Investigation clears husband in Shough death rumor
A Goshen Ohio committee exonerates Mr. Shough after questioning and reviewing evidence about Mrs. Shough’s death. Dr. Coombs finds no foul play and family members corroborate that a horse caused the fatal injuries. A Batavia physician confirms the horse’s attack as the cause. The report rebukes Enquirer gossip and urges evidence before accusing others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enquirer
Goshen
Ohio
Courier
Webster Shough
J. B. Coughman
David Gibbs
Dudley Day
Hiram Palmer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Coombs
Shough
Moore
Batavia
J. B. Dooughman
Sik
Mariah Shough
Garden
Gethsemane
Epworth League Enjoys Evening at Miss Ida Ort's Home
The Epworth League of Williamsburg held a Friday program at Miss Ida Ort's with devotional songs and a mission letter from Mary Loyd and Harriet L Ayers then a memory text contest and a table of sixty one articles. Mamie Mc Adams led with a forty five item list and the group planned the next gathering at Mrs Felicia Kain's in four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Williamsburg
Ida Ort
League
G. M. Fulton
M. B. McNutt
Mary Loyd
Harriet L. Ayers
Mexico
Ada Peterson
Ella Fulton
Francia Asbury
Childen
Mamie McAdams
Mre
Felicia Kain
Batavia Pioneers Frank Acra and Wife Suffer Misfortune
Frank Acra and his wife, longtime Batavia residents, have endured years of growth and service to the town. Recently Mrs Acra slipped in a cellar and broke both wrists while helping him, leaving both in helpless condition as a protracted Bantam Presbyterian church meeting led by Rev. Bell continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Acra
Batavia
Acra
Bantam Presbyterian Church
Bell
Williamsburg Alumni Trip Recalls European Tour Highlights
Williamsburg high school alumni traveled through Germany, Austria, and more on a gas lit parlor car tour begun January 12. Guides like Anna McNutt and Sept 8 Turnipseed led visits to Hamburg Berlin Dresden Vienna Prague and the Danube. The group enjoyed art galleries Kaiser and Kaiserin scenes and discussions on current events before continuing to Italy and Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
High School
Behymer
Germany
Australia
Bethymer
Berlin
Ella Williams
Kaiser
May Bethymer
Belle Fisk
Dresden
Belle Behymer
Calvary
Vienna
Prague
Ella Behymer
Laura Boulware
Danube
Itlay
Switzerland
Disease hits sheep in northern county farms
Farmers in the northern part of the county report an outbreak of a new disease tuberculosis of the bowels among sheep in Fairfield Madison and Penn townships with no remedy found. The piece also notes political commentary about McKinley and shoe industry protection and a vaudeville style tale of Samuel Hypes with an engraved campaign badge from 1842.
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Hillsboro
Fairfield
Madison
Penn Townships
McKinley
Xenia
Samuel Hypes
Dayton
Night Visitor Halts Group of Four Tramps at Gate
A man returning home from work encounters four hobos loitering near his front gate. One shouts there is still someone inside. He discovers a tramp with provisions leaving the premises and, mistaken for a tramp, orders the entire crew to move on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Diamonds in Clermont County Spark Alien Prospect
An Ohio newspaper notes claims of diamond findings in Clermont County tied to glacial drift, citing a Sugar Camp run site as yielding a one carat stone. It describes diamond properties, sources, and the possibility of further finds, with cautions about identification and value around 100 dollars per carat for pure stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Brazil
South Africa
Kimberly
Australia
Georgia
North Carolina
California
Arizona
Clermont County
Taylor
Sugar Camp Run
Isthmus
Panama
Erie
Bragzilia
Andrew Wissel
Sugar Camp
Dry Run
F. M. Oxley
Clermontr
Agricola
Early risers said to risk insanity by scientists
Scientists dispute the old adage that rising early promotes health arguing that early risers may be more prone to mental illness than late sleepers. The Wilmington Journal notes the debate and suggests gratitude to scientists regardless of the outcome.
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Wilmington
Editor Change at Portsmouth Blade Sees Valgean Ousted
The Portsmouth Blade replaces editor J. E. Valgean with ex Representative Charles Herd after new owners gained control last week. Valgean, described as an old man, is out following the turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Tribune
J. E. Valgean
Portsmouth Blade
Valgean
Blade
Journalim
Charles Herd
Suit for President's Inaugural Event Sparks Debate
The Wilmington Journal notes the inaugural suit fabric presented to the Major and his tailor and questions who will supply the writer with a suit for the ceremony. The piece frames the issue as a matter of appearance and access for the writer at the important event.
