Withamsville Tragedy Inquest Into Myrtle Watkins Death
Coroner's inquest examines Myrtle Watkins death by self administered poison. Focus shifts to motives and letters written before death as villagers demand fuller disclosure and probe into her custody and lover Arthur L. Clark. Funeral from Felicity to Williamsville area follows.
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Myrtle Watkins
Williamsville
Wilhameville
Miss Watkins
Felicity
Wilhamsville
Arthur L. Clark
Myrtle
Robert Page
Penn
Nannie
Page
Batavia High Class Declines 1908 Commencement
Batavia High School graduates of 1908 decide not to hold commencement exercises due to a contract dispute with Percy Jamieson over music. The board and students refuse to alter arrangements, leading to canceled activities including cards flowers and music, and bringing notoriety to the event.
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Batavia High School
Percy Jamieson
Jamieson
Cincinnati
Percy
Debate on Nature vs Art in a New Rich Mond Society
In a colored debating society in New Rich mond a speaker argues nature offers deeper beauty than art. An old colored citizen narrates a scene of a tired man nearing a spring and fresh drink, then judges decide art surpasses nature in every commodity nature holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Mass
de Las
Tri-County Fair Planned by Clermont Hamilton Warren Farmers
Loveland farmers organize a mammoth Tri-County Fair to be built on Joveland grounds at the city limits. The project seeks cooperation from farmers stockmen and citizens across three counties with training rings and a mile track for driving. Ground improvements will start after location finalization with a September first fair anticipated.
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Loveland
Joveland
Clermont
Hamilton
Warren
Tri-County
Gentlemen’s Driving Club
Farmers’ Institute
Tri County Farmers Meet Opens in Loveland
First day of the Tri County Farmers Institute gathers Clermont Warren and Hamilton farmers at Loveland city hall. Attendance includes local businessmen and Miami Valley residents. Sessions feature talks on ditching swamps potato raising deep plowing and winter horse feeding. A grand lecture by Dr. W O Thompson caps the evening with a patriotic wartime talk.
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Tri-County
Farmers’ Institute
Loveland
Clermont
Warren
Hamilton
Miami Valley
State Board of Agriculture
H. D. Shields
W. 8. Acomb
Loveland Presbyterian Church
Loveland Monsteal Society
F. A. Derthick
Jerome Tice
Miami Farmers’ Club
H. Todd
Newton L. Bunnell
W. O. Thompson
Miami University
Oxford
Syme Seed Thoughts
Farmers’ Sons
Wealthy Mt Cabhel farmer dies from alcohol poisoning
A coroner's inquest finds A B Morrison of Mt Carmel died in his kitchen from asphyxia due to excessive drinking. The 87 year old bachelor lived alone on two farms with ample stock and wealth, but no wife or nearby relatives. Neighbors found empty bottles and a disordered home. estate valued about $25 000.
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A. B. Morrison
Mt. Carmel
Morrison
Batavia
Justice Nichols
Squire Nichols
Courier
Cincinnati
Hewitt
Summerside
Health board bill passes with state review clause
Fisher's health bill becomes law establishing local boards of health in townships and villages with state review on quarantine decisions. The House approved 65 to 6 with Bayer Flumerfelt Gaumer Gilliland Molter and Winn in the negative. Also reports two business assignments for William Nichols of Laurel and Daniel Armacost of Pt. Pleasant with assets listed at 8000 and 2700 respectively.
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William Nichols
Laurel
John 8. Turner
Daniel Armacost
Pt. Pleasant
James I. Selby
Moscow
The Forsaken Home and Sudden Departure in Felicity
Solomon Bolender a Felicity landowner abandons his 128 acre farm and 50 acre tract with many unsecured debts after selling belongings and moving his family at night. Creditors face loss as authorities prepare attachment and sale to satisfy claims. He booked transport to Seymour Missouri and left February 28 with household goods and three horses.
