Love Laughs at Graylocks and a Rope of Love
William Ballard, a Warren County merchant, sues Ada La Ford Ballard after she deceives him and leaves him for Whitelock. Ballard discovers Ada’s prior marriage and her rope-like deception as she performs on stage. The Warren common pleas grant a decree as Ballard laments being betrayed by a girl in her teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ballard
Red Lion
Warren County
Lebanon
Ada la Ford
Ada Ballard
Ada
Whitelock
Mr. Ballard
Jackson Township Enumerators Praise Census Work in 13 Days
Lew Martin reports Jackson Township enumerators completed census work in thirteen days. Dick South finished north side of the M and C turnpike in twelve days. He notes the routes were rough in places and roads prone to washing out. despite long hours, residents were courteous and cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Martin
Jackson
Lewis
Dick South
Lew
Flood Devastation Outruns 1871 Damage Level Topped by Creek Flood
Last Tuesday night storm raised the creek to alarming levels with flood damage surpassing the 1871 event. Farmers suffered severe losses led by Gus Sphaner with about 500 dollars in damage. The N R and Columbia turnpike bridge over Ten Mile Creek washed away, delaying travel. the road is torn up and commissioners plan immediate repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Sphaner
Ten-Mile Creek
N. R. & Columbia Turnpike
Amputation Performed After Severe Ankle Injury
Samuel Coleman of West Woodville endured a badly bruised ankle that failed, causing dislocation and bone death. On the 12th instant Dr Norman of West Woodville and Dr Howe of Cincinnati removed the leg midway between knee and ankle to save his life. He is 28 with a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Coleman
West Woodville
Norman
A. J. Howe
Cincinnati
Lawn fete at M. E. church parsonage society
A lawn fete will be held at the residence of A Hulick on Tuesday evening July 1 under the M. E. church parsonage society in Boston. Refreshments will be served during the evening and all who seek a good social time are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church Parsonage Society
Boston
A. Hulick
Copper head blamed for frequent danger in Clermont area
A copper head venom snake is common in Clermont causing concern. George Channel of Halington killed a copper head last week that measured 88 inches. Residents in the vicinity are urged to organize a vigorous hunt for its mate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
George Channel
Halington
Timber Loss From Storm Ravages East Fork Hills Road
Storms last week destroyed valuable timber on the East Fork hills and blocked the road between Alrey's Run and the Ohio turnpike by fallen trees. Simmons Liver Regulator is a medicine endorsed and used by physicians and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Fork
Alrey’s Run
Ohio Turnpike
Simmons Liver Regulator
Goshen Hosts July Fourth Doubleheader With Cincinnati Amateurs
The Goshen nine will play Ohio sea crack amateur nine from Cincinnati in morning and afternoon games at Goshen on July 4. The Goshen brass band will provide music and refreshments will be sold on site. A second game is scheduled for Saturday July 5 with the same clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Goshens
Ohios
Cincinnati
Goshen Brass Band
Congregation Nears Presbyterian Organization in Milford
Milford Presbyterians hold services in the G A R hall with Revs Major and Acomb preaching on alternate Sabbaths. About forty members sign a petition to form a church as they seek Presbytery approval. Smith Grimes, former banker, arrested after avoiding lawmen for weeks. bound over on embezzlement charges with sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
G. A. R. Hall
Major
Linwood
Acomb
Loveland
Smith Grimes
G. B. Grimes & Company, Bankers
Nixon
Squire Smith
Monroe Township
C. W. Satterfield
A. J. Nixon
Court Matters and Estate Divisions in Clermont County
