Bantam Fair attractions and August events offered at low prices
Readable notices of Bantam Fair specials at Stirling & Moore's with low prices on Fly Nets and harness gear. Institute for teachers in Felicity August 5 to 16. Boston Fair opens September 8 with four days of prizes. Various local ads mention carriages, organs, pensions, and community events across Batavia and surrounding towns.
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Ohio
Felicity
Stirling & Moore
Boston Fair
Williamsburg Church Growth and Community Notes
Rev Bon of the U B church in Williamsburg reports a prosperous congregation expanding through rapid building. A recent all day service led by J Dodds and J St Clair of Dayton drew large crowds and yielded a deed toward a new Fourth and Gay street lot. Superintendent Devoe of New Richmond Branch Road adds a new engine and coach, and Milford teachers join the Institute showings. The Milford school staff and Batavia residents figure in local business shifts and social scenes.
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Bohn
L. D. Mount
F. D. Frazier
Wilber Mount
Parks
Batavia
Williamsburg
Clermont
Devoe
Richmond Branch
Social Calls and Visits Across Batavia and Surrounding Towns
Frankin resident Miss Irene Morton visits Miss Anna Ransom while Miss Mayme Robinson of Amelia visits Miss Trilla Griffis. Ed Bishop and wife from Williamsburg spend Sunday with the Barrs. J B D Silcott and family of Lindale with Batavia relatives. Curt Bartlet and Elda Howe, of Chile, clerking at the Indiana House in Cincinnati. Jettie Allien, Cincinnati, visiting grandma Mrs Rachel Hardin east Batavia. Lillie Higdon of Bellefontaine visits Mr and Mrs Joshua Hopkins on Market street. Flora Williams of Tuscaloosa to summer with cousins Daisy and Lulu Wyatt. G W Griswold of Georgetown visits Marathon friends. David McClung of Williamsburg in town, pleased with improvements. W M Sanford of Loveland Enterprise visits Batavia. town booming. Julius Kauffman of Cincinnati attends K of P lodge meeting. J F W Gatch of Loveland also attends and delivers address. Harry Allen of the Allen House Bethel brings a fine mare to Batavia, receives many offers, decides to keep her.
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Lillie Higdon
Bellefontaine
Joshua Hopkins
Market Street
Flora Williams
Tuscumula
Daisy
Lulu Wyatt
G. W. Griswold
Griswold & Rapp
Georgetown
Marathon
Robert Thompson
The
Commercial Gazette
George Castien
Mra. Long
Cincinnat
Mis
Maria Castien
Ed, Donham
King
Cincinnati
Chautauqua
J. Crawford
Bertha Simmons
Laurel
Edith Donham
Arthur Clarke
Fellerly
Friends
Stewart Davia
Herald Office
William Sturges
E. D. Fries
Emma
Norrie
L. P. Thompson
Bertha
Cary, House
Misees Lda ‘Bragdon
Emma Bethymer
Locust Corner
Hiram Grey
Milford Club Fails to Appear. Championship Up for Grabs
Milford forfeits home game against Mulberry claiming travel issues, leaving Mulberry club to claim Miami township championship. Next Saturday Goshen and Plainville play with Plainville winning 22 to 6 in nine innings after late errors. Amelia hosts Marathon in a seven to eight thriller as Batavias top Bostons 18 to 13.
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Milford
Mulberry
Miami Township
Branch Hill
Goshen Grounds
Goshen
Plainville
Innnings
A.C. Yeomans
Ong
Goshen Nine
Amelia Grounds
Marathon Nine
Amelias
Amelia
Batavias
Bostons
New Officers Installed Across Local Odd Fellows Lodges
Golden Rule Lodge No 313 installed officers July 17 led by E L Ault N G and C A Calhoun V G Milton Lodge No 99 followed July 18 with Edward Mehl N G and Han cock V G Batavia Lodge No 136 also listed new officers with W E Perry N G and J L H Barr V G.
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Golden Rule Lodge No
E. L. Aultman
N.G
C. A. Calhoun
V. G
J. H. McMurehy
R.S
R. C. Ernest
N. G
Wm. Porter
F. M. Phillips
V.G
J. G. Emmons
Smith
W. B. Aultman
A. D. Fagin
T. M. Willis
James Bowman
O. G
George R. Taylor
I. G
Wm. Dolby
Edward Mehl
E. R
Hancock
T. A. Atwood
J. M. Butler
G. L. Woodruff
L. A. Kirgan
J. W. Smith
W. Thompson
George Duckwall
Abner Young
H. F. White
H. H. Glaze
J. F. Hitch
F. L. Donovan
Batavia Lodge No
W. E. Perry
J. L. H. Barr
A. L. Johnson
M. Lindsley
R. S
Frank Hamilton
Frank Knauer
Andrew Hauck
Thomas Hamilton
C. G
C. E. Belt
Kirk Kennedy
W. Grove
J. H. Hamilton
C. Moore
Reverend Warner to Lecture on Social Sphere of Woman
Rev. Warner D D will lecture on Tuesday evening August 13 on Social Sphere of Woman. He is highly complimented by the Commercial Gazette and other papers. The Institute Board plans a medal for Reading Recitation Essay Solo and best piano performer with Friday night of the first week set for the exercise.
