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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1903
Page
3
The passage extols the value of the Enquirer newspaper to business people and the general public, promoting daily and weekly editions and urging readers to purchase or subscribe through agents or postmasters.
Advertisement promotes Texas coast country land as rich productive land with cheap prices. It claims 8 000 acres and rapid emigration, cites U S census data, and touts Southern Pacific Railroad agents selling land in southern Texas. It invites Cincinnati and New Richmond readers to join cheap excursions from Cincinnati and to write L M Dawson or Joan W Davis to explore investment.
Ohio General Assembly adopts joint resolutions proposing constitutional changes. It covers a governor veto process and two tax exemptions amendments with ballots labeled yes or no. Officials like Secretary of State Lewis Laylin certify the true copy from the 1903 archive, marking adoption dates in Columbus.
Ohio General Assembly drafts two constitutional amendments for the November 1903 ballot. The first would adjust county representation by population in Article 11 Section 2, while ensuring each county has at least one representative. The second would create a single liability amendment for private corporations, with voters instructed to mark yes or no on their ballots.
Bluffton Indiana July 13 John Terrell a wealthy farmer near Petroleum nine miles north of town killed his son in law Melvin Wolfe Sunday afternoon firing a double barreled shotgun into his head as Wolfe lay on a doctors table for a leg amputation. Terrell then forced his way into the doctors office drove off the crowd and warned I am after him and I am going to get him yet before fleeing with the gun to the sheriff all while a mob watched. He is jailed awaiting action.
Missouri Pacific fast mail from St Louis to Kansas City crashed into a stalled excursion train between Little Blue and Lees Summit. Three tramps died and four trainmen and five or more excursion passengers were injured. others sustained cuts and bruises. The fast mail locomotive and two cars left the track. no passengers aboard were hurt. The excursion locomotive failed and flagmen warned the faster train too late to stop.
Westbound Pennsylvania train No 31 struck a wagon carrying nine people near Redcomb Junction eight miles east of Cincinnati killing five and fatally injuring three. The dead include J C Copenhagen his wife and five children Ollie Copenhagen Charles Copenhagen William Booth and Grace Lemrick. Among the seriously injured were Mrs Copenhagen William Booth and an unknown man. two Copenhagen children and Charles Johnson survived.
News from Sour Lake Texas reports a shooting of Bud Thompson by a Black man at Nome Junction and an ensuing race riot with mobs attacking Black residents and expelling workers. Separate items include a murder verdict in New York, a Worcester labor union plan, and Cuba sugar exports.
Honolulu reports Judge Wilcox, close ally of King Kalakaua and a Hawaiian language expert, died after surgery from blood poisoning. The obituary notes his influence on Hawaiian law and history.
Tangier Morocco July 13 It is confirmed war minister 1 Monobhi entered Taza after seven days of hard fighting. The capture signaled a complete defeat of Bu Hamara and his rebellious tribes. Paris July 18 Turkish and Bulgarian troops clash on the frontier with Turks accusing Bulgarians of crossing.
Norfolk and Western announces schedule in effect May 24 1908 with eastbound trains from Cincinnati to Roanoke and Norfolk including through sleepers to Bluefield, Roanoke, and other points. Notes list stop patterns for Nos 18 23 24 32 33 34 35 and commuter services with Sunday no service and station details.
Law text describes a 1903 statewide ballot to amend Ohio constitution Article 13 Section 6 and Article XII Section 2. It outlines city class divisions by population, taxing limits, and the process for ballot wording yes or no. It includes officials signatures and dates from 1902 to 1903.
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