01 May 1889
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1889
Page
1
State figures show Ohio real estate mortgaged to 330,999,202 with farms bearing 65 million. Rural farms distant from industry carry 33 to 66 percent burden, while near manufacturing centers debt drops to 5 to 3 percent. Urban properties in factories bear about half the valuation in mortgages.
Williamsburg honors the Clermont Social Lodge with noted members entering apprentices such as Judge O. T. Fishback and Thos. L. Morris. The hall, newly frescoed and furnished, preserves a 24 inch gauge relic from the lodge’s early days. Batavia Masons at No. 104 report initiations of Henry K. Johnson, E. Q. Crane as Entered Apprentices and Dr. Charles Belt as Fellow Craft.
The Batavia school held a Friday commencement for seven graduates Michael Groves Charles Ebinsberger Lida Avey Trilla Griffis Hattie Kain Pearl Leonard and Della Temple valedictorian in front of about 700 patrons. The program featured essays music and orations and praised the graduates for readiness to teach with many moving tributes and a packed hall. An alumni banquet will follow at Kline's hall with a list of graduates across classes and notes on former superintendents and Tabasco Tabasco and Williams Corner schools also cited.
John Robinson's circus returned Monday for a second stop this season and drew praise from all ages. The parade and tent acts impressed as the finest seen in the state with superb entry, renowned riders, exotic costumes, and a famous elephant Mary approving from afar. The show features skilled performers, orderly conduct, and a vast pavilion seating 10,000, led by manager Ga. W. Aiken and clown John Lowlow amid a strong local reception.
The piece warns northern county farmers of several schemes to defraud them of cash and livestock. Tricks include paying cash then issuing worthless checks, a polite stranger pushing a farm implement scam with a binding receipt, and a canvasser misusing signatures to publish a fake soldier history contract.
In Troy Ohio on April 25 the letter notes Dr. Cox as possibly first in Batavia to perform tracheotomy, but cites Dr. William Wayland Jr as doing so around 1885. It recalls a child helped by Wayland in 1861 and mentions a Lovenland turnpike resident T D Frren. The Miami Valley Medical Society holds its semi annual session May 7 1980 at Love land with papers by Mur phy Drake Marsh Pampel Mounts and others.
Unclear OCR text touts Dr King’s New Life Pills and Electric Bitters with claims of satisfaction and refunds. Mentions self consumption and long use, boasting lasting popularity and guaranteed results despite garbled wording.
The Ohio and Northwestern Railroad runs a special picnic train to Cincinnati at 6:00 offering a round trip fare of one dollar. The trip promises a full day of leisure with music, a hilltop setting, and a baseball game in the afternoon. The road is in fine order and scenery along the route is described as budding into spring.
Partial list shows post master appointments at town offices for M. M. Hil Newtonsville F L Hill Owensville Fay M Kemper Mt Holly C P Cross Mt Carmel Mrs Anna B Lloyd Milford Robert L Johnson Moscow K D Miller Neville W McCullough Point Isabel L W Frazier Bethel C W Dawson New Richmond Chase Vanosdol Williamsburg Geo H Eveland Miamiville.
Frank Myers of Withamsville postpones his wedding after a Cincinnati woman claims paternity and support. Ten Dollar notes from 1875 with Daniel Webster photo are flagged as counterfeit. Delegates to a May M E Sunday school convention should send names to Frank White. Cap Fagley and daughter Katie visit the Courier. Arbor day misprint noted in Batavia. Memorial Day plans by Clermont G A R and Williamsburg veterans. Ripley Bee reports tobacco beds hopeful for good prices but outlook not strong for most grades. Prof Edgar A Beal lectures in Cincinnati. phrenology criticized. Fruit year looks favorable after late frosts amid blossoms. Batavia boy weighs circus attendance with church ties. Harry L. Fagin offered Colorado Midland secretary post at $1200 yearly, relocating to Colorado Springs. How B. B Hopes of Williamsburg visits Batavia.
In Batavia the editor argues that ticket scalping for the commencement exercises is legitimate commerce. He notes demand, fair profit, and consumer satisfaction, urges open box sheets, and invites outsiders to visit public institutions. Everett Corbin, Batavia graduate, now Chicago editor, is profiled with notes on his career. A lawn mower quip from Ironton and a Mason fortune from an eastern aunt are also mentioned.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts bruises burns burns boils fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It claims patentation guarantee or money refunded. Price four cents per box sold by W B Walker Batavia and J B Walker Williameburg.
A Baywood church vandalized and pulpit mutilated. William Fitzpatrick of Williamsville loses home to fire with $0 insurance on the house and $200 on furniture. Liberty township farm destroyed by fire. multiple wagon runaways and crashes reported in area including Georgetown near-miss fire, Sheriff Richey’s stable burned with livestock. George and Oliver Wolf’s buckboard damaged. Jacob Wolf’s horse injured on barbed wire. E. J. Bunyan narrowly escapes injury after hailstorm wrecking wagon. calls for whitewashed laths to deter livestock strikes.
The sixty year marriage of Charles and Rebecca Hill of Belfast will be celebrated at their home on the 1st instant. Simultaneously the 10th anniversary of William and Rebecca Motsinger, daughter of the Hills, will be marked, with Justice Moses Elatun presiding, now residing in Indiana.
Edgar P Nash of Batavia is appointed postal clerk between Cincinnati and Pittsburg. C G McCollum of Williamsburg is named for Cincinnati to Cleveland route, KR Brock of Loveland for Cincinnati to Chicago. Tree commissioners back the new jail and will begin arranging for its construction on the public square. New Richmond Dramatic Company, praised by townsfolk, will perform Lost in London in Batavia Monday night.
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