Inauguration Bible to Be Used by McKinley
Article notes that a Bible prepared for President elect McKinley will be used in the oath on March 4. It will be supplied by the Methodist Book Concern Cincinnati and incensed in a black walnut case from Greene County wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Arnett
A. M. E. Church
Whlberforce
Xenia
Cincinnati
McKinley
Methodist Book Concern
Greene County
H. W. Owens
Owens
Betsey Bundy
Thomas Bundey
Col. Dustin
Farmer Cheuncy Brown Injured in Afton Area Accident
Near Afton, farmer Cheuncy Brown suffered a serious accident when a lever used during the moving of an old building struck him. The force broke his jaw and knocked out several teeth, and his condition was described as potentially fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheuncy Brown
Afton
Quail Prospects Buoyant Amid County Investigations
Reports from Clermont and Brown counties note quail wintering well and likely to provide abundant sport if spring floods do not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Brown Counties
Marriage of Cyrun Lochard and Jecele McCullough at Palace Hotel
Cyrun Lochard former cashier of the First National Bank in Williamsburg wed Jecele McCullough a traveling soubrette in Cincinnati at the Palace Hotel ceremony performed by Rev G Roughton of the Pearl Street M E church. They plan to locate in Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrun Lochard
Flrst National Bank
Williamsburg
Palace Hotel
Cincinnati
Jecele McCullough
Williameburg
Rev. G. Roughton
Pearl Street
Williamaburg
O. P. & W. Railroad Finances and Ambitions
The O. P. & W. railroad spent about $500,000 on improvements over the past year including bridges grades and rolling stock. President Hunt envisions a future linked voyage from Batavia to New York harbor with shipping in view. A birthday party celebrated Miss Edna White’s eighteenth birthday at her parents’ home in South Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Mike
General Sherman
Batavia
New York Harbor
Dna White
South Milforn
John B. White
Ten Pins Ten Pines Bowling Fad In Cincinnati
A historical note describes the rise and fall of bowling in Cincinnati once called Nine Pins. It traces its origins, the law restricting nine pins, spur to add a pin, and the sport’s revival at watering places. It ends by noting the physical strain of a single game and the need to acclimate to the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
A Kansas hotel tale from a Clermont county observer
Toby Bryan in the London Democrat recounts a buffalo hunt in 1871 Kansas with a vivid frontier hotel scene at Summer City. C H Fee and C G Converse run the South Western Hotel at 169 Texas avenue as a cowboy fires on a Mexican guest, then claims the horse theft before riding away unmolested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toby Bryan
London Democrat
Kansas
Mr Bryan
Belle Plain
C. H. Fee
New Richmond
Clermont County
C. G. Converse
Columbus
Watson
Texas Avenue
Fee
Cody
Wrong Medicine: Afton Teacher’s Curious Misadventure
Clermont County teacher Will Fulton of Afton, visiting his Amelia sweetheart, ends up with a doctor’s morphine gear in his saddle bags. He distracts himself with a school day and a joke story, swears off medicine after fearing the morphine patient’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Afton
Amelia
Burg
Batavia
Robbery at Terrace Park Loot Falls to Burglars
Charles Cross, a Pullman car conductor, and his family found their Terrace Park home ransacked after an evening at the Cincinnati train. Jewelry and money were stolen. a nearby camping party was searched, a revolver found on a man led to a $10 fine and workhouse, but no property recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cross
Terrace Park
Mr. Cross
Cincinnat
Working the Widows and Orphans Swindle Exposed
An 19th century warning describes a nationwide insurance scam targeting widows and orphans. The scammers learn of deaths from notices, then demand premiums to release life insurance payouts. Victims often send money and receive nothing in return.