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Wilmington Journal
Dream warned resident lawyer of midnight fire near home
A resident lawyer recounts dreaming of a fire alarm near his home after stoking coal before bed. He woke to find two coal lumps rolling from the grate and threatening the carpet, which he quickly extinguished, narrowly saving his family from a possible blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Tribuune
Suffering of Soldiers Trapped Between Field and Grand Hospitals
A stark, lyrical meditation on Civil War wounded in rough field hospitals. The text contrasts the comfort of home with battlefield agony, detailing pain, thirst, insects, and the journey from field tents to northern grand hospitals as surgeons and attendants work to save lives.
Criminal Practice Charge Shocks Clinton County Doctor
The Courier reports Dr. Austin of Clinton County charged with illegal practice in connection with a miscarriage of Mrs. Moss a Clermont County native who lived in Clinton County with three married sisters. An inquest blamed puerperal fever for death and no instruments were found used. Wilmington mayor bound the doctor to grand jury with $1000 bail. Mrs Moss aged about 40 was interred in Owensville after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Austin
Clinton County
Moss
Jamey
Lafayete Grice
Charles Grice
Lyman McFarland
Clermont
Richard Carpenter
Owensville
Simeon McClure
Highland County
Tme
Wilmington
X rays locate long hidden bullet in man's hand
A Brown county farmer, Peter Wahl, shot himself in the hand thirty two years ago. The bullet, lost for decades, caused pain and was finally located by X ray at Laura Memorial College Cincinnati. The two halves were removed at Good Samaritan hospital in an operation about 38 minutes.
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Peter Wahl
Brown County
Laura Memorial College
Cincinnati
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pencil drawing depicts immense sun spot spotted by observer
Clinton Republican notes N E Bennett sketched a vast sun spot he saw with naked eye last Thursday. Observations from the College Observatory verify measurements of 115000 miles long and 6 billion square miles in area, about one eighteenth of the sun’s visible face, comparing to the 1658 spot. Bennett is a member of the French Astronomical Society and newly elected to the Belgian Society of Astronomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Republican
N. E. Bennett
Bennett
College Observatory
French Astronomical Society of Paris
Belgian Society of Astronomy
Bruesels
Prominent Cincinnati Doctor Dies in New Richmond
Dr. George Conner a longtime Cincinnati physician died at the Conner home in New Richmond on the 12th instant. He was 52 and served in the 50th Ohio regiment. He leaves a widow HB. A. Connor an only son two sisters and two brothers. Burial occurred at Green Mound New Richmond.
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George Conner
Cincinnati
Conner
New Richmond
50Th
Ohio Regiment
HB. A. Connor
New York
Green Mound Eee
Ohio State Fair Board Elects New Members
The Ohio State Fair Board elected A. J. Clark Guernsey county, Bordwell Clere mont J. C. Bower Franklin B. C. Bila Hamilton and J. 8. Stuckey Van Wert for the coming year. Bordwell received the second highest vote with fifty eight of sixty. Hood's Sarsparilla is praised for health and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Fair Board
A. J. Clark
Guernsey County
Bordwell
Cleremont
J. C. Bower
Franklin
B. C. Bila
Hamilton
Stuckey
van Wert
Infirmary Patient Hailed For Flour Cure
A 60 year old inmate, David King Clippard, long troubled by a malady and liquor, was given flour capsules by the infirmary superintendent as a cheaper medicine. The patient reports the flour capsules had a notable, even charming, effect and he claims to have no prior medicine with such impact. If flour prices rise, his cure may endure.
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David King Clippard
Smith
David
No Big Bills in the House Promotes Small Measures
News brief notes that most time in the House will be devoted to passing small measures. A separate item reports that burglars raided the dry goods firm McFadden and Masters in Blanchter on Saturday, taking $120.
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McFadden & Masters
Blanchter
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Norris at Garden City Kansas
The Clermont community mourns Elizabeth Norris widow of Judge Shepherd F. Norris. A cousin of Mrs. Lincoln and General Blair she leaves two sons, was well read and devout, buried at Union Cemetery after brief services by Rev. E. M. Bell. M. GC. Moors to supervise a new flour mill at Creatine Ohio likely to accept.
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Courier
Elizabeth Norris
Garden City
Kansas
Sheperd F. Norris
Clermont Bar
Humphrey
Kentucky
Abram Lincoln
Lincoln
Todd
J. B. Wallace
Milford
Shepard F
Homer Norris
Norris
Union Cemetery
E. M. Bell
A. M. Dimmitt
John Grant
C. W. Pegg
Norman Lee
Miles Bicking
Albert Helorici
Certificate for good standing adopted by Sovereign Garand Lodge
The Sovereign Garand Lodge approves a universal certificate form to prove good standing for visitation across jurisdictions. The certificate, bearing the holder’s signature and password, will be sold by the grand secretary to grand secretaries, lodges, and encampments. The system takes effect February 1.
