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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1934
Page
5
Newtonville reports a Quilt and Corn exhibit planned for this year at the Farmers Institute with a notice to follow next week. The holiday season brings many family gatherings as relatives from Lebanon Belfast Madisonville Goshen and Indiana visit and celebrate with local residents.
Rev and Mrs Stitzel were last Sunday supper guests of Herbert McCormick and family. Mrs Chas Seward is slowly recuperating. Dr and Mrs Norris and Carolyn were Saturday dinner guests of her parents. Herbert McCormick and family visited Cincinnati last Saturday. Paul Smysor and family of Florida visit his parents Mr and Mrs Warden Smysor.
Christmas guests fill homes across Williamsburg with visits from Brittons Foster Dyer Marton and others. Local groups host gatherings and a Rebekah Turkey supper. Mrs. Ralph Walker dies in Amarillo with funeral in Presbyterian Church. Cleveland area families entertain and Christmas visitors arrive from Ludlow Cincinnati Franklin and Middletown.
Cincinnati visitors and local families shared holidays and weekends across Marathon and surrounding towns. Mrs. Freda Conrad called on friends, Rev. Wamsley and wife visited Monjar, and the Steward family shopped in Cincinnati.
Mr and Mrs Harry Davidson spent Sunday with parents. Mr and Mrs Henry Herschauer and son shared Xmas dinner with Frank McGuire and family. Several from here enjoyed the school Xmas play. Miss Gladys Hirschauer spent Xmas supper at Mt Holly. Mr and Mrs Jessie Harrison spent Xmas dinner in Norwood.
Donna Lee Eppert infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Eppert died Tuesday December 26. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the house led by Rev. Robbins of Summerside. The item lists numerous local social visits and gatherings across Bethel and nearby towns during the holiday period.
A Mt Holly New Year celebration drew a jolly crowd from West boro Hamersville Pt Isabel Mt Zion and Christian Chapel at the Community Building. Families and friends shared meals and entertainments amid holiday visits and church activities including Christ mas program events at Christian Chapel S S officers were elected for the year and Rev Zimmerman will continue as pastor.
Ed Ross and family hosted Mrs. Carrie Utter and family of Owensville for Christmas. Louise Garbe from Cincinnati spent Christmas and New Year at home. Irene Taphorn and brother visited parents in Covington Kentucky. Mary Ross of Neville stayed home for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. John Damm of Oakley and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morris shared Christmas dinner with Albert and Mary Ross. Emma Garbe visited Irene Taphorn. Richard Aker spent holidays with parents in Cincinnati. Albert Meier and his wife visited Charles in Cincinnati on Christmas night. Raymond Ross of Batavia and his wife were New Year guests of Ed Ross family.
Several days Mr J W Prewitt and Mr Rhode attended the Ohio Education Association at Columbus last week. Mr Edward Gatherman of Lexington Ky spent Christmas holidays with relatives here. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Caldwell of Portsmouth visited Mrs Prudence Caldwell over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Stanley Blair and son Donald Ray were guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Carter in Richmond Indiana.
Mr Morgan took Jackie Smith to see Alice in Wonderland at the Grand on Saturday. Perrys hosted a holiday family dinner with 15 children and grandchildren attending. Numerous relatives and friends visited and holiday gatherings occurred across Mt Washington Camp Washington College Hill and Pt Isabel Harwood Westboro.
Goshen residents share quick updates as Amos Binkley family visits Detroit with their son Ed Krapp sells his farm and relocates to Nine Mile. Edgar Burger, former area resident, dies at Christ Hospital. Others visit Mary Jones, J E Heywood, and Oakley neighbor Mabel Renner.
The Farmers Institute will be held here Wednesday and Thursday January 10 and 11 with all quilt and corn exhibit entries due in the Third and Fourth grade room at the school from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday January 9.
Mt Zion hosts Farmers Institute at Laurel on January 9 and 10 with dinner and supper served by Laurel Ladies Aid. Numerous local families spend Christmas and holidays visiting relatives including Buckler Overden McKinley Nort Altman and others in Laurel Mt Pisgah and Williamsburg.