Boycott Reprisals Feared Over Railroad Pay Day Car
Portsmouth businessmen push a boycott against the C P W railroad while the company plans a free Cincinnati car for employees and families on the next payday. River traffic disruptions shifted freight from the Ohio to the railroad, suggesting the line could attract more business from Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thec. P. & W
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Clermont evangelist wife dies during church service
Mrs. W. I. Fee wife of a well known evangelist fell dead at Felicity Methodist church last Sunday night after a fervent exhortation. The couple had been married over fifty years and had two sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicity
W. I. Fee
Electoral vote counting in joint session today
The Vice President will count the electoral votes in a joint session of Congress with the Senate and House present in the Hall of the House. Montana Colorado and Indiana have not sent votes by messenger. Two tellers will be appointed by the Vice President and the Speaker. The votes are kept in an iron safe until counting and then moved to cherry wood boxes under the Vice President's escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
House
Montana
Colorado
Indiana
Midnight Train Fare Trouble Sparks Batavia Mystery
A woman and child were ejected from a Batavia bound train for unpaid fares. They walked toward the bridge and the red Batavia Bantam turnpike, with the child crying near a river opening after 11 pm. Residents fear harm. authorities plan to search the creek for clues to the midnight distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Batavia and
Bantam
Red Bridge
Sunday School Workers Plan Union Session at Batavia
The Clermont county Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school Union executive committee met at Mrs. Della Nichols’s home to finalize an elaborate programme for the June 8 and 4 Batavia session. Topics include True Relation of Sunday-school to Church and Christian Citizenship. Friday events feature a song service, three short talks on Temperance Sabbath Observances and Missions, and music and elocution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school Union
Clermont County
Della Nichols
Sesson
Batavia
Christian Citizenship
Saving Souls
Oren Morris
Goshen
Delia Nichols
D. B. Moreton
Moscow
C. P. Ferguson
E. H. McNutt
Marathon
Grace Ellsberry
Bethel
Birdie Gatch
Milford
Local Marriage Licenses Reported
W R Moore wed Miss E T Hensel Adolph Kain married Miss Mellie Leech Homer Glascow joined Miss Eva L Woods all in a series of nuptials noted in the records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Moore
E. T. Hensel
Adolph Kain
Mellie Leech
Homer Glascow
Eva L. Woods
Engineer crushed by mill fly wheel at Bentonville
John Cook an engineer at the flouring mills in Bentonville Adams county was caught in the fly wheel last Saturday morning. He was badly torn and mangled and his sufferings are described as agonizing, with death expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cook
Bentonville
Adams County
Fox hunters parade in purple at Georgetown hunt
The Batavia fox hunters rode to Georgetown in purple and velvet with hounds and staff. Brown County hunt offered no display yet after a day’s chase a Brown County coon dog captured the fox. The boys enjoyed the outing though the fox was hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County News
Batavia
Georgetown
Brown County Hunt
Brown County
Congratulations to Congressman Hulick from Naval Engineers
A January 2 1897 letter from Gro. W. Melville Engineer in Chief U S Navy extols Hulicks work in securing a composite personnel measure for the Navy The note cites reorganizing naval personnel and the role of boiler and gun in modern battleships as key points and thanks Hulick for the bill H R No 10185
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Hulick
Navy
Department OF the Navy
Washington, D. C
Corps of Naval Engineers
House Naval Committee
Naval Service
la Marine Franchise
Bill H
Gro. W. Melville
U. 8
Comfort in an Endless Paradise in Sickles Verse
The lines by David Banks Sickles affirm that God did not intend beauty and life to fade, and that toil, love, and fame will not vanish without trace. They promise recompense beyond death, with enduring ties of kindred souls and a guiding light toward Paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Banks Sickles
Political Mortality in the U S Senate at Opening of New Congress
Washington correspondent notes record influx of new senators as terms expire March 3 and successors chosen in several states. By March 4 1897 about half the chamber will be new with Florida Kentucky Oregon and South Dakota possibly increasing the count. The piece also includes a commercial plug for Ayer’s Hair Vigor to combat baldness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N. Y
Brice
Brown
Call
Cameron
Dubois
Gibson
Gordon
Hill
Irby
Palmer
Peffer
Pugh
Sherman
Squire
Vilas
Voorhees
Florida
Kentucky
Blackburn
Mitchell
Oregon
Kyle
South Dakota
Senate
Ohio
Senate stalls 185 post office nominations
The U S Senate is not pursuing highwaymanship yet is delaying 185 Presidential post office nominations. The note suggests President McKinley might stage a small show at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
