Riot Flare at Williamsburg Over Whiskey Trials
A Friday hearing on illegal liquor sales in Williamsburg sparked a riot as Gudgeon the Chicago detective drew his pistol to quell a mob. Mayor Lochard locked him up to avert violence. Gudgeon was later jailed and bound over to the grand jury amid arrests for inciting the mob.
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Williamsburg
Williamspurg
Gudgeon
Chicago
M. E. Church
Davis
Temperance League
Thompson
Dolph Ellis
Frazier & Hicks
James Tarbell
Georgetown
Barbell
Lochard
Pollock
Ely
Batavia
Woman Kills Herself in Summerside Revolver Tragedy
Mrs Margaret Monjar wife of farmer Joan Monjar Summerside ended her life with a revolver in the early hours of Monday. Neighbors report years of ill health and erratic behavior while she lived apart from her husband. She had previously appeared in Batavia voting rights demonstration riding a horse with American colors and flags.
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Summerside
Margaret Monjar
Joan Monjar
Batavia
McKinley
Colorado
Law warns against listening to private telegraph or telephone conversations
A state law warns that any person connected with telegraph or telephone lines who reveals contents or exposes business secrets faces a misdemeanor and fines of at least 100 dollars or up to months in jail. The notice ends with an ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a local note about R. F. Raab visiting Cincinnati.
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Chamberlain
Miss Ella Maud Lytle Heads Ohio Firm as Manager
Cincinnati Post features Ella Maud Lytle in Owensville as the firm’s manager. At 23, she rose from folding and mailing circulars for Physicians' Supply Company to lead a large United States house with global patrons, aided by brains and disciplined work.
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Cincinnati Post
Ella Maud Lytle
Owensville
Lytieis
California Home News From Los Angeles Family Note
Mrs Della Nichols writes from Los Angeles praising their new California home and surroundings. She notes the city’s educational advantages, a population around ten thousand, and its status as the state’s commercial hub with top wine and fruit country. The University of Southern California sits there with property valued over three million dollars and sixty three schoolhouses serving the area.
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Della Nichols
Los Angeles
California
University of Southern California
Clermont
Clermont County Falls Back Under Old Gangs of Looters
Special Examiner Wood reports over thirty three thousand dollars illegally drawn from Clermont treasury and warns voters. Two years later Lindsey finds seven thousand more misused public funds as taxes exceed legal limits. county officers named, old customs blamed, calls for prosecution and reform. continuation promised on page four.
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Wood
Clermont
Reform
Nicholses
Criffiths
Davises
Parrott
Rice
Sutton
Thirey
Davis
Auditor Williams
Postoffice Row in Hillsboro Sparks Local Feud
A Hillsboro dispute over relocating the post office to a business site tied to Postmaster Richards triggers charges by Congressman Hildebrant. Richards accuses Hildebrant of meddling as a clerk’s inflated salary voucher and past incidents surface, with local Republican leader Col. Morrow denying any ties to Congressional aims.
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Hilsboro
Enquirer
Hildebrant
Richards
Richards Hildebrant
Mr. Parker
Parker
Geo. Barrere
News-Herald
Col. D. Morrow
Highland County
Court entries and new cases in Ohio county records
Journal entries show cases including State v. Al Hugts for false pretenses with nolle procequi, Charles Curliss family neglect, and general probate actions. New matters list church real estate, partitions, bond recoveries, guardianships, executors, and administrations with hearings and assignments in Maple and surrounding townships.
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al Hugts
Nolle Procequi
Charles Curliss
M. E. Church of
Milford
Eliza Coombs
Charles Nichols
Melanthe Genet
State of Ohio
Board of County Commissioners
J. R. Johnson
Alpheus Johnson
John Johnson
Alen Glancy
Examiner Wood
Delegates Chosen At Mason Convention Amid Stirring Rally
Dick Stump opens the meeting with T.C. McKeever elected permanent chairman amid cheers. A committee selects 15 delegates and 15 alternates to attend the Mason convention on July 8 to nominate a candidate for the Ohio Legislature. The Adams County Record notes busy farm life and odd corn colors in the countryside.
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Mason
Dick Stump
T.C. McKeever
Hamp Woods
Horace Rice
Harry Moyer
Henry Speidel
Charley Woodmansee
McKeever
C. H. Woodmansee
Ohio
Eli Boeidel
Fred Gomien
Eli Speidel
Adams County
Transfers Of Land and Property Across Multiple Townships
A series of property transfers details parcels in Milford Goshen Bethel Edenton Wyane and other townships. Transactions include lots 257 258 259 260 261 and other parcels with prices from 1 to 1 400 and sizes from fractions to 1880 acres. Parties include Frank J. Kelley Louis C. Hopkins Ella McHugh L M Clark Endora B Holmes Elizabeth Snider John Alexander Olive B Hayford Augusta F Langhurst Mary J Allen John M Beech and others.