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Warner
D. D
Commercial Gazette
Institute
Hartman Family Fourth Annual Reunion at Williamsburg Park
The Hartman family holds its fourth annual meeting at Williamsburg park on Saturday August 17 1889 now a national affair with friends and relatives invited from the U S and Germany bands music and speakers expected. Notables include Mrs F M Hartman visiting from Centralia Kansas and Mrs Burdsal and others. Mr and Mrs Houston of Cincinnati and Miss Nora Shaw of Clermontville were in town recently.
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Hartman
Williamsburg Park
U. S&s
Germany
Williamsburg
F. M. Hartman
Centralia
Kansas
Burdsal
Houston
Cincinnati
Fridman
Nora Shaw
Clermontville
von Hartman
Berlin
Willamsburg
Murphy
Hathaway
Westboro
Woman Survives Seven Years With Diroaso Attack
A county woman endured seven years of a severe ailment described as Diroaso, with relentless tears and undermined vital organs. After three months of constant coughing and sleeplessness she tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, which brought immediate relief and a full night’s sleep.
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Diroaso
Dr. King
Beier
Accidents and Death Notices From Local Reports
An 11 year old near Higainsport shot by an old revolver. likely fatal. William Cochran’s son injured by accidental discharge. William Salthat found dead near Chicago, suspected self harm. Jack Scott’s two year old ingested paragoric medicine and nearly died. O L Ricks addresses short weight charge corrected in Enquirer. says load put in his name and he was briefly detained.
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Wm. Cochran
Higainsport
F. M. Salthat
William
Chicago
Jack
Frank Scott
Milford
Enquirer
O. L. Ricks
O. L. Rick
Bloomingdale's Window Displays Inspire Merchants
The New York Mail and Express notes Bloomingdale's show windows at Third Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street with fourteen distinct displays. The handkerchief window replicates a bank facade with a sailor using a bank book and a front made of handkerchiefs, framed by colorful borders and doors of handkerchiefs, using 24,000 pins and featuring merchandise from 5 cents to 12 dollars.
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New York Mail and Express
Bloomingdale
Third Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
United States Savings Bank
East Fifty-ninth Street
Bank
Social Round of Visitors at Pomeroy Chautauqua Assembly
Numerous guests from Cincinnati, Newport, Glendale, Covington, and other towns visit Pomeroy to attend the Chautauqua and socialize. Among those listed are Miss Stout, Miss Ely, Miss Mary Ried, Mrs. Bates and daughter Mamie, Miss Clarke, Miss Elliott, and Rev. John Coffman. Local residents and travelers also join concerts, tax collections, and dinners, with many staying through the assembly.
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Miss Stout
Ely
Pomeroy
Mary Ried
Susie Bates
Mamie
Walnut Hills
Mary Clarke
St. Marys
Carrie Elliott
Wapakoneta
Hinkley
Cincinnati
John Bates
John Coffman
Grant Mollyneaux
Miss Bailey
Glendale
Mace
Dr. Bryan
Pt. Pleasant
Frank Moore
Tacoma
Carrie Norris
Etta Williams
Nannie Harrison
Washington D. H
Miss Pattison
Augusta
Will Nichols
Addie Jennings
Felicity
Prof. Williams
Alfred Swing
David
Ww. Felter
Miss Ricker
William Donaldson
Mary Barnes
Covington
Josie Herry
Charles Roetinger
W. Newbegging
Milford
Frank Roudebush
Batavia
Rebecca Scatterday
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O. P. Cross
H. E. McClelland
William A. Garrison
W. Joseph
WiLliam R. Walker
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Miles Bicking
Northern Insurance Company
J. L. H. Barr & Co
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Elmer E. Hutson
Wm. Brother
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Jyletf
Benjamin Boys
Henning’s Mills
Mix, Maharry
E. E. Hutson
Jylott
E. A. Hoymes
Arkansas Traveler
Fountain of Knowledge
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Mainstreet
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E. G. Penn
William H. Smith
Co. F
Jacob Wolf
C. H. A. Vols
Andrew J. Avey
Iydate
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Krex Kennedy
W. E. Rice
J. L. Moorehead
Topeka, Kansas
Axpy Waesner
East Fork
Presbyterian Church
L. D. Manning
Esaq
Adeline Brothers
New York
Knights of Pythias
John G. Rhodes
David Fisher
Morey
Wilmington
Orange Frazier
H. R. Walker
C.C. Nichols
C. R. Fisher
William Elis
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U. B. Church
King’s Mills Powder Company
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Dial
Brown County News
Minnie Bay
Dave Scatterday
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Manchester
W. M. Cowan
Oklahoma
Reno
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Mr. Swing
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Tanner
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Maywood
Mattie
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Corbin
North
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George G. Johnston
Wild West
Oklahoma City
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Kinkead & Co
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Franklin
Anna Ransom
Mayme Robinson
Trilla Griffis
Ed. Bishop and
James Barr
J. B. D. Silcott
Lindale
Curt Bartlet
Elda Howe
Chile
Indiana House
Jettie Allien
Rachel Hardin
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David McClung
W. M. Sanford
Loveland Enterprise
First National Bank
Julius Kauffman
K. of P. Lodge
J. F. W. Gatch
Harry Allen
Allen House
Henry Warren
Wileey Btation
Elmer Hulick
Mornoing
Iyata
ODD Fellows
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Hartman-Reunion
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