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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1926
Page
5
Walter Ire remains confined in Ohio Penitentiary and eligible for parole hearing after February 1. Beaslon records clerk notes eligibility and scheduling details for the hearing process.
Public auction for multiple tracts of land in Will POWn township and adjoining areas. The sale, ordered by the Court of Common Pleas, is set for February 13, 1926 at the Batavia courthouse, 10 AM, at the front door. Tracts described by metes and bounds, with lines and landmarks referenced to Wader survey No. 705 and local roads. Names listed include Alice Gilmore and James Allen Stewart et al.
Describes land boundaries with directions and distances including poles and acres. Mentions Wipper Jas Conk and B M Reed and references to Reed line and a gate. notes a parcel of 14 acres and 12 acres of land herein. Names Carl Dawson and Nichols as attorney.
Fragmentary legal notice states a court case in re custody and mental health matters in an Ohio county court with attorney Cari 2. ariand listed for the plaintiff.
Farm implements land and purebred cattle advertised for 1926 sales. Booking dates for 1926 shown with Batavia contact 2797 and residence with Amavite P.O Amelia Noo.
Mr and Mrs Chas Hays hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Hentz and Mr and Mrs Gregor from East End. The Houchins from the city spent the weekend with Perrys, while J J Warner hosted a Friday dinner for George Warner’s 80th birthday. Georgetow n guests included Mrs Robert Warner and Charley Warner. The Woman's Home Missionary Society tea at Mrs Maddux drew Mrs Chas Houser and others. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Wilcina and son and Mrs Holtman with Russell Valentine family in Lindale.
A sequence of social visits across Owensville includes A H Armstrong and wife with D H Wellener, Ada Davis of Hyde Park visiting her mother and Galen, Hannah Hughes of Bethel visiting relatives, and Lester Leever from Harrison schools staying with his parents. Other entries list Henry Dietz, Rosana Wellener, John Armstrong, Mrs. Orayer visiting Batavia, Anna Steward of Batavia, John Armstrong and Kenneth Gateh at dinner, Mrs Galloway shopping in the city, and Josephine McAfee with David visiting Bertha Cortott.
Louise Garbe of Avondale spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Carrie Utter and children of Deerfield spent Sunday with Ed Ross and family. Albert Moir and wife visited his mother at Mt. Auburn on Thursday. Mrs. Math Schiller spent Wednesday in the city. Mary and Edith Deem of Batavia spent Sunday with home folks. Several from here attended Mr. Cottingham’s sale at Olive Branch on Saturday.
Charlie Coats and wife of Madisonville spent the week with O A Long and wife. John Grossnickle and wife Estle Hill wife and baby visited W E Grossnickle and wife at Bel fast. Sick Uncle Nate Collins Mrs Lillie Washburn Little Junior Hill. Gains Grossnickle spent Sunday with Mrs Nettie Murphy in Norwood. Mr and Mrs Benlahr and baby visited her parents in Wilmington. Belle South celebrated her 85th birthday with neighbors and granddaughter Stella Johnson of Madisonville. Farson of Goshen visited Vancille Groves and wife. children returned home with them. Dorothy and Mildred VanCamp of Cincinnati spent Sunday with their parents. Aubie Bigham and wife visited her sisters in Lebanon. C A Pickelheimer wife and son spent weekend with friends in the city.
P T A will hold a dinner at the school building Saturday evening February 20. Joe Middler and family and Frank Middler and wife of Cincinnati visited Frank Middler Sr. and wife Mrs. Cora Ely with Mrs. Olive Greenwade in the city. Methodist Missionary Society held their annual winter picnic at E. G. Maddux's home. W. O. Robinson and wife of Batavia visited D. E. Hutson. Mrs. Anderson Goodman of Jacksonville Florida is guest of her mother Mrs. Margaret Flora. Mrs. Rebecca Foulon died at home. Funeral at Baptist church Monday at 1 30 conducted by Rev. C Q Sellars. Burial Nicholsville. Joseph Dawson and wife visiting Akron Ohio. Roy Hutson and wife Marjorie Hutson and Lenora Hicks visited near Moore's Corner.
