27 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1892
Page
1
Summary of a Felicity incident where Mrs. Cohorn and neighbors picked blackberries. Husband Cohorn confronts them with a gun, Downs respond with a Gatling and Downs is shot. Both men survive. Additional notes cover lightning at Bergen Turner’s home, a farm accident near Monterey, Batavia weather and local humor.
The report of the World’s fair going bankrupt is false. The exposition holds about $2.59 million cash, plus roughly $1 million in sight, with not less than $1 million in credits and up to $8 million at peak. Until opening, large expenditures will continue and a $5 million government advance was requested. receipts are expected to exceed expenditures by about $4 million. Chicago and government support will ensure the fair opens on time and pays all bills.
Charley Duten a blacksmith once with Strattan at Morrow, drank Circlevine whisky, chased a boy with a double barreled shotgun, fired wounding the youth. Duten hid under a bed then fled by train. Authorities traced him to Morrow Lebanon Monroe and he was jailed awaiting marshal transfer.
On Saturday August 13 1802 Sheriff of Clermont county offers for sale two farms once owned by Joseph Smith deceased The first tract 91% acres lies 14 miles north of Williamsburg on a turnpike includes an orchard timber water access tobacco land appraised at 89 per acre The second 210 acres lies on the East Fork of Little Miami three miles from Williamsburg and miles from Blowville with 400 acres of rich bottom land 25 acres timber house barn sheds outbuildings a stocked fish pond cistern and wells appraised at 294 per acre Terms one third cash one third in one year one third in two years Auctions schedule times given for each tract. Dewxia Thomas Dale Batavia Ohio offers remaining goods at sacrifice.
Henry Runge proprietor of the New Richmond tannery died two weeks after a scalding accident caused by a defective steam valve. He was about 63, a widower, and respected for integrity and charity. The incident followed a period of recovery as heat worsened his condition. His estate will likely pass to his stepson.
In a quiet court scene only three new cases appear, with weather hindering litigation. Notable filings include Fee vs Buntin for 428.14 and McCullough vs Crane for 2292.64. The Ohio State University offers two annual agriculture scholarships per county for two years, with applications via county boards of agriculture.
Personal visits unfold across Batavia with A W Predmore of Marathon and friends hosting gatherings. Notables include Miss Elodie Townsley’s improving health and a report on rail and bridge concerns affecting regional travel and development.
The article recounts a woman in Clermont county who died while awaiting medical aid due to distance to a township doctor. It claims local physicians refused help, citing indigent status, while others offered limited aid. It praises the Batavia physician for providing care despite financial strain, arguing physicians heal to help humanity rather than for money.
Totl offerings for the week reach 2 3 bhds at 2113 bhds the prior week and 2066 bhds year ago. Prices steady with moderate offerings. Collery tobacco yields good figures while red tobacco shows little demand and dull prices. Trashes remain favorable for satisfactory figures. Growing crop reports are not favorable yet. August is a peak growing month. sellers with colory tobacco ready should act on current prices.
Otis Dudley, visiting Batavia, names Archie Tatman a leading local business figure as deputy treasurer. The appointment, effective in September, is praised as well earned. Lin dsley & Son advertises reduced color regu lator items at 12 cents per yard.
A ten year old, Weller Pattison, drowned while swimming in the Ohio River as classmates watched unable to help. The Courier cautions against swimming without proper preparation, offering safety rules to prevent such tragedies and urging parental vigilance.
A heated reader-letter collection criticizes horse owners tethering animals in sunlit courthouses, calling for humane care such as sun bonnets. It also reviews Clermont county indigent soldier payments, Ohio turnpike news, and a Turnpike to Bethel proposal by John B. Martin.
A Lebanon Patriot note recounts Wm. Strickland, an Ironton veteran, abandoning his $2 monthly pension prompting friends to place him in a lunatic asylum. The piece mocks gum chewing by women as unlovely and hints men’s tobacco use is likewise improper.
Fifty men labor on the road bed near Lytle with ties laid between Lebanon and Dodds. Rails from rolling mills will prompt tearing up and relaying the old track. Prominent figures include Mr. Lewis expanding the Sions quarries and new agency plans in Cincinnati and Hamilton. A World’s Fair note mentions Mrs. Potter Palmer to drive the gold sapphire nail. Commodore Moore survives a near fatal horses incident. Burns descendant tale links fame and poverty. the piece blends local projects with moral reflections on fame and fortune.
Perry Custer of Milford suffers severe injuries from a fall on a hay load after backing a team. Pitch forks eight points piercing thigh and a vein, threatening paralysis and lockjaw as doctors assess the danger.
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