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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1914
Page
8
The text warns there are no substitutes for Royal Baking Powder. It condemns alum based substitutes and emphasizes Royal as a pure healthful product. The message urges consumers to return to the grocer with confidence in Royal.
May 6 and 14 edition notes subscriptions offers for Courier titles. Local social items include visits from Hawkins, Fravel of Xenia, Gomien, Tausch hosting Bengals, and Florescent lists of guests from Cincinnati and Columbus. Birth notice reports Nelson Earl born May 4 1914. Advertising for Dean's Regulats laxatives.
An old-style advertisement note promotes Fletcher's Castoria medicine for infants and children. The ad cites names and phrases common to period child health claims, urging parents to use the product for gentle relief.
The Mothers' Club meets at the school house Friday May 8 at 8 p m with a program on music civic improvement and library topics. Reports include Miss Baum and Miss Marguerite Ashburn. Also notes deaths, birthdays, accidents, engagements, and local society updates from Batavia to Columbus.
Henry Bergman of Miami township sold three fine young horses to one man. Batavia high school seniors present three sketches May 23. James W. Manning of this place died at 3:15 after brief illness. Funeral arrangements not yet made. Egg sellers warned of violation. fines noted. W F Gomien in cancer treatment at Bethesda hospital, Cincinnati. no operation. O W Fletcher and Laura Wood wed at New Richmond with ring ceremony. Rev Burdsall to Edenton for Elmer Brunk funeral. Brunk dies of pneumonia at Norwood at 29. He leaves wife, mother, two brothers.
The Cleveland Leader notes Governor Cox shifted from opposing the citizen soldiery to praising the Ohio National Guard after floods proved its value. It questions his consistency and labels him a highly adaptable, unabashed demagogue in public statecraft.
A reflective line by Francis Thompson contrasts tears of joy with tears of sorrow. It notes salt in both kinds of tears and hints at multiple meanings within a single sentence. The meditation suggests emotional depth and ambiguity.
Our Best Offer for six magazines includes Clermont Courier Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer Farm and Fireside Household Journal Floral Life and To Day's Magazine. One year for all six just $2.00. contract limited may be withdrawn. existing subscribers get one year extension.
The Batavia Township Schools held their annual teachers social at J S Hulick and Bro with all invited including Frank Dial S P Reed C M Edwards W W Drummond Louis Berz Lieut James Scott and school examiners. The Batavia Township School Board elected teachers for 1914 1915 and announced abandonment or consolidation for Mt Holly Greenbrier due to low attendance. The article notes a shift to district and county supervision under a five member county board of directors and poses questions on the new system's efficacy.
Joshua B. D. Silcott died in Lin dale Ohio on April 25 1914 after a long illness. He was born August 27 1856 in Batavia Ohio and worked 35 years as a carriage blacksmith. He served as infirmary director and mail clerk for the U S government and was a longtime Odd Fellow. He leaves a widow Margaret Peppers Silcott four children and siblings.
Mrs Archie Dalrymple reports that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved coughing and whooping spells in her three boys after a year with whooping cough. The testimonial notes the disease cured in a short time and the product sold by all dealers. The item also includes a quoted moral about lying from Diogenes Laertius.
The article predicts western yellow pine will become a prime turpentine source as southern pine supplies dwindle. It highlights a shift in forestry resources toward the western region and notes expected industry impact.
A brief aphorism notes that freedom to govern oneself invites serving one's own foibles and passions, as highlighted by Schiller. The saying frames personal liberty as a path to self-imposed servitude through inner habits and desires.
Mrs A L Luckie of East Rochester New York suffered from sick headache and despair due to a weakened stomach. After using Chamberlains Tablets she found them pleasant to take mild and effective and within weeks was restored to her former health. For sale by all dealers.
A thoughtful reflection on how people learn to value others strengths. The author notes a gentle heart and sound reasoning lead to admiration for qualities one lacks, while those who have not used talents may resent others who succeed. The piece contrasts persistent envy with constructive self-improvement.
A home economy note urges a ready supply of wrapping paper string stickers and other items in a handy box or drawer to save time. A comic wartime tale follows an army chaplain offering help to a stuck baggage column only to be told to disappear so the horses may work.
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