Hildebrant Nominates Amid Dispatch Controversy
A dispatch from Wilmington, published in the Sunday Commercial, claims Hildebrant is the real nominee for Congress in Ohio's Sixth District though produced by a Republican convention with no legal status. Hildebrant filed his nomination certificate with Xenia’s chief district supervisor. the issue hinges on a claimed meeting of Sixth District election board members and an arbitration offer by H L Smith. The board’s full action will resolve the matter.
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Wilmington
Hildebrant
Congress
Xenia
H. L. Smith
Sixth District Election Board
Messrs. Smith
Petc Ede
Aging Civil War Veterans Fade From Active Ranks
Recent statistics show pensioned Civil War veterans dying at about 5000 per month. Forty years since the war’s last battle in this month, many 16 year olds who enlisted are now veterans aged around 60. In 1905 the G A R lost 9162 members by death, 13 in Clermont county in one month. G A R membership stands near 215000 with Ohio at 18000. The death rate suggests most survivors will join the grand review in coming years.
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Clermont County
Ohio
Felicity High School Graduates With Music and Floral Applause
A class of 17 graduates, 7 young men and 10 young ladies, were honored Thursday evening at Felicity high school. Prof. A. T. Marsh of Boston supervised the program for nine years and was recently chosen for a tenth. the schools are reported thriving and well managed.
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Felicity High School
A. T. Marsh
Boston
Prominent Position for Ohio State Engineer in New York
Howard Lockwood, a graduate of Ohio State University engineering, holds a prominent and profitable post in New York City. He manages a large staff of clerks and assistants and receives a handsome salary, symbolizing the upward progress of young graduates who seize opportunities to win trusted, honorable, and profitable positions.
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Howard Lockwood
Ohio State University
New York City
Learning to Shoot for State Target Meet at Ottawa Range
Members of Company K N G spend weeks in summer practice at the new $25,000 rifle range in Ottawa. Five top marksmen will be chosen to compete in the State target shoot.
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Otawa
Soldier Beeman Seeks Pension Rise From Eight To Twelve
A Cleveland soldier named Beeman seeks a pension increase from eight to twelve dollars after losing full use of both hands except for clipping coupons with shears. His income is reported at 27,000 dollars yearly, and he urges faster action from the government.
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Beeman
Cleveland
Not Always Dull In Batavia Life Voices Urban Rhythm
Batavia bears day and evening activity as workers fill brick yards yards foundries and shops while newsboys hawk papers and streets bloom with promenaders shoppers and groups discussing events. The town grows in buildings and business as industrious frugal residents seek modest happiness.
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Common Pleas Court
Batavia
Batavia Foundry to Begin Operations in West End
Batavia announces a new blast foundry by Jamieson and Norman, with six ton crane, ball bearing trucks, heavy ladles, and a steam powered blast furnace. It will supply castings to Batavia machine and tool works and expand to other furnace work as demand grows.
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Messrs. Jamieson & Norman
Batavia
West End
Quartet of Brothers Celebrate at Eldest's Locust Corner Home
Samuel J Bethymer marked his 87th birthday at Locust Corner on the 19th with three brothers from Findley, Shel byville, and Crook's Fork visiting, as family and friends praised the man and a grand dinner was served by Mrs. Daly. A. S. Bethymer of Los Angeles shared word pictures of California’s glories, noting his Civil War service and later business success as architect and merchant.
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Samuel J Bethymer
Locust Corner
Samuel
Findley
Shelbyville
Illinois
Los Angeles
California
Henry M
Crook’s Fork
Wyoming
Daly
A. S. Bethymer
Ohio
Batavia
West
Clermont County Medical Association session at Applegate house
A large audience attended the Clermont County Medical Association meeting held at the Applegate house because the courthouse was unavailable. Interesting papers were read and the session proved profitable for all attendees.
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Clermont County Medical Association
Applegate House
Court House
Dennison Estate Divided Among Heirs on Main Street
The Dennison estate was apportioned with the corner Main Street building awarded to Miss Dorothy Dennison and the homestead to William Dennison. They must pay Mrs. Helen Brunaugh $1,700, part of her prior share.
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Dennison
Main Street
Dorothy Dennison
William Dennison
Helen Brunaugh
Back to His First Love David Tarbell Returns to Journalism
Prominent Ohio newspaper man David Tarbell abandons pottery, resumes journalism by purchasing an interest in the Norwood Enterprise, a paper with large circulation and high patronage.
