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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1916
Page
8
The piece urges housekeepers to inspect baking powder labels to choose pure cream of tartar powder. It notes Royal Baking Powder uses no alum or phosphate and contrasts mineral-derived alternatives.
A whimsical poem extols God delivering sun rain and April showers, urging children to pick flowers and hay to ripen. The rest of the page records a string of local notices: families visiting, a cow lost on river road, a Pullman car sale to Marathon, visitors to Norwood and Cincinnati, a Batavia graduate studying law, Lane Seminary events, a Hillsboro resident with Bright’s disease, and a Burdock Blood Bitters ad.
Last Sunday Fred Radcliff’s horse on Gregg’s farm escaped fencing and wandered onto a railroad, where a freight train struck and killed it. Kenneth Hillen from Batavia left for Detroit after securing work. his father John Hillen holds a position there. Dyspepsia ad and a Burdock Blood Bitters plea appear, along with a note on a state automobile speed limit within villages. Batavia assessor M Long finished his evaluation, raising the duplicate by $11,000, signaling tax machinery efficiency under the Warnes law.
The piece notes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a trusted cough remedy with imitators. Owensville Grange plans a May 12 meeting with a poverty social and attire theme. Webster School Mother's Club in Cincinnati enjoyed a program by Anna L. Taylor and Georgia L. McGuire with Ruth Baker. Also mentions skin itch remedy and a Musical Courier article highlighting David Swing Felter, Williamsburg's graduate noted for Chromatic Monocles System of Music Notation. Swing Felter, son of George W. Felter, a former local schools superintendent.
Two acre plot on Hicks street between Interurban and G P electric railroads in the center of Amelia Ohio. Asking price 400 dollars. For particulars address L Knowles 11448 28th street Louisville Kentucky.
Decoration day approaches as May 30 is set for services. Speakers, music, and a full program are arranged across the county. Attendance of veterans is diminishing yearly, making eventual services without a veteran seem inevitable.
Sunday services listed for both churches with Sunday school at 9 9 15 morning worship 10 30 and a 6 30 Young Peoples meeting followed by an 7 30 evening service A Man s Halo Friday prayer meeting at 7 30 Minister Jas Simpson presides at the Presbyterian church Mother's Day observances at the U B church next Sunday including German preaching at 10 English preaching in the evening Township Sunday School Convention at 2 Everybody invited E F Wagner pastor
William Walter Wilson born October 17 164 near Bantam son of John O and Catherine Wilson spent life in the vicinity except seven years in Bethel He died April 24 1916 at 51 years 6 months and 17 days after a long illness He married Adam Sprague November 15 1887 and left wife three sisters and two children Gladys Maude one child died in infancy The family notes a prayer for his memory and eternal rest.
A Nash Pharmacy notice urges readers to consider Foley Kidney remedies for common symptoms of fatigue backache rheumatic pain and other indications of kidney trouble. The ad presents the product as prompt and efficient health aid and encourages investigation of the remedy.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of husband and father William Walter Wilson. Wife and Daughter.
A bookstore interaction features a clerk recommending Parkmans A Half Century of Conflict to a elderly man after a brief exchange about suitability. James L Walls denies leaving the insurance business and confirms 28 years in the trade. A Montessori quote discusses a childs mental life and learning through observation.
Concrete piles are patented with pipes running through their centers to pump water and wash earth away helping piles sink under their own weight. The device aims to reduce labor in pile installation and streamline construction.
A compiled quip excerpt contrasts Schopenhauer’s stern warning about life’s moral instruction with a preacher’s folk saying in a Caribbean dialect about preparing for death and not getting lost in the shuffle. The text blends philosophy and humor in brief mock wisdom.
A reflective quotation emphasizes that if grand chances for great deeds do not arise, daily chances to do good remain available. The message urges living for goodness rather than seeking glory and presents a timeless moral encouragement.
The text asserts nature is always active and rejects stagnation. It notes every earth particle, including stones and pools, undergoes ongoing change as atoms shift positions hourly and moment by moment, producing continual life and chemistry shifts.
An old advertisement invites readers to mail a clipped slip with 5 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package. The offer promises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for bronchial coughs colds and croup and includes Kidney Pills and Foley Cat with Tablets from Nash Pharmacy.
Money to loan on first mortgage any amount. Attorney contact W Sprague Batavia Ohio. Consultation free at Madam Kelch cancer specialist address 8743 Beachmont Avenue.
C Bordwell of Batavia Ohio invites breeders to see two pure bred Belaian stallions at his farm 1 mile northwest, offering to stand at 15 dollars to insure a living colt. He notes horses with solid bone and clean feet and urges timing before spring breeding as draft horses reach high values.
Frank W. Sherman of Laconia New York says he felt exhausted and backache from kidney trouble. He states that Foley Kidney Pills restored his energy and eliminated symptoms, while noting kidney waste affects health. A O Nash Batavia Ohio endorses the product.
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