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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
4
A 1906 Clermont Courier column summarizes international shifts with France and Russia, Ohio rail fare bills, and Dun's Review on trade. It notes Miss Roosevelt gifts and political debates, Oklahoma territory statehood, and temperance provisions affecting new states. The piece mixes commentary with local electoral notes and national issues.
General Joseph A Wheeler dies at 69 in Brooklyn after a brief illness of pneumonia. A Confederate cavalry hero turned lawyer and five term Georgia Congressman, he also served in the Union Army during the Civil War and held a brigadier general rank before retirement. He was buried with full military honors. In Ohio, House Bill 88 proposes printing proprietary medicine formulas on bottles, a move viewed as impractical and dangerous to innovation, potentially hindering industry and public safety.
A letter from the State Brewers' Association circulates in the Ohio Assembly proposing beer be removed from alcoholic beverages and added to the pure food list as a healthful food. The piece recalls 1850s temperance debates when schools claimed tobacco as a beverage and education leaders warned on health morals and neatness.
A Morgantown man A R Bass suffered with kidney pain and frequent urination before using Foley's Kidney Cure. The ad claims early use prevents Bright's disease and promises rapid relief by strengthening kidneys after visiting Bunn's drug store.
An English country clergyman learns a sack of potatoes is missing from a laborer’s garden. He preaches on the eighth commandment and ends with a riddle asking if the thief has a feather on his head. A man in the congregation touches his head, revealing himself as the culprit.
Local note cites Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for consumption coughs and colds. An Oaklandon Indiana man claims it saved his wife after three doctors gave up. The product is sold by Nash Pharmacy with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial bottle offered.
The secretary of the navy and Mrs. Bonaparte will entertain in their Baltimore home with dinners and luncheons during the season. They will reside in a modest apartment in Washington, joined occasionally by Mrs. Bonaparte.
In Omaha, J H Fox a 94 year old resident of the Old People’s home is developing a third set of teeth. Five new incisors are emerging between his existing double front teeth. Dentists call it rare as Fox cheerfully predicts more teeth may appear. He recalls no dentist ever working on his mouth.
A pennyworth hint advises rubbing a drop or two of sweet oil mixed with equal parts black ink onto worn outer surfaces of black kid gloves or shoes. This blend hides white spots and can refresh an old pair, making wear less noticeable.
Bay City Illinois January 22 Special Mr K F Henley testifies to a cure for Rheumatism now before the American people claiming Dodd's Kidney Pills gave him relief after 16 years of suffering. He says healthy kidneys remove uric acid from blood and the pills make healthy kidneys.
A legal notice in the case of Joseph M. Taylor lists guardian claims filed by Nichols and Nichols in court. The document names the guardian and attorney firms, noting the declaration date as March 7.
IndCaught by an angry sweetheart at the last moment, Joseph L. Berry chose to marry Miss Mabel Kingsley instead of eloping with Miss Lela Paddock. Berry's father intervened and a clergyman was found, ending the planned elopement and uniting Berry and Kingsley in marriage.
In Detroit a statue of the devil built by Herman Menz two months ago was seized under a writ of replevin. Menz, not a believer, created the idol to express his view of the future. The constable removed the statue despite the family's resistance, including a sledgehammer attempt, to satisfy a claim of 61.40 by Warren West of Ypsilanti for Tabor part performed on Beelzebub.
Justice Mackelfresh in Cincinnati ruled that William Kleeman must surrender household effects but Isabella Kleeman may keep the wedding ring two pins two earrings and a pair of opera glasses.
As Congress debates changing the Inauguration date, the Capitol superintendent asks that Greenaugh's Washington statue be brought inside to escape wet and cold. The District of Columbia climate proves trying for both statue and officials.
Legal notice to non residents names LIVER PLACE M INNIE PLACE of Montpelier Indiana and BENJAMIN DELONG M Ett y DeLong of Matthews Indiana. Miles Bicking petitions Common Pleas Court Clermont Ohio on December 18 1905 case No for foreclosure of mortgage on real estate in N Darby survey 2057 near East Fork Little Miami River plus tract in survey 2067 containing about 4 acres. Attorneys PERKLY Baca Nichols & Nichols urge respondents to answer.
A Henry Bunyan offers a 7 acre farm near Swing traction Hartman’s schoolhouse on a free turnpike. The property includes 6 acres woodland and an additional unspecified land. Contact on the premises at NYAN owner Mil Obto and.
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