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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
8
Schedule lists hourly train arrivals at Batavia and departure times from Cincinnati stations. Morning departures from Pearl and Butler depots at 11:08 and 6:47, with arrivals at 7:80 and 10:43, plus other listed times for going up.
Laura Kelsey Clendening writes of summer’s beauty and nature’s wealth while the community notes include noes on town residents and events. Dr Tom Hulick visits Evanston relatives. Jessie Marsh and Hattie Hitch visit kin. George Talley and other locals appear in society notes. New postmasters named, graduates listed, and local students plan studies. Town updates include births, jobs, travels, and a rumor of a Chicago book publisher’s wedding in October.
The article discusses Xenia holding a Beal law election with concerns about Dayton’s proximity undercutting prohibitions, argues prohibition of liquor manufacture as the ultimate solution, notes a state change sending insurance reports to the state auditor, and reports on West Union railroad plans and local political moves including ex Representative Ross Holaday’s new post as U S consul to Santiago Cuba.
Charles Vanbuskirk and Miss Lillie Brown were married on Sunday, June 8, at Indianapolis by Rev. Black. The bride is the daughter of the late Daniel Brown, a war veteran, and the groom works for the Big Four railroad.
Heatwave gripped the neighborhood last week preventing conversations and social chatter. Residents reported persistent warmth. people were too hot to ask questions or share news, and conversations across back fences faded into stillness.
Local notes report Dimmitt Lord Wayland Jim Brown Jim Whitney and Charley Robinson set to leave America on the Fourth of July. A. C. Nash of Amelia among certs before the Columbus board of pharmacy. Community updates include family visits, Norfork & Western earnings rise, and flag day observances in Batavia. Insurance and loan ads pepper the page with regional professionals listed.
An advertisement touts an at home cure for alcoholism claiming a disease treatment with no nerves weakening, sold for one dollar with full directions and physician advice. It urges wives and children to seek cures for husbands and fathers and notes worldwide shipping from Edwin B. Giles & Company Philadelphia.
An advertisement extols ready mixed linseed oil and white lead paint from Wendell Kline of Batavia and promotes Texas staples and Southern Pacific Rice Cook Book. It highlights agricultural growth along the Sunset Route and invites readers to request literature by enclosing ten cents to Morse in Houston or Connor in Cincinnati.
Overstock ad lists Hickory Wagons from Batavia Ohio. Rapr and Coyle offer farm wagons with prices and discounts. Sale emphasizes cost savings for buyers seeking durable wagons.
All arrangements completed for a July 4 celebration at Batavia featuring two baseball games beginning the series with Bethel and ongoing Saturdays. Program includes foot races tub and sack races high jump broad jump running broad thrown events with prizes. a balloon ascent by Prof. Charles Huckley Weaver in the Arcturus and nighttime fireworks. The day opens with bells and a 13-gun salute, with bunting and flags around town. Also listed are recent high school privilege recipients under the Patterson law across several townships and a note on The Woman's Exchange lunch room earnings for women workers.
Mrs Isaac Elwell of 548 East Maint Street Painesville Ohio wife of a builder says backache distress in stomach and poor health improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Moodeys pharmacy. She praises the remedy and recommends it for others. Doan's Kidney Pills sell at all drug stores 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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