McKinley
Death of Henry Wright at Hillsboro On High Street
Henry Wright former clerk at the National Hotel Georgetown died of heart disease on High Street Hillsboro while boarding at Clifton House with his wife. He was about 50 and a veteran of the 17210 V. I and a G A R member. The Batavia tee houses are filled with foe from 7 to 10 inches in thickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wright
National Hotel
Georgetown
High Street
Hillsboro
Clifton House
H. St. Lake
Batavia
Governor Bradley Endorses Pardon for Nine Year Old Convict
Application to Kentucky Governor Bradley for a pardon is endorsed with the remark that confining the boy is a crime against civilization and pardon should be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Kentucky
Public Sale at Judd's Station by Jacob Aichholz
Jacob Aichholz will offer at public sale at his residence Judd's Station on C G P railroad Saturday February 27 at starting hour a lot of farming utensils wagons horses corn hay grain etc This will be a good opportunity to secure bargains Leroy Zimmerman of Williamsburg is the father of a pew boy The light infantry reserves are mentioned and Col Joe Boyd is cited NEW ENTERPRISE Williamsburg D A Rees leases chair factory to Glen Rose and Clifford Rose who will start manufacturing chair material in the rough with orders for three car loads This week the President signed a pension agency consolidation bill reducing agencies from eighteen to nine Columbus agency unaffected and $160000 yearly savings cited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Aichholz
Judd’s Station
Leroy Zimmerman
Williamsburg
Leroy
Light Infantry
Joe Boyd
D. A. Rees
H. Boulware & Co
Glen Rose
Hillsboro
Clifford Rose
Columbus
Cincinnati cycle show to run February 20 to 27
The Cincinnati cycle show opens February 20 and runs to February 27 under the association of cycle dealers of Cincinnati. It will be staged at Music Hall with a grand decoration. The White Cycle Company will feature a superb display directed by W. H. Brum, a well known local wheelman and sewing machine dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Association of Cycle Dealers of Cincinnati
Music Hall
White Cycle Company
W. H. Brum
Civil Service Exam Set in Cincinnati March 20
The United States Civil Service Commission orders an exam in Cincinnati on Saturday March 20 at 9 a.m. for deputy collector storekeeper ganger and messenger. Applicants must be 21 or older and file a blank with James McKeon secretary of the board. Open to all respectable citizens without regard to race politics or religion. This shows the beauty of the civil service scheme. All are eligible even Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Cincinnati
James McKeon
Abolition Bill for Lager Debated in Capitol Senate
The Senate last Friday debated a bill to abolish lager and other drinks in the capitol. Senator Sherman called the bill a folly yet backed it against public sentiment, while Senator Hill urged reference to the rules committee, a motion that failed 27 to 10. The plan warned would push liquor sales into cloak rooms and basement bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Senate
Sherman
Hill
New York
Committee On Rules
Capitol Building
Court matters show multiple judgments and sentences
The record lists several court actions including judgments for Jacob Sutter totaling 947.54 against F M Duckwall and related cases, a motion for definite petition in Jennie G Wood v C G and P railroad, a money verdict of 618.80 for Marla Pepperson executor, and a 12 year sentence for Eugene Grant after pleading guilty to shooting with intent to kill. A receiver is appointed in Clermont and Hamilton counties to manage property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah J. Denham
F. L. Dunlap
Geo. H. Scott
George Kurtz
J. A. Armour
Jacob Sutter
F. M. Duckwall
Eli. R. Duckwall
F. R. Duckwall
Jennie G. Wood Et al
C. G. & P. Railroad
Ohio
Alkens
Henry Westcamp
Clermont
Hamilton County
A. R. Brown
Odley Versus Odley Divorce and Related Actions
In several cases court records show Anna Odley suing Anthony Odley for divorce on extreme cruelty grounds and Louisa M West filing against William M West on cruelty claims. Robert A Davis sues William M Fee, Bill E Fee and the Southern Ohio Loan and Trust Company in a separate action. A Madisonville school event invites readers to hear Jenni Bryan read People I have Met in Dickens Dand before the Young Men’s Christian Association, with Batavians expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Odley
Anthony Odley
Robert A. Davis
William M. Fee
Bille. Fee
Southern Ohio Loan and Trust Company
Louisa M. West
Wm. M. West
Ores
Jenni ® Bryan
Madisonville
Dicken
Young Men's Christian Association
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Inauguration Bible
Batavia Colored
DOW
Warren County Bank
First National Bank of
Franklin
Larry Walker
Loveland
Lowell
Mass
Ayer
Clermonter
Wild Plains of
The
Presbyterian and Society
TUR M. E. Union
Chief of Naval Engineers
Paradise
U. S. Senate
Bradly
Adam
NEW Enterprise
WE Williamsburg
Capitol Liquor
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