Stella Wheeler shows improvement after illness. Mrs. Skiner and Mrs. Halfast visited Batavia on Monday. Mrs. Verner Coombs returned from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Valentine hosted relatives from Cincinnati Sunday. Harry Robbins from Cincinnati spent the weekend with Chas. Robbins. Roy Williams and wife hosted his Cincinnati-bound father Saturday and Sunday.
Obituaries for Frank Prather John Berlew and Emma Cliff mark recent deaths with funeral arrangements and family survivors. Social notes report Thirman Hiles and Homer Ritchey visits, cottage prayer groups, club meetings, and illnesses, followed by weekend visits and a power overseer injury misfortune.
A brief fragment notes someone returning home in Cincinnati on Friday due to illness and the death of the other party’s father, Frank Prather.
Dancing nights set for Wednesday and Saturday at the Afton Dance Hall. Good music and orderly surroundings promised. A new heating plant has just been installed ensuring comfort during events. You are invited.
The Cincinnati National Farm Loan Association announces a 5 percent loan rate with borrowers receiving dividends. The program promotes the loan as the most attractive farming loan under government supervision. Contact J. A. Hart mah, Secy-Treas., 1407 First National Bank Building, Cincinnati.
Ohio farmers report the corn crop is the largest on record and of good quality though prices stay low. M B Maney of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation notes supply exceeds the year prior and notes price ranges around 55 to 60 cents, about 35 cents below the previous year's level.
The State of Ohio charges Delmer Jester with assault and battery on Delmer Waits, both Williamsburg men once in stock business. Jester was bound over to the grand jury after a December hearing by Mayor Larkin. Trial began with November 7 alleged attack, many witnesses, extensive legal teams, and a concurrent $10,000 damage suit. Jury deliberations underway as we go to press.
Officers said Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co purchased 10 million pounds from the 1923 24 crops on Thursday and 30 million pounds from the 1925 crop on Wednesday. Delivery begins immediately and total pool sales top about 70 million pounds with more sales expected. Prices paid were not disclosed but considered satisfactory.
Carl Magee former Blanchester pastor and 1922 Republican candidate pleaded guilty in Hamilton county court to stealing 3000 dollars from the Willard Gospel Mission in Cincinnati. He was arrested in New Castle Pennsylvania after allegedly jumping his bond from Cincinnati.
The excerpt mentions the basswood lime tree introduced to England in the 16th century and a Swiss lime planted in 1410, noting a trunk circumference of 86 feet by 1720. It recalls Camoens’s exile from Lisbon in 1546, returning in 1570, and a Sussex man Thomas Penford aged 103 recalling childhood snow baths. It closes with a reflection attributed to Emerson on natural law.
A reflection on how grand structures and life hinge on small details such as walls, stones, bricks, beams, glass, words, smiles, frowns, thoughts, and gestures. The quote emphasizes attentive care to every minor element.
The Albany Herald notes that about ninety five percent of heat from a fire rises the flue and that much energy from a pie is similarly wasted. It compares driving a nail home to striking it on the head consistently from the same angle.
The article notes that New England and New York are leading states in Christmas tree production. It mentions spruce firs and pines as the main tree types and suggests the Norway spruce as perhaps the favorite.
The Japanese avoid certain numbers viewed as unlucky and refuse to accept them as telephone numbers. Public institutions often take those digits for themselves to spare citizens from the misfortune.
A fragment quotes Seneca noting the tension in being perceived as aged and the challenge of proving loyalty. It frames a cautious dynamic where suspicion fuels the effort to avoid deceit and maintain fidelity.
A light note from The Progressive Grocer shows a shopper asking Mrs Newlywed Oh to run to the grocer for a couple of bars of soap to wash lettuce. The casual domestic cue reflects daily routines and a sense of home economy.
A distressed young bride seeks guidance on her pecuniary muddle as she struggles to tally two pounds of stesh and odoen oranges, revealing a comic domestic crisis and financial confusion.
The article fragment suggests a discussion of pay according to performance with broad community implications and no clear individuals or events identified.
A jumble of names including A. B. Nichols Eli H. Speidel and Harold D. Nichols with a Bata Ohio address. Scattered snippets describe a burial shroud price sting and generic maxims about quarrels Sanskrit litera ture Rome measurements and an Aman cap do fragment.
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