Club Women Advance Education and Civic Reform
The article highlights how women's clubs have promoted teacher salaries, school conditions, and public education in states like Massachusetts and Ohio. It notes efforts in mothers clubs, child study circles, and scholarships, plus campaigns on vacation schools, normal schools, and school codes. It details consumer league work in New York, factory labor, and civic campaigns against nuisances, smoke, and child labor.
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Massachusetts
Eliot
Thos. M. Balliet
Sarah L. Arnold
Alice Freeman Palmer
Ohio
Englewood
Consumer’s League of
City of New York
Frederick Nathan
N. Y
New York
Consumer's League
National League
Women’s Clubs
Womens Labor Organizations
South Carolina
Civil Service Reform
Forestry
Missouri
Isaac Rice
Chas. H. Siegel
Chicago
Chicago Council
Illinois Central
Jessie M. Good
Springfield
National League of the Improvement Societies
American Civic Association
Rheta Childe Dorr
Anna Ranson
Bond issue re advertised after irregular ad wording
West Union faces re advertising of $7000 courthouse bonds after a purchaser found wording irregularities and questioned their value if sued for collection. Officials warn that bond issue preparation and advertising demand strict accuracy to avoid expense and delay.
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Court House
West Union
Commissioners’ Journal
Jury Receives Linen Gift After Brown County Condemnation Case
Jury members in the Brown County condemnation case were entertained at the Brion hotel on East Main Street. After presenting their verdict, they gave Miss Brion a hem stitched linen table cloth with matching napkins as a token of thanks.
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Brown County
Brion
East Main Street
Weight and measures law changes shift grocers to by weight
The new Ohio weights and measures law requires grocers to sell nearly all items by weight starting July 1 1911 with berries bread and eggs exempt. A county auditor or deputy tests scales to ensure accuracy and can condemn shortweights. A state meeting July 11–12 1911 will align sealers on powers and duties.
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Sealer
Larkin
E. Strode
Cedar Point
Cress Sectesc
Yies Oe WB Gmbh
Ieee Cetera
Yiolttsagre
Ceeese
Rere
Cveeneenecees
Vesterrereeceesseeeres
Batavia Defeats Young Men’s Club in 8 2 Victory at Home
Batavia’s baseball team, 8 to 2 winners over the Young Men’s Club of Cincinnati, led by Hewitt Griffith and L. Schueler, with Burwinkle on the mound. The result followed a season loss at Middletown and a prior favorable tilt in Batavia. The two teams split a Tuesday twin bill, Batavia winning 2 to 1 and 6 to 3 in subsequent games.
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Batavia
Middletown
Cincin- Batavia AB Ribsh
Griffith
L.schueler
Lewe
Welage
H.schueler
Schulte
Wayland
Burwinkle
Nichols
Eye
Citar
Hiusimel
Kickers
Monahan
Roudebush
Larkin
Buerkle
Gatch
Cardinals
Batavians
County Fairs Get New Levy Under Recent Ohio Law
The Ohio legislature enacted a measure mandating county commissioners to levy 1500 dollars for county fairs maintenance, supplementing state funds. Fairs must publish detailed financial statements in two local newspapers to disclose gate receipts, expenses, and payments, ensuring public accountability.
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Ohio
County Fair Board
Schools Closed in Huntington Township Brown County
The school board closes No 2 and No 10 schools due to lack of pupils. Students will transfer to the nearest school. Centralization in all counties is anticipated as likely to follow.
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Huntington Township
Brown County
Batavia Plans New Armory and Post Office Corner
Batavia will purchase Fred Kline and Lena Bunn property on Second Street to build a new armory. The town will issue $1600 in bonds for the project with construction to begin in 1912. Papers for the Hamilton House corner were signed and delivered to the stock company with possession in 30 days. A modern brick structure will occupy the corner with one room for the post office.