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Frank J. Kelley
Louis C. Hopkins
Ella McHugh
L M. Clark
Milford
L. M. Clark
Ella Maloney
Endora B. Holmes
Elizabeth Snider
Goshen
Elizabeth DeVille
John Alexander
Abram B. Johnston
Henrietta Simpkins
Olive B. Hayford Et al
Augusta F. Langhurst
Ohio Township
Mary J. Allen
John M. Beech
Branch Hill
St. Chas
F. Davis
John Riley
Bethel
Wm. E. Knapp
Samuel 8. Gatch
Inquests in Clermont County through June 20 1903
The Clermont county inquest count reached 29 by June 20 1903. Of these 28 were white and 1 colored, 24 were male and 5 female, 26 were native born and 8 foreign born.
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Clermont County
Special session notes bills and bridge work
Commissioners met in a special session approving many bills. Payments include painting signs by Low Haworth, refunds to W G Thompson, bridge repairs by Champion Bridge Co and W A Miller, masonry by John Monjar and A Lindsey, and commissioner services by H Wood and G W Wyatt. Ohio and Monroe Clermont jurisdictions referenced with township work listed.
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Haworth
W. G. Thompson
H. Wilteee
Washingington Township
Johnson & Watson
Pas
E. H. Thiery
Calary
Champion Bridge Co
W. AH. Miller
W. H. Wood
John Monjar
Masonry
Miami Tp
G. W. Wyatt
A. Lindsey
Ohio
Ward
Franklin Township ledger of tolls, repairs and contracts
Officials itemize payments for jail supplies lumber and services, with amounts for sheriffs clerks and auditors. Contracts awarded for bridges and culverts, lumber for floors and joists, and coal for public buildings. Board adjourns to meet July 14.
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Same
Allen Glancy
Lauceven
Meeker
Srtaceg
NG Nash Pharmacy
Clermont Courier
H. C. Speid
H. A. Rice
James Yancey
Shavity
Manville Lyons
Umber
Stonelick
B. F. Williams
Huise
Chas. McCarty
W.h.stanage & Co
W. HH
Anderson & Co
Bates
Frank Ubi
Masonry
Miami
Frank White
Sutier’s Relief
L. D. Witham
Mr. Sutton
Brushy Fork
John Gaul
County
Albert Starbuck
Goshen
Farris
Wood
Wm. Meeker
Batavia
Sutton
New Boston
J. C. Wymer
Wyatt
Milford arrests for game of chance. fines imposed
Marshal Worz of Milford arrested Robert Bennett and Joseph Belford for playing a game of chance. Mayor Turner fined them five dollars each and coats. William Gosh and Frank Killinger also fined the same for fighting.
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Marshal Worz
Milford
Robert Bennett
Joseph
Belford
Turner
Coats
William Gosh
Frank Killinger
Roosevelt Telegraphed World Message From Oyster Bay
Last Saturday President Roosevelt sent a celebratory message from Oyster Bay via telegraph and cable, traveling 95,000 miles through air and water and reaching around the world in ten minutes.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Missing William Hill Sought by Thornton Reader
A Thornton Indiana letter requests information about William Hill who was separated from his sister at Batavia on June 28, 1977. Readers with any information are asked to contact VA. J. Young, Thornton Indiana.
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Thornton
Indiana
William Hill
Hill
Batavia
VA. J. Young
Iodiana
Strayed Horses Recovered By Local Scout
Two horses belonging to the contractor in charge of nearby work strayed from Luyeir pasture last Friday night and were unaccounted for the next morning. The contractor offered a 50 dollar reward. George Baum located one horse near Mt. Carmel and returned both to the owner, receiving the reward and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luyeir
George Baum
Mt. Carmel
Soldiers and veterans rally at Boston Fair grounds
Clermont soldiers and friends plan a muster and event at the Boston Fair grounds on August 67 featuring Rev. C. W. Blodgett and Rev. Joseph Hawkins speakers, volunteer bands, elocutionists, vocal solos, Army songs, trumpet calls, and a Friday night campfire where veterans share experiences. All county soldiers urged to attend.
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Clermont
Boston Fairgrounds
C. W. Blodgett
Joseph Hawkins
Cincinnati
Trumpter
Milford National Bank Wins Water Works Bond Offering
At the council meeting Tuesday the town opened bids for 25 000 in waterworks bonds and awarded the entire issue to Milford National Bank at par with accrued interest and printing free. Dennison Prior Co and P S Briggs Co said they would not bid unless bonds carried 5 percent interest. The bonds are four percent and the council refused to raise interest. Feder Holzman Co bid par with accrued interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford National Bank
Dennison, Prior & Co
Cleveland
P.S. Briggs & Co
Cincinnati
Council
Feder, Holzman & Co
Open Letter Promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills for the Aged
The Mo elder G V Bohrer writes to seniors praising Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says years of kidney and urinary trouble caused many nightly awakenings, then two boxes bought from a druggist cured him. At 84 he reports lasting relief and calls the medicine splendid for old people.
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Rellflower
G. V. Bohrer
Dodd
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C. W. Avey
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J. K., Davis
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Dan. T. Davis
Joslin
Maple
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Stephen Cramer
A. W. Avey
RE. A. Lockwood
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Martha Troy
Apple
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A. L. Essex
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Belle Clark
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Newtonsville
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A. N. Paxton
Myers
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Galen Cline
W. H. Glancy
Wm. Maham
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