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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
5
A historical ad copy extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for womanly diseases and nervous debility. It cites a testimonial from Lewis A. Miller and claims lasting cures, plus ancillary praise for Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets aiding stomach and bowel health.
Wayland Leming of the small community spent Sunday in the vicinity. Emma Bilz visited Batavia friends Saturday. Gertrude and Maggie Sorrell stayed with Mrs Lucy Young recently. Julia Carpenter was a guest of Laura Wood last week. Lelia Anderson, after illness, returned to charge of her school Monday. Frank Turner and children of Glen Este visited relatives Sunday. Grace Bilis and children of Olive Branch spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs James Carpenter. Lib Carpenter Lotta Haworth and Kathleen Ashburn are on the sick list. Effie Young returned home after a visit with Crab friends.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia says King’s New Life Pills cured her two year sick headaches. Advertises cure for headache constipation biliousness at 25 cents a box from Dr John Boon’s drug store Batavia and J R Hicks Amelly.
Mrs Rebecca Gardner a longtime respected resident died on New Year’s Eve at the home of George Corbin aged 87 years and 29 days. Funeral services were held at the house on Thursday January 2 conducted by Rev Williams assisted by Rev Dolby. Remains laid to rest in Carmel cemetery. Frank Light on sick list. Many local residents and visitors noted including Harry Cox from Mt Pisgah and families from Hamilton Laurel Carthage Oberlin and Perintown.
Miss Janie Elisberry returns from Denver. Will Elrod visits with his mother Mrs. Matissa Elrod in Williamsburg. Simon Bluestein returns from Indianapolis to sister Mrs. Kate Budd. James Campbell and wife visit from Baywood. Mrs. Lillie Willis of Cincinnati visits Bethel. Mrs. Georgia Laycock and daughter Leona visit Mr. Conrey in Wigginsville. Marie Goodwin resigns shoe factory post for Idaho. Emma Bredwell takes her place. Tom Bredwell completes Christ's Hospital treatment. Abner Bragdon seen in Bethel. B Fewell moves to Portsmouth with Levi Beck. Jewing of Mt. Holly visits. Charles Frambers buys home and moves in. mother occupies part. D F Honaker suffers throat abscess. Roxie Davis travels to Indiana to stay with sister. W M Scott back after illness. Rev. G D Billiecon attends Cincinnati ministers meeting. David Flowers and wife visit Georgetown relatives. Harry Aultman ill at home unable to work. Singer Sewing Machine Co. of Troy hires George English for Bethel office. C G & P officials visit Bethel. president and manager present. Mrs. Charles Beck and son Howard visit Mattoon. Becks attend funeral of Mrs. Beck’s mother in Mowrystown. Will Wolf and Beulah Rader visit Bethel. Cecilian quartet to perform. Emma Reed hosts Charles Tyler of Dayton.
A digest of visits and guests across Covington and nearby towns. Denamen sells farm to Witzgar of Cincinnati while residents visit relatives in Kentucky and Hamilton. Several social calls, New Year visits, and hospital homecomings mark community life with multiple named individuals and places.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Wrst & TRUAX and Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo druggists, asserts the medicine cures internally by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces, and lists price at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
The I O C F lodge hosted a New Year’s Eve supper at their hall with gratifying receipts. Last week’s social highlight was the marriage of Jesse Beagle to Miss Tillie Horstman. They reside near Glen Este. Flora Hayworth of Tusculum visited Mrs. J K Weat. Rose Stallie remains ill at Captain J S Deen’s home. Nellie Hant returned to Lockland to resume school. Rev and Mrs Spurrier and daughter Marie visited Mr and Mrs C C McGuire. Annie Weat visited Miss Mary Beagle.
Readable fragments report Mrs Marshal Troy seriously ill from measles and pneumonia. Alma Spencer and Annabel Lueh are noted as recovering from a pleasant visit with Queen City. The text also mentions resuming work on Monday among friends in the high school.
Captain Fred A. Lewis owner of a Springfield grocery cites personal recovery from kidney and bladder troubles using Dan's Kidney Pills. He endorses the product to customers and readers, listing price and distributor Foster-Milburn Co. Also notes community notes from Marathon Lodge and town happenings including fires in Fayetteville, local appointments, school reorganizations, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve promoting local merchants.
A scanned rural column recalls Christmas visits in Indiana plus New Year gatherings. Mentions Wilbur Matox in Indiana and Major Kicker in Cincinnati, with musicians and neighbors sharing holidays. Health notes include Dr King’s New Discovery endorsements and local homestead updates through Batavia and Amelia contacts.
Mr and Mrs Jerome Ireton hosted relatives and friends for New Year’s Day dinner. Wm Woods and family of Clermontville visited Ed Mofford. Mrs Lindey of Lindale visits O W Chatman and wife. Miss Bertha Simmons of Cincinnati visits her parents. Wm Simmons and wife and Wm Barnes and wife of New Richmond were here due to their father’s serious illness. Witliam Salmon is seriously ill.
Community notices praise Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills for restoring nerve force and easing rheumatism claims by Batavia residents. The Xenia Herald notes merchants closing early after New Year. Electric Bitters touted for health, with local dealers Dr Jouon Bunn Batavia and J R Aleks Amelia selling the remedies.
George Molitor of Guinea visited friends last week. Dr and Mrs Spencer entertained by Mr and Mrs Isaac Leaf of Milford. Elliston Williams Arthur Williams and daughter Mary returned to Elliston Ky after visiting relatives here. Milton Roudebush and son of Newtonsville were business callers. Several locals including John Smyser T Scott and Miss Ada Morris are on the sick list. Teachers exam Saturday included E H Steader Joan Bird and several Misses. Mrs Lizzie Snider widow of Jacob Snider was granted a $12 monthly pension. Misses Mabel and Myrtle Gather of Lapel Ind visited friends. Y P A Randall of Ingall Ind is visiting P A Hall and relatives. Edith Burger returned to Oxford College. Katie Mary and Maggie Molloy enjoyed entertainment by D Day and wife. Rawdon Tudor of Guinea was a caller. David Wellner and bride and Fred Wellner and bride of Miltonville visited their parents on New Years day. Miss Mary Anschulz returned to Anderson Ind where she teaches.
The notice proclaims kidney trouble affects both women and men and urges Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims the condition harms mind, beauty, vigor, and control, and offers sample bottles and a pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York via mail order.
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