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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
8
Batavia items report fruit and vegetable offerings at Kline's store and Beed oats and cuckwheat flour with Gold Rebate stamps. Local notices include church services, medical ads, marriages, moving residents, a stock sale, election precinct changes, church memberships, fundraising dinners, and a humorous piece on hitching posts and early telephone use in Batavia.
Sunday proved the finest spring day with perfect sky and sun. congregations filled churches and promenaders filled streets. Olive Branch visitors praised improvements and the lake promise public pleasure. Misses Angie Ireton and Ollie Fagin brought a large millinery shipment to Amelia for tomorrow’s display and sale.
A medical warning about neglecting a cold leading to pneumonia with weakened lungs after recovery. An advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy to stop coughs heal lungs and prevent pneumonia, sold by Dr. John Kann & Son. The note also mentions Georgetown organizing a fishing club and urges visiting Batavia to learn fishing with hook and line.
An advertisement promotes the Home Gold Cure as a guaranteed method to cure alcoholism without public exposure or time off work. Priced at one dollar with full directions, it claims ease of use in tea or coffee and offers physician advice on request. Also included is a local note about fox hounds and farm prosperity.
Quarterly meeting led by Rev. J C Bremer of Toledo will be held next Saturday evening and Easter Sunday at the U B church. The Lord's Supper will be observed Sunday morning. An Easter program by the Young People's Christian Union will follow in the evening. Foley's Honey and Tar Cures coughs and colds are advertised with claims of relief for bronchitis asthma croup and pneumonia. Hartman & Steffen advertise woolens and Pittsburg woven wire fence from Rapp Bros.
Miss L G McDonald has begun duties as matron at the Soldiers and Sailors Orphan's Home in Xenia. The Home is described as delightful with charming surroundings and an excellent society. The Home Weekly notes her arrival and duty assignment. An Easter egg social is planned for March 29 in Marathon with Mason eggs boiled fried hot or cold. all invited.
Mr. E. R. Ellison of Wilmington Ohio reports severe nervousness sleeplessness indigestion and back pains. He credits Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills with toning his nerves improving sleep and alleviating pains. Pills priced 50 cents a box sold by dealers or Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
A Danville reader credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing a daughter's persistent cough that settled on the lungs after many remedies failed. Also notes O Neal, a clerk from Kline's, returning home to Augusta for health, and promotes Backlen's Amica Salve for wounds and skin issues with a pay-if-not-healed guarantee.
An old woman dreams the town is silent without boys, no baseball, messengers, or errands, just birds and bees, and wakes to realize it was a nightmare. Rev. S H Taliaferro will preach at the Baptist church Batavia Sunday March 39. all are invited.
A fragmented line notes the difficulty women face balancing daily duties and housework, highlighting gendered expectations and the strain of household labor. The brief text hints at social commentary on women's roles and workload.
Overstock of farm wagons offers savings from Rapp & Coyle of Batavia Ohio. Buyers urged to compare prices and select value for farm use.
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