Divorce and court actions announced in Milford docket
The court granted an absolute divorce to Mary Emma Holderfield from Harvey Holderfield with custody of two children and $800 alimony. John W. Weaver faced a separation decree and was ordered to pay medical and legal costs. Several cases include Abner Smith vs Mary E. Smith for irregular conduct, Clermont Building & Loan Co. vs Anna B. Fishback, and Williamsburg actions on village ordinances. A guilty plea led to penitentiary sentences for Ben Moore and Frank Huston Jr. Memorial services by Knights of Pythias announced for June with gravesite decorations planned in Amelia and Batavia cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emma Holderfield
Harvey Holderfield
Olive Branch
Anna
John W. Weaver
Abner Smith
Mary E. Smith
Leander Henegar
Brown County
Williamsburg
Clermont Building & Loan Co
Anna B. Fishback
Alexander Beall
Chase Vanosdol
Elvira Perin
Artemas Perin
William Ely
Larsh
Milford Home Building Co
Charles and
Martha Wyand
Antone Spetz
Julia R. Marie
Leeds
Griffis
Ohio
Huston
Hayden
Baldwin
McCollum
Jane
Judd
John H. Rawlins
Mary Ann Donlan
Charles Belt
William H
Lilly M
Charles A. White
Freiberg Bros
Batavia B. & L.co
Ezekiel Duckwall
John Ringer
John Conner
Edith Campbell
W. J. Campbell
Minnie Rogers
Parvin
G. L. Swing
Ben Moore
Frank Huston
Apgar
Davis
Frank Ness
Columbus
Teal
Tribute of flowers and tears to the dead soldiers
County wide Decoration Day observances marked by flowers and tears for graves in Clermont County cemeteries. Posts from Batavia and Williamsburg, with a large turnout and bands, led ceremonies at each site. Activities included a death volley over Private William Boulware, addresses by local leaders, and post-led grave decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Batavia
L O. O. F. Lodge
William Boulware
Odd Fellows
James Whitney
Williamburg
Woman's Relief Corps
N. R Walker
Poat
Concord
Clover
Owensville
Alfo
Seed Time and Harvest Parade At Williamsburg Display
A large procession of farmers and farming machinery drew crowds in Williamsburg last Saturday for McNutt and Widmeyer's annual harvesters display. The parade, led by the Williamsburg band, featured threshers, reapers, mowers, wagons and implements, with over a thousand spectators. A superb M. E. church dinner served about 200 guests, as portraits and brief notices of the McNutt firm appeared elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNutt & Widmeyer
Williamsburg
Main Street
M. E. Church
Lebanon
Glowing Ode To Summer's Arrival And Its Charms
A lyrical meditation on the arrival of summer, praising sunshine, birds, flowers, and long days. The piece laments heat’s pleasures and pains, notes mosquitos, insects, and rivers, and reflects on youth fading with the season as summer and aging come and go.
The Man at the Turnpike Bar
A night bicyclist narrowly escaped death when a low turnpike bar across the road barely avoided a fatal collision. The article argues such fixed barriers are dangerous and advocates gentler, swingable gates and no tolls to prevent accidents on private roads.
Ball Invitation From 1859 Washington's Birthday Dance
Tom Moore presents a copy of an 1859 Batavia ball invitation printed for Washington's Birthday. The event in Jamie son’s hall featured Warwood’s four piece band. A 21 member Batavia committee, eight deceased, is listed with stars beside names. The invitation, printed on a Washington press, shows tidy type and neat arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Moore
Washington
Warwood
Jamieson
Batavia
A. Squire
T.M. Lewis
T. D. Fitch
J. H. Hamilton
Col
New York Sun Blasts Democratic Platform and asks for answers
The New York Sun, longtime Democratic lead paper in New York, critiques the Ohio Republicans platform from Zanesville. It questions how Democrats can respond to charges about mismanagement, tariff effects, debt, and foreign policy under the current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Empire State
Ohio
Zanesville
Nicaragua
Hawaii
Dana
Democracy
the Sun
Cleveland
War Poetry and the Canteen Myth in Hopkins's Puck Verse
A reader disputes Edwin Hopkins's Puck poem The Old Gray Volunteer arguing that the lines about polishing a canteen and buckling on a belt misrepresent military life. The critic notes canteens were rubber or tin flasks, intended to hold water, not polished, and belts used clasps rather than buckles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
Hopkins
Puck
Mr. Hopkins
Haversack
Gobiet Case Settled by Presbytery Invitation
The Portsmouth Presbytery invited Rev. Gobiet to leave after long agitation in the church. Charges included arbitrary conduct and conflicts with the choir, while supporters argued the issue reflected class tensions between poor and wealthy members. Gobiet denied the accusations and withdrew to preserve peace. he is a respected Clermont preacher who has served in Portsmouth four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobiet
Portsmouth
Cincinnati Enquirer
House of God
Widges
Friends
Rev
George Paden
Albert Hales
Irving Drew
C. Titus
Goblet
Williamsburg
Clermont
Endless Stairs Dog Powered Press At Plain City
In Plain City a Great Dane pulls a Country Campbell press via a fly wheel and belt system. The dog runs a wooden stair wheel, stops on command, and earns a dime for the butcher’s beef steak. Chas. W. Horn owns the paper and the industrious dog weighs 140 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plain City
Columbus
Plain City Dealer
Campbell Preas
Chas. W. Horn
Floating bonds spark road repairs and local notes
A Batavia sized column reports the C P V road directors approving a 500000 bond issue for repairs and improvements. Other items recount a fashionable Batavia bicycling group, a wealthy Otway man dying in poverty, Epworth League events, a Newtown horse raffle, a Felicity Sunday school convention, a Portsmouth poison case, a Batavia music stand project, and Adams county jail concerns with an escape and cost.
