Horse theft at post office ends in jail and sentence
Two men James Odell and William Judd seized a horse from Allen Cowen, postmaster, at Batavia last Friday night. They were apprehended at the toll gate after a pursuit led by Sheriff Teal and Con stable Brown. Pleaded guilty to removing a horse and received a 30 day workhouse sentence and $50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Cowen
Red Bridge
Amelia
Cowen
Teal
Constable Brown
Brown
Tollgate
James Odell
William Judd
Batavia
Squire Nichols
West
Breeding
Oath for Income Tax Payers Cited as Burdensome Cuss-Words
A satirical oath for income tax payers is cited, urging sworn truth about all income sources from January 1 to December 31 of a given year. The piece notes tax receipts from 1808 to 1871 totaled 338,891,209 dollars, highlighting public weariness with taxation.
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Uncle Sam
Oey
Treasury Department
Uncle Bob on Rabbitts in Courier Parody
The piece treats a cartoonish Courier column about rabbits kept sunward and hunted from the back, mocking their fate as they fear being roasted. It imagines syndicate rabbits making clockwork platforms to rest while sun passes, and notes various rabbit hiding spots with humorous peril.
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Ep’ Tor Courier
Apd
Baatavia
It Was The Style Fifty Years Ago
The Miami Gazette argues newspapers must print the news unfiltered even when subjects are scandalous. It compares suppressing reports to closing a shop door, noting readers demand honesty and subscribers suffer when editors shield painful details.
Flood and Field Amid East Fork Ice Demise
A river flooding scene follows a day of skating on the East Fork where ice blocks are stored for summer. Rain transforms the frozen stream into a swelling flood carrying debris, washing into saloons and flooding Duckwall bottom as observers watch the highest water in twelve years.
Death of Nate Woods in Lebanon saloon owner
Nate Woods proprietor of the largest saloon and restaurant in Southern Ohio at Lebanon died Saturday evening after an overdose from morphine taken to ease Bright's disease. A former soldier, he was about 54, left a wife and no children, and was widely known as a popular landlord who aided the poor.
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Courier
Nate Woods
Ohio
Lebanon
Bright
Attorney McNair Injured After Stair Fall in New Richmond
Attorney A J McNair visiting at the home of his wife's parents in New Richmond fell stairs after mistaking a cellar door for a hall door. He was treated by a family physician and later moved to Batavia. Separately, a derailment near Loveland caused multiple car losses and extended rail delays, with sheep and hogs killed or crippled as trains were redirected.
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A. J. McNair
New Richmond
Ryan
Batavia
W. BR. R
Loveland
Morrow
Panhandle
Extra Session Hinted By Judge Hulick On Currency Debate
Judge Hulick told a Commercial Gazette reporter in Cincinnati that Democrats face a tight fiscal fight and an extra session of Congress is likely if currency legislation stalls. He warned party disarray, Populists and Mugwumps split over free silver and warned bonds and reserve funds pose administration risks.
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South
Chicago
West
Antti
Washington
Commercial Gazette
Warren E Judd Arrested in Railroad Robbery Claim
Warren E Judd of Amelia was arrested last Saturday by two Cincinnati detectives on a charge of robbing the C G P railroad station on the nineteenth ultime. Railway officials do not accuse him and likely will not prosecute. Judd enjoys a fair local reputation and Amelia citizens are outraged by the arrest.
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Warren E. Judd
Amelia
Cincinnati
Judd
Young Judd
Mad Dog Attacks Clermont Teacher And Boy
Professor E R Beall, principal of Terrace Park school, was bitten by his own dog on Thursday. The dog, deemed mad by locals, was shot after biting his wrist. Beall’s son was also bitten the next day, and both received mad stone treatment in Cleves. Mayor orders roaming dogs killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Beall
Terrace Park School
Mr. Beall
Delinquent Tax List Highlights Brown County News Feature
The Brown County News prints a nine column delinquent tax list, the paper notes Brown County’s long Democratic history and hints it may shift toward Republican with Grover Cleveland’s term. It compares delinquent tax sales across counties, labeling Brown and Cle rmont as the largest in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Brown
Grover
Warren
Clermont
Coast Police Report of Red Bank Coasting Accident
Two boys were injured after a large bandaged sled crashed into a telegraph pole near Red Bank. Ned Klein sustained an arm and head wound, while another boy named Spears suffered a fractured right leg. They were taken home by section men as doctors were summoned.
