Democrats Endorse McLean After Loveland Saloon Shuffle
The Loveland Democratic Senatorial convention began in discord with a Butler county ballot dispute. A rump group backed by Schwab later endorsed John R. McLean for governor after a saloon meeting, while Stivers and Roudebush won the senator nominations. Warren county bolted amid the chaos.
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Loveland
Brown
Clermont
Butler
Warren
Schwab
John Davis
A. F. Beckley
Butler County
Beckley
J. W. Tarbell
John R. McLean
Cincinnati
Rules and Order of Business
W. J. Jacobs
P. E. Welsh
J. W. Davis
Brown County
E. B. Stivers
W. F. Roudebush
Kentucky
Louisville
Messrs
Koudebush
Stivers
Roudebush
Schuman
Peter Schwab
McLean
Philippine Situation Defies Public View in War
Dispatches claim censorship hides true state of affairs in the Philippines and that Otis withholds complete campaign details. Department officials deny the charge, asserting all information is properly released to the press. Correspondents’ letter complains Otis describes conditions as well in hand while facts contradict him.
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Philippines
Otis
Manila
Ladies' Street Fair Lights Up Itatavia Streets
Itatavia streets were brilliantly lighted Saturday night around the court house park as the band played and refreshment tables lined the pavements. Ladies presided over sales to thirsty and hungry patrons, raising 25 dollars for church purposes.
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Itatavia
Court House Park
Christ's Hospital A Deaconess Home for Aged Care Planned
The Deaconess Home Board of Control aims to establish a home for the aged at Christ's Hospital, praising Miss Hannah M. Pierce and Mrs. Kate Rawls Haynes for leadership. A tribute to Mrs. Lucy Herron Parker highlights her Deaconess work and international influence, while praising nurses as Christians and the loving, cheerful environment of the hospital. UNCLE JIM notes profile adds a political aside on Mr. R, a 47-year-old Democrat.
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Deaconess’ Home Board of Control
Deaconess’s Home
Christ’s Hospital
Hannah M. Pierce
Deaconess Home Association
Lucy Herron Parker
Kate Rawls Haynes
H.C. Weakley
Cbrist’s Hospital
Parker
Our Church
India
China
Lebus
Job
Christ's Hospital
God
Christ
Knowl
Dora
Uncle Jim
Veterans praise Ladies work on quarters improvements
The GA R of Jesse Ellis post veterans gathered in their rooms last Thursday night to discover refined improvements. Curtains, flags and flowers transformed the space into a welcoming bower, thanks to the Women’s Relief Corps. The corps aids the sick and distressed, growing stronger and praised as a key town institution.
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GA R
Jesse Ellis
Tragedy in Highland Ends in Fatal Shooting
At Greenfield last week Carl Horn twenty two fatally shot Ike Strider who died at one o clock. Horn bar keeper in his father s saloon says Strider attempted to introduce his brother a sixteen year old lad to the company of women. Airto Sloan defends the accused Burdock Blood Bitters advertised.
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Greenfield
Carl Horn
Ike Strider
Hirn
Strider
Airn
Airto Sloan
Desperate death on the Batavia river bank near Red Bridge
A stranger named Findward Young died from acute gastritis induced by alcoholism after a long bout of pain on the creek bank near the Red Bridge in Batavia. He stated a wife in Cincinnati and parents in Hillsboro, with burial by local authorities arranged. Frank Brown and Joe Livergood aided him before medical help arrived.
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Batavia
Red Bridge
Frank Brown
Joe Livergood
Moore’s Undertaking Establishment
Findward Young
Cook Street
Cincinnati
Hillsboro
Giant Civil War Cash Swap Ends Bank Shortfall
The Fayette County Herald recounts a Civil War era incident involving county treasurer A. K. Silcott and banker James Pursell. Theophilus Taylor paid a thousand dollar note for a hundred, causing Pursell to balance his books nine hundred dollars short until Silcott intercepted the mistaken bill in Bainbridge from George Wolf. The three men swapped the bill for change, resolving the discrepancy and becoming friends until Pursell’s death.
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Fayette County
A. K. Silcott
James Pursell
Theophilus Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Pursell
Ile
Taylor
George Wolf
Bainbridge
Silcott
Mr. Wolf
Wolf
Me. Taylor
Salvation Army Excursion Brings 1000 Cincinnati Children to New Richmond
New Richmond hosts a Salvation Army outing for 1000 poor children from Cincinnati. Tickets issued without favoritism between white and colored children. Capt Escott and brigadier Addie lead logistics with church delegates donating cakes and funds. Ensign Nellie Roberts manages commissary, Ensign Schmersen handles order, band prepares music, and Clermont county scenery and hospitality await the youngsters.
