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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
5
A compact survey reviews notable items from Lermont County across multiple sections. Included are community updates, local notices, and highlights of ongoing affairs affecting residents and institutions within the county.
In light of the upcoming campaign a decision is made to mail the Clermont Courier weekly to every county address from now through January 1 1893. The offer aims to broaden readership and ensure widespread circulation during the period.
The Courier, county's live paper, announces a trial subscription for fifty cents in postage stamps. It states fairness and fearlessness in coverage and notes it not forcing renewals, with alerts when subscriptions expire.
Community notices recount visits and gatherings in Batavia Ohio with names such as Thomas Pierce Sallie Perrine Lillie Manning and more. Obituary reports include John Terwillegar death at 68 with funeral services at M E church Mt Pleasant cemetery. Also notes on residents paralyzed Ella McKibben and local social events and promotions for rail trips to St Louis water.
A reflective portrait of Lovelawn Cottage and a family's golden youth fading with time. The piece contrasts lively past scenes of lessons and music with quiet decline as children depart, aging parents remain, and memories linger by the river awaiting a peaceful rest. Also includes brief local notices and personal glimpses from Mt Holly and Idaville, with obituaries and quotes about Dr Miles restorative products.
The column lists numerous visits and stays from July to Sunday, including Miss Georgia Padgett and friends, Andrew Jackson and Robert Boyd near Mt Crab, Miss Ida Ernst and Mr Buster, Mrs Sarah Lockwood and Lillie of Nebraska, Miss Carrie Jackson and brothers, Miss Bebe Welch of Cincinnati, and many other residents visiting relatives or attending events. Highlights include an upcoming ice cream supper at the M E parsonage lawn for the church fundraiser, balloon entertainment at 9, and supper hours. Also noted are job changes, travel plans, and minor incidents such as Richard Hudson's wagon collision and Mrs Rowell’s blues episode.
Miss Mary Staley of Portsmouth visits Aunt Cushard as Moscow hosts a string of hometown notes. Aged resident Lewis Camery dies in Cincinnati. funeral and Calvary burial follow. People travel to Cincinnati, Dayton, and Paintville while a local meat market relocates. A Moscow couple contemplates divorce due to neglect. Miss Lida Kinsdll undergoes eye surgery in the city. Miss Sholsky from Russia plans arrival to meet her brother Louis.
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative with pleasant taste and broad health benefits. Local society notes mention travel, visits, meetings, and family updates from various residents including Mrs. Rogers, Alfonso Marshall, Miss Lucy Hildebrandt, and others, plus a Boston Basket Meeting schedule and obituaries.
George Crane aged 72, one of Bethel’s oldest citizens, died suddenly Saturday evening. The note of sickness surprised family and friends, with many readers learning of his passing only recently. Local news covers other community happenings and residents’ activities across Bethel and nearby towns.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad will offer excursion tickets at reduced rates from all states for trips to Put-in-Bay Lake Erie Detroit and other lakeside steamers. Ticket offices will open in various cities on June 30 with agents available for bookings in Columbus Cincinnati and Cleveland.
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