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David Tarbell
Ohio
Norwood Enterprise
Question Lists Delimited for Exam Applicants in Sealed Packages
Teachers question lists arrive from Columbus in sealed packages for examiners to open only in the presence of applicants. The scheme deprives printers of a fat choke and forbids printing the lists in the paper after use.
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Columbus
Alice
Milford to Get New Bank Building at $20 000
Milford plans a two story bank building with Italian style interior adornment. Part of the lower floor will house the bank and two large store rooms. the second floor will be set for apartments. The bank handles over a quarter of a million dollars in annual deposits. Governor Pattison serves as president and F L Cook is cashier.
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Milford
Pattison
F. L. Cook
Reunion of Former In No. 8 Schoolhouse Pupils
A gathering of former teachers and pupils from Monroe township’s In No. 8 schoolhouse, 1866 to 1881, will meet June 7 at the old school. A committee plans an interesting program and attendees are urged to bring lunch baskets and invited family members.
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Monroe Township
Proximo
Clermonter Promoted to Federal Courts Practice
H. M. McNutt of Marathon has been admitted to practice in the Federal courts of St. Joseph Missouri after years of residence and commercial work there He studied law as a side interest and has now achieved success Clermont friends will be pleased by the news
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H. M. McNutt
Harvey McNutt
Marathon
St. Joseph
Missouri
Clermont
Catholic Mission Sets Sunday Services on Main Street
Services will be held in the Catholic Mission rooms in the John Kline block on Sunday the 20th at ten o'clock in the morning. Generous subscriptions for a church home are coming in from many sources and prospects for a handsome building in due course are encouraging. All are invited.
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John Kline
Main Street
Methodist Church Invites All to Sunday Services
A cordial invitation is extended by the pastor and congregation to attend all services at the church. Sunday morning sermon titled The two birds and what they are to us from Leviticus. Evening service theme Jonah or Victory after defeat. All services at the usual hours.
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Levit
Jonah
Shade Land Changeant: R. R. Waters Purchases Nichols Farm
R. R. Waters, formerly of Indiana, buys George Nichols homestead and plans summer gardens and boarders. Grounds will include swings and hammocks for reading and conversation with fishing and boating nearby. Waters pursues literary work and is described as agreeable and pleasant.
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R. R. Waters
Indiana
George Nichols
America
Waters
Norwood Leaders Push Batavia Gas Franchise
The Norwood mayor and prominent men visited Batavia to discuss granting the city a natural gas franchise by pipe lines. Other towns like Mt. Washington and Lebanon have already secured franchises with operation expected next month. Gas is cheaper than coal but is unreliable in cold mornings, though some areas enjoy consistent supply.
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Norwood
Batavia
Mt. Washington
Lebanon
Morrow
Mason
Court Notes: Criminal Cases in Common Pleas
Three cases tried last week drew interest. Samuel Alexander of Felicity pleaded guilty to assault, fined 25 dollars with 60 days to pay the rest, or jail. Warren Judd of Amelia found guilty of petit larceny for a muffler in a saloon, 80 days in the workhouse, costs 100 dollars. Edward Fuller faced assault with intent to rob, convicted of simple assault, fined 100 dollars, 60 days in the workhouse, costs.
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Common Pleas Court
Samuel Alexander
Felicity
Warren FE. Judd
Amelia
Judd
Edward Fuller
Oliver Weeks
Fuller
Weeks
Almple Asaault
Coate
Prosecutor Files Injunction Against County Graft Seekers
Prosecutor C C Kearns filed a temporary injunction against W C Bishop N G Cover and Sumner Myers Rezin Hawkins and BF Hutchinson and deputy auditor Harry Moyer restraining use of outside attorneys for the Kell damage case and any county payments to them. The action targets the commissioners for appointing outside counsel, despite the prosecutor being the authorized county attorney. The court granted a temporary injunction and the move follows prior admonitions and suspected graft aims.
