled then coated with flesh enamel and lacquer via air brush for final finish.
A historical note on the duck hawk as a sport in the Middle Ages. Falconers in Europe split birds into falcons and hawks with noble true falcons soaring to unseen heights and striking prey, while hawks like goshawk and sparrow hawk pursued quarry with swift, side-glancing darts.
A historical note argues that naval officers require more than skill at sea. It cites Johan Paul Jones and 1770 ideals, urging officers to be capable mariners yet also well educated, polite, and genteel with refined honor and manners.
A fragmented note summarizes medieval courts titled Courts of Love, describing tribunals in France and Germany between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. These courts supposedly guided lovers in choosing partners, as reported by Collier's Weekly.
The Mt. Carmel Grange held a Valentine party on Saturday Feb 4 with many members present. Activities included a Valentine verse roll call a word contest won by Viola Maddox and a Rats and Traps game followed by lunch led by Roy Maddox Joe Cameron and Ellys Guynn. An upcoming Lincoln and Washington program on Feb 18 will feature Juveniles and Mary Lincoln and Martha Washington. members are asked to bring cookies and cocoa.
Marathon Grange hosts an old time fiddlers contest at the new school auditorium on February 24 25 with entrants limited by Mrs Mark Atchley Monterey. The event follows a community program February 8 featuring Marathon Orchestra, speeches by Clarence J Brown and local performers.
Morton H McNeill files in Common Pleas Court case 18126 seeking partition of multiple parcels in Monroe Township Village Laurel and surrounding blocks in Clermont County Ohio. The legal action names Albert McNeill Charline Pitrat and John McNeill as non residents with the court hearing set for April 8, 1983, via attorney Clarence N Young.
The United Brethren in Christ church led by Lewis G. Ludwick and guest speakers Dr J H Harris and Rev J B Lauvre hosts Sunday school at 9 30 a m Junior church at 10 16 and no evening service as revival meetings at Williamsburg conclude with a 2 p m mass meeting and 6 p m fellowship supper. Samuel Huecker presides at Monterey Presbyterian with 9 30 Sunday school and 10 45 morning worship focusing on God as force or personality. Jn 12 services invite all attendees with mid week prayer at 7 30 p m and a cordial invitation to public worship on Sunday Jan 12 at 7 p m.
Tax listing runs February 1 to 31 with listing as last year. Assessors will provide blanks at banks or via Auditor's office. list tangible and intangible property with values, income for 1932, and list as of January 1, 1933. At least half taxes due at listing. send self addressed envelope for certificate. duplicate returns required for totals of 5000 or more or income from productive investments.
On February 20 and 21 Jack Jamieson presents the irama league prize play Star in the East at Batavia Town Hall under Holy Trinity Church. A Persian orient spectacle of the fifth century B C with a cast of fifty and lavish fittings. Tickets are 26 cents for adults and 15 cents for children with no reserved seats. Curtain at 8 p m.
Mrs Harmon Beckett will auction farm implements garden tools seed and household items at her Amelia home next Saturday Feb 11 at 1 pm. A M Ellis and E L Jones of Summerside offer at noon Feb 11 a mule cow crops harness tools and more. H C Aultman to sell two work horses cows farm implements and hay on Feb 16 at 11 am on the Behnner farm between Batavia and Hamlet. Lunch served.
A fragmentary note discusses assisting blind voters with aid from a companion or two election officials of opposite parties. The text also derides a passerby as an easy mark and includes unrelated interjections about influenza and a London authority.
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