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Noble
New Richmond
Noble Salvation Army
Cincinnati
Escott
Salvation Army
Nellie Roberts
Captain Gale
Ensign Schmersen
Lockland
Addie
Cleveland
Clermont County
Late Captain Manning Remembered in Ohio State Journal
The Ohio State Journal recollects L. D. Manning Captain Lewis Drake Manning a longtime Republican stump speaker in Southern Ohio. Educated at Miami University and Oxford he was linked to Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid. Manning served in the Union Navy and was active in G A R circles. Survived by his widow daughter of Judge Jacob Flinn and son John a War Department clerk. Attorney Pum Swing and family visit Batavia friends this week.
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Ohio State Journal
L. D. Manning
Lewis Drake Manning
Batavis de
Miamianiveratty
Oxford
Benjamin Harrison
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Ely Wer
G. A. R Chioles
Jacob Flinn
Cincinnati
Columbus
Manning
John
War Department
Washington
Foolish Claim of Belters at the Loveland Convention
A long report discusses Warren county withdrawing from a senatorial convention and a separate faction claiming to hold its own convention. It details the legal process for nominating candidates across four Ohio counties, potential outcomes, and factional tensions between Warren and Butler counties. The profile shifts to a Kentucky stock aspirant with a career from farming to law, a 1834 marriage, four children, and legislative terms in Brown County.
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Loveland
Warren County
Peter Schwab
L Butler
Pierce
Butler
Larding
Warren
Ohio
Kentucky
Columbus
Ile
Hesse
Ada McCormick
William McCormick
Adams County
Brown County
Foot Caught in Threshing Machine Wrecks Boy
A 16 year old boy at Zeke Duck wall farm was nearly ground by a threshing machine cylinder. John Grothers freed him just in time, saving most of the foot after a mangling injury. Doctor Bradley treated the wound and warned workers to observe safety around machinery.
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Zeke Duckwall
Lawrence Raglan
John Grothers
Bradley
New Richmond Crushes Batavia In Uneven Scrimmage
Report from the area indicates New Richmond routed Batavia with a lopsided 14 to 4 score. Batavia played as a new unit, while New Richmond dominated play and led from start to finish despite limited on record notes.
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New Richmond
Batavia
Courier
Leta
Willia Simarty’s eighteenth birthday party
Bright lights and music lit the lawn at Willia Simarty’s home on July as friends gathered to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. Ice cream and cake cooled the festive mood while neighborly attendees from Newtonsville and nearby towns joined in the celebration and offered tokens of esteem.
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Willia Simarty
Willie
Wm. Gateway
Hyde Park
Joseph Gomlien
Owensville
David Emory
Newtonesville
Rhoda Bigham
Elk Heart
Indiana
Hugh and
Guy Williams
Newtonsville
Death by self in Fellette Monday cited as likely cause
Henry Coffman reportedly took his own life by plunging into a fish pond in Fellette on Monday. No clear motive given, but alleged to stem from heartbreak or despondency. Coffman was single and about 42 years old. He left a plea to protect sparrows, claiming they make better company than insects from the Philippines.
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Henry Coffman
Lot
Philippines
Ling
West Aston Orrron
Waren
J. P. Byers
Columbus
Ohio
Eva P. McGraw
Will
Suhuster
Adams County girl Eva McGraw faces confinement failures
The Adams County infirmary seeks guidance on Eva P. McGraw a troubled resident described as a habitual offender and danger to others. Officials recount her turbulent history from childhood foster care to repeated runins with authorities and debate possible placement in reform institutions or detention.
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Eva P. McGraw
Adams’ County Infirmary
Irfirsois
Seruc Arseratie
Ste Sas Cerry
Board of State
Clay-Pigeon Shoot At Ban Tam Lodge Event
The K of P Lodge of Ban Tam hosts a clay pigeon shoot next Saturday afternoon July 22 with a match and an individual record event. First target at 1 p.m. Local Clermont sports figures will participate.
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K. of P. Lodge
Bantam
Clermont
Willigue
Unlick-Weavle Reunion at Boeton Fair Grounds
The Halick and Weave families hold their 26th reunion on the Boeton fair grounds this Saturday in Augusta. The program includes addresses responses music games and a fine dinner promising a rare treat for attendees.
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Boeton Fair Grounds
Augusta
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