His Last Appearance on Clermont Stage Jones Reaches Batavia
Edward Jones arrives in Batavia under heavy escort from Cincinnati and Columbus. His venue is moved to Brown County at common cost. a mobile guard presence and military force shield him from mobs while court arguments proceed for venue change. He is removed to Georgetown as crowds gather, with plans of further potential raids and guarded by armed guards.
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Edward Jones
Cincinnati
1St
7Th Cavalry
6Th Ohio Battery
24Th Army Corps
Georgetown
Jones
Olive Branch
Brown County
Fayetteville Seminary
Clermont
Christian Ranley
Batavia
Rawley
Goshen
Silas Hughes
Oliver
Edwin
Hughes
Flurry in Beer Aimed at Delivering Goods by Wagon
A Clermont House sighting after a wagon load of Banner Brewery beer was seized by Marshal Sellers. An agent, who had solicited orders in Williamsburg and Batavia, faced unlawful liquor selling charges. He posted bond with Mayor Bishop for trial on the 12th.
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Main Street
Clermont House
Banner Brewery
Williamsburg
Marshal Sellers
William Dennison
Supreme Court
Batavia
Bishop
Petition Circulates for Main Street Sewer Construction
A circulating petition seeks council approval for a Main street sewer with enough capacity to drain the side streets. Main street property holders will subscribe proportionate to their property value, while outsiders will contribute the rest.
Batavia School Board Names Instructors for Term
Batavia school board selected new term instructors led by Prof. George Chatterton of Williamsburg as superintendent and Miss Bessie Cowen as primary teacher. Anna Ransom resigns as vice. Remaining teachers include Mrs. Lane principal and Misses Griffith Carter Griffis Helbisch Townsley Townsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
George Chatterton
Williamsburg
Yice Ockerman
Bessie Cowen
Anna Ransom
Lane
Bessie Griffith
Mary Carter
Cora Griffis
Ella Helbisch
Elma Townsley
Chatterton
Troy
Railroad valuation figures from Auditor for C P V and C G P lines
The Auditor lists tax values for the C P V railroad at 2100 dollars per mile for mainline 1000 for branches 400 for sidings and 450 per mile for rolling stock with buildings and other items. The C G P main line is valued at 900 per mile for main line 250 for sidings and 240 for rolling stock. The company provides sworn valuations for buildings and related assets.
Death of Mrs Nellie Wallingford former Clermont resident
The death of Nellie Wallingford wife of J M Wallingford formerly a Cincinnati merchant was announced. She lived in Batavia in youth, was 58, married in 1857, had two daughters, and had been bedridden five months. Remains to be interred at Maysville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
J. M. Wallingford
Cincinnati
Eric Sattler
Batavia
Daniel B. George
George & Kain
Pearl and
Broadway
Maysville
Kentucky
Youngtown publishes 48 page industrial edition
The 48 page illustrated edition showcases 89 columns and reflects heavy expense but strong publisher effort and business advertising sense. It emphasizes neat typography and the office's extensive resources backing the push.
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Youngtown
Coaching season begins with colorful pageant and unique turnout
A humorous 1898 Batavia account details a coaching club riding a yellow-green Cur rent Rumor coach from Hoerner’s ice house to Flitter Jim’s corn crib. Owners Hugbug and Pinkfin, expert whips, lead daily trips for $3 with a luncheon, amid satirical portraits and theatrical society names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoerner
Batavia Coaching Club
New York
Rumnor
Hugbug
Pinkfin
East Fork
Special pension examiners named for seven-county district
The district including Hamilton Butler Clermont Clinton Highland Brown and Warren gains two new pension examiners. Captain George R Brumley and Frank H Reppert previously served in the pension bureau during Cleveland's term. Brumley assigns to an attorney aged 62 and data from Indiana Kentuckian aged 82. The pay is 1400 annually with per diems boosting earnings to 2000. Reppert is linked to H L Bundy and Greenville area records. Colonel Van Buren is succeeded by Brumley.
