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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
8
The Clermont Courier highlights community events and visits from Batavia and surrounding towns. Residents attend gatherings, enjoy visits with relatives, travel to Cincinnati area fairs, and report on garden club meetings and local sports.
Reported discovery in Rafkovitch Bel lugoslavia describes a massive oak believed to be the world’s largest. The tree is described as only a few feet in diameter with a hollow trunk and is cited in Bel lugoslavia film reporting.
Eskimo traders along the Arctic shores choose a name for their new Edmonton built schooner to honor a pioneer automobile manufacturer. The vessel, with an auxiliary engine for adverse winds, ships white fox catches via Behring Strait routes to Seattle and San Francisco.
Dora Kitt recounts Queen Victoria visiting Westminster deanery in 1869 to meet famed writers Carlyle, Browning, and Sir Charles Lyell. She notes Carlyle as eccentric and Scotch in speech, with Lady Lyell and Browning described as agreeable. The scene shifts from reserved brief encounters to sociable tea talks.
The Mont Royal Herald notes the elephant Liam once deemed the wildest in captivity has become tame after a long voyage from Egypt to Paris to Siam and Franz Joseph in Austria. Now in Budapest he earns a living by begging spectators for coins, which he gives to his keeper.
In Fontevault near Angers and Poitiers an ancient abbey town holds famous lanterns des morts. These tall stone funerary lanterns once puzzled researchers but a passage by Peter the Venerable explains they were lit to honor dead Christians. Most lanterns date from the eleventh century.
The room where Columbus outlined his voyage to Queen Isabella has been rebuilt in Segovia Spain. The Alcazar throne room now features exact 15th century replicas including royal thrones scarlet silk hangings and copied tapestries and guard portals.
Islanders on Phillip Island in Victoria note that sooty tailed petrels migrate from Siberia each year on the same day. The birds return with remarkable timing, drawing residents to the coast to witness the annual arrival.
Funeral services for Rapheal A Groff were conducted Thursday at 2 PM June 29 1933 at the Howes summer home with Rev Wahl Felicity Ohio reading St John chapter 14 and prayers. Violin solo by William Morgan Knox accompanied the obit read by Mrs Herbert Boys and poems by Fannie Reed. The guest poem Compensation by Edgar A Guest expressed a life of service and worth.
The Groff and Howe families express heartfelt appreciation to Mr. L. M. Broadwell and Son, relatives, and friends for kindness and sympathy in the loss of our husband and son, Elsa M. Groff, and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Howe.
Rapheal A Groff born East Dubuque Illinois April 8 1886 son of Louis and Julia Groff died in Cincinnati Ohio June 26 1933 age 47 years 2 months 18 days after months of illness. He played violin from age eight with fame from public performances and symphony work in Cincinnati and Detroit. He married Elsa Howe in Chile Ohio on October 10 1920 and is survived by his wife and several siblings and relatives.
A compilation notes New York state geological history tracing to the pre Cambrian era, mentions aging rock records. It also references diverse items such as a Los Angeles Times remark on wealth dreams, a 1004 model car race in England, and Rutgers University as New Jersey's coeducational state university.
A creature described as a mole is said to not endure hunger beyond three hours and to be highly intolerant of thirst. The report notes the animal hunts for food continually rather than at fixed meal times.
The churches announce Sunday services and events. Rev D P Holt spoke at Beth el with Mrs Holt singing. next Sunday Rev R L Budd of Moscow M E church will preach at 10 30. The Guild plans a lawn fete July 18. Batavia Presbyterian holds midweek 7 80 and July 16 services. Monterey Presbyterian invites all for 8 00 am July 16. Lor e Day Bible School 9 30 Junior Church 10 15 Morning worship 10 30 with theme The Children of the Highest and combined C E at 8 00. Christian Education reports to be given and officers chosen.
The Cincinnati Builders' Supply Company of New Richmond will reopen next week with about twenty-five workers to manufacture brick. The Blairville Yard plant sits three miles below New Richmond amid rising demand for building material.
The piece notes that vacations at home may be used by those working in summer and warns to keep electric fans away from children to prevent injury.
A puzzled note suggests the composer must craft an earlier work before starting his first opera. The fragment hints at a London based publication and a magazine reference, implying a staggered creative process and publication hurdles.
The article notes hummingbirds as important agents in the cross fertilization of certain large flowers, highlighting their role in plant reproduction.
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