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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
8
A bustling page lists subscription offers from Courier and various papers, local sales and auctions, pledges for mortgage notes, medical patent remedies, horse trades, and theater events. It includes marriage news, store ads, piano dealers, farmer tools, and drugstore notices from Batavia, Amelia, New Richmond, and Cincinnati area.
A large crowd attended last Saturday’s sale of Charles Seyler items. Bidding was spirited and cash payments prevailed. The luncheon was fine and all details were satisfactory as the popular auctioneer Raw Sweet Fortify conducted the sale. Preventice tabs advertised as a cold cure were promoted alongside. a box of 48 sold for 2c with loose claims of instant age and protection.
Emma Hill daughter of Jesse and Maria Hill born March 81 1852 in Stonelick Ohio died February 18 1909 aged 56 years 10 months and 17 days Survived by Melangthon Milton Allan Edward Charles and Anna Hammer with brothers and others The obituary honors her purity devotion and Christian faith noting her unselfish life and kindness and memory of her sister and mother It closes with a verse about nobility of goodness and faith and a home beyond sorrow
General summary lists new suits including Cutter & Seip Co. against C. N. Carpenter and Nichols & Nichols for 167 dollars plus interest. Other items note contract questions under the statute of frauds, demurrers, probate decisions, marriage licenses, and real estate transfers. Also mentions a verdict for 147.38 dollars with interest and notices on wills and guardians.
Travelers on the C G P road can note the survey line by which the Prairie Oil Company will reach the Ohio river. Stakes are planted along the old New Richmond narrow gauge excavation near the river, with entry to Cincinnati planned later. The company recently took an option on 941 acres in Jackson township and will sink several wells at once.
An advertisement promises immediate relief from indigestion and stomach misery using Pape's Diapepsin. It claims the 50 cent case digests all foods, alleviates sour stomach, heartburn, bloating, and nausea within minutes, with one tablet after supper.
Mrs Laura Frances Kinsell, widow of a Gregg descendant, the last of Clermont's old Gregg line, died at her Moscow home on Friday February 26 1909 at age 72. A fuller obituary will appear next week. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a safe cough remedy by The Nash Pharmacy.
A compact 19th century classified style notice for a patent cure named Kodo Dyspepsia Cure. It markets digestion of meals by the bed or meal, at 20 cents, with home cooking and a connected feed stable, located a square and a half above town hall on Main Street near Miss Kate Erion.
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