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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1902
Page
8
The Clermont Courier notes breaking weather and mostly broken coal bins, lists numerous below cost sales at Lindsley’s, coal and fuel offers, and a parade of local notices and ads. It mentions weddings, deaths, a murder case bound over, doctors visiting Batavia and surrounding towns, and community events in Amelia Olive Branch and Batavia.
The Lotus Club of New York will perform at Batavia city hall next Saturday evening, a rare male quartet show with Mrs. Smith, a noted New York reciter. The 19 year old troupe has toured nationwide and appeared with Melba and Paderewski in London. Admission 25 cents, reserved seats 85 cents, on sale at Beck's Pharmacy.
A casual reader finds a stove fire sparked by gloves, near loss of home. Lotus Glee Club tickets on sale. reserved seats 35 cents. Randolph Rush visiting Cincinnati relatives with Batavia ties. Sheriff Speidel injured on Main Street. local notices on lectures and a drug store ad follow.
Dr. Ashburn, visiting at John Groves home on the river road, failed to unhitched his horse and slipped while reentering his carriage. He was dragged a distance then ran to keep up as the horse bolted toward the bridge, escaping injury but ending with warmth on his feet and, the next day, wearing creepers to prevent slipping.
A pamphlet promoting the Home Gold Cure claims it cures drunkenness without harming nerves or requiring strong doses. It alleges thousands cured and offers domestic use, with full directions and worldwide shipping for one dollar from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia. It also notes a later anecdote about an Indian doctor Hewins and a dentist Mrs Iris Hewins in Maysville whose office burned with $3,500 of gear and $2,000 insurance.
Orebaughs plansifter four and Salt at 1.10 per barrel from Rapp Bros. See Kline's ad. Stock sales at Johnson Stables on Feb 15 with horses, cattle offered monthly. Also sale prep at Batavia links, loans offered by Batavia Building & Loan, dentists listings for Cincinnati and Batavia, and a liquor store move at 804 East Pearl Cincinnati.
A boiler at the Hutchens steam flouring mills in Williamsburg burst last Saturday. One end of the boiler apartment was wrecked and the foundations damaged. Repairs and a new boiler will be costly. a replacement boiler has been secured and the mill will reopen on Monday February 24.
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