Court actions include damages suits against railroad tearing up lines, judgments in multiple cases with varied sums and interest from 1890, and orders of sale. Building of county jail plans approved. estate division distributes a 200000 dollar Hamilton county estate among Clermont heirs. sale of Bethel M E church property confirmed with trust arrangements for Miami conference funds. A Felicity case notes a bond set at 400 dollars for a boy indicted for assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Mellen
Wm. C. Reeves
Columbus, Hocking Valley
Geo. W. Cook
Charles A. Sprague
Robert Little, Jr
Robert Little
J. H. Anderson
Louisa Levy
George W. Cook
Charles Sprague
Josephine Mitchell
Belle Davidson
Peter Weigel
Erin Cole
Lewis Beard
James M. Lea
F. J. Roudebush
Clermont County
Angelina
Rosetta Elstun
Osceola Elstun
Hamilton County
Clérmont County
Osceola Elston
Clermont
Williams
Geo. W. Covall
Louisa Covall
W. W. Ashburn
Rosanna Ashburn
Chas. P. Ashburn
Sarah Ashburn
Charlotte A. Penn
John Penn
Hester Mary A. Carter
Allen W. Ashburn
Albert I. Ashburn
Wate C. Ashburn
Anna E. Walker
W.R. Walker
Mary C. Ashburn
Bessie Goble
L. Goble
Catherine Snyder
Rosetta D. Elstun
Angelina Elstun
Henry Robinson
Felicity
Bond
Special election in Washington township on alcohol sales
A special election was held last Saturday in Washington township to decide if wine beer and spirits can be sold. Precinct results show Neville 22 Moscow 10 Blyteen 82 for selling with a 63 majority in favor. The measure previously was defeated two years ago by 23 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Township
Neville
Moscow
Military pension notices from various the companies and counties
Pension records list several veterans with monthly pay and back or increased amounts. Individuals include Peter M. Hill Co A 5th O V C, Henry D. Henning 8d Indpt Co 0 V C, Conger Co Ills Inst, A J Thompson 4th Co Indpt Cay, and Daniel Vantine Co E 16th Ky Inst. Locations span Winsor Illinois Mt Holly Ohio Locust Ridge Brown County Ohio White Oak Station Brown County Ohio Woodward Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter M. Hill
Co. A
Winsor
Illinois
Henry D. Henning
V. C
Mt. Holly
Ohio
Conger
Woodward
Iowa
A. J. Thompson
Locust Ridge
Brown County
Daniel Vantine
Co. E. 16Th Ky
White Oak
Station
Burlington Route Promotes Speed and Comfort Services
The Burlington Route operates 7,000 miles with termini in Chicago St Louis St Paul Omaha Kansas City and Denver. It emphasizes speed safety comfort equipment track and efficient service as unmatched. The line gains new patrons while losing none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Chicago
St.Louis
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
Denver
The
Their Good Opinions On The Most Available Republican
Adams County New Era asks who is the most available GOP candidate for Congress in the district. A list of names with vote counts from Clermont Adams Brown Highland and others follows. Letters from Clermont county clerks discuss convention location Hillsboro and dates, plus views on the most available man and party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
W. A. Blair
Adams
D. W.C. Loudon
Brown
R. W. ©. Gregg
Clermont
Henry Collings
J. J. Pugsley
Highland
G. Bumback
J. W. Jones
D. M. Barrett
H. ©. Dawson
Highland Chambers
Liggett Brown CO
N. Pulse
W. H. Irwin
Clermonters
Hillsboro
Ohio
Dan Ryan
Batavia
Gregg
R. W. C. Gregg
Clermont County
Manchester
West Union
Freak of Nature Sparks Local Gossip in Utopia
In Utopia near Clermont county, Mr and Mrs Rumstetter wed on June 10 1890 and their daughter soon after gave birth to a son. The town is lively but hard times prompt readers to consider the scene a curious, chance development amid the region’s economic pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utopia
Nature
Charles Omney
Lightning strike blinds Clifton woman during storm
During a Sunday night storm Miss Kate Mott of Clifton near New Richmond was hit by a shaft of lightning as she stood briefly in an open passage door. The shock rendered her unconscious and she has remained prostrated since, with speculation that a door draft helped attract the electrical fluid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Mott
Clifton
New Richmond
Population of the United States from 1700 to 1880 Table