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Hamilton
Butler
Clermont
Clinton
Highland
Brown
Warren
Alexe Smith
George R. Brumley
Frank H. Reppert
Pension Bureau
Cleveland
Brumley
Indiana
Lea Kentuckian
H. L. Bundy
Ikely
van Buren
Capt. Brumley
Christian Ranley sues Hughes for five thousand damages
Christian Ranley, injured in a roadside dispute with the Hughes family over cattle trespass, sues for $5000. The fight left him battered and seeking legal redress after prior enmity between the families dating to 1888.
Keep Your Eye On Local Oddities And Personalities
A collage of town notes spots Harve Hamilton’s dun colt in a recent deal, the Courier office dog known for nips, banker George McMurchy buying a bicycle, and Batavia Brick Works’ sand and straw supply. Also mentions Knights of Pythias parade, street duty by Captain John Young, and local weather prophet Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Hamilton
Courier Office
Batavia Brick Works
Knights of Pythias
John Young
Married in Mystery at Hamilton House Batavia
A curious couple wed in secret at the Hamilton House Batavia on May 2 with no witnesses. The groom a railroad man from Jackson County Ohio, and Elizabeth Hopkins of Clermont County were joined by a magistrate after selecting a marriage license and paying the fee. They plan to live in Wellston.
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Batavia
Hamilton House
Frank M. Bennett
Jackson County
Ohio
Elizabeth Hopkins
Clermont County
Squire Nichols
Mr. Bennett
Wellston
Sabbath lectures at Presbyterian church on Manliness and Womanhood
A note announces Sunday evening sermons at the Presbyterian church with topics Manliness and Womanhood inviting the young and young ladies. It notes a speaker will also present both lectures, and comments on local attendance and engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Amelia County High School Holds First Commencement
The first Amelia high school commencement was held at the M E church on Wednesday evening. Five graduates include Miss Harriett Dean Miss Lida Moore and Messrs Irvin Nash Albert Coombs Roy House. They delivered essays on Your Task Think Laugh and Grow Fat The Past and the Future. Music by the Schwebel family and Lourdes. Rev Burnett spoke and Rev Fulton gave benediction.
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Amelia
M.E
Harriett Dean
Lida Moore
Messrs
Irvin Nash
Albert Coombs
Roy House
Irvin L. Nash
Roy T. House
Harriet G. Dean
Lurdes
Louis Schwebel
Prof. McKinney
Leap Year Lovers at Bantam Cause Aged Match Upset
A Bantam tale of a 70 year old woman proposing to a 16 year old man. The story notes a 70 year old man marrying a 16 year old girl previously, and frames this reverse case as a mercenary bid for wealth. Local youth, a handsome professional, faces a wealth laden ultimatum as wedding plans may begin with invitations promised.
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Bantam
Bethel Normal Opens With 63 Students In Clermont
The Bethel Normal School begins its session with 63 enrolled students and daily growth. Applications for membership and quarters arrive by mail, as the school is praised as the best in the state with an excellent faculty and low terms accessible to many. Township representation and neighboring county interest are noted.
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Clermont
Doctors in Session in Clermont County Medical Society Meeting
The Clermont County Medical Society holds its semi annual meeting in Batavia on Wednesday May 17 1898 at 10 am Papers include Aetiology and Preventing Cold Watching by Prof T W Fitzpatrick Cincinnati A Modern View of Asiatic Cholera by Dr A W Ashburn and a Marathon case report of Appendicitis by Dr J L Fomorin with P M Ashburn serving as secretary.
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Clermont County Medical Society
Batavia
T. W. Fitzpatrick
Cincinnati
A. W. Ashburn
J. L. Fomorin
Marathon
P.M. Ashburn
Crowtown Flood Fills Farm With Stranded Fish
Floodwaters last week at Crowtown left Allen Johnson’s farm with wagon loads of fish stranded by the rising stream. The fish were easily captured, as they could not swim away, and the neighborhood benefited from the unusual bounty.
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Crowtown
Allen Johnson
Eight divorce cases set for hearing in May term docket
A May term docket lists eight divorce hearings. A mail pouch was stolen from Loveland Post Office last Tuesday, moved to an empty freight car, and rifled of its contents including money orders and drafts. An inspector searches for the thief.
