Batavia News and Local Notes From The Clermont Courier
Batavia and Batavia area notes include names of residents visiting relatives, births and marriages, visits by families from Wilmington Summerside and Cincinnati, church social plans, and a reminder about automobile licensing. Local figures: Wayland Sullivan of Delaware home for summer. Mathew Lindner of Cincinnati married Minnie Heuer. Elm notes on the Dewdney and Main Street properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathew Lindner
Cincinnati
Mies Minnie Heuer
Batavia
B. B. Lavender
Presbyterian Manse
Batavia Society Notes and Local Notices
The Batavia community reports on receptions for Matilda Strieff leaving for Dayton, church missions tea at Miss Elizabeth Keen’s, Palmetto Rebekah Lodge activities, district report from Elizabth Marsh, and Mt Carriel visitors. Also ads for Chamberlain's Tablets, Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil, and Foley Kidney Pills plus a corn growing contest entry list for a Washington trip.
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Missionary Societies of
Batavia
M E. Church
Elizabeth Keen
Palmetto Rebekah Lodge No. 450
Kate Hamilton
Noble Grand
Harry Aultman
N. G
Leona Weaver
V. G
Bertha Haney
Elizabeth Marsh
Lorain
Ohio
Mt. Carriel Rebekah Lodge
Fish and game law violators face fines in six new cases
Justice E. C. Lease reports six new fish and game law cases. Cliff Weaver paid 25 dollars and costs for possession of unlawful fish. Frank Miller of Goshen and Ed Leaf of Milford faced charges over nets. John Baker warned to come in for costs. Charles Pierce arrested for a 60 foot net. Fines ranged from five to fifteen dollars. one sentence stayed for ill health. Be good, boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Lease
Cliff Weaver
Frank Miller
Goshen
Ed Leaf
Milford
D. T. Brunk
Newtonsville
John Baker
Charles Pierce
Open Bass Season Boosts Ohio Inland Waters
The bass fishing season opened last Sunday in Ohio inland districts with reports of abundant game fish. Floods barely affected stocks as the commission restocked streams using fish from ponds and reservoirs. Wardens warn against taking bass under ten inches and note heavy patrols as visitors flock to the East Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Commission
East Fork
Brown county jury system adopts four section name scheme
Last week the Brown county jury commission sworn in a new plan dividing the county into four sections. Two citizens per township receive blanks to supply 25 names of their political party for the jury wheel. The goal is to secure qualified, resident, physically able jurors and ease court work under Judge Tarbell’s explicit instructions.
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Brown County
Tarbell
People at Large in Wilson Tariff Lobby Debate
President Wilson denounces a powerful Capitol lobby as farmers and manufacturers in the North fear ruin from his tariff plan. He argues the people at large lack a lobby while questioning whether steel workers farmers and voters are truly represented in Congress.
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Wilson
Congress
Mise Henrietta Jones Graduates Urbana High School
Mise Henrietta Jones youngest daughter of Frank Jones colored of this place graduated from Urbana High School last Thursday with high honors. Her father and brother Fred attended the commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Henrietta
Frank Jones
Urbana
Fred
Gospel meetings at town hall draw interest this week
For a week the gospel meetings at the town hall have drawn much interest. Able speakers delivered talks and Sunday and Saturday evenings featured songs and short talks to crowds on the street.
Fire alarm at Smyth Bros store basement in Batavia
Early Thursday morning a fire broke out in the basement of the Smyth Bros department store in the Hamilton building Batavia caused by unknown source near paper sacks. The fire risked spreading through wooden partitions and roof if not contained. The basement suffered loss of light, the building is insured and second floor houses offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Smyth Bros
Hamilton
Judge Blair Fined for Contempt in Adams County Case
Judge Blair and a brother attorney were fined five dollars each for contempt of court in Portsmouth. The men, angered by a trivial dispute, nearly fought and were separated by the trial judge. The remark Turn about is fair play closes the report.
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Blair
Adams County
Portsmouth
Where Are They Missing From Batavia Autos
The assessor’s returns for Batavia corporation show 18 automobiles listed for taxation though 28 are present in the village. The discrepancy suggests other localities may have failed to file proper returns, with flood losses partly to blame and some residents forgetting to report vehicles.
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Batavia Corporation
Shake Off Your Rheumatic Pains With Liniment
An advertisement urges readers to try Chamberlain's Liniment to relieve rheumatic pains. The pitch promises quick relief and notes the product is sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Chamberlain'’s
Real estate loan ads offer quick funds in Batavia
Noticeable loan offer cites money to loan on real estate security in any amount. It promises funds furnished on one day’s notice and mentions names Werner, fonts op Sie verk Alting ce and Kmanna in Batavia.
