Farm Bureau To Elect Clermont Man To State Board
At the State Farm Bureau convention held during Farmers Week at Ohio State University a new state constitution created twenty two districts for representation. Clermont county joins Brown Adams and Clinton in district 20, electing J H Dawson of Batavia township to the state Board of Directors. Geo Lang of Ohio township, a top poultryman, addressed 500 listeners, answering all questions with actual figures.
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State Farm Bureau
Ohio State University
Clérmont County
Brown
Adams
Clinton
J. H. Dawson
Batavia Township
County Farm Bureau
Country Club Meets at Mrs Ida Wilson Home
Country Club No 60 enjoyed an afternoon at Mrs Ida Wilson with a program including music roll call a requested phrase history of Club No 50 readings by Mrs Sadie Brown housekeeping in the Orient Jessi e Parnell special music play The Old Year and a penny march. A fruit treat followed before adjourning to meet at Mrs Holden on February 24.
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Country Club
No. 60
Ida Wilson
Sadie Brown
Housekeeping In the Orient
Jessie Parnell
Batavia School Month Report Highlights Attendance
The Batavia schools report for the month ending January 14 shows enrollment at 390, average daily attendance 265, 159 neither absent nor tardy, and 49 tardiness cases. The Community Club meeting featured child drills readings by Mrs Barbeau and fine city orchestra music. New second term classes include Solid Geometry Physiography and Civics. Batavia High School sent players to Augusta Kentucky for a return game Friday night.
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Batavia
Barbeau
Our City
Batavia High School
Augusta
Proposal to elect county fair boards by voters
A bill in Columbus would change county fair boards to be elected in fall elections by voters, removing family badge electors. The writer argues this would harm fairs by losing unpaid volunteer effort and urges representatives to vote against it, claiming current boards are functioning well.
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Columbus
Old Time Meeting at Batavia Odd Fellows Lodge
The Batavia Odd Fellows lodge held an old time meeting last Friday with the degree staff confering the second and third degrees on a candidate. Attendance was large and spirits high after a bountiful lunch. Mrs T L Familton hosted a Friday card party in the afternoon.
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Batavia
Odd Fellows Lodge
Toaete Fron Vielting
Home
Tobacco Market Sees Strong Sales in Batavia Year Start
Batavia tobacco market opened January 6 with one sale weekly then three sales weekly. January total offerings 471,140 lb with 91,675 rejections and 879,875 sold including resales at average 17.94. February 8 sale offered 72,000 lb with 12,125 rejections and 81,870 sold at 18.62. Top sellers, including Thomas Carter Batavia Township and W M Little Laurel, posted high figures.
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Batavia House
W. M. Little
Laurel
Thomas Carter
Batavia Tp
Cain
Locust Corner
H. D. Turner
N. Richmond
W. F. Dickson
Batavia
Spring Farm Moves Hit Rough Roads
Farmers plan spring relocations as soft roads halt moving efforts. Heavy loads damage pikes and transport costs rise. last week a team needed 18 hours to travel Felicity to Batavia due to bad roads. Automobiles will report on road conditions next summer.
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Felicity
Batavia
Pikes
Are You Eligible Pension Bill In House
A proposed old age pension bill was introduced in the House by Representative J. Harley Chadwell of Jefferson County. It would grant up to six dollars weekly to residents aged 65 and over, with income limits reducing the pension to keep total income under eight hundred fifty dollars. Eligible applicants must own property under two thousand five hundred dollars, and a four member state pension committee would administer the act with staggered terms starting with the governor’s appointees.
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House of Representatives
J. Harley Chadwell
Jefferson County
Theovernor
Government action urged for dating canned spinach
The writer argues for federal and state compulsion on all canning firms to clearly date canned products with the year of canning. Citing poisoning cases from spinach, the piece notes many cans lack dates and manufacturers brighten dull cans to hide age. It urges protection for buyers and an age limit, warning households rely on bought foods.
Heavy hauling strains roads to Maysville tobacco trade
Heavy hauling by trucks bound for Maysville from here carries five ton loads of tobacco. The weight tests roadbeds, especially in dry weather, with current road conditions described as soft and challenging.
