Winns Wake A Misunderstanding Turns Funeral Into Royal Auction
A quiet farm wake in the William Glancy neighborhood spirals into a row over funeral transport. Mrs Winn objects to a Cincinnati undertaker’s hearse and storms the wagon, Irish tempers flare, and the ceremony devolves into a chaotic scene before settling as the procession departs for the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Winn
William Glancy
South
America
Mr. Winn
Gabriel
William Sterling
Winn
Mrs. Winn
Mr. Sterling
Johnnie
Mr. Gillighan
Gillighan
Pat Flinn
McFinnegin
Gilead
Blank
Dash
Star
Sterling
Clermont bicyclist injured in Cincinnati handicap race
John E. Miley of Smith and Nixon’s, living in Lockland, was leading in the Poorman handicap road race when a draft horse bolted, knocked him from his bicycle in Carthage, and he was carried to a nearby store. Dr Hills diagnosed a severe but not serious injury and Miley remains under care. Miley has organized a bicycle club in Batavia and serves as consul for the League of American Wheelmen. Davis Carriage Company announces a premium at an agricultural fair offering an 85 carriage for the best five pounds of butter, inviting ladies to compete.
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Cincinnati
John E. Miley
Smith & Nixon’s
Lockland
Carthage
Miley
Dr. Hills
Davis Carriage Company
John Lané
Holter
Will Nichols
Mr. Lane
Providence
Massachusetts
England
United States
Splendid Programme for the 40th Clermont County Institute
The 40th session of the Clermont County Teachers Institute begins Monday August 4 in Felicity, running two weeks with a standout program. Noted tutors will lecture, entertain, and offer practical knowledge. Five gold medals awardable for singing, writing, recitation, or instruments. attendance urged.
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Clermont County
Teachers’ Institute
Felicitians
Route of the Rounder travels Batavia notes and gossip
A Batavia roundup reports local color from Bethel to Batavia with items on a suspended Bethel Safe Deposit, jail guard costs, strangers trading with Batavia merchants, local romances, bath house denial, farm visits, health board concerns, delivery wagons, a freestone walk order, quips about dog business, odd anecdotes from Jim Hulick and General Holter, census worries, a young prosecutor’s fish tale, and various community vignettes including a soldier’s death and local political chatter.
A Mad Mule and a Canine Ban in Williamsburg
A crazed hydrophobic dog, belonging to Frederick Cox, attacks dogs and wounds a mule, leading to the mule's death and a citywide fear. The writer urges drastic action against dogs as the town tightens security and contemplates transporting most dogs to curb the outbreak.
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Williamsburg
Frederick Cox
Riley McAdams
Cox
McAdams
Mr. McAdams
Ex President Hayes Addresses Ottawa Soldiers at Grand Assembly
Ex President Hayes and General Alger speak at Ottawa Kansas Grand Army Day gathering before 20,000 as Governor Humphrey misses event. Hayes urges justice over charity for veterans, recounting debt payments and pensions while noting wartime obligations and national duty. Also reports marriage licenses and unrelated local incidents from the same issue.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Grand Army
Chautauqua Assembly
Hayes
R. A. Alger
Tabernacle
Humphrey
Anthony
Alger
McCook
Loyal Legion
United States
Pension Notice and Local News From Amelia Ohio 1890
Ephemeral notices announce the Dependent Pension Bill becoming law authorizing pensions from six to twelve dollars monthly for disabled veterans and dependents. Also covered are Pioneer meeting plans in Williamsburg July 28, the death of Mrs Burdsall in Marathon, and John C. Frasier named postmaster at Bethel.
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Felicity Times
J.C. Frazier
Frazier
E. G. Penn
United States
Amelia
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Acts of Congress
Burdsall
John Burdsall
Marathon
Burdsalls
Jackson Township
Common Pleas Court adjourns with various rulings
The Common Pleas Court met Monday with multiple items. Defendants in several cases had costs awarded or judgments entered, including Beal's 30 day sentence and $50 fine for petit larceny, while other actions yielded recoveries, sales orders, and new trials overruled. Guardianship and assignee actions noted, with exceptions allowing 40 days to file bills.
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H. Whitenack
John Ferris
R. J. Cresap
John Byrne
Minnie Strap
James J. Snider
E. T. Dewdney
William Beal
Davis
Beal
New Richmond
James Fitton
John G. Doren
Nathan Anderson
Benjamin Walker
George W. Cook
Charles A. Sprague
Robert Little
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Winn’s
Hood
Cleveland
Clermont
the Institute
Bantam
Thos
Seton
Winchester
Thomas Seton
Patrick Shaw
Hugha Clark
Bethel’s Safe Deposit Company
Batavia
Mooreville Spring
Woodward Bros
Perintown
Health Board
Bank
Billy Sinks
George Goodwin
Johnson Bros
Wood Street
May Council
Jim Hulick
Jim
Papa
Louise
Prosecutor Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Attorney Frazier
Courier
East Batavia
Ben Boude
Ben
May
Billy Fee
Mr. Fee
Billy
Hough Clark
William Haight
69Th Ohio Volunteers
Goshen
Kilpatrick Post
Masonic Lodge
Lou Martin
Monterey
Japan
Miami Township
Wayne Township
Ed. Donley
Felicity
Court House
Harvard
Edward
Fleetwood
St. Louis
Mra
Cole
Bertha
Mayme
Robinson
Anna Gaskins
Hattie
Ollie Swein
Mrs. Doughty
Fannie Robinson
Captain Manning
Bethel
Lee Fraxzier
Steve
Williams
BURG
John L. Carter
Katie Snider
H. W. Clark
Anna B. Washburn
Wm. Goodwin
Maggie Snider
Leonidas Behymer
Cora J. Hunt
Columbus
Gustave Gunnison
Harney Chess
John Noon
Fridman, Roberts Manufacturing Company
James Pollock
Brown County
Parker
Georgetown
John Harper
Little Miami
Batavia Junction
Good Samaritan Hospital
William G. Fagin
Colorado, Midland Railroad
Blue Boys
Pioneer Meeting
John C. Frasier
L. W. Fragier
Common Pleas Court
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