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Batavia
Fred Kline
Lena Bunn
Second Street
Hamilton House
L A N D E D I N J A I L William Kindall Arrested on Fish Game Charge
William Kindall of near Bantam was arrested for violating fish and game laws by catching certain fish out of season. He pleaded guilty and received the minimum $256 fine plus costs, then was committed to the county jail in Batavia after failing to pay.
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William Kindall
Bantam
Loveland
Stevenson
J. P
Kindall
Batavia
Home Wedding Unites Edith Hunt and Emil Jonas
Edith Hunt of Olive Branch and Emil Jonas of Cincinnati wed at 3 PM on Thursday at the Hunts home. Rev. Spurrier and Rev. Shriver officiated. couple tours Canada and Niagara Falls before settling in Cincinnati. gifts included silver and linen. Edith as a schoolteacher and Emil aspires to a prosperous future.
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John Hunt
Olive Branch
Edith
Emil Jonas
Cincinnati
Spurrier
Shriver
Canada
Nagara Falls
Igi
Secretary Graves vows to uphold school book price cut
Secretary of State Graves said Ohio will not back down from challenges to the 15 percent cut in school book prices. Twenty of thirty-two book companies declined the cut, yet Graves claims parents have long faced a book trust, and he favors state manufacture and sale of books if firms refuse to supply at a fair profit. He argues the state should act to provide living-priced textbooks to schools.
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Graves
Commonwealth
School Book Trust
Ohio
Book Trust
Retires After 31 Years at Batavia Grocery Stand
Wendell Kline, a long time Batavia grocer who served the public for 81 years, retired from Smyth Brothers last Saturday night after three months as successor. He plans a six room dwelling on Second Street rear of his home and Smyth Brothers will run the business.
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Wendell Kline
Batavia
Smyth Brothers
Second Street
Diarrhoea Remedy Promoted For Early Use
An old advertorial urges using Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at the first sign of illness. It claims the remedy helps during busy seasons when time is scarce and that the product is sold by all dealers.
Scotch Colony to Settle 5000 Acres in Clermont County
Clermont County eyes 5000 acres near Tobasco and Mt. Carmel for a Scotch colony. Promoters report options on land bounded Tobasco to Mt. Carmel and Williamsville to Tobasco, with Fay-Eighan Tool Works expected nearby to recruit labor. The move is touted as a local boom and Clermont welcomes the settlers.
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Clermont County
Ohio
Clermont
Tobasco
Mt. Carmel
Glen Este
Williamsville
Scotland
Fay-Eighan Tool Works
Brown County man warned Missouri farmers against tobacco
A Brown County man warned Missouri farmers against growing tobacco as a trust push sought to expand the crop. He faced insulting letters but reported reports from Weston Missouri where farmers abandoned tobacco due to low prices and praised local barley. The Brown County man recalled his warning and suggested the effort failed.
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Georgetown News Democrat
Brown County
Missouri
Tobacco Trust
St. Louis
Louisville
Thomas
Owingsville
Weston
Platte County
White Burley
Trust
Cow With Seventeen Horns Attracts Attention In South Carolina
Washington Post reports Dr Johnson A Tunison of Florida recounts a Greenville area farmer with a cow named Cornucopia that bears seventeen horns along its spine. The animal is otherwise normal and produces slightly more milk. buyers from museums have offered a large sum, but the owner refuses to sell.
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South Carolina
Congressman Legare
Washington
Johnson A. Tunison
Florida
Ebbitt
Greenville
Washington Post
Fourth Quarter Conference Schedule Adopts Change in Preacher
The church holds its fourth quarterly conference Friday at 7 30 PM with Rev Bury replacing Rev Vanpell. Sunday service follows at 10 30 AM led by E Burdsall pastor and invites all to attend.
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Bury
Vanpell
E. Burdsall
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Woman’s Clubs
Highland Park Chautauqua
New Law County Commissioners
Batavia's
George D. Alden
Boston
Clermont Coun
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