Death of Clermont Senator Judge Thomas Q Ashburn
The Clermont Common Pleas judge and Ohio senator Thomas Q Ashburn died from pneumonia at age 69 after a long career in law and public service. He served fourteen years on the Clermont common pleas bench and three on the supreme court commission, with a widow and son by his side in his final hours. He was memorialized by the Senate and a seven-member committee will escort his remains to Batavia for funeral services conducted by the Odd Fellows and Clermont bar.
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Sixty Ninth Generals Assembly
Supreme Court Commission of
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General Assembly of Ohio
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Marshal
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Brown
Corcoran
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Oren
Shaw
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Lawlor
Representative Knapp
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Weeks
Davis
Clermont Common Pleas
Hulick
Mary Cowen
Odd Fellows
Cemerv
City life notes and street scenes from July daybyday
The column paints a slice of town life with names and actions, from John West moving and boys playing marble to workmen carrying bricks and a crowd watching. Entries include Harvey Hamilton sunning, Perry Moore setting out trees, and locals discussing politics and daily chores at public racks and the treasurer's window.
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City Hall
John West
Jamieson
John Lane
Josiah Pierce
Perry Moore
Harvey Hamilton
Joe Hannold
George Temple
Chill Shaw
Sam Newberry
John Robinson
Ben White
Bob Ely
Billy Patterson
William Townsley
Frank Acra
Breach of promise suit wins for Miss Rice in Pt Isabel
Edward Armacost failed to marry Cora Rice prompting a breach suit. Judge Stevens saw Frank Armacost's claim to property rejected by a five man jury after three days of testimony. The case spanned sheriff execution, deed challenges, and related notices amid local deaths and community updates.
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Edward Armacost
Cora B. Rice
Armacost
Miss Rice
Common Pleas Court
Isabel
Esq Stevens
Frank Armacost
Edward
Parrott & Griffith
Sheriff Keen
Frazier & Roudebush
Patent Medicine Claims From Early Advertising Claim
An old promotional notice boasts Dr Kings New Discovery Bucklen Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters as remedies for consumption and other ailments. The seller guarantees satisfaction and offers refunds if results fail, citing Dr Johnunn and Druggist Batavia andgd Bo Walkger in Williameburg.
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Dr. Kings
John Unn
Droggtet
Batavia
Bo Walkger
Williameburg
Local Masonic and G A R Installations in Clermont County
Clermont County lodge notes report multiple Masonic and G A R events. Installations led by District Deputy Grand Master L H Medaris and F L Donovan include officers for Stick none. Entries list names such as J H Gates J H Collier and J F Penewitt with dates in January 1890 and February events planned for Amelia and Goshen areas.
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L. H. Medaris
Edenton
N.G
Amos Jordan R.S J.T. Jordan P
J.C. Jordan
Pt. Isabell Lonae
C. F
F. L. Donovan
NG _ thus
Vekroy V.G .N. Armstrong
J.H. Gates
M.H. Parkhiser
New Bank Officers Named Across Several National Banks
Reports from Milford New Richmond Felicity Batavia and Batavia detail newly elected bank directors at Milford National Bank First National Bank of New Richmond Felicity National Bank of Felicity and Batavia board elections On organizing F Fridman named president Frank Davis VP and Geo W McMurchy cashier Batavia board selects M Jamieson president and J F Dial cashier noting the bank’s 25th anniversary since its 1865 founding.
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Milford National Bank
A. G. Buckingham
L. Cook
John B. Inen
al. Inen
J. M. Pattison
S. J. Rybolt
G. Milt Roudebush
Wm. M. Sanford
Isaac Turner
First National Bank
New Richmond
F. Fridman
Frank Davis
J. I Selby
G. W. Castlen
R. W. Denham
W. M. Fridman
G. W. McMurchy
Geo. W. McMurchy
First National Bank of Felicity
Tueday
John G. Prather
J. M. Longworth
W. P. South
W.G
First National Bank of Batavia
M. Jamieson
F. J. Roudebush
George W. Hulick
E. D. Titus
W. F. Roudebush
R. W. C. Greag
J. F. Dial
Colored lawyer Hargo appeals after restaurant refusals
John W. Hargo a Black former resident and lawyer sued two Cincinnati restaurants that refused him service due to color. The circuit court upheld the common pleas ruling against him, with Judge Cox authoring the opinion, allowing a possible path to the supreme court.
