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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1903
Page
8
Historic brief records amuse with notes on a Milford heel factory plan, Kline's store ads for salt and school supplies, local prices, burn and wound cures, and community updates. Mentions include West Point cadet Grant, Perintown ice gathering, and electric lights for Manchester funded by Cincinnati investors Seasongood and Mayer.
Local items include an upcoming Clermont County Teachers' Institute session in Amelia with special programs, Hillsboro school day plan, a birth in Washington, and real estate listings by Warren E. Richards. Miami University second semester begins February 1903 with tuition free opportunities, quarterly Batavia church meeting with Rev J G Luechauer, domestic advice, King King Kings New Life Pills advertisement, sleighing enthusiasm and Hagee Cordial promotion.
Mrs. Ringold of Williamsburg died at home last Sunday after a brief pneumonia illness. Born in Ireland in 1824 she lived 23 years in Glendale and was notable in Cincinnati. She was wife of John Ringold and mother of John A. Ringold the insurance man and Fall Festival director who was elected Grand Outer Guard of the K of P Ohio. Nine children survive including Mra Carter Misses Elizabeth Catherine Mattie and William Ringold Harry and Stanley Ringold and Mrs HB E Carstens and John A Ringold. Funeral Wednesday at Mrs Carstens residence 1425 Pallan avenue Cummineville with interment at Spring Grove.
F N Carey Jr aged 80 is described as a long time resident and former proprietor of the Carey House in New Richmond. He died at home on Friday January 9 and was buried in the vault after a funeral conducted by 614 Fellows Lodge where he was an active member. He leaves a widow and seven children.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has informed Postmaster Baum that his papers for a second term have gone forward through regular channels to the President and will proceed to the Senate for confirmation. Baum is praised for an excellent performance and expected to gain popular support.
Frost specimens brightened windows Monday with one notable piece by the frost King, a handsome ice vessel hermetically sealed and half filled with water. Governor Dennison plans to remove the top and use it as a dining table centerpiece for raw oysters and cold game until it lasts.
Friends report Mrs. Lou Sloan of Joliet Ill seriously ill and near death. A niece, Mrs. Maude Reitz, filed the sad intelligence that recovery is unlikely. Mrs. Sloan remains at home with her sister and family providing care and support.
The Katharinon Chemical Co. of St. Louis markets Hagee's Cordial of Cod Liver Oil as a body and tissue builder that improves blood richness, appetite, and digestion. It emphasizes ease on weak stomachs and palatability for children, with druggists selling the preparation.
The Amelia session on the 17th aims to engage teachers with fidelity and vigor. Attendees are urged to attend with religious fidelity and commit to the work, as the event promises to be full of interest.
Captain D W Pearson former commander in the Fifty Ninth Ohio died at age 79 after a career as a prominent attorney. He led in Odd Fellowship and spent most of his life in Georgetown where his father, age 94, survives. A brave officer and patriotic friend.
A large Three Links meeting last Friday night witnessed the installation of officers led by Installing Officer Charles Hoffman of Williamsburg. Officers named include Stark, Lewis, Sullivan, Glancy, Nichols, Kunitz, Jenike, Fitzwater, Allen, Brunk, Kuauer, Davison, Zarmuble, and Glancy as chaplain. Daughters of Rebekah to hold installation ceremonies tomorrow night with a call for all members to attend.
Uncle John Grant received a large package of pecan nuts Monday from his sons John and Will in Brownsville Texas on the Pecan river. The nuts are unusually large and full of meat and were enjoyed by the printers. Pneumonia and LaGrippe Coughs cured quickly by Foley's Honey and Tar sold by Dr John Bunn and Son Batavia.
Cash buyers target seven farms from 60 to 190 acres with January and February delivering the most inquiries. List your property with W.R. Walker & Son of Batavia Ohio by sending description and state price. Must be reasonable.
Twenty nine years ago an event in Hillsboro drew national sympathy as praying women visited every saloon in the county to urge an end to the traffic. Saloon owners treated visitors courteously and many closed shop afterward. The movement was led by Mrs. J. E. Thompson known as Mother Thompson.
A note from Felicity in Clermont and West Union Adams outlines potential links with Bata via New Richmond Cincinnati and other cities. Construction on the C G P line from Georgetown to West Union is to start within thirty days leaving a 21 mile gap to the Camden Inter-State railroad. Plans propose tapping the UV G P road nine miles from Felicity with rights described as obtainable without difficulty. We invite nearby neighbors to respond.
Moonlight coastings down village streets draw crowds as sledders glide from McMillen terrace and Main street hill for about five blocks. Many pilots race to Buerkle's market mat as bills glow with happiness into late hours.
Mrs Warren Moorehead remains on the sick list while Able Brown son of Joseph Brown of our valley recovers from pneumonia at the Misses Rapp home where he worked Mr and Mrs Franklin Barns and daughter of Monterey hosted Mr and Mrs David Carpenter the Misses Hunt and Mr and Mrs Weathers Cover of Monterey Mrs Frances Hutchinson and Miss Aine Brown of Pleasant Valley also attended an elegant dinner with friends in attendance and a note about G Glage 7 of Williamsba calling on friends here Saturday.
An overstocked wagon shop offers Hickory Wagons and farm wagons with in stock pricing. Rapp & Cove, Batavia Ohio, advertise 500 sets of carriage, buggy, cart and light wagon wheels from four to eight dollars a set. Old wheels priced the same.
A historical notice details subscriptions to build a road linking Batavia, Williamsburg, New Boston and New Richmond with Cincinnati, under Andrew H. Goff. It lists numerous Cincinnati merchants contributing sums, illustrating civic fundraising and disinterested patriotism for regional access and neighborly connections.
W C Williamson of Amherst Virginia reports lasting relief after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm for over a year of lumbago. He states all other remedies failed to help and Beck's Pharmacy sells the product.
State papers discuss rural route systems with picture proof of carriers and boxes along shaded roads. Clermont lags in adoption but may follow as rural mail delivery grows. Also lauds inventions and Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with trials and guarantees.
Mrs Isaac Elwell of 548 East Main Street Painesville Ohio wife of a contractor and builder credits Doans Kidney Pills with curing years of backache distress in the stomach and general poor health saying they did more good than any other remedy and she recommends them. Doans Kidney Pills sold at all drug stores 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A Dunlap woman was acquitted last week in the murder of her shopmate in Allen Illinois. The defendant is the daughter of Bert Dunlap of 1731 Obie and was raised in West Union.
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