The article presents a table of U S population figures from 1700 with rounded 1880 estimates. It notes the 11th census could rise by a similar amount as 1870–1880, predicting total population near 75,000,000 and a current estimate around 1071,600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Death of John E. Morton at 20 years old
John E. Morton son of William H. Morton of American Book Company died Friday at 23 North Fourth Street Columbus of peritonitis after a weeklong illness. He was a student at Ohio State University and a general favorite. He was buried at Madisonville near Cincinnati, his father’s home, last Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Morton
William H. Morton
American Book Company
North Fourth Street
Columbus
Young Morton
Ohio State University
Madisonville
Cincinnati
F. A. Hitch
Er. G. Ryland
Amelia
Harmon Fagin
George Swing
Batavia
Susie F. Winnidge
Mt. Healthy
Lelia Lox
Fruit Hill
Alice Pollard
Cinncinnai
Vesta Kemper
Walnut Hillis
Lemon
Columbia
E. W. Galbreath
Daniel McCollum
Mt. Washington
John Campbell
Johnnie Binning
Benton Fagin
Mollie Montjor
Cliff Salt
Presbyterian Church
Old Time Fourth Celebrations and Town Dog Maje
Nostalgic reminiscence of an era when Fourth of July events featured 32 gun salutes a parade of 32 white-dressed girls representing states and a day in the grove with speeches and fire works. The piece also recalls Batavia’s famous town dog Maje, a beloved yet wild figure remembered by locals and linked to community life and shared memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Indiana
Far West
New York
the Grove
America
Betsy Baker
Rouse
William Riley
Miss ‘Arkansas
Maje
Batavia
Corner Stone of New Moscow Methodist Church Laid
The Moscow Methodist society celebrates the corner stone laying on June 5 for a 63 by 38 foot church on Broadway between Fourth and Fifth streets. The project, led by Rev. James McMath, B. F. Fisher and W. M. Fee, aims for dedication in fall with a $5,000 fund and about 150 members. The article contrasts gas and electric lighting and includes critical editorials about local governance and a proposing street lighting contract with The Sun Vapor Street Light Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
New Methodist
John Wilson
Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Clermont
James McMath
B. F. Fisher
W. M. Fee
Broadway
Fourth
Fifth Streets
W. R. Fee
James H. Hartshorn
8. H. Grimes
Sun Vapor Street Light Co seeks Batavia contract
Canton Ohio June 20 18H The Sun Vapor Street Light Co defends its claim that it offers city lighting contracts with lamps and burners not sold to others. It lists Ohio towns where burners are in use and notes installations in Kansas City Omaha Indianapolis Richmond Jacksonville and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun People
Ohio
Batavia
Sun Vapor
THE
SUN Vapor Street Light CO
Canton
Courier
the Sun
Akron
Bedford
Cleveland
Winchester
Elyria
Greenville
Harmar
Hartwell
Linwood
Lockland
Louisville
Madisonville
Mansfield
Newark
New Carlisle
New Lexington
New Philadelphia
Niles
Norwood
Oberlin
Richwood
St. Clairsville
Uhrichsville
Urbana
Wadsworth
Warren
Westerville
Winton Place
Westwood
Yellow Springs
Kansas City
Missouri
Omaha
Nebraska
Indianapolis
Richmond
Indiana
Jacksonville
Florida
Friends of the Sun
Hulick
Ohio & Northwestern R. K
Ohio River
Notice on Hulick Farm During Fruit Seasons
Property rights notice posted at the Charles R. Hulick farm during blackberry and raspberry seasons. Prohibited activity described as forbidden under penalties stated in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hulick
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Graylocks
Jackson Township
M. E. Social AT
Copperhead
Grimes
Grind
Washington
Gro
W. Hulick
Capt. Links
WM. R. Sinks
V. Edgington
New Methodist Church
Growlers
Williamsburg
Stella Budd
Carrie Corliss
Pleasant Ridge
W. E. Ochiltree
Connersville
B. N. Stockton
Charlie Beebe
Eugene Hull
Harry Chatterton
Delaware College
Sallie Love
Blance Atchley
Mina White
Maggie Laughlin Sullivan
N. McMillen
Frank Smith
K. W. Smith
M. BE
Hattie Lattimer
Kate Pollock
Sutherland
M. E. Church
Anna Thomas
Judith Wagerman
Kansas
R. M. Moore
Portsmouth
William Danby
Blanchester
T. R. Hartman
Bantam
Bessie Black
Charles Iler
Feesburg
Lawrence Flinn
Chas. R, Hulick
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