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Jimington
John W. Hargo
Cincinnati
Hargo
Common Pleas Court
Fire destroys residence of Mrs. Maggie Thompson
About six o'clock on the evening of the 17th instant a fire was discovered at the home of Mrs. Maggie Thompson. The flames quickly consumed the building and most of its contents before help could arrive.
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Maggie Thompson
Protracted meetings and local social notes in Miamiville area
A protracted meeting runs at the M E church under Rev Sutherland. Mrs T J Matis visited Miamiville kin. WW B church hosts services led by Rev Mrs Kolb. Blanche Elis returned home after visiting Crab relatives. Clark and Dillman women offered jobs in KnoxVille and left. Tortune family from Newport spent Sunday with Atenleys. Smith and Hannaday wed at bride’s sister’s home on Jan 12. McMillens visiting Cincinnati relatives. Missionary Society recital program highly successful. Minnie Conner and niece Rene visited. U B church revival continues with Mrs Kolb, evangelist, aiding pastor James Ashton, who suffers typhoid.
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M. E.church
Sutherland
T. J. Matis Apent
Miamiville
WW. B
Kolb
Blanche Elis
Crab
A. M. Hull
Eugene
Clara Clark
Emma Dillman
KnoxVille
Tennessee
L. Tortune
Little Son
Newport
Kentucky
D. W. Atenley
G. W. Smith
Jonnie Hannaday
A Slater
M. Wardlow
Mra
N McMillen
Cincinnati
Missionary Society
Minnie Conner
Rene
U. B
James Ashton
Indiana's Cheap School Books Draw Protests And Legal Challenges
Indiana's school book program with the Indiana School Book Company triggers complaints over substandard printing and materials. Courts in Benton County have struck down parts of the law, ruling trustees cannot be made agents of private firms to sell school books, warning Ohio to heed Indiana's experience.
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Board of
School Book Commissioners
Indiana
The
Indiana School Book Company
School Book Company
Indiana School Journal
Benton County
Mandamus
Ohio
Ohio Educational Monthly
Strange animal sightings raise town hunting plans
In Flyntington township near Heist's papel residents report heard screams from two strange creatures suspected to be catamounts. A hunt is planned to trap or drive them away. A separate noisy animal near Ellis' school is blamed on campaigning Democrats seeking votes for the spring election.
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Feesburg
Flyntington
Ellis
Moscow Writer Answers Cross Town Dilemma On Hog Killings
A Moscow writer to the Courier replies to a problem raised by the Cross town correspondent. The editor’s note says the puzzle asks whether thirty hogs may be killed in seven killings with an odd number killed each time.
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Moscow
The
Courier
Crosstown
Madison Butler Injured in Wagon Accident
Madison Butler of Lindale was thrown from a wagon when startled horses bolted last Saturday. He sustained serious injuries to the head and shoulders and was taken to his uncle M. D. Butler's home where a physician pronounced the injuries serious but not fatal.
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Madison Butler
Lindale
M. D. Butler
Locust Corner Meeting and Community Notices
Rev George Fulton rests after Locust Corner meetings which closed last Friday with thirteen accessions. Funeral of Senator T Q Ashburn drew many relatives and citizens. Absalom Curtis died of pneumonia last week, funeral by Rev I N Rhodes. C H Wood improving after six weeks illness. Mrs Jessie Hulick, Miss Mainie Doane sick with la grippe. Community updates from Locust Corner to Fort Wayne area.