Two St Louis railroad men wed Clermont belle in Batavia
Frank Thurber and Frank Rugg from St Louis, both noted railroad men, obtained permission to marry Miss Daisy Wyatt of Lindale. The couple were married at noon in Clermont with family present and left that evening for a three week wedding trip westward, amid wishes for happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thurber
Frank Rugg
St. Louis
Batavia
Mra
Wyatt
Ohio Township
Gentle note on keeping letters clear for news value
Correspon dents urged to include notable events births deaths marriages and public gatherings with dates and brief past descriptions. Emphasis on readable content and avoiding private chatter unless it adds context or relevance to the community news.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yuan
the Knights
Knights of Pythias
Amelia
Bethel
New Richmond
Batavia Lodge
Amelia Cemetery
Olive Branch Band
Bethel Knights
Léth
Ayer
Marathon
Bloom Rose Church
BE. Burdsall
Avery Wd
Fayetteville
Addrom
H. B. Armacost
J. B. Hall
Messrs McNuttt & Winmeyer
G. A. McNutt
J.D. McNutt
California
Melissa Sims
M. E.church
The
Times
Marsh McKeever Bros
Harmon Coyer
Chas Gartner
Henry Barnacle
Chas Cona Closson
Harry Frank Gall
Edward Babble
Binnington
Andrew John Geo Shobert
Sweet Joe Meyers
Geo McCollum
D.ferre Smith Newberry
Pindle
James Cordrey
E McGoban
Woores & Son
P Wood
Miller Frank Parker
Edward Carroll
L H Griswold
Geo W Page
John Smith
Alf Carter
WB White
Palmer JO Walker
T Meeker
Henry Reynolds
Wm Foster
Melvin Smith
James Robinson
Lucian Weaver
M Hughes
Carroll
Williama
Honaker
Granville Atchley
J Windsor
Jas Widmeyer
Chas Bowers
Cheney
Lena Bell
Harve Hunter
Ulrey J C Mefford
John Leahr
Harry Landen
Matilda Wood
Wood Lew Freeman
T Asbon Williams
Joseph Brown
Frank Ulrey
Chas Sprague
Henry Moyer
W Waits
August Schwall
John Varney
GO Wood Ptarr Bros
Campbell&Son
Jos Thuney
TJ Liming
Liming
John Wageman
Harve Smith
George Barke
Chas Ruoyan
Edgar Voys
T W Waite
Davidson
McCormick
J. A. Everson
Tom Corwin
G. W. Hubler
H. H. Johns
J. Ganes
J, I
Case T
M. Co
Lew B. Williams
Mr. Widmeyer
Turnpike Bar
New York
Publican
W. W. Widmeyer
William W. Widmeyer
Parker’s Academy
Ohio Wesleyan University
Alice
Madison County
Dog Power
C.p.&v. Road
George Mustard
Otway
Scioto County
Epworth League
Georgetown
J. D. Darling
Mulberry
Harry Ketchum
Lucy Mount
Geo. W. Morris
Tom Hamilton
Newtown
Tom
M. E. Sunday-School Convention
Felicity
Prospect
Pure Food
Court House Park
Adams County
St. George
Hon
Liberty
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!