Miss Ella Holmes hosted the Vesta Club on Tuesday evening. Wilma McVeigh returned Monday after holidays in Ozark. Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Fuhr hosted Sunday guests including Mrs. J. C. Fuhr and the Fuhr family with two children. The A. C. group met Thursday afternoon. The Presbyterian Missionary Society met Friday at Mrs. Walter Curry’s home with Mrs. Mary Curry co host. H. C. Busch and family returned Saturday to Lansing Michigan after visiting local hosts.
Donald F. McMurchy of New Richmond is appointed to a state Civil Works Administration post. He began January 2 and will be stationed in Columbus overseeing CWA projects in Ohio.
The record distance reaches 9e20 miles from Earth to the farthest known nebula in space. This measurement highlights advances in astronomical techniques and underscores the vast scale of the universe.
The first American lawnmower was designed and built by Thomas Coldwell in 1885.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat essay debunks common myths from the ostrich hiding its head to the lion’s rage, noting many beliefs have faded as modern science and history clarified the facts. It lists examples like snake venom myths and lucky rabbit feet, stressing rational explanations over folklore.
A Washington Star correspondent notes the cowbird’s lazy nature. It follows cattle to feed on disturbed insects and often rides on cows. It lays eggs in other birds nests and the foster mother raises both the cowbird and her own young.
A system designs to auto open parachutes after a plunge, using a timing mechanism to release the air bag at a set distance. It eliminates the human pull risk and could ensure safe descent and precise drop landings for mail matter or supplies.
Meriwether Lewis, born 1774 near Charlottesville Virginia, and with William Clark, crossed the Missouri to its source and reached the Pacific Ocean. He served as militia in the Whisky Insurrection and as Jefferson’s private secretary, later governing northern Louisiana Territory. His 1809 death near Nashville remains a mystery with theories of suicide or foul play.
The world's strangest home is built as a giant elephant with a body 88 feet long and 80 feet in circumference. Its legs measure 22 feet, eyes are 18 inches wide, and the 65 foot tall howdah opens to an open air room on the back. Visible eight miles away, the structure has 22 windows, six rooms, and two spiral staircases in the hind legs, serving as a memorial to the owner's beloved elephant in Margate City, New Jersey.
Garfield was a lay preacher of the Disciples church and the President after a career as a Williams College graduate teacher lawyer congressman and Union general. He was wounded in a Washington railroad station and died after eighty days of suffering on September 19 1881.
The Saguaro National Monument in Coronado forest is established to protect desert flora and preserve giant cactus specimens over a hundred years old. May blossoms crown tall green columns while birds nest in the thorny trunks and locals use latticework skeletons for shelter and art.
The seigniors in Lower Canada formed the landed gentry under French rule. They received land from the king in return for military service and exercised jurisdiction over renters who paid one fourteenth of their grain. The system created narrow riverside farms that persisted until its abolition in December 1854.
A historical note explains that in air a pound of feathers appears heavier due to buoyancy, but in a vacuum both weigh the same. An experiment shows a hollow sphere versus a solid sphere on a balance under an exhaust to demonstrate how air changes apparent mass.
The irregular key shape for Yale locks prevents two keys from fitting the same lock. Notches provide eight depths across five positions, yielding 32 768 possible keys. Grooves milled along key sides add further variation by matching grooves in the keyway, expanding the range of key changes.
The narrative traces Grover Cleveland’s rise from a five generation clerical lineage and a Presbyterian background to law and politics. Born in a manse, he faced family loss yet found support from his mother and an uncle, rising to Erie County assistant district attorney, then mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York before reaching the White House, with a Bible from his mother at his first inauguration.
The passage notes that glazed windows were highly valued in England from Henry II to Elizabeth I. It recalls Edward I returning from Spain with his bride and a house with glazed windows praised as a wonderful gift, and a warning to the duke of Northumberland to remove windows for safekeeping against looting.
A London Imperial War Museum item of note is the cupboard from Le Cateau where an English soldier hid for four years while German troops occupied the house. a Frenchwoman supplied him secretly. The piece sits among other war relics. Xenial quotes and historical notes fill the remainder of the passage, including botany and wind records. The piece also touches on quicksands and the value of work over genius.
The report states the southern boundary between the United States and Mexico measures 1 744 miles while the northern boundary spans 8 898 miles.
An advertisement for Magna Compound from Magna Mfg Co promises relief for worry and sleepless nights. It claims after ten days sleep improves and thirty days restores the nervous system, with payment on delivery and options for cash in advance for international orders.
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