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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
8
Local notices from Batavia Ohio dated 1902 report train schedules with hourly service to Cincinnati and departures from Pearl Butler depot and Court Broadway. Articles mention a Beal law election at Peebles, social visits, a heel factory expansion in West Batavia, job influx for 100 workers, and various local business moves.
George McMurchy, cashier of New Richmond Bank and owner of the New Richmond Independent, came from Valley City to conduct business and chat with friends, returning impressed by county growth and prosperity amid quiet streets. The article also notes graduations at Northwestern University and Xenia High School, a Williams- burg death, local sports results, and upcoming marriage of Guy Norris to Neltie Murray in Kansas.
A map discussion places the eastern side of the central line as the locust belt for this year. Some may extend west and south to Portsmouth but no reach Clermont or Locust Corner. Rev D W Lucas to preach at the Baptist church Sunday night June 15. all invited.
Advertises a self administered cure for alcoholism labeled as a disease not a vice. Claims to neutralize poisons from alcohol, wipe cravings, and transform drinkers into sober productive individuals. Sold for one dollar with full directions and confidential correspondence from Edwin B. Gilles & Co. Philadelphia.
A township Sunday-school convention will be held at Stonelick Valley Baptist church on Sunday June 28. All township Sunday-schools are invited. Rev Bulman of Batavia will deliver the address and a programme of interest will be rendered. The Brown County News has completed a series of letters about two Brown County boys who went to Africa with mules for the British army.
The Cosmopolitan plans sketches of sixty leading industrial figures as readable profiles. A reader from Otterville Iowa endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for asthma relief, noting rapid help after physician consultations. Sold by Dr. John Bunn & Son.
An advertisement promoting B. P. S ready mixed linseed oil and white lead paint via agent Wendell Kline in Batavia. It also touts Texas as a land of opportunities with rice cultivation and irrigation. Literature on Southern Pacific Rice Cook Book is offered for ten cents, through company agents in Houston Texas and Cincinnati Ohio.
Overstock of farm wagons advertised by SinxeLina Moors in Batavia Ohio. Call for prices on the well known Hickory Wagons and compare with Rarp Corie offerings for savings on farm equipment.
Notices list money to loan at various rates and mortgage security. Attorneys W R Walker and David K McDonald promote loans. Local sellers advertise wagons fences and wagon carloads from Stirling Moore and RAPP Bros Batavia.
J B Halick and siblings receive praise for business skill as Batavia hosts Fourth of July festivities with torpedoes, baseball, parades, balloons, and a circus. Visitors Charley Fishback and wife join local families. Lawn fete for M E Sunday school on June 13 at Manila. A special train linked to a new power substation project west of White Oak proceeds. Mansion of community notices includes a baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Sprintz and plans for a cigar factory on Water Street with twelve workers. Local stories on health, housing, and street life fill the page.
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