Clermont Courier May 17 1918 local notes and obituaries
May 17 1918 Clermont Courier column items note social visits family travel and farm moves. Mentions Miss Myrtle Wilson Bridge Club, Harold Wilson in Columbus, Edmund Parrot in Oxford, trips to Pennsylvania and Kentucky, graduates at Christ Hospital, and Sherman Dean’s May 12 death with Moore’s Funeral home services. Also land sales and purchases around Batavia and Alton.
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W Sprague
Batavia
Sherman Dean
Moore
Olive Branch
Milk Truck Overturns on Anchor Hill Injuries Minor Losses Heavy
A milk truck owned by Chas Zagar of Afton and driven by Pete Smith overturned on Anchor Hill Sunday morning. 200 of 260 gallons were lost and two milk cans were stolen. neither the driver nor Elton Weaver were seriously harmed. Insurance did not cover the loss. detour via Anchor Hill was forced by Batavia bridge conditions.
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Pete Smith
Chas. Zagar
Afton
Anchor Hill
Elton Weaver
Batavia Bridge
Dipper Bird Dives to Forage in Mountain Streams
A dipper, a bird resembling a large wren and swift like a kingfisher, hunts food by walking under fast mountain streams. It stands on rocks just above the current and dives to the river bottom to find prey, sometimes surfacing with morsels after underwater forays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Many Lacquer Shades Are Available but Not Named
The Washington Post notes that auto colors number about 11