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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
5
If your druggist cannot marry you, send us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Be sure and give the name of your nearest express office. Address J.C. AYER CO. Lowell Mass.
Laurel connects to outside world via Tom Donald’s new line. Local activities include gardening, a quarterly M E church meeting led by Rev Elmer White, and visits by Mrs Zeno Donley and others. Ads note Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a 100 dollar reward offer.
Charley Jordan and family visited his parents James Jordan in Lebanon on Sunday. Various neighbors called, entertained, and traveled to Batavia Blanchester and Newtonsville. An advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claims digestion improves health and rebuilds body tissue, sold by Nash's Pharmacy.
Wesley Doughty and family of Cincinnati return home. Miss Louella Bainum and Inez Dolan attend the Bethel missionary convention. The Courier editor was seen on the streets Saturday. Mrs. Godfrey and Charles Kearns are on the alert. The Epworth League notes observance in progress.
League anniversary announced with a Sunday program titled The Wesley Succession. Public school assistant teachers re-employed while the Superintendent remains to be chosen. Local visits noted among residents, marriages at the M E parsonage, and updates on village projects including a new council room. Also memorial day arrangements and various town appointments listed. Electric Bitters touted as a life-saving remedy with testimonials and local pharmacy ads.
Mrs. Jemima Clemons wife of John M Clemons died of heart disease at her home near here last Wednesday interment in the Odd Fellows cemetery Saturday She was valued in her prominent family and as a noble Christian woman The Clemons family of eight children lived nearly fifty years married with Benton their eldest son the only death prior to this We extend sympathy to Supt A T Marsh and family Felicity relatives and neighbors Also notes births visits travel and absences of local residents including a Florida winter return and a Kentucky travel homeward for Velma Wilson
The Marathon high school will hold its commencement next Saturday night May 16 at the M E church with three graduates. Music will be by the Batavia orchestra. Admission 15 and 25 cents, reserved seats 25 cents. Last Tuesday E C Ireton found clothing on fire near the grate and removed it, preventing a larger blaze. The clothing and other items burned though covered by insurance. Mrs Clara Predmore and two sons of Price Hill visit her father H Anderson and relatives.Misses Myra and Lonest Johnson of Batavia visited their grandmother Mrs J W Christy and relatives here. Mrs Frank Joseph injured one arm and bruised her face last week. Memorial sermon at M E church May 24 at 10:30 a.m. Wm Predmore Post members and soldiers invited to attend. J W McNutt and wife and others were hosted to dinner by Ben Worthington near Lorado. W H Holmes lost a mule last week after a brief illness.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a sure cure for consumption bronchitis croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and related lung troubles. A Virginia woman Mrs C B Van Nette from Shepherdtown testifies that one bottle cured her bronchitis after a year of failed treatments. Trial bottles are free and prices are 50c and 1.00, with Nash’s Pharmacy Batavia and J R Hicks Amelia carrying the product.
Werner Stickel and family of Cincinnati were guests of Wm. Stickel last Sunday. A. W. Huling sold his farm to Wm. Meeker and bought the Madison Butler property at Hamlet. A car load of poles arrived for the Citizens Telephone line from New Richmond to Nicholasville. Miss Mary Little is ill at her brother’s home. Several from the vicinity attended the Bethel commencement last week. Mrs. Fagin Bennett returned to Idaho after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hauling. Bantam and Elk Lick youths enjoyed a social hop at Charlies Channel’s home. Charles Houston and Bert Steelman spent Sunday with relatives.
Greenville student at law H P Burbage was troubled for years by a persistent cough he feared signaled consumption. After trying Chamberlains Cough Remedy he reports a remarkable change and says two bottles of the twenty five cent size cured him permanently. Sold by all druggists.
Miss Myrtle Snell is charged in Jackson township Mis. Georgie Moorehead visits Fayetteville sister Mrs Ed Dunham. Mr and Mrs Daniel Cover at Linwood with Gaylord Cover hosts. Elizabeth Burns and Joseph Ubl visit brother Marcellus Burns at Hilla Station. John Cover of Monterey visits Robert Hunter. Charles M Johnson and family pass through Batavia en route to Marathon. Lewis White and John Glancy haul fortizer from Baldwin for Warren Moorehead. X ray aided tests claim Catarrh of the Stomach stems from indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure advertised as remedy. Sold by.
Mrs Daniel Bohl and Mrs Frank Paeltz called in New Richmond recently. Miss Myrtle Vanderment visited Miss Nora Mofford. Will Daughters of Cincinnati was entertained at Miss Nora Armacost. Mr and Mrs Noah Kelch of Pt Pleasant were callers. Carrie Donley of Amelia retired home after a visit. Nellie Turner attended the Patterson exam at Batavia. Mrs Will Tatman and Mrs H Corbin made a business trip to New Richmond. Albert Barnes visited the Queen City last Friday. Laura Barnes Nora Mofford and mother visited Mrs G L Hauck at Nice. Quarterly meeting held at the second M E church with presiding elder E White delivering sermons.
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for nervous dyspepsia caused by overwork. It cites a testimonial from Mrs C S Lippencott of Wilmington Ohio praising better sleep and digestion after using the medicine. Available at Dr Bunn's drug store 50 cents a box from Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
Toasts by several members and a prize presentation for Mrs. Pierce marked an evening of sociable activity. Attendees from near and far included Mrs. Bird Rose of Williamsburg and Supt. T. P. Pierce of Harrison, with many visiting relatives and friends noted throughout Bethel and surrounding towns. Track work advances on the C and E traction line with cars expected by June 1.
Local items list visits and stops by residents from Linwood Pleasant Valley and Cincinnati. Mentions include Miss Allie Cross with sister Mrs Rufus Rapp, Maude Williams with Dr Mitch ell family Owensville, Florence Needham with parents, Perry Griswold at Zionville, and two strangers calling themselves Christian scientists. Also notes funerals, car purchase from Chicago, kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs Meek, and church notices with Rev Newton Memorial sermon May 24.
Mrs John Clemons died last Wednesday afternoon south of town. Funeral services were at the M E church in Maple Grove with interment at the I O O F cemetery in Boston. The family mourns a large brood and an aged husband as friends share in the sorrow.
Commencement exercises at Bethel were well attended and praised for students mastery and preparation. The Bellatect orchestra provided admired music as alumni gathered with guests at the O.F.O. hall for the annual banquet followed by a luncheon featuring oranges bananas candies salted nuts sandwiches olives coffee ice cream and cake.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold its next regular meeting Saturday afternoon May 16 at Mrs. Franklin Burne’s Monterey home. A phonographic entertainment is planned for Monterey Presbyterian Church next Thursday evening May 1d. Our school for the coming year will be in
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