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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
8
Readable fragments from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page show trades, visits, family notes, and casual events. Names include Jezu N. T. Dailey of Williamsburg and Mrs Caroline ale, with mentions of Ed Long family in Rossmoyne, Miss Marjory Hulick, Ann Walker, and Lloyd Weaver visiting Lebanon. Community items span dinners, travels, schooling, and lodge attendance.
Readable fragments mention children and Castoria product. Postal and publishing text appear garbled with stray words like Tae J. Werner and directing at a house. The item preserves period advertisement tone despite incomplete OCR.
June 19 church lawn ice cream social hosted by M. BE. guild to aid a worthy cause. Local visits include H Babbitt couple with Mayor Ornet. Prof J E Ockerman staying with T D Carter. Major Julius A Penn returns from Hawaii for a three month visit. Batavia orchestra to play at community event June 20. Telephone line crew to begin June work four months with pay. Several townsfolk travel to Oxford for summer term. Advertisements note remedies and tonics for digestion and minor injuries.
Rival candidates RB H Fisher and H G Brown, seeking Senator Pomerone's backing for Manchester postmaster, agree to a primary open to Democratic electors serving Manchester and rural routes. The winner earns Pomerone's endorsement and anticipated appointment by Postmaster General Burleson.
Detroit man J. H. Seitz reports Chamberlain’s Tablets improved his appetite, relieved bloating, and produced a pleasant bowel movement. Sold by all dealers.
The community reports a flurry of visits and social calls. Hanford A Thirey and Mrs. Ka Stewart entertained guests from nearby towns while Grace M Snell stayed with Miss Margaret South in Evans. Families from Elklick to Williamsburg spent Sunday with relatives and joined services at Pie Presbyterian Church.
A Nash Pharmacy advertisement urges readers to take Foley Kidney Pills to quickly cleanse poisons from the blood, claiming relief from rheumatic pain and stiff joints and promising renewed activity.
The text lists numerous local residents and visitors such as Hazel Dawson, Alec Hamilton, Howard Farrow, Harlow, Felicity, and W. H. Jones. It mentions memorial services, guest visits, and weekend social visits across multiple small towns and households.
A reader reports trying several remedies for colic and diarrhea but credits Chamberlains Cough Compound as the only one that fully satisfied and cured them during illness. The letter appears in a period column with brief testimonial.
Board and lodging available by week day or meal at 26 cents per bed or meal. Good home cooking and feed stable connected. Located a square and a half above town hall on Main Street.
Frank Davis argues against party nominations for judges and advocates consolidating probate and common pleas courts to save taxpayers. He cites 1911 and 1912 reforms, notes county court workload, and pledges a non-partisan bid with a ready plan for districting and consolidation.
The Ohio University in Athens runs a hospital for female students under the Department of Home Economics. A college physician handles emergencies and, with the health officer when needed, transfers patients to the hospital for better care and containment of contagious disease. A nurse manages the facility, ensuring prompt, professional treatment and peace of mind for families.
Last week gas was struck at Sardinia at a depth of 100 feet full force. Citizens are greatly worked up over the strike. A corporation is now discussed to develop the find. When ignited flames leaped 60 feet before being extinguished. the pressure even lifted a 900 pound drill from the hole.
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