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Red Bank
Ned Klein
Spears
Speers
Klein
A Marathon Man, 94, Injured by Snowy Fall
Joseph Leonard, a Marathon resident aged ninety four, slipped on a snowy threshold while carrying firewood and dislocated his hip. He remains cheerful and plans to recover quickly and return to work. The item includes elderly weather proverbs about frost and winter forecasts.
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Joseph Leonard
Marathon
FOR CHARITY S SAKE HOWARD SAXBY AT AMELIA EVENT
Howard Saxby, noted lecturer and humorist, speaks in Amelia to benefit the Amelia M E church. The talk titled Behind the Scenes is organized by Knoff Co Cincinnati clothiers, presenting a series of 50 lectures with all proceeds for charity. Mr B8 is praised as an engaging speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Saxby
Amelia
Amelia M. E. Church
Saxby
Knoff & Co., Clothiers
Cincinnati
Little Batavia Girl Honored by Mrs Hulbert at Luncheon
In Batavia a social notice reports Mrs Harries Hulbert hosted a dainty luncheon on Tuesday for guest Miss Olive Moore daughter of Mrs Rowena Moore. Attending were Misses Shillito Annie Harries and Masters Joe Wilshire Jr Stephen Burton Jr Frank Tallidge Jr and Lee Campbell, with pink table arrangements.
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Enquirer
Olive Moore
Hulbert
Olive
Rowena Moore
Annie Harries
Joe Wilshire, Jr
Stephen Burton, Jr
Frank Tallidge, Jr
Lee Campbel
Batavia village costs approved after court dismissals
At Monday night council, costs in the village of Batavia illegal liquor selling and mandarine suit, recently dismissed in common pleas court, were ordered paid. Total over 200 dollars with witness fees about 80. Also sewer on Spring to be tapped at Market and Spring for drainage north of Spring street. Bills read and allowed as council work closed.
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Batavia
Common Pleas Court
Market and
Spring
The Fire That Dieth Not
A Williamsburg farm near F W Walker was struck by lightning last July with a large hickory tree catching fire inside. The charred stump remains about sixty feet high and has burned since then with occasional flames at the top. Weather has dampened it little, and observers doubt the fire will ever go out.
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F. W. Walker
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Winter Parade Brings Joy and Prizes
In Williamsburg a general parade of sleighs and winter rigs drew many residents. J. Fuhr offered sleigh-bell prizes for worst turnout and driving gloves for nicest rig, C H McNutt added fur cap for oddest entry. Prizes went to N T Daily for finest rig and J C Verrell for oddest and worst. John D Kerr, former Washington D H Register publisher, suspended as government bungler. salary $1800.
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Williamsburg
J. ©. Fuhr
C. H. McNutt
Main Street
G. L. Hines
F. Peterson
N.R. Walker
Fuhr
B. Williams
Ches. Chatterton
Chas
Clermont County
John D. Kerr
Washington D. H Register
Cleveland
Kerr
Dr. Myers
Washington D.H
Adams County Farmer Swindled by Farm Buyer and Con Artist
An Adams County farmer lost 3000 dollars to a so called farm buyer and the man with three cards. The piece laments widespread gullibility and warns against gambling with strangers despite education and newspapers.
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Adams County
Printing edict from local papers stresses fair notices
A dated paragraph urges readers to print where they choose but warns against requesting free local notices from a newspaper after paying elsewhere. It defends fair business practices and decency, reflecting shared sentiment among editors and press men.
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Brethren of the Press
Narrow Escape at Rocky Ford Skating Incident
On a recent Sunday at Rocky Ford several youths fell through a newly frozen creek about four feet deep. Miss Bauer and William Brown nearly drowned until Harry McAffee reached them with a long pole and towed them to shore. They were chilled but recovered with only severe colds.
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Rocky Ford
Miss Bauer
Bordwell
William Brown
J. L. Brown
Harry McAffee
Pollock Appointed Commissioner Pro Tempore in Branch Hill Township
Frank Pollock aged about forty a resident of Branch Hill Miami j Township was named commissioner pro tempore by Judge Breeding Auditor Davis and Recorder Beacham. He will serve during the interim after the end of Commissioner Sapps term until the new term begins under the law change. Pollock posted a 6000 bond with Frank White and Hugh Nichola as sureties and will take his seat in September after the vacancy is filled.