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Here
Maysville
Tts
Judge Stephenson Honored at Batavia Hotel Gathering
A public dinner and tribute were held at the Batavia Hotel in Adams County for Judge Stephenson of the Common Pleas bench. About 36 Batavia friends, officials, and other guests attended as Toastmaster W F Roudebush led remarks praising the judge's fair, impartial rulings and long service across 22 counties.
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Stephenson
Adams County
Batavia
Common Pleas
W. F. Roudebush
Owensvilles Lights Bring Constant Power At Low Cost
Owensville now enjoys a 24 hour electric current from the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company via the Kroger line at a reduced price. The utility claims steady luminance and savings on globe life. Batavia faces higher rates due to consumer funded street lighting. The B of P A paid 874 dollars in January for current, bought from C Ge and P. If possible, the town could save by taking over the plant.
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Owensville
Kroger
Cincinnati G. & E. Company
Cincinnati
Batavia
B. of P. A
C. Ge& P
Coal Officials Indicted Over Coal Profits
Five coal companies and 12 officials were indicted in Cleveland on January 31 by the Federal grand jury for violating the Leaver act. They allegedly made 38 to 5 dollars profit per ton of coal sold. Other firms to be investigated. The coal market shows a slow price decline.
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Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Party for Helen Heinrici with a group of friends
On Saturday evening Miss Helen Heinrici hosted friends including Helen H Rush Elizabeth Jamieson Mary Virginia Jamieson Anna Virginia Speidel Joanna Iles Marjorie Watson Bettie Carroll Ruth Dial Myrtle Wilson Gertrude Wilson Irane Halick Virginia Gelgin and Feral Tilton. Guests dressed as little girls, a lovely lunch was served and games were played.
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Helen Heinrici
Helen H. Rush
Elizabeth Jamieson
Mary Virginia Jamieson
Anna Virginia Speidel
Joanna Iles
Marjorie Watson
Bettie Carroll
Ruth Dial
Myrtle
Gertrude Wilson
Irane Halick
Virginia, Gelgin
Feral Tilton
Batavia Boys Lose Close Game at Augusta Ky 21 to 18
Batavia High School basketball traveled to Augusta Kentucky for a return match against local high school players. The game was tight throughout with Batavia trailing 21 to 18. no coach was present to assist the team. Nearby, the Right Anglers defeated Boy Scouts 16 to 14 at the Armory in a Friday afternoon showcase.
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Batavia
Augusta
Armory
Seed Law Enforcement Highlights and Local Road Meeting
The article notes seed dealers and farmers must register with the state to avoid prosecution and tag seed with purity details before sale. It also reports county commissioners meeting in session Monday with several good road advocates discussing road matters.
Farmers Institute Holds 14th Session at Newtonsville
The 14th Newtonsville Farmers' Institute meets February 14 and 15 at the Baptist church with speakers W. J. Melday F. L. Shoenberger and Mrs. Thomas P. Pierce. Program covers dairy herd care apple sprays poultry pointers and school supervision with group discussions and music.
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Newtonsville Farmers’ Institute
Baptist Church
W. J. Melday
F. L. Shoenberger
Thomas P. Pierce
America
L. B. Pollock aPentan
W. J. Wesday
Bond Issue Vote Sought by Stonelick Consolidated District
A request filed with the county board of elections asks for a bond election in the Stonelick consolidated school district area spanning Union Stonelick and Batavia townships. Five precincts will vote, with March 5 set for turnout at district voting places. the district has no bonded debt and faces classroom shortages.
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County Board of Elections
Stonelick Consolidated
Union
Stonelick
Batavia
Alarm signals urged for Batavia and Perkins pikes crossings
The paper urges installation of danger signals at the Batavia N W crossing on the Cincinnati pike and above the brickyard on the Perkins pike both within the corporation. It notes Williamsburg crossings have had alarm bells for years and asks when the system will be installed.
