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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
4
A fragment notes an event dated April 6, 1907 in BaTavia with unclear details. The readable portion provides only the date and locale, lacking concrete actions or participants.
The article lauds Senator Joseph B Foraker as a key figure of the 5th Congress. It credits him with shaping Cuba policy post Spanish war and guiding Puerto Rico government. It notes his support for Roosevelt and opposition to three bills including New Mexico statehood, rate reform, and Brownsville, while defending liberty and majority consent.
Inmates at the Soldiers' Home in Dayton face a tightening rule under a 1906 act. No beer wine or intoxicating liquors will be sold on Home grounds and canteens will be discontinued by March 4 1907 as the law remains in force. A separate note announces a $10 000 prize in France for dirigible balloon invention.
Batavia's public library run by the Batavia Woman's Club offers a fresh stock of recent novels for 30 cents per year. New titles include The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips and The Fainting Chance by Robert W. Chambers, along with many other works by noted authors. A humorous legal anecdote about a Chinese witness in an oath appears, followed by a court remark from a judge about swearing in the witness.
The Independent Institute will be held Friday and Saturday March 22-23 in the new K P Hall at Bethel. Lowell Roudebish and other state speakers will address the event. A literary and music program is planned for Friday evening with promises of a pleasing program.
The First National Bank at Blanchester is authorized to begin business with a capital stock of 50,000 dollars. I M Statter serves as president, John A Norman as vice president, and H L McKey as cashier.
Auction on the premises of the Abraham Fiscus farm in Clermont County Ohio offers a 3 acre farm with seven room frame house, chicken coop, timber, level land and water. Terms: one third cash, balance in two years secured by mortgage at 6 percent interest. Also property includes an adjacent tract opposite the farm with grove and prime farming location. For particulars contact Fiscus Heirs Merwin Ohio.
Fifty years after the Hamburg American line began with two steamers the company now operates 157 ocean ships on 55 routes worldwide.
Village of Batavia authorizes 2400 dollars in bonds to fund the village portion of sidewalk construction on designated streets. Bonds will be in 500 dollar and 1000 dollar denominations with four percent interest, due April 1, 1087, and issued under state law and village finance procedures.
A farm hand on Noah Patton’s farm near Holton Kansas would take five and two thirds times as long as an 11-pound catfish swimming from St. Croix Falls Minnesota to Cartagena Colombia with a 28 minute stop at Cape Gracias a Dios Honduras. The Chicago Tribune notes the humorous comparison.
Seattle rejoices as a new French steamship line will sail bimonthly from the Pacific coast port to Europe via Magellan Strait and South American ports. The city already hosts two lines to Europe. China Mutual offers through service to Liverpool via Asia, and Cosmos runs to Hamburg via South America.
In plain terms the vocal cords vibrate thousands of times each minute when we speak, using the full length at low notes and the thin edges at high notes. Prof. Alexander Stephens of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons notes that older physicians grow more skeptical of medicines and rely more on nature’s powers.
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