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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1906
Page
7
A feature by Edith A. Brown describes prenuptial entertainments for a June wedding, including a Forget-Me-Not dinner with Jack-in-the-Pulpit centerpieces and dolls as nameless place cards, themed poems for each course, and lilting menus. It also outlines a Pussy-Willow children's party with simple, child-friendly decor and activities.
A guide to hosting a children party with a pussy willow theme including cat shaped invitations cat games and a cat and mouse ring game. Activities center on simple crafts cat drawings and a cat themed donkey game plus ice cream and small cat ornaments as souvenirs.
The article recalls Josiah Quincy Harvard president who forgot his name and a later moment in Faneuil Hall when he could not proceed after saying At that time, gentlemen. Harrison Gray Otis eased the moment by offering patience and a witty reassurance to the distinguished speaker.
Mexican officials report readiness to open negotiations over transferring Lower California to U S control. Interest is strongest among local mining firms and foreign landholders including a Boston company. Washington shows little sentiment for new territorial purchases. The peninsula is rugged and dry with a 1895 population around 42 245, largely Indian.
Paris reports an inventive Russian, M Vina, plans to fly a combined aeroplane and automobile. The three wheeled machine uses liquid gas to power a motor that also drives wings propeller and rudder. Vina aims to launch from ground by wind resistance with wings set to lift, though no results have yet been published.
Gen Baron Kodama selected to succeed Field Marshal Oyama as head of the Japanese army. Rutgers College educated in York Pennsylvania, Kodama is hailed as the genius of the Japanese army for planning Manchuria victories where he served as Oyama’s chief of staff.
Charles Young, the only black officer from West Point in the U S Army, serves as military attaché in Port-au-Prince Hayti. He entered the academy in 1884 and graduated in 1889, marking a notable milestone in military history.
The White House underwent renovation and was repainted with a ready mixed paint chosen as the best available. Officials note many brands exist and emphasize the decision mirrored general practice of using ready mix, as with Capitol painting.
Columbus report states the Sa wicki auto license law issued by Representative Harry T. Hunt may be invalid or enforceable only after a court ruling. Secretary of State Laylin seeks Attorney General Wade Ellis opinion. The act takes effect June 1, applying to vehicles acquired after that date rather than those existing before.
In Steubenville, Examiner Mackenzie reports to the Auditor of State that the mayor billed 68 dollars in fees for killing dogs and must refund. The city council is cited for errors in issuing notes to contractors totaling about 68,000 dollars. City Solicitor McGowen drew 300 dollars for codifying ordinances, an amount to be returned.
A compiled list of etymologies and folk origins explaining phrases like dude from duds, sure as eggs in eggs, foolscap paper, up Salt River, and the practice of punishing slaves by expulsion from politics.
Three burglars entered M. L. Cronenberger's saloon in Bloomville and cracked the safe, securing one dollar. L. Hossler confronted them after an explosion. they forced him back inside and then, after terrorizing the town for minutes, fled in a stolen rig from Rev. W. A. Oswalt.
Fire in Bowling Green destroys the Daniel Dillinger block in North Baltimore's business district. Ground floor tenants A. L. Smith shoes and wallpaper, George Katzenmeyer groceries, Mull & Ewing novelties. Total losses amount to 25,000 with 10,000 loss on the building.
Marysville Ohio May 3 Miss Ethel Clark daughter of the former Marion county auditor was awarded 2500 damages for breach of promise against C G Johnson a prominent Richwood citizen.
Mrs Isaac W Austil of Chestnut Ridge North Carolina reports months of suffering with stopped periods and pain. After taking part of a bottle of Wine of Cardus she experiences natural relief and urges others to use Cardus for women's ills. Priced at one dollar at druggists.
In Columbus on May 4 Mayor Badger rules the Jones petition law constitutional. The decision declares the area between Long and Broad streets Fifth avenue and Washington avenue dry under the local option petition.
Liverpool abandoned a penny in the slut service while London with three times New Yorks population has about 8000 telephones. The first long distance line linked Liverpool and Manchester opened in 1880. Thomas Gladwell claims ten mile wireless tests. The longest circuits span 960 miles New York to Chicago and 660 miles London to Marseilles. A Highland railway test let travelers ring stations and call subscribers via moving trains.