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Frank Pollock
Branch Hill
Miami J
Breeding
Davis
Beacham
Pollock
Sapp
Happ
Isantone Mason
Frank White
Hugh Nichola
Messrs
Sapp and Johnson
Opening Letters at Troy Infirmary Court Case Stirs Interest
A Troy infirmary superintendent Cornelius Bowne is jailed for opening inmates mails. A U S court decision is awaited to set future policy on inmate rights and mail privacy. Monson to sell farm produce and mules at Tabasco home on Wednesday January 90 starting 10 o clock.
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Troy
Cornelius Bowne
United States
Monson
Tabasco
Too Free With His Tongue Causes Neighbor Trouble
Vis Malott of Marathon is jailed on a peace warrant accusing him of threats prejudicial to the peace and against the dignity of Ohio. Attorney E. Q. Crane is appointed U S Commissioner for the southern district of Ohio by Judge Sage to oversee violations of federal law. Rumor says Clermont young ladies plan a minstrel charity performance at city hall in February with a 50 cent extra charge for a post show. Music and calling figures by the performers. The event aims to be a uniquely popular town affair.
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Vis Malott
Marathon
E. Q. Crane
U. S
Ohio
Sage
United States Court
Crane
United States
Clermont
City Hall
Taking Their Seats in the Infirmary Board
Daniel Marsh took his seat on the infirmary board on Monday and is deemed a good officer. Fred Gomier, re employed after Mefford’s retirement, serves effectively with his wife assisting. Several other meritful applicants were set aside by party lines favoring a second term for a deserving officer.
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Daniel Marsh
Fred Gomier
Mefford
Congregational Meeting To Decide 1895 Pastor
A congregational meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church on Wednesday evening January 16 to decide the employment of a preacher for 1895. The Rev Bell's term expired January 1. Bell has been highly regarded and is expected to be ordained as pastor, signaling justice to both pastor and congregation.
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Presbyterian Church
Bell
Last Call for Perry Barber War Veteran
Perry Barber of Co. G 89th O W I died at his New York home November 12 1894 from pneumonia. His body was brought to Milford and buried in Green Lawn cemetery by the 8 R 5 West post Milford and Kilpatrick post Geesben. Pallbearers and escorts included T J Doughman C Smith James Cook D K Irwin S B Hill and A Balshirer with A Snider and M Wood as escorts. Rev R E Smith preached the sermon. The old soldiers mourn the loss of a brave soldier and faithful comrade.
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Perry Barber
Co. G
New York
Milford
Green Lawn Cemetery
West Post
Kilpatrick
Geesben
T. J. Doughman
C. Smith
James Cook
D. K. Irwin
S. B. Hill
A. Balshirer
A. Snider
M. Wood
R. E. Smith
Straw Ride to Miss Needham’s in Owensville
A group of young people enjoyed a straw sleigh ride to Miss Clara Needham’s Owensville home last Friday night. The moon lit the field and the sleigh ride was described as delightful with spirited horses and a pleasant driver. A supper followed for guests Cora Griffis Kate Hamilton Lizzie Keen Ella Townsley Pearl Leonard Leontine Hullek Elma Townsley Bertha Hannold Grace Hambleton Dollie Pegg Harriette Kennedy Prudie Sellers Clara Crane and Bertha Bishop.
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Clara Needham
Owensville
Miss Needham
Cora Griffis
Kate Hamilton
Lizzie Keen
Ella Townsley
Pearl Leonard
Leontine Hullek
Elma Townsley
Bertha Hannold
Grace Hambleton
Dollie Pegg
Harriette Kennedy
Prudie Sellers
Clara Crane
Bertha Bishop
Religious Intelligence in M. Ky Church Services
Religious notices announce next Sunday services at the M. Ky church with sermons on Con secration and Practical Religion. Noon prayer meetings begin Monday January 14 with brief sessions. Revival services start Sunday evening January 20 as Week of Prayer with joint midweek services led by Rev. Bell and Rev. Morrie in local churches.
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M. Ky
M. E
Arsc
Methodist Church
Rev
Bell
Presbyterian Church
Morrie
Amputation After Gunshot In Dunkinsville Raises Suspicion
Two Maysville doctors amputated the hand of Charles Dawson in Dunkinsville after a shotgun wound. Dawson had initially refused treatment, later required amputation. He carries a $10,000 accident policy paying $2,500 for loss of hand, fueling rumors of a suspected intentional shooting. Dawson previously claimed a revolver injury in Winchester yielding weekly benefits.
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Adams County
Maysville
Dunkinsville
Charles Dawson
W. B. Loney
Dawson
Loney
Winchester
Dr. Loney
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