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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
8
Courier and allied papers list subscription rates, local moves, and social updates. Miss Elizabeth Paxton rooms with Court Dale and wife. Nellie Jarman visiting Moscow. Rev Wegner at Interchurch World Movement in Columbus. Bert Lytle’s brother Orion dies in Washington. Harmon and Harry Cover acquire Times Star agency. several visits, property purchases, and a county health appointment noted.
Public sales to be held on February 21 to 28 at multiple farms near Batavia Owensville Williamsburg and Blowville feature livestock horses cows and farming implements along with household goods and feed. Usual terms apply with sale times at 10 a.m. plus notices from M E church and local club activities.
The Batavia Power and Light Company begins building a pole line on the west side of the creek to reach the county infirmary. Wires, already connected, will be strung once poles arrive. the county commissioners oversee setting poles. The infirmary’s old wiring was condemned.
Lewis Scott of Ladd Pike county faces arson charges for burning two churches in the area. One fire left only the bell and Bible. the other occurred about a month and a half ago. After arrest he confessed claiming to pacify dissension among church members. A lunacy charge has been filed.
The Ohio Experiment Station outlines pruning points. Tops should be well balanced and sunlit. remove poor branches and avoid crowding. prune to ease picking and spraying. thin fruit. lower and renew tops. Train young orchards for shape. older ones focus on fruit production. Tools needed are a 16 inch narrow blade saw, hand pruner, and heavy knife.
In a periodical sales pitch Premier Electric Vacuum Cleaner and Gold Seal Washer are advertised as necessities for homes. A free in home demonstration is offered with easy monthly terms and a small cash payment. Local service company at 97 Main Street Cincinnati Ohio Canal 4453 managed by R T Bogart.
A reader argues high sugar prices strain households and urges farmers to grow sugar cane to make molasses. One planter claims he sold 250 dollars worth of molasses from a single acre last year, as a way to curb sugar demand.
The great railroad strike is halted though roads remain under Government control. Workers sought higher wages and lower living costs, but requests were not granted after costly investigations and committee sessions.
A public sale notice lists registered high grade Jersey cattle including cows and heifers from Worley & Son at their farm near Morrow Ohio on the Little Jamison River. The sale covers breeding stock active for two years and includes both sexes.
Land offers 57 acres near Batavia with rail and traction access half a mile away, suitable for corn and tobacco, plus a 10 room house with lawn and modern utilities, a 5 room tenant house, farm buildings, large chicken house, fruit berries flowers and shrubbery. See owner J. W. Homan Batavia Ohio Telephone 363.
S G Williams Auctioneer Elklick lists upcoming farm sales this winter with dates including J A Hilton's on the 19th and Ernst on the 21st. He invites callers to arrange further sale dates and promises satisfactory work.
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