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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
7
A sermon by William H. Hamby champions spending at the country town over mail order sources. He argues it is moral, civic, and financially beneficial, detailing how town prosperity boosts land value, enables local jobs, and sustains neighbors and schools. He warns against eroding the town by buying elsewhere.
Excerpt shows a remark on Jennings worshiping his car and a biblical phrase about living and moving, attributed to a judge. The readable text is fragmentary with no clear event or outcome.
The piece notes a renewed push by revisionists in Congress seeking a Republican caucus to back a spring tariff revision. Massachusetts seeks West and Northwest support to reach fifty signers, but this goal seems unlikely. Roosevelt’s potential stance could shape a special session, while genuine protectionists urge constant vigilance to counter reformers.
The Philadelphia Record criticizes the idea that tariffs are paid by exporters and argues duties mainly fall on consumers. It notes foreign nations may apply dual tariffs to pressure U S tariff reductions and questions threats to export markets. The piece mocks academic theory versus real-world facts.
Miss Beryl Allen aged 17 fled Columbus Grove Ohio with $45 after packing under cover of night and riding an interurban to Lima. She is believed headed for Bay City Texas to join Crawford Barnett son of J A Barnett who recently moved. Parents fear she may encounter bad company or fall prey to white slave trade.
In Waverly Ohio Judge Cornwell cites mercy in sentencing Geo Hervey a colored preacher after a jury convicts him of torturing his 13 year old niece Rosa Hervey. Evidence shows hot stove burning cold exposure and ice water torture. Hervey's wife sentenced previously for the offense.
An analysis of the U S Bureau of Labor report shows average wage earners work shorter hours and earn more per hour than before. It notes a rise in purchasing power despite higher prices and a large increase in employment.
The Omaha Bee notes preparation for tariff revision may trigger retaliatory powers against foreign discrimination. It argues the issue is diplomatic and that Germany threats loom, with other conditions pushing tariff policy toward visible retaliation as Congress considers trade measures.
The Journal notes Samuel Gompers expounding pride in gains for American labor while acknowledging stronger British unionization. It hints he might reassess his views if the United States drops its tariff law for reform, suggesting new lessons on labor dynamics.
The piece notes widespread wage hikes across railroads and many industrial sectors driven by unprecedented prosperity. It argues that without tariff revision urged by the president and Congress, wages would likely have fallen instead of rising.
The San Diego Union argues James J. Hill pushes reciprocity to favor his railroad. It notes a $200,000,000 Dominion trade but says Americans face a real difference between selling to Canada and buying from it. The piece says Hill’s free trade dream won’t materialize while Republicans control the government.
The speaker asks the American public to accept sacrifices to boost profits from a Canadian investment plan attributed to Mr Hill. The phrasing implies a appeal to citizens to bear costs for external gains.
The Ohio Hardware Association closed its annual meeting with C. B. Johnson elected president F. W. Ingalls vice president A L Shearer recording secretary Frank A Dare treasurer C C Fouts and the next convention set for late February 1908 in Columbus The gathering drew at least 1000 hardware men and featured a strong insurance branch leadership re elected.
Mrs. J. S. Kile of Toledo traveled to Detroit to wed Otto Webber. After returning with a Windsor license, an argument over displaying her first husband's picture led her to declare she would not marry him.
Conneaut Ohio resident Steve Basso asks a local undertaker to exhume and turn over the body of his first wife for luck. He claims her spirit haunts him since her death three years ago and he cannot endure it, noting the phantom appears with outstretched arms near his second wife and their child.
In Findlay Ohio one of 935 indictments against Standard Oil and its alleged subsidiaries was struck from the criminal docket on the prosecutor's suggestion. The grand jury reported and a substitute indictment has been issued. The nature of the latest bill has not been disclosed.
At a local hotel, the Thaw Penny Medal association forms as the first group in the nation dedicated to Harry K Thaw and his wife. The plan calls for penny donation boxes in hotels to fund a medal for Thaw or his wife per donors choice.
Thomas Zintke was found at 1262 Campbell Street with a deep knife wound in his left arm. Police say the injury was caused by his stepson Theodore Stramanovzk, 18, after Zintke upbraided him for idleness.
At a special session of the Ohio Synod of the Reformed Church the Heidel Berg Theological Seminary of Tiffin and Uranus School of Theology of Philadelphia merged to form Central Theological Seminary.
A natural gas explosion and ensuing blaze leveled the John Renick residence in Breabenville California. Mia, Adam Klemick and their eight month old infant suffered fatal burns in the disaster.
Ethel Herbert aged 17 testified in police court that she struck a burly attacker twice in seconds with a metal pocketbook after he followed her from a laundry to her home and tried to kiss her. The assailant John Molorisch was handed to the probate court for further action.
Marion Ohio reports rural carrier R J Monroe finally received pay for two months of extra Civil War service after submitting discharge papers that were returned with no explanation. He now seeks interest on the delayed settlement.
Kenton Ohio reports 10 vote dry victory out of 62 ballots in Patterson. Jubilant dry faction rang church bells and marched through streets. A saloonkeeper was burned in effigy for backing a proposed Forest saloon project.
Waverly Ohio 19 year old West escaped after being handcuffed by Marshal Robinson when a bracelet caused discomfort. He slipped it free during carriage transfer and fled into nearby woods. A separate fire at Adkins flouring mill Lebanon Ohio caused losses and an investigation into its origin. The Sage mansion, once home of late US Judge Sage, survived a blaze due to fire department and city efforts.
President Henshaw of the Ohio Military Academy at College HIN reports two cadets Clyde Douglass 16 and Robert Meyers 15 fled the institution and the police have been notified.
Samuel Beatty Woollston, 76, wins a $101 court award against Southern Ohio Gas Co for loss of whiskers after a gun explosion burned them off in the city two years ago. Court ruling specifies damage amount and party names.
Dayton Ohio the American Strawboard Co plant suffered about 40000 in fire damage insured. Officials say repairs will cause a three month delay in operations.
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