Time Reform and Labor Views Echo in Glermont Courier
The January 30 1889 issue reports Senator Rathbone proposing a uniform standard time system to replace local town time aligning with railroad needs. Ben Butterworth condemns Knights of Labor methods urging trades and honest work for youths. L. H Williams supported by Grand Army men for Department Commander post. Murat Halstead notes journalism path via breaking in.
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Rathbone
Butler County
L. H. WiLlliaMs
Ripley
Judge O’neall
Lebanon
Grand Army
Ben Butterworth
Knights of Labor
Butterworth
United States
State road improvements bill praised for funding efficiency
The article commends a bill allowing per day cash payments to laborers and authorizing bond anticipation for road improvements. It argues the elective, county-specific approach can enhance roads without raising taxes, urging adoption and noting Representative Holmes supports highway upgrades.
Ohio road law reform bill bills township road control
The Ohio Legislature considers a bill to create township supervisors in each precinct to manage road districts. Supervisors would hire labor by contract, set road tax, and fund permanent improvements, with trustees purchasing road making implements and directing revenue use.
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Ohio
H. G. Tryon
DHL
Nominations Await Senate Confirmation In 1889 Prose
A curious 1889 note from G. M. Pemberton Justice of the Peace in Ohio cites political theater and quotes the line They also serve who only stand and wait. It reflects the era’s rhetoric as three hundred nominations await Senate action amid formal salutes and official signings.
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United States
Josiah Allen
State of
Ohio
G. M. Pemberton
Pemberton
Senate
Neville Notices Tax Collector Attendance At Home
Citizens debate tax collection as few attend. despite bad weather several boys went to Flat Rock last Saturday. Report praises Miss Ackley's recitation. T. C. Logan's new boys appear promising and favor protection. Our string band features Donovan, English, Sipes, and Hill.
Real Estate Moves and Local Rentals Tie Up Ten Mile Area
Will Green eyes property purchases in Ten Mile while Howard Ferris asks 200 cash rent. B F Penn departs to his farm as George Cook vacates J Little Jr property. W H Wood hired to tend stock until new tenant. Scott Judd sells creek tobacco farm for 800 to Charley Alrey and moves to Mrs Swing’s Bantam house while seeking a permanent spot. Fred Rapps family suffer protracted mumps. Nat Henderson remains champion coon hunter, still trapping many varmints.
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Will Green
Ten Mile
Howard Ferris
B. F. Penn
George Cook
J. Little, Jr
W. H. Wood
Scott Judd
Charley Alrey
Local Notes Show Community Life and Incidents
Cincinnati visitor Felicity and Miss Jessie Richards return to see friends in town. Samuel Page sells confectionery stock to Hicks at the old stand. Pastor W H Roberts of Lane Seminary preaches at the Presbyterian church. Twenty one accessions to Benton Christian Union church during meetings. G W McKinley in Columbus schools on two week forced vacation due to scarlet fever. Boston Lodge offers installed officers and district work completed. A run away team near David Lindsey’s injures no one. horse rescue noted. String band music at Abner Butler’s Lindale gathering signals start of winter social season.
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Frank Reese
Cincinnati
Jessie Richards
Germantown
Samuel Page
O. D
W. T. Hicks
W. H. Roberts
Lane Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Benton Christian Union Cleurch
G. W. McKinley
Mt. Pisgah
A. Butler
George Surry
Missouri
David Lindsey
Richmond Hill
Mr. Hammer
B. Fagin
Lena Goble
Abner Butler
Lindale
Local Notes on Moves Visits and Gatherings in Baywood
Baywood community updates include William Cordery moving to Williams burg and James Evans relocating from Cordrey House. Henry Deal takes Evans’s vacant dwelling, William Holland moves to Peters burg, John Pattison in Holland’s former home, Eva Holland visiting Williamsburg, Reed spouses with Union Plains friends, M C Riley returning to Cincinnati, Nora Gunkle returning to Linwood, Charles Sprague back from Owensville, visitors to Mrs. Luck and Sprague households, and a wedding at John Richards and Georgie Varley. Also notes on a large Afton meeting, a theft of ten bushels of wheat from Uncle Billie Raper, sore throat complaints, and a social ball at Mrs. Sprague’s lasting late.
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Baywood
William Cordery
Williamsburg
James Evans
Cordrey
Henry Deal
Evans
William Holland
Petersburg
John Pattison
Holland
Eva Holland
Mrs. Zimmerman
Frank
Grace Reed
Union Plains
M.C. Riley
Cincinnati
Nora Gunkle
Linwood
Charles Sprague
Owensville
William Luck
Richmond
EB. Luck
Laura Long
Middletown
BE. Sprague
Mr. Spilker
Deasonville
Wm. Trout
Ed Tribble and Family
Columbia
L Tribble’s
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Guaranteed Relief
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments with a guaranteed return policy. Mentions trial bottles free at W. R. Walker's Drug Store Batavia and J. B. Walker's in Wilwaukeeburg.
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Falluyoa
W. R. Walker
Batavia
J.B. Walker
Wil
Mameburg
Local notes from Camp Dennison and area social updates
Seales last is noted as absent while George Padget plans to move to a farm near California. E Stump will ship tobacco this week. The Camp Dennison dramatic club targets upcoming public entertainments. W P McCammon returns from a northwest tour as to weather causes. Utopia John Hasler sworn in as mail messenger with Robert Cubberly assistant. Abbie Phinney and uncle to return to Michigan. Cubberly also back home from C O railroad. Revival services at Smiths Landing draw crowds. Henry Ehrenfels arrives from Cincinnati with goods for his store at competitive prices.
