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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1920
Page
8
Local edition from July 21 1920 highlights community notes in Clermont County Ohio. Prominent items cover civic updates and brief society notices with date stamps and regional names.
The notice lists yearly prices for multiple papers including Vermont Courier at 125, Courier and Com Tribune at 465, Courier and Weekly Enquirer at 175, Courier and Cincinnati Post at 465, and Courier and Cincinnati Times Star at 465. It presents a price comparison for readers.
Sample ballots advertised at office at prices per 100 with order urged. A long list of social visits and guests spans Batavia to Dayton and Cincinnati as locals entertain relatives and friends across multiple towns including Williamsburg Milford Norwood Middletown Bethel Barbeton and Richmond Indiana.
P Nash and wife of Cincinnati and Mrs Hattie Kennedy of Washington DC visit W E Kain and family and other relatives. Nash retires from railway mail service August 2 after 30 years with pension at his salary rate. He is in good health though nerves slight from train work. He plans fishing during vacation and wishes good health.
Citizens of Batavia urged to vote yes in the August 10 primary on an 8 mill school levy needed to secure state aid and extend term length from eight to nine months. The notice explains expected funding gaps and the impact of rejection, stressing district reliance on state assistance and local support to avoid cuts and shortened schooling.
Chautauqua runs August 5 6 7 8 9 with adult lectures and entertainments and a full kiddie lineup. Junior Town will let children hold offices and run a mini city while story hours hikes games and a Mother Goose pageant entertain and educate the neighborhood youngsters.
United Brethren church led by Pastor Wegner lists Sunday services at 9 15 a m 10 15 and 7 30 p m and a young people meeting at 7 The Owensville U B church schedules 8 15 a m service 9 15 a m Sunday school and 10 30 a m 7 30 p m evening sermon on Human Talent The M E church with Dr R B Wilson has 9 15 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m services plus a weekly prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 80 P M Attendance growth noted and urged to join The notice includes mower and binder sections offered at 70 each by P M Rapp Batavia Ohio.
E. B. Gatch wife and daughter of Milford spent Sunday with the Marsh sisters and Mrs Ella Lane. Mrs Mindite P Cast delegate of District 610 R A will visit Palmetto Rebekah Lodge No 450 Wednesday night July 21. A good attendance is desired.
Sergeant Albert F. Frederick of Perintown earned a silver medal for leading in a division rifle match at Paris Island. He is a Cincinnati enlistee, listed May 1919, and has been stationed here for months as Marines receive early marksmanship instruction. The medal recognizes exceptional merit in shooting among several qualified Marines.
County trucks and a force of men were deployed last week to gravel the creek road from the railroad bridge to the red bridge above town. The operation allows large daily material handling with minimal road time. This week crews will repair the pike between Olive Branch and the Hamilton county line, a much needed improvement.
Ohio farmers confront potential wheat shortages after heavy winter kill losses and Hessian fly infestations. Some fields will be seeded with timothy and harvests delayed. The state entomology survey results will be released in July to gauge the fall insect impact.
A health department guide outlines poison use for rats, detailing barium carbonate mixed with baits from meat, fruit or miscellaneous classes. It warns to keep non-target animals away and to replace bait nightly, checking which bait attracts rats and adjusting mixtures.
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