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George Fulton
Locust Corner
Sallie Gray
Greenfield
Indiana
L. Harding
Ludlow
Kentucky
W. €. McGill
T. Q. Ashburn
de West
John Edwards
Chicago
William Fagley
Miles Webb
Batavia
Robert Trump
Bennett Trump
Rob
Chase Hall
Perrine
Captain L
House
Killsboro
Jessie Hulick
Mainie Doane
la Grippe
Lilly Bodin
L. Penny
Newport
Effie Tobinson
Hubert, Johnson
Chattanooga
Glole Salt
Cincinnati
James Hitch
Susan Foster
Charles L. Doran
Columbus
Clarence Shipp
Jessie Morse
Alabama
Park
James Hicks
Mayme
Bertha Robson
Grace
Edna Bird
Wood
Canter
Harry Hopkins
Charles Hopkins
Ambrose Clemmens
Albert Everson
Tusculum
M._E. Shurch
L. M. Edwards
Local Notes and Property Sale Near Chile
Pt Inabel and Miss Birty with Master Rice visit relatives in town after a year away. George Page returns from the northern state. W W Ford’s pension rises from $4 to $10 per month. Grippe cases reported locally. F P Wiley Pee returns to street life after confinement. H Holter, estate administrator, sells the homestead to Jacob Treese and George Colier at 22 dollars per acre.
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Miss Birty
George Rice
Chile
George Page
W. W. Ford
F. P. Wiley Pee
H. Holter
Nelson Holter
Jacob Treese
George Colier
Burglary and assault shock Monterey residents
Sometime Wednesday Perry Schéuth’s Monterey home was broken into and money and valuables stolen. Relatives say Boone Thomson, a known petty thief, plotted to steal a watch and attacked South with an iron bar and knife, wounding him. Thomson fled and a warrant for assault with intent to kill was sworn, but he remains at large.
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Perry Schéuth
Monterey
Boone Thomson
South
Thompson
London
Mother Earth
Stewart
Community Network Of Visits And Moves In Batavia Area
Batavia residents and guests are noted in a sequence of social visits and travel. Judge Davis visited relatives, Joe Kolb and Addison stayed at a local hotel, and many locals filled in for duties or traveled to Cincinnati Columbus Indianapolis and Blairville.
Inauguration and local notices parade through Columbus week
Felicity EB McGohan and W F Knowles witnessed Governor Campbell's inauguration in Columbus on Monday. Hulick attended Tuesday and Wednesday to look after Courier interests. W H Wood bought property at Walnut and West opposite the M E church. John Walker esq presided over a case before Squire Stevens at Point Isabel. M Jacobs, merchant, returned from Cincinnati Saturday. Influenza cases rise with no fatalities yet. New school law enforcement criticized. James Jennings' stable burned Thursday with loss about 100 dollars and insured for 50. James Kendal of Cincinnati transacted business here Wednesday. Jess Wood and Philip Knodler of Augusta transacted business Saturday. A Carver of Bethel visited. Pinkard and Dr Williams of Higginsport called here Saturday. T G Dennis here on professional business. Rev J S Whitney conducting revival at M E church.
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Judge Davis
Batavia
Joe Kolb
Cincinnati
Mr. Addison
Charles House
Colored School
Orville Feller
Helen Towner
Georgia Kincaid
Pearl Coombs
Frank Roberts
Pittsburg
Mart-Fee
O. Ketchum
Columbus
Court McCormack
Harry Powell
Amelia
G. W. Feller
Joseph A. Oskamp
Walnut Hills
Blanche Disque
Capt. A. Connors
Lester
North Fairmont
Nina Moore
Emma Seitz
Daisy Swem
Palestine
Lyceum
Fairview
Lilly Lanham
Birdie Rice
Felicity
Blairville
Josie Silvers
Winfield
Kansas
John
William Hawkins
Jake
Charley Frey
Charles Burroughs
Bantam
W. C. Burroughs
Lolderfield
Nine Mile
Horace Ashburn
Nora Walmer
Ludlow
William and
Thomas Sullivan
J.C. Riley
Higginsport
Steelman
Grace Light
Joanna Shuler
Ene Haines
Cinnie Davis
Charley
Oliver Cooder
Indiana
Lon
Newport
D. FE. Roberts
Thomas McClelland
Charlie Fowler
W.G. Warner
Wiley Hall
Florence Pray
Runion
Will Simpson
E. R. Denham
Dell
T. Q. Ashburn
EB. McGohan
W. F. Knowles
C. ¥. Kennedy
Campbell
Hulick
Courier
W. H. Wood
Levina Grifith
Walnut
West Streets
M. FE
Church
John Walker Esq
Squire Stevens
Point Isabel
M. Jacobs
James Kendal
Jess Wood
Philip Knodler
Augusta
A. Carver
Bethel
Charles Pinkard
Or. Williams
Brown County
T. G. Dennis
Rev. J
Whitney
M. BE. Church
Safe Investment Drug Claim for King's New Discovery
A drug advertisement claims Dr. King's New Discovery guarantees relief for consumption throat and chest ailments. It promotes a safe plan, offering a return if unsatisfied, with trial bottles free at Dr. John Bunn's in Batavia and J. B. Walker's in Wil-Namabure.