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Batavia N. & W
Cincinnati Pike
Perkins Pike
Willamsburg
Indictments Return in Ripley Case Against L V Williams
Six indictments were returned by a special grand jury in the Common Pleas Court in action styled the State of Ohio against L V Williams former secretary of the Peoples Building and Loan Company of Ripley. Charges include false entry in financial reports and multiple embezzlements totaling about 25 000 from 1918 to 1920 plus smaller embezzlements of 60 144 47 and 197 96 with two additional secret indictments.
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Common Pleas Court
State of
Ohio
L. V. Williams
Peoples Building and Loan Company
Ripley
Urbana mobilizes 50 volunteers for unpaid police force
Urbana Ohio council resolves to arm and swear in 50 men as unpaid special police to aid the chief. The area faces a crime wave and has purchased discarded army side arms and Springfield rifles. Williamsburg offers a similar self protection effort and other towns may follow. Farmers buy cheaper tobacco grades to use as fertiliser at the warehouse.
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Urbana
Ohio
Urbana Council
Williamsburg
Hyvery
Clermont County Auditor Urges Postponing Real Estate Appraisal
Auditor H C Reed asks the Clermont County Board to postpone this year real estate appraisals citing incomplete village plats and declining property values, plus recent higher levies raising tax rates. Commissioners agree with the recommendation. Also listed are names drawn for petit jurors and various real estate transfers with nominal sums.
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Board of Commissioners
Clermont County
Ohio
General of
H. C. Reed
Tobacco Growers Meet at Batavia Court House
Township delegates gathered at the Batavia Court House on Saturday February 5 to hear pledges to cut out the 1921 tobacco crop and to report progress across townships. Delegates stressed the need to reduce the 600 million pound surplus, with 75 percent of county growers already signed and 80 to 90 percent expected.
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Batavia
Saurday
Kentucky
N. W. Bacon
Lexington
Clermont
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
Burley
Fire destroys Glen Este house of Will McGuire
Saturday morning a kitchen blaze at the Glen Este residence occupied by J. H. Day gutted the home of Will McGuire. Fire was reported from the kitchen and the house was found fully involved soon after discovery. There is no insurance on the property.
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Will McGuire
J. H. Day
Cincinnati sister of Chas Hoerner found dead at home
Mrs H F Busch of Cincinnati sister of Chas Hoerner was found dead in her bed last Friday morning the cause given as heart disease and old age. Funeral services are set for Monday with Mr Hoerner and his daughters in attendance.
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H. F. Busch
Cincinnati
Chas. Hoerner
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Farm Bureau Notes
T.L. Familton
Tobacco Market
Judge Stephenson
PARTY
Basket Ball
Farmers In Session
Bolsheviki
Iberia
L. Ahoenberger
P. Pierce
F. A. Ireton
W. J. Welday
Auditor
C. W. Ross
W. S. Shane
J. W. Lowe
Commissioners of
Clermont Co
J. O. Dennis
Clarence Kirgan
Pierce
Richard Hawkins
A. L. Carnes
Chilton Brannoeck
Franklin
Louis Barr
Wayne
Alonzo Cary
Ed Bishop
Recorder’s Office
Nicholas Drescher
Robert Dones
Union Tp
John D. Mayhbough
F. M. Butchen
Goshen
Phoebe. A. Myers
John G.holmes
Frank Hitesman
Irwin
Hattie Harcourt
Miami
Louisa Smith
Lavina Light
New Richmond
Kate Deerwester
Eugene Rust
O. M. Curry
Augustus H. Goff
Illiamsburg
Harry B. Buchahan
Harry Boyce
Arthur Custer
Clara C. Giesler
Antonio Cofee
Joseph Pangallo
W. O. Brandenburg
Nelson Pace
Thomas F. Fightmaster
John T. Ryan
Tate
Richard C. Swing
W. P
Gera B. Whitenack
Maragthon
Mary Crowhurst
Joseph Noerther
John Courtney
James C. Conn
Edgar B. Robinson
James F. Robinson
Laurette McAdams
H. E. Vaughn
August F. Hoffmeister
Mary O. Hoffmeister
Eli H Speidel
N. W
Glen Este
Mrs. Busch
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