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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
8
An Attorney General Hogan opinion requires all sheriffs to serve county five days from December 31 to January 6 without pay. The piece mocks the low compensation for transporting mental health patients, noting previous assistants earned about $6 for similar trips and arguing the pay is inadequate.
Local items include Bertha Frazier visiting cousin Helen Rush in Williamsburg and Clarence Curlies family moving to Haney property. Batavia officials shuffle Board of Public Affairs with W F Gomien replacing Eli Speidel. Also noted are publishing calendar projects and ads for Dr King’s New Life Pills and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
Miss Ethel Weaver visits Dayton and finds Mrs. Sallie Flake at the State hospital in critical condition. After the Columbus Country Life day, institutes will be held in Wooster Peebles Athens New Concord Dayton Findlay Middlefield and more with good speakers at each session.
A bad cough kept Phil Disorneau Bohater from sleep until he used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and rested well. In Milford Ohio, A. O. Nash and Albert J. Laudeman wed Miss Hisse Turner in a Methodist ceremony at Batavia, Rev. B Burdeaul officiating on January 4 1913 with witnesses Anna Laudeman and Mrs Burdeall.
The county commissioners convened in regular session Monday to discuss county business and routine approvals. They reviewed agenda items ranging from budget considerations to administrative updates and potential policy changes.
Brooklyn Michigan resident Eight F Fish reports a five year severe chronic constipation resolved by Chamberlain's Tablets. The product is advertised as available through all dealers.
Workmen rush to finish the Batavia armory by the 28th. The drill room will host varied uses, the G A R and O N G units will occupy spaces, and a dance is planned for opening night. Also promoting Foley’s Honey and Tar for colds and bronchitis symptoms.
The Woman's Club convenes Saturday January 11 at 2 30 p m at Mrs Barrs residence with a business session and programs on current events women in business profession and philanthropy. The report recalls a delightful afternoon at Mrs O P Griffiths home last Saturday. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is promoted as effective for coughs and colds and contains no narcotics. It is sold by all dealers.
Batavia youths gathered at the home of Miss Jean Glancy to celebrate New Year’s Eve with games conversation and music. They dispersed in good spirits wishing each other a Happy New Year.
L C Dietz received an appointment to represent Clermont county at the Corn Exposition in Columbia South Carolina from January 27 to February 8. L H Goddard of the Worcester experiment station presented the county’s delegate. One delegate from each county will attend. The notice also advertises Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for cuts burns bruises and other injuries available at druggists.
The society reports a January 1 1912 balance of 1478.47 with receipts 8960.44 and expenditures 4816.76 leaving 1121.16 for 1913. More money was spent than taken in this year. Clermont's board has not been heard from.
Express firms warn the January 1 1918 parcel post plan may erode revenue from small five pound and under shipments. They expect mail orders to rise while heavy packages move to carriers. Merchants urged to advertise locally and use mail or phone to reach customers, noting special parcel post stamps required.
Last Friday morning at her North street home Little Virginia Speidel opened the stairway door and fell, bruising herself and cutting her ear so severely that three stitches were required. Doctors hope there will be no hearing loss or lasting scar.
An advertisement promotes People’s Liniment for rheumatic pains internal use for cholera morbus and bowel disorders. Testimonial claims burdock blood bitters eased years of dyspepsia. Local names share visits and friendships among residents including J H Walker Sunbury Ohio and W W Dennison’s family guests.
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After December 20, 1912, collections will be made at listed banks and stores in Williamsburg Bethel Felicity Moscow Lauvel Locust Corner Withamaville Milford Loveland Goshen Adenton Marathon and nearby towns. Books open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A customary collection fee applies. Send receipts by collector if paying taxes from other townships. J B Turner Treasurer and Albert Hernnor, Collector.
Thomas South born Goshen February 8 1840 died Wilmington Saturday December 28 1912. He served in Co C 2nd C V I and was wounded at Perryville October 8 1862, discharged 1864. Married Martha Anderson September 14 1865. survived by widow and three sons. mourned by many Clermonters. Money to loan 1900 various real estate security option. Edwin Ely Batavia attorney. W R Walker Batavia attorney. Law notices.
Rubber hot water bottles offered at accessible prices along with a full line of rubber sundries for the nursery and sick room. Reliable comfort items advertised as necessities during illness.
The piece riffs on Dr. Julia Sears of the New Thought School claiming reincarnation, noting public puzzlement over why remembered past lives favor royalty and scholars over common labor, and jesting about a singer with a past pipe. Puck quips on missed talents and echoes of ancient careers.
A bold woman elbows her way into a crowded car and pests a gray haired gentleman, declaring she will stand home. He offers his seat, saying he saves it for a lady, as other passengers watch the exchange in Chicago.
One hundred years since Napoleon launched the Moscow campaign, Moscow prepares an 1812 museum and a vast collection of related objects. A concert revived marches of both armies and visits to battlefields and ceremonies are planned to recall the year’s events.
A dialogue reveals a man seeking a wealthy wife with a sizeable dowry. Various women are named with dollar amounts or valuables, including cash in banks and a gold watch, as potential matches. The plan hinges on a hefty sum, with a cutoff after $10,000 for pictures.
Community farming brief notes from Ohio and Cincinnati papers. Reports cover crop updates, market prices, weather hints, and rural life reminders for farmers and their families.
Legal notice filed in the Court of Common Pleas Clermont County docket No 12806 seeks to enjoin Farmers Merchants Bank Williamsburg Ohio from paying certificates of deposit totaling funds and to appoint a receiver for the funds. Respondents must answer by the first day of 1918 or a judgment may be entered. Attorneys Nichols & Nichols represent the filing party.
A petition notices a receivership action in Wayne County against firms including Merca file and Securities Company PS related to certificates of deposit. The petition requests the court appoint a receiver to manage funds and cites a docketed case in the state court with a date in 1918. COREHEAD Nichols & Nichols, attorneys.
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