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Dr. King
John Bunn
Batavia
J. B. Walker
Wil
Coons and Night Hunters Prominent In Indiana Skirmish
An item recalls Davy Crockett jokes about coons and notes a modern Indiana hunter’s tactic using red white and blue candles to force a coon from its tree den. The tale blends folklore with a note on dangers to the animal and shifts to local notices and social updates from Summerside and nearby communities.
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Davy Crockett
Crockett
Indiana
Surprise birthday gathering honors Mrs Margaret Dudley
On January 11 friends gathered at Mrs Margaret Dudley's home to surprise her on her birthday. An excellent time was reported. Also noted are social visits of Ross Baker and family from Cincinnati to his father here, and James Baker with minor ailments. Charles Jordan visits Clinton Montgomery counties. Truman Jordan traveled to his place January 15. K J Coleman cut his foot but is now able to be about. The la grippe has arrived with several showing symptoms.
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Edenton
J.B. Doughman
Blanchester
J. H. Prickett
Florence Weller
Symmes’ Station
David Aible
Louie
Newport
Kentucky
E. Doughman
Lebanon
Wm. Doughman
Cincinnati
Hattie
Laura Thompson
Brunk
Wm. Little
Level
Rs. Lowe
John Glenn
Butler County
M. E
Weaver
Eliza Wainwright
Anna Wainwright
Grape Grove
Robert Leever
Sleeth
Charles Chevee
Cincinnnati
Lillie Windsor
Miciating
John McCarty
Pleasant Plain
Margaret Dudley
Joseph Conner
Ross Baker and
Watson Ertle
Foster's
Bert Foote
Wesley Chapel
S.J Coleman
James Baker
B. Wiles
Walt Frey
Charles Jordan
Clinton
Montgomery
Truman Jordan
K. J. Coleman
Abandonment talk for Cincinnati Hocking Valley & Huntington line grows
Owensville residents report a contract to remove iron at Milford station by Cincinnati wrecking, with work begun in town last Thursday. Local sources expect standard gauge conversion within months despite abandonment rumors. Miss Sallie Christopher to wed Charles W. Forde, with Cincinnati firm ties noted by the Courier.
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Magee
Owensville
Charles Adame Jr
Cincinnati
Hocking Valley
Huntington
Cincinnati Wrecking Company
Milford Station
K. K. Harvey
Edith McFarland
Olive Branch
Ollie Sawyer
Charles W.forde
H. & 8. Pogue Company
Salliehristopher
Mary Christopher
East Milford
Courier
Locust Corner Chronicle of 1800s Notices and Updates
The column lists funeral notices, array of health updates, pensions, abduction rumor, stroke illness, school actions, travel and study notes, and local residents’ movements. It mentions Thomas Farquabr’s funeral at Bloom Rose, James Campbell’s Columbus inauguration, pension increases to 12 dollars monthly, and various illness and schooling updates among locals.
Pleasant Hill News From The Clermont Courier
Pleasant Hill reports from the Clermont Courier detailing local church activity, school district leadership, a two week protracted meeting with no conversions, visits by residents to nearby towns, a sickbed scene for a Milford resident, upcoming departures, and a note on the Pleasant Hill cornet band and local music.
Brucklen’s Arnica Salva Promises Cure and Satisfaction
An 19th century advertises Brucklen’s Arnica Salva as the best salve for burns sores ulcers and skin conditions. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded with a two cent per box price and lists Dr John Bunn at Batavia and J B Walker of Williamsport as sellers.
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John Bunn
Drogeat
Batavia
J. B. Walker
Williamsurg
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