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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1914
Page
4
Public notice from Clermont Courier dated January 21 1914 appears with a six month term and a $125 charge Bataria listed among names. The fragmentary text lacks full context but indicates a municipal or legal notice published in early 1914.
Clermont County Republican Central Committee at Dennison House Cincinnati endorsed Judge James B. Swing as the Republican candidate for Governor. All townships represented cheered the resolution. Swing, born in Clermont, urged Southern Ohio support while denying active candidacy, campaign to begin immediately. The meeting, chaired by McBeth, was highly spirited with expectations of wider endorsements and a Republican victory this fall.
Court docket shows several new suits with amounts claimed including Philip Strickland infant versus C M L A R Money for 10343.25 and William L Connell versus Carl M Watts for 750. It records injunction action by The Dormer Bros Co against L M Rogers and WH Aiken, plus numerous marriage licenses and guardian or executrix appointments. It also notes final accounts, inventories, and probates for estates such as Catherine Schlotterbeck Thomas Castlen and Abigal Mabam Maham with property transfers and appraisals across Batavia Union and Ohio townships.
Proceedings list burial wages labor indexing stone supplies and various district costs including postages rent and repairs. Named participants include T. Dailey Smyth Bros J. Kline Geo Danby Victor Herron A B Bogart Cincinnati Workhouse and Rapp & Schwab among others with charges such as gravel culverts and janitorial fees recorded.
Detroit citizens plan the next September G. A. R. encampment with a general committee of 800. A $50,000 fund is guaranteed by contract, half from subscriptions and the rest possibly from city council. Veterans nearing end of life urged to be treated well as encampments fade. Also a brief ad for Dean's Regulats constipation medicine at 26c a box.
The Columbus Court of Appeals last week struck down the sale by weight law and affirmed the common pleas court. Judges split on federal contracting rights versus fairness in buying produce, with eggs cited as an example of the impact.
The Georgetown electric light plant reports it is self supporting with 176 consumers and free street lighting billed to Batavia. The council allocated $575 for six months of street lighting, a prior only partly funded by neighboring areas. The piece notes party dynamics in Ohio, bond indebtedness rising, and Governor Cox’s direct legislation proposals risking referendum protection.
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