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July 25 1906 Batavia news notes cover visits and a picnic at Olive Branch. Reports mention rain damage to crops and new street lamps. Advertisements promote Marmet coal and second hand buggies.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1906
Page
8
July 25 1906 Batavia news notes cover visits and a picnic at Olive Branch. Reports mention rain damage to crops and new street lamps. Advertisements promote Marmet coal and second hand buggies.
Modern science links most diseases to kidney disorders and urges Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the remedy. The ad promotes samples and pamphlets by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York with bottles sold in fifty cent and one dollar sizes.
A community page describes Waynesville hosting a homecoming for former residents on August 6 plus a sequence of local church events, concerts, and gatherings. It notes health ads promoting Dr. King’s New Life Pills and Dr. Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy with prices.
The M E Church announces Sunday school at 9 a.m. and preaching at 10 30 with a sermon titled Pauls Wonderful Prayer from Ephesians 3 16. Epworth League meetings are at 9 30 and 7 30 with outdoor services planned. Music last Sunday was unusually fine. A cordial invitation to all to come and worship.
The Friday night vaudeville program is canceled due to illness of a leading star. No date has been set yet for a possible replacement performance.
Agricultural note from Nicholsville Ohio on July 28 1906 reports USDA plant experiments with wheat showing yields by seed date August to October. Observations cover Hessian fly presence in autumn, spring brood migration, worm damage to wheat and timothy, seedings planned for 1904 05 with same inputs, and outlooks for apples alfalfa and soil amendments including ground limestone and denaturized alcohol markets.
A citizen urges health vigilance citing back pain urinary issues dizziness and nervousness as kidney trouble signs. Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as a safe cure with Mrs Susie Ogg of Hamilton Ohio claiming permanent relief and renewed health. The ad lists prices dealers and contact notes and mentions mail schedules and local rural routes.
J. W. Barbeau of Batavia has taken the Batavia Roches ter NY agency for Fairview Nursery. His territory covers all of Clermont county. He will canvass the county this summer and fall for fall delivery and winter for spring orders. The nursery is one of the oldest and most reliable in the country. Residents should write or call Barbeau in Batavia for trees berry plants or shrubs.
A compiled list shows American women gaining 23 English duchies and titles, 28 British honors, 14 French, 17 Italian, and six Russian. It estimates 160 American heiresses bring dowries totaling £80 million, averaging £187,500 each, while American wives in Britain control about 2,000,000 acres of land.
E H Thiery and G W Felter county engineers have been hired by the council to survey and grade the town for pavements. They will receive $100 for the work.
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