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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
4
A Clermont Publishing note from June 24 1907 discusses public questions and a committee meeting with adjournment to avoid public expressions while mature endorsements may be shared at conventions in 1908. An ad promotes Foles Hovey and Tar for asthma relief sold at Buons Pharmacy. a quip compares politicians to a piano, suggesting uprightness is old fashioned.
The piece notes seasonable heat and public grumbling then shifts to a tariff discussion. It cites Carnegie Frick Schwab Corey Thaw Harriman and argues protection benefits American workers and industry. mentions Republican state committee in Columbus and Taft Foraker politics with a cautious stance.
Wabash Indiana Mayor Joseph W Murphy advocates treating chronic drinkers through a city program. He cites high costs to city and county and argues reform is better than punishment, noting Mrs Tish Higgins received treatment offers amid public interest and rival bids.
The annual mint report led by director George F.E. Roberts shows a fall in domestic coinage due to silver bullion exhaustion. Philadelphia idle three months New Orleans four months San Francisco halted after the earthquake and fire. Domestic coinage totaled 167,371,035 pieces worth 60,916,747 dollars with gold 53,002,097 and silver and cents making up the rest, plus gold pesos for Mexico and fractional coins for Central American governments. In New York Professor Herbert G. Lord credits a Brooklyn epileptic fit with saving his life during a protest in a classroom. The man claimed to have ideas on solving the social problem and collapsed before action.
Probate Court of Clermont County orders public auction of Lot No. 184 in Batavia on August 17 1507 at 10 in the forenoon. The property fronts Main Street 60 feet and runs 165 feet back with a two and a half foot wide strip along Lot 183, appraised at 65000 dollars with payments due as one third in hand one year later and final third in two years secured by mortgage.
The French island of St. Pierre on Miquelon off the St. Lawrence is rapidly depopulating as the fishery fails for years. Canada lures workers for the northwest while France struggles to keep a foothold with aid and immigration. Immigrants arrive from North Sydney and more are promised, but the population remains in the hundreds as hardship deepens.
Robert Wilder of Clarksburg is famed for his unfailingly polite nature. He once handed over 13.26 to a highwayman and apologized for not having more, helped a coworker after a fall without anger, and even wrote an obituary for the local paper.
Notice states David J. Starr and the firm Lichols & Nichols announce that Edward H. Jones has been duly appointed and qualified by the Probate Court of Clemmont county Ohio as executor of the estate of Edward H. Jones, late of 8119 county, deceased. Dated July 17, 107.
Train schedule shows Hillsboro branch line with Sardinia connection daily except Sunday. Departures at 5:800 a.m. and 10 a.m. listed. Stops include Roanoke, Agh, and division pass.
The Concord philosopher Broncon Alcott argued for cannibalism in a sharp historical aside. A Yankee Plate quips if eating meat is inevitable then why not eat the beat suggesting a tongue in cheek line about culinary choices.
The national government will pay Minnesota 67000 to cover costs of the 1862 63 Indian war. Canadian border incursions led to militias under Gov Ramsay and the expulsion of hostiles. settlers suffered massacres before the conflict ended. The state’s claim remained unresolved until now.
The Staten Island Advance office in West New Brighton faced a broken electric motor on the press. An expert said repair required sending the unit to Philadelphia. Editor John Crawford Jr moved a 36 hp automobile beside the building, punched a hole in the wall, and used the car shaft to drive the press to print the 16 page issue.
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