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Sovereign Grand Lodge
Veteran Captain John G Rhodes Dies in Georgetown
Funeral records show Captain John G Rhodes of Georgetown died at age about 70 after wartime service as a Indiana cavalry captain. Born in Waterfield Maine, he moved to Ohio in 1852, forged a local boot trade, married Kate Lair, and served Republicans as Brown County elections president. He died surrounded by family. funeral was held the previous Thursday with vault interment planned in Batavia cemetery.
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John G. Rhodes
Georgetown
Waterfield
Maine
Ohio
Batavia
John A. Rhodes
Scott
Rhodes
Kate Lair
L. B. Leeds
The
Clermont Sun
Indiana Cavalry
Indiana
Brown County Board of Elections
Rhodes Famly
Alice Fitch
Melville Rhodes
Pueblo
Colorado
Farmer's Institute Committee Meeting In Williamsburg
The committee on Farmer's Institute at Williamsburg will meet next Saturday at 1 p m in J Irwin's office. Those wishing to place items on the program should meet the committee or send to the secretary W H Ireton Crosstown. Also appears an advertisement for Ayer's Pills noting easy taking and rapid dissolution.
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Farmer’s Institute
Williamsburg
Irwin
W. H. Ireton
Crosstown
Loveland Special Election On Bonds For Fire Engine
Loveland holds a special election on February 20 to submit issuing bonds of 4000 dollars for buying a new fire engine and heater.
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Loveland
Milford Canning Plant Offered for Five Year Rent
Milford stockholders through D. W. Murphy and Frederick Myrick offer the Milford Canning Company plant for rent for five years. A good business chance is noted. Batavia resident Grace Kain breaks an arm and injures her hand after a fall on the pavement. Mrs. Grace Kain, Cincinnati, is visiting here. William Mercer, former C P and W Railroad section man, awarded $5,000 in Adams county court after foot amputation from a train incident last May 1893.
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D. W. Murphy
Frederick Myrick
Milford
Milford Canning Company
Grace Kain
Cincinnati
J. L. Moore
William Mercer
Adams
Mercer
Our Young Defenders Lecturer Delights City Hall Audience
An audience at city hall last night praised Mr. Williams for a captivating lecture on the Our Young Defenders topic. The talk drew admiration for its depth and educational value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Williams
Paing
Deaths and Court Action Reported in Local News
John Gobelman, aged 84, died at his Craver area home January 11 1897 after forty years in Stonelick township. He leaves seven children. Funeral at his residence January 17 with interment in Green Lawn cemetery. Also noted is the death of Rev Dr J P Scott former pastor of Lebanon Presbytery at Monticello New York aged 67. The Gibson divorce case before Judge Davis Tesday featured arguments by Eliz worth and Judge Hutson with the court leaning toward the plaintiff and a decree ordered.
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John Gobelman
Craver
Stonelick Township
Green Lawn Cemetery
Lebanon
J. Pi Scott
Monticello
New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
Gibson
Visiting notables from Batavia greet old friends
Homer Norris once mayor of Batavia and now a lawyer in Garden City Kansas, and Barry W Fitch who trained as a printer in Ashland Kentucky and heads a Georgia colony veteran soldiers company, visited Batavia last week. Both praised as fine examples of American young manhood.
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Batavia
Homer Norris
Barry W. Fitch
Norris
Garden City
Kansas
Fitch
Ashland
Kentucky
Georgia Colony
Obituary and Local Notices Jump Between Towns
Mrs. Kate Handlan dies at her son's home in January and is interred in St. Louis beside her husband. Rev. Wait surprised by friends who cut 10 cords of wood. Miss Minnie Beck retires after visit in Oimelnott. George Flora and family from Moscow visit James Ailsett. Belle Liston visiting relatives at Cherry Grove. Charles Hennings of Cincinnati visits relatives. Mrs. Wiedner attends funeral of her brother-in-law John Mullhauser Incincio nati. Mrs. O. M. Edwards relapses and seeks treatment. Ada and May Wood host relatives from Newport. Many locals on sick list, with some improving.
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Kate Handlan
E. Y. Handlan
St. Louis
Wait
Mies
Minnie Beck
Oimelnott
George Flora
Mia
Wil Ware
Lottie
Moscow
James Ailsett
Belle Liston
Cherry Grove
Charles Hennings
Cincinnati
Wiedner
John Mullhauser
Mra. O. M
Edwarde
B. Bragilon
Ada
May Wood
Newport
Kentucky
Dorman
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Clermont Diamonds
Charles
Therbe
A Clinton
State Fair Board
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M. GC. Moors
J. St. Orebaugh
Creatine
Uhio
Mr. Moore
ODD Fellows
Ayer
Cannery
Ouch
First National Bank
Frank Davis
J. I. Selby
G. W. McMurehy
R. W. Denham
W.M. Fridman
Joseph Clasgens
L.S. Fridman
J. J. Selby
Geo. W. MecMurehy
Gibson VS. Gibson
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