Out West Three Clermont Eminent Lawyers and Mormon Tale
A historical sketch honors three Clermont County lawyers and jurists, including Judge Isabel and Judge Higbee, recounting early education and service. The piece also recounts a Mormon episode in Clermont and preserves a local relic story of old andirons sent from Batavia to Sewickley with letters of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
M. Jamieson
Batavia National Bank
R. Shields
Sewickley
Allegheny County
Penpayvania
Jamieson
Batavia
Shields- Chapman
Mr. Leeds
Dgar
Somir Transmates
Mr. Jamieson
C E Shops Move to Portamouth Under Master Mechanic Homer
Repair shops relocate from Batavia Junction to Portamouth under Master Mechanic Homer. Initial force of thirty employees will grow to about sixty as the operation expands to repair and build cars and related rolling stock for the line. The plant aims to be among the region’s finest facilities, with broad capabilities and modern equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Junction
Portamouth
Homer
Tuncelon
Cincinnati
Coates
Ohio
Neal
Jury awards $280 to Mrs Belle Thomas in Norris suit
Mrs Belle Thomas, a former employee of the Norris family, sued for extras from years of service. The jury found for the plaintiff with damages of two hundred eighty dollars and she partially recovered some costs, leaving Norris with substantial fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Thomas
David Norris
Norris
Jurors and Their Quirks in Our Courts
A sharp satire on juries outlines types found on petit juries including the stubborn demander of tiny verdicts, the sympathetic plaintiff backer, the know-it-all, the squire with legal lore, the per diem lover, and the political friend bias. It notes common juror behaviors and ends by praising generally decent but flawed panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Tige
Dr. Bunn
Woods
Sana
Clermont
Spikes and passes travel order issued on March 27
The Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth road orders station agents and employees to carry written passes for travel or face fare collection by conductors. Road repairs on Lick Run trestle by Roadmaster King are reported solid after testing with heavy freight. Little Four executive Peters returns from inspection noting Georgetown boom with new orphans home and warehouses. line-wide expansion includes six tiger coaches and twenty eight cars to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Georgetown and
Portsmouth Road
Thomas Taggart
King
Cincinnati and Eastern
Lick Run
New Richmond
Little Four
Peters
Georgetown
de Gzprese
Tragic Self Destruction In Amblia Man Shoots Self
William Towner of Amblia died after fatally shooting himself in the head with a pistol. He had visited the city the day of the act to buy the weapon and bring home his daughter. He left a wife and two grown children, with a history of poor health and melancholia and prior suicide attempts. An inquest was held as the coroner investigated the death.
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Arta
Judge Beck
Isabel
Duckwall’s
Pisgah
Norman Isabel
York State
Job
Isabel “Bached
John Ducknall
Batavia
Supreme Court
John Simpson Griffith
Thomas M. Lewis
Joseph N. Hartman
Henry N. Talley
Griffith
Major Lewis
Hartman
Squire Talley
Government Department
Elizabeth Pinch
Thomas 8. Bryan
Offes Havng
Ular
Cromemcee
Higbee
Illinois
Cnncey
L. Higbee
Pittsfield
Pike County
Lincoln and Douglas
Snyder's Mills
East Fork
Tate Township
Isaac Higbee
New Jersey
John Collins
Cornelius McCollum
Edward Doughty
Clermont “Jersey
Bantam
Ir. Ansa
Elias
Brazier Higbee
Ju Hig
James Ward
Griggsville
Stephen A. Douglas
United States Senate
St. Louis
Samuel J. Tilden
Clermont County
Han
Jugs Higbee
Julia White
Chas. White
Brown County
Amanda
United
Hamilton
Neerudge
Clermont
Masterson
Manchester
New
Emselves
Kirkland
Ohio
New Jerusalem
Sidney
Oran
Soversl
Daytala
Tate
al- Maat
Poamenaes
Rge
Brown
Pennsylvania
Miss Shield
Miss Shields
William Towner
Amblia
Mary Margaret Butler
Abner Butler
A. R
Bauley
Wiseacren
Ms Allment
Lesmip
Havtin
Council
Taxes and bank capital in Clermont County finances
The article presents Clermont County’s tax burden, bank capital stock and assessed values, and per capita taxes totaling 7.06 dollars. It lists banks such as Richmond Milford and Adams County, with valuations and officers like sheriffs clerks auditors and commissioners. It argues the high taxation harms distressed taxpayers under Cleveland's administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
Clermont
Union
Bork
Rad Tor Sokaches Proessaunts
Richmond
Milford
Adams Rin Co
Pee
Hardin C. & E. Railroad
Cleveland
Union township politics and cemetery contract scandal
A bitter local broadside accuses Union township officials, led by Lew Witham and trustee Perry Robb, of long standing boodle influence, misusing funds for road repairs and cemetery fence contracts. The piece also notes the death of Mrs. Adaline Howard and her relation to notable Stonelick families.