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Wes
Seales
George Padget
Farm
California
E. Stump
Dramatic Club
Camp Dennison
W. P.mccammon
Northwest
Utopia
John Hasler
C. & O. Railroad
Robert Cubberly
Abbie Phinney
Michigan
Smith’s Landing
Williamson
Henry Ehrenfels
Cincinnati
Hillsboro Social Notes Include Weddings and Visits
Mrs. Charles Collins of Hillsboro hosts and visits with relatives while Rev. L H Denman and daughter call on friends. Dr F M Fee and Miss Lelia Zink marry in Pueblo. Marie Goodwin returns from Cincinnati. Apphia Robinson of Amelia visits. Lizzie Collins visits from Cincinnati. Captain Perrine’s remains interred after Cincinnati burial. Captain Burke entertains guests including Mrs Frank Grossheim for a daughter’s party.
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L. H. Denman
West Union
F. M. Fee
This Place
Lelia Zink
Hillsboro
Pueblo
Colorado
Marie Goodwin
Cincinnati
Apphia Robinson
Amelia
Captain Burke
Lizzie Collins
Charles Collins
Captain Perrine
New Cemetery
Frank Grossheim
James Larsh
Lizzie Reed
Mayme Allen
Effite Kennedy
Anna Belle Sargent
Lizzie Swing
Mattie Page
Lee Colthar
Abe Burke
Elmer Fagley
Cliff Goodwin
Elmer Stutson
Wiley Crane
Grossheim
Castoria Advertisement Echoes Through Generations
Vintage ad text touts Castoria as a universal remedy from infancy to motherhood. Repeats line about giving Castoria to child and grandchildren, reflecting era marketing rhetoric.
Critique of Science and the Scientific Spirit
W. D. Le Sueur argues in Popular Science Monthly that science endures despite human error and party bias. He urges rigorous criticism of people and theories but warns against attacks on science, asserting the scientific spirit leads to truth and rests on universal nature.
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W. D. le Sueur
Popular Science Monthly
Conscience Money in the City Haunts Merchants
A journalist recalls conscience money given to restore thefts, noting a Catholic clergyman returning $30 at Barr’s and a widow who had been robbed drawing attention to anonymous repentant acts. The piece reflects on the moral economy of restitution and penitent donors.
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Barr's
Franklin
Barr’s
Directo
Louis Globe-Democrat
For Rent Farm Near Miami Township
Farm rental notice invites inquiries to J R Woops Lavia near Miami Township. Contact details unspecified. seeks tenants for available land and facilities.
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Miami Township
J. R. Woops
Lavia
Death by Needle Weapon in Venetian Lore
A discarded lover Tebaldo murders via a slender steel needle hidden in a key. He targets a bride at church first, then her parents, but the bride survives. Tebaldo dies when his plot is discovered. Similar tale ties to Duke Francis of Padua and a poisoned key causing sudden death through a perfunctory hand injury.
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Tebaldo
Venice
Brio
Sean
Town Life and Degeneracy in Industrial Dwellers
A critique links urban living to weaker health and shorter life, blaming bad air and habits for physical deterioration. It cites pulmonary consumption as a common killer and notes the rural resident’s greater sturdiness. Also recaps Martainville’s bold trial and a Boston Transcript note on Mrs. Tyler, the "Mary Had a Little Lamb" heroine.
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Poe
Theody
G. B. Barron
Popular Science Monthly
The
Boston Transcript
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Courier Publishing Company
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James
Hulick
Murat Halstead
Wisconsin
Halstead
Tate Township
Courier
Clermont Sun
Bantam
Tate
Winder
Samuel Shepard
Shepard
Anti Bantam
Skulduggery
Skuldggery
England
Skullberggery
Africa
Hulington
Boston
Jennie Freshard
Harvey Lanham
Medaris
Mitchell
M. M. Dumford
Boston Lodge
J. P. Crossley Rae
J. D. Marsh
Itill
Frank Titus
L. C. Dietz
Batavia Lodge
BAPE
Bethel
William Metzgar
Pitcher’s Castoria
Castoria
Criticism of
Conscience Money
Devodist
Louis K. Marty
Broadway
Lower Market
Alcock
Panetta Besani
Warner
Ener Maver Brown
Sanford’s ‘Ure
EB Price
ATELY
Lucky Jest
Martainville
Eeres
Martainvale
de Mortaine
Tribunal
Ee Aero Nse
LEGAL
Oor
Probate Court
Clermont County
Laurel
County of
Clermont
John Woodford
Noah Tompkins
Tompkins
Indian Creek
M. Purkiser
Purkiser
Aarge
David Light
C. W. Page
John Page
Frazier & Roudebush
Court of Common Pleas
Wayne Township
Christian Binkley
State of Ohio
Harvie & Fenn
Currie
Jesse Binkley
David Grossickle
Samuel Redings
William Willis
Willis
Hester Chaney
Mary Dowdell
Ary Dowdell
W. B. Randall
Randall
Stonelick Creek
F. Weaver
Weaver
Lewis C. Binkley
Aaron Morris
Swing & Breeding
Hisroperty
Corporation Fine of
Moscow
Jane
Levi Jarmon
Moscow and
Loity Free Turnpike
Santa
John Griesbhock
John G. Hutchinson
Jackson Township
Eklel J
Hutchinson
Nortex
Ira Perin
Harvey Perin
Otice
Keziah Cramer
Said
Amiou
Cornelius Whitenack
Milford
H. H. Robinson
Ilford
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