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Edwin OC. Ely
Batavia
Ohio
Augsta
Werner
O, C
Kmanna
Death of Mrs Addie McAfee widow of P Rice Perkins
Mrs Addie McAfee, widow of P Rice Perkins, died at her mother Mary McAfee's home after a long illness. She had lived with her mother since her husband's death and was active in church affairs. Survived by a mother, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral from the McAfee residence Tuesday at 10 a.m. conducted by Rev Burdsall. Burial Green Lawn Cemetery Milford.
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Addie McAfee
P. Rice Perkins
Mary McAfee
McAfee
Burdsall
Green Lawn Cemetery
Milford
Old Batavia school hires entire old corps for next year
At a Batavia school board meeting the teachers from last year re applied and were rehired for the coming year by the month. The janitor A Ferguson was also rehired. Salaries remain the same and the board cites protection against future fund shortfalls. Improvements to the building are limited by funding.
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Batavia School Board
A. Ferguson
Family Dinner Honored at Homan Paxton Home
Last Sunday the Homan Paxton families hosted a dinner with several distant guests. Attendees included Mrs Cast of Chicago Mrs Deal of Cincinnati Mrs Jonie Bryan of Mt Washington and J Groves of Charleston W V. The weather was fine and the gathering memorable.
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Homan-Paxton
Joseph Homan
Cast
Chicago
Deal
Cincinnati
Jonie Bryan
Mt. Washington
J. #. Groves
Charleston
W. Va
Banker Burke Visits Batavia From Bethel
W. W. Burke, president of the First National Bank of Bethel, age 85, spent Monday in Batavia. A longtime Courier reader for 60 years, he remains opposed to the short ballot law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Burke
First National Bank
Bethel
Batavia
Hale and Hearty
Courier
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Courier and Weekly Gazette
Courier and
Weekly Enquirer
Courier and Cincinnati Post
Courier and Cincinnati Times Star
Wayland Sullivan
Delaware
Will Livengood
Hulick
South
Will Wolf
John Hillen
R. A. Davis
New Richmond
Harry Anderson
Frank Weaver
Lebanon
A. M. Dimmitt
Emma Mary
Wilmington
Amelia
William Meier
Summerside
A.M. Morse
Pleasant Plain
Gus Hulick
Buford Spencer
Norwood
Lucy Titus
Kate Walker
Williamsburg
Erma Henderson
Franklin
A. B. Hulick
Robert Elling
Florence Rusch
Wuanita
Minnie York
Miron Marsh
Cedarville
Misses Marsh
Lottie Deem
Martha Thompson
Epworth League
M. E
Belle
B. B. Gatch
Elton Slade
Middletown
Bar
Andriot
Walnut Hills
Hannah Danby
Mt. Holly
Vickrey and Wife
J. W. Cordrey
Alvie Riley
Bell Telephone Company
Stonelick Baptist Church
Clarence
Fred Hartmetz
Christ Hospital
Lillian Sechrist
Will Perkins
Glen Rose
Dewdney
Main Street
E. B. Scott
K. Hoerner
Gail Anderson
Russelville
Mr. A
Frank Brown
Wilma
Leo Collier
James Brown
Elklick
Bark Gatch
James Horley
Clide Mount
John Mount
Fletcher
Rebecca Lodge
Matilda Strieff
Dayton
America
Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil
Washington, D. C
Richard Binkley PaubNote
Arto
Clermont County
Herman Jordan
Albert Kellum
Bethel Herman BK
Fagley
Page G. Dawson
Batavia Pear Ptridor Eed
Frank Carnes
Garrett Merford
Bethel Edward Tarwin
Milford Warren Durham
Bethel Marshal A. Roudebush
Byron Blackburn
Felicity
Foley
Foley & Co
A.C. Nash
Batavian
Oll
Tle Money
Batavia, Ohio
Tri State Butter Co
Tri State
Tri
TRI State Butter Company
Cincinnati, Ohio
Milfod
Blanche Kennedy Hodges
OLD Corps
Fresh Films
Sdays
Fuhr's Magazine
American Liability
H. J. King
Town Hall
Karl Erion
Life Insurance
Thos. D. Dodsworth
H. Stirling Moore
H. A. Moore & Son
Janior
Undertaker
Bafavia
J. A. Lutes Repair Shop
Olive Branch
Flying Merkel Motor Cycles
Gallardo
Ross Beckett
Rosemere Farm
Archie B
Young
M. C. Smyth
Kess Beckett
Kooper
Young Jacke
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