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C.C. Kearns
W. C. Bishop
N. G. Cover
Sumner Myers
Rezin Hawkins
BF. J. Hutchinson
Harry Moyer
Clermont County
Hell
Circuit Court
Bishop
Dover
Myers
Hawkins
Coer
Hutchinson
Surdo Sued Over Piano Transfer in Family Dispute
The Baldwin Piano Company filed suit in Hamilton County for 350 dollars for a piano now with Mrs. Surdo who lives apart from her husband. She asserts the piano was a gift from her husband who earns about 150 dollars monthly as a music teacher and owns property worth around 12 000 dollars. Mr. Surdo is a well known Clermont concert performer, and the article notes public sympathy for his distress.
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Baldwin Piano Company
Hamilton County
Surdo
Clermont
Noted County Leader J C Tatman Seriously Ill at Home
J C Tatman known as Charley among friends is seriously ill at his Market Street home after a Sunday morning stroke. He has long been a Republican leader and a prominent public figure in social, business, and political circles. friends and colleagues express sympathy and hope for a speedy recovery.
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J.C. Tatman
Charley
Bis
Market Street
Atrick
Mr. Tatman
Republican Party
Don’t Catch Bass Bann May to June Striped Bass Prohibition
A public notice warns anglers not to catch bass from May 1 to June 10 and to release any striped bass. Violators face a $50 fine and up to 80 days imprisonment.
Noted divines visit Batavia for Sunday sermons
E Trumbull Lee of Philadelphia preached twice at the Presbyterian church as part of a special visit by four Lee brothers in ministry. Rev George E Lee of the local church Rev Earl Lee of the North church Cincinnati and Rev Wallace H Lee of Seattle attended. The Lees left Monday to attend the National Presbyterian General Assembly in Des Moines Iowa where about 650 delegates will gather for a week.
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E. Trumbull Lee
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Lee
George E. Lee
Earl Lee
North Church
Cincinnati
Wallace H. Lee
Seattle
Washington State
Trumbull Lee
Geo. S. Lee
National Presbyterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Iowa
Hamilton
Butler
Warren
Clermont
Batavia High School Class of 1906 Commencement
Batavia high school will hold the 1906 commencement at city hall on Thursday evening May 31. Prof J E Collins trained the class. the first class graduated in 1881 and 225 have since graduated. The list includes graduates who entered civil, military, commercial, professional, social and political life. The class address will be given by Mrs Frances G Richards of Miami University. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached at the M E church by Mr Burdsall on Sunday evening May 27.
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Batavia High School
City Hall
J. E. Collins
Frances G. Richards
Miami University
M. FE
Burdsall
Brown County Always Good in Public Record
A squib response in the Courier notes Brown County’s history of honesty, debt-free status, and well-maintained turnpikes. The News-Democrat counters that Brown has long supported a large Democratic majority and questions the rival paper’s view.
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Courier
Brown County
the News-Democrat
Ohio
Scott
Brown
Democratic Judicial Convention in Brown Clermont District
The Brown Clermont judicial convention meets in Georgetown on June 21 with Judge Parker and Judge O P Griffith as committeemen for Brown and Clermont counties respectively. Delegates chosen at the June 16 primary. Clermont uses mass convention. party divisions hint at tensions and possible clash at the gathering.
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Brown-Clermont
Georgetown
Batavia Board Names Teachers for Next Year
Batavia board of education selects staff for next year including J. E. Collins as superintendent for three years and Cecile Eulick as principal. Other teachers named are Geo D. Meeker Harriet Dowdney Julia Long Lelia Anderson Harriet L. Moore and Elma Townsley. Batavia township teachers to be elected next Saturday.
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Batavia Board of Education
J. E. Collins
Cecile Eulick
Geo. D. Meeker
Harriet Dowdney
Julia Long
Lelia Anderson
Harriet L. Moore
Elma Townsley
Batavia Township
Bethel School Board Names New Teachers for Next Term
Bethel achamy board on Monday night employed teachers as follows D T Davis of Owensville superintendent J W Campbell Sardinia principal Misses Eva Holland Claudia Campbell Leona Laycock Louise Abbott Lorena Tatman Florence Bratten.
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Bethel Achamy
D.T. Davis
Owensville
J. W. Campbell
Sardinia
Eva Holland
Claudia Campbell
Leona Laycock
Louise Abbott
Lorena Tatman
Florence Bratten
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Quartet OF Brothers
Eldest
Medical Association
NEW Bank
No. Ss
Clermonter
Catholic Mission
Methodist Church
Shadeland
Common Pleas
Kearns
Bethel Schools
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