Ollie Post, a Springfield city fireman who lost a foot in a crossing accident three years ago, was awarded a judgment for damages and received a voucher for 11250 from the Big Four Railway Co. as payment.
The convention of the third province of Sigma Chi fraternity met in Columbus bringing together active and alumni chapters from Kentucky West Virginia and Ohio colleges for meetings and coordination.
A grand jury in Akron returned indictments against five local brick manufacturers and dealers who are members of the Akron brick exchange. The charges allege violations of the Valentine anti trust law.
In Cleveland on May 5 strikers attacked the tug Lutz using stones clubs and ore chunks. The master fireman and oilers were targeted but no one was injured in the incident.
Mia Nancy Cieary of Viewers North Carolina reports she was struck by lightning and suffered paralysis and back pain. She credits Cardul and Wine of Cardus with relief of female troubles, headaches, and fatigue, claiming a transformation after use. Cardul is advertised at $1.10 in drug stores.
In Springfield Ohio a couple faces an unusual situation. He cannot talk and she cannot hear while both retain full other senses. The groom Mundary can hear normally and his bride Clara Runck speaks clearly.
Columbus May 5 The May crop report shows Ohio wheat at 108 percent of the full average a gain of 2 points from the April report reflecting improved conditions across the state.
Cincinnati official May Scrugham of the Ohio Life Policy Holders association has returned from Toronto and New York and helped organize an international policy holders committee. He predicts holders will control big companies after the next election and notes the vote date is moved to December 18 due to the Frisco fire. He will tour Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Alabama Missouri Indiana and Michigan to aid state associations.
Three States Lima Ohio May 4 If the advice of leading Ohio oil operators is taken by former Attorney General Frank Monnett and Attorney Hal DeRan of Fremont associated with Prosecuting Attorney L C Wachenheimer of Toledo in his suits against the Standard Oil and allied companies is accepted the ouster suits instituted in Lucas county will assume tri state if not national prominence.
The estate of James W. Reilly, who died in Wellsville last November, escheats to Ohio for lack of lawful heirs. Attorney General Ellis, via ex-Senator C C Connell, has moved to secure the property valued at $50,000 in Columbiana County. No heir has claimed the estate yet.
Inspectors from the Cleveland board of health report five township dairies in Summit county have milk samples containing tuberculosis germs. The findings threaten the area’s principal industry and prompt health action.
A Big Four freight train jumped the track near Buffalo on Wednesday, blocking east and southbound travel from Springfield. About 30 cars piled up, with miner Thomas Braner, 28, of near Pittsburg, seriously injured.
The Ohio State Medical association closed its annual meeting in Columbus with officers elected. President Dr. W. K. Mack of Cleveland was chosen, with Vice President Dr. C. W. Beaman of Dayton, Secretary W. N. Munday of Bluffton, and Treasurer Dr. R. B. Taylor of Columbus.
John P. Cowan of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission arrives in Toledo to gather evidence supporting Captain Haggerty of Ashtabula for rescue actions during a October storm. He went out in the lakes with a tug to aid the schooner Yukon.
Bellefontaine Ohio May 5 The remains of Dr Edwin Kelley killed at Agnew California by the earthquake are being brought to Ohio for interment in his native Waterford Mrs Kelley and her two daughters are recovering from injuries at Berkeley
Smyton May 5. A deal nearly closed here whereby the Widner Elkins syndicate gains control of the Dayton & Northern and the Dayton & Mancie Traction road as a continuation of the D. N. from Uneenritte Ohio to Manele.
Initial items list the plan to build an electric road from Norwalk to Bluffton Indiana through Piffin Mindlay Ottawa Van Wert and Decatur with the route passing through these towns. The note dates May 4 and mentions construction context for the project.
Walter Hyrlan of McSherry Manufacturing Co. Middletown cloned the plant. Decision on continuing operations to be determined later.
Fifty ships at lower lake ports around Cleveland are loaded with about 400000 tons of ore and awaiting discharge as a labor or weather disruption keeps ships in port.
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