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Ephor Courier
Mt. Carmel
A.C. McGuire
C. P. Witham
Perry Robb
Lew Witham
Lew
Union Township
John Hatfield
John
East Fork
Hatfield
Union
Ohio
Amel Seafar
Tedel
Nature
Rand
Amashin
Williamsville
Santos
Ual
Zevon
Worthington fined for saloon robbery and jail escape
Jack Worthington faced a $50 fine plus costs and thirty days in the workhouse after robbing a Moscow saloon. He and Eck Millen escaped jail last fall under sheriff carelessness. Melborn W. Craft sues Robert Martin for $5,000 in damages, alleging arrest without probable cause and prison abuse by Loveland marshal on August 8, with others alleged to have aided the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Worthington
Moscow
Eck Millen
Melborn W. Craft
Robert Martin
Court of Common Pleas
Martin
Loveland
Craft
Henry Grady
Cee Me
Clermont county court docket and society notes
The document lists court dockets for April 6 to 8 including cases such as Buckingham v Buck and others, with Mary Cramer v Reeves and Minerva Beagle administratrix v Hunt. It also notes growing local participation in the O. T. R. C. with New Richmond Owensville Batavia circles paying dues and a goal of 100 members, contact secretary W. S. Strickland in Amelia.
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Mary Cramer
Wm. Reeves
Minerva Beagle
Admix
James M. Hunt
Mary A. Arthur
Bassett & Drake
New Richmond
Owensville
Batavia
Clermont County
W.s.strickland
Amelia
Spring Verse Advice From A Wary Editor
A writer recalls a brief spring poem that angered the staff and led to a vow against rhymes for a dollar a line. The piece mocks poetry’s appeal to editors and urges writers to avoid submitting verse, recommending retreat and restraint after publication.
Local notices outline movements and business changes
A long list of residents announces moves and new assignments. A. M. Dimmitt plans to start a Lima business. C. W. Pegg returns to Batavia. Warren Pegg heads to Kansas. William Mansfield and son Bert join Aultman Manufacturing in Canton. John A. Kline to run an engraving shop in Chicago. Ed Scott to prospect Kansas and the West in May. Others travel or relocate, with brief health and commerce notes and ads for Dr. King's New Discovery and Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure.
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A. M. Dimmitt
Lima
C. W. Pegg
Batavia
Main Street
Warren Pegg
Kansas
William Mansfield
Bert
Aultman Manufacturing Company
Canton
John A. Kline
Chicago
Ed Scott
West
Wm. B. Moore
London
Wm. Tagg
Cincinnati
Myrick
Henry Sellers
J. W. Ducknall
Forest City
Florida
John W. Lane
W. H. Robinson
Scribner’s Palay
Caleb Williams
Cream Ridge
Smith Hutchess to wed in Columbus on April 14
Joseph P. Smith esq of the Adjutant General's Office at Columbus to marry Miss Mary Neal Hutchess of Galveston Texas at the bride’s parents residence Wednesday evening April 14. Smith a noted political leader and writer in Columbus with a lucrative official post. Miss Hutchess described as a beauty and leader in polite literary circles. Several of Smith's chiefs will attend and wish the couple bon voyage.
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Joseph P. Smith
Adjutant General's Office
Columbus
Mary Neal Hutchess
Galveston
Texas
Smith
Hein
Mr. Smith
Batavia society notes and Williamsburg musical
An official marriage notice announces Colonel J. D. Fitch and Miss Annie M. Dillaway wed at Troy residence with Rev. H. B. Elliott officiating. Williamsburg prepares a home talent musical soiree to aid a first high school commencement in April. Other items report Griffis wedding plans and local political ticket details in Monroe township notices.
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J. D. Fitch
Batavia
Cincinnati
Troy
H. B. Elliott
Thomas Dd. Fite
Annie M. Dillaway
Dillaway
Higginsport
Brown County
Clermont
Williamsburg
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Out West
Missouri
Uwecalea
Peter
Poplar Creek
Brass and Irons
L. B. Leeds
Portsmouth
Towner
Boodlers
Adalile Howard
Justices of the Peace
Homer McLean
O. H. Hardinee
Hancoc
Alex Quitter
Stonelick
William Studer Tate
George W. Smith
Goshen John Foster
Wayne A.C. Doyle
Weedes Veges Hamer
Circuit Court Calendar
M. &C. Turnpike
Louis B. B. Buckingham
Walter C. Bucki-Guieen
T. R.C
D. A. Bradford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dr. King
W. R. Walker
Dr. Bigelow
Joseph
Lockwood
Bethel School Board
Courier
George W. Goodwin
Recorder
Will Grifffis
C. S. Griffis
Walnut Hills
Emma Jenks
Monroe Township
Republican
G. W. Lakin
Jacob Jackson
Abner D., Fagin
C. H. Porter
J. L. Barkley
W. 8. Simmons
Laurel Precinct
C. W. Steelman
Democratic
John W. Barnum
Henry O. Purkhiser
Samuel Armacost
C. A. Calhoun
C. L. Kennedy
W. P. Purkhiser
Laurel
Precinct
Grant Boys
Dolphy
WuHurney
Washington
Gro. W. HuLick
Hulick, Favret & Co
Cincinnati Dessicating Company
George
County
Mr. H. Murray
Mt. Holly
Emerine Parker
Murcar
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