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Solomon Bolender
Felicity
Broad Acres
Bolender
Recorder’s Office
Isaac Turner
Jesse Bolender
Wm Prather
Joseph Hayden
Foster Day
Samuel Hartman
Felicity Village
Richards
Franklin Township
Big Indian Creek
Bolen
Clermont Presbyterians Split Over Higher Criticism
A local Ohio weekly surveys Clermont Presbyterians on inerrancy and higher criticism, quoting ministers and elders from New Richmond, Batavia, Loveland, and Lebanon. Replies show mixed support for the Assembly 1892 stance and skepticism toward Briggs and Smith. An Mt. Piagah schoolhouse event on March 10 supports the M. B. church with oysters and lunch.
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Ohio
Briggs
Smith
Clermont
Ohio Presbytery
Synod of
D. W. Parks
New Richmond
Briggs-Smith School
Fulton
Amelia
W. Carson, Harrison
Batavia Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Drs. Smith
Legion
George B. Bolenbaugh
Elder Presbyterian Church
Lew F. White
Acomb
Loveland
Warren County
J. B. Graham
First Presbyterian Church
Lebanon
Assembly
Rey
John P, Scott
Lébanon
Mt. Piagah
M. B. Church
Frightful Fatality of Union Towns–William Prickett Found Dead
William Prickett, a wealthy Union township farmer aged about 70, died Sunday evening while walking his farm. Discovered face down on a brush heap near his home, with no signs of struggle. Doctor attributed death to heart failure likely induced by grief after his wife’s asylum admission.
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Mr. Carmel
William Prickett
Union Township
Mt. Carmel
Athens
Prickett
Moscow mill buys drift logs. legal dispute over river salvage
The Clermont Milling and Distilling Co. of Moscow bought drift logs found along the Ohio during floods. Crane & Co. of Cincinnati sued Charles Kayser & Co. after discovering Crane property in logs resold by the Moscow mill. The Moscow firm refunded claimants and paid Crane $500 to settle. Also notes T. M. Perkins, a local tailor, presenting Brown Leghorn fowls from an eastern pen.
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Clermont Milling and Distilling Company
Moscow
Ohio
Atlantic
Crane Lumber Company
Cincinnati
Charles Kayser & Company
Milling and Distilling Company
Little Kanawha Lumber Company
Chicago Poplar Lumber Company
Crane & Company
Cnwyera
Moscow Company
Crane Company
Vicious cow attack at Goshen injures Mrs Yeoman and daughter
Reports say a cow at Goshen gored Mrs Lizzie Yeoman and her young daughter last Sunday morning. The pair were seriously injured as the animal charged, and the child also suffered injuries while attempting to rescue her mother.
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Goshen
Lizzie Yeoman
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Snd
Ayer
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G. A. Ky Post
MT. Cabhel
B. F. CoaTgs
Portsmouth
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Globe Iron Roofing Company
Windinwall
Stonelick Valley Baptist Church
Lord Willing
H. C. Fry
Terrace Park
Hood
Heresey
L. W. Bishop
Elder
T. M. Perkins
Main Street
Uncle Sam
Charlies
Thomas
Minnie Danberry
Lewis Danberry
Williamsburg
Daniel A. Rees
Florence Johnson
Tobasbo
John Jones
Richmond
Rocco Ferro
Judge Tyler
Market Street
Beam
William Britton Esq
Samuel L. Todd
State Breeders Association
Columbus
Farmers Institute
J. C. Weaver
Sixth Auditor's Office
Thurzie Chapman
Mainville
England
W.H. Govtp
Cincinnati and Wilmington
Dnat
First National Bank
Judge Nichols
Dial
Krinks
Democrat
Lamar
Benton County
Missouri
F. Jamieson
Casey
Iowa
Fletcher
Washington
Corbin
C. H. Waterman Esq
Aultman, Miller Co
Akron
Merkick Jones
Blanchester
Sqire Scott
Jones
Scott
Julie Scott
Marcieky
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