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Loveland
Lane Seminary Replants Hebrew and Greek Chair
Prof. Henry Preserved Smith, tried for unorthodox sentiments, is reappointed to Lane Seminary’s Hebrew and Greek chair. He is noted as a valuable language teacher though not a religious guide. Grace Wisecup, a Winchester society belle, 19, leaves a luxurious home to join a circus ballet company that recently performed at Peebles, showcasing her beauty.
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Henry Preserved Smith
Lane Seminary
Grace Wisecup
Winchester
Peebles
Death of a prominent colored resident in Batavia
Elizabeth Ellis widow of Simeon Ellis longtime Batavia resident died at her Front street home on Saturday aged about 75. She was a leading colored citizen and highly esteemed. Funeral from her residence Monday afternoon, burial in the citizens graveyard. She leaves two grandchildren and a sizable estate. Her husband died about fifteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ellis
Simeon Ellis
Batavia
Front Street
Assignment of National Normal University at Leban
The National Normal University at Leban assigned to Attorney Burr of Lebanon. Mortgage bondholders, mostly Lebanon citizens, are expected to purchase the property and form a new organization to continue the school. The real estate carries many mortgages and the move was driven by many maturities at once. The Holbrooks are said to remain in management.
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The
National Normal University At
Lebanon
Attorney Burr
the Holbrooks
Odd Fellows Encampment Advances in Ohio Meeting
The Grand Encampment of Ohio closed its Findlay session and schedules the next in Chillicothe on the first Tuesday in May 1804. Per capita tax set at 20 cents. Grand Patriarch Comley reports 14 593 members, up 1 006 in the year, seven new encampments formed, and Patriarchs Militant under Grand Encampment care. Receipts 6 081.40, disbursements 5 749.49, treasury 8 657.06. Membership growth cited as strongest since 1854.
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Findlay
Chillicothe
Comley
Treasury
Wilmington Cyclone Devastates Town with No Serious Injuries
Neighbors report a cyclone hit Wilmington last Friday at four o'clock and eight minutes of destruction followed. Roofs, doors, and steeples were blown away and homes ruined though no serious injuries occurred. Local residents warned by dark clouds before the storm, with many narrowly escaping harm. The event stands as a dramatic flood by comparison to a prior local incident, yet Clermont residents in Wilmington were unharmed and property spared.
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Wilmington
Tobacco market shows irregular week with weak buyers
The tobacco market for the week ending May 6 closed irregular with indifferent buyers and no clear price decline. New stock mostly low and medium grades sold slowly while red lips and red leaf sold best. week totals show 1128 bond equivalents, 424 rejections, 099 actual sales, and 1247 receipts.
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Miami
Globe
Bodmann
Cincinnati
Walker
Morris
Brown District
Missionary Meeting of Ripley District WMU in Winchester
The Ripley District W F M M eight annual convention met April 26 27 at the M B E church Winchester. Storms kept Auxiliaries away. Girls from Winchester Penny Gatherers and West Union Gleaners sang and performed. Mrs B R Cowen Cincinnati branch secretary spoke on The Wide Open Door Open Only to Women.
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Ripley
W.F. M
M. BE
Winchester
West Union
B. R. Cowen
Cincinnati
P. Jackson
Cora L. Sanford
KB. Brown
Mr. Oro
Dela
Bona Fity
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Columbus
Olprmont Railroads
Clermont Lady
Progressive Printers
Rose
Harriet Hugbug
Jumpseat
Osband
Cate Eal
Streetcar
Cottondale
Miss Surplus
Christian
MR. Ranley
Ira J. Davis
Breeding
National Cordage Trust Company
United States
Bethel
W. E. Fite
J. W Liming
Emma Bredwell
Anna Porter
Ruthie Beck
Harriet Beecher Stowk
Portsmouth
Percy Ashburn
College of Surgery
Philadelphia
Washington
Carrie Claypool
M. J. Swing
Swing
George McMurchy
New Richmond Bank
Hicks
Melbourne
Brownina, Kitna & Co
Browning, King Company
Union Township
B. B, Hughes
RK. P, Groves
A. L. Clark
Ed Barbro
Gertrude Pease
Moscow Special
O. M. Patton
Della Nichols
Onnie Patton
Valera Hartahorn
Dale O, Cowen
Colorado
Aftaire
Professor McKinney
Bethel Normal
ODD Fellows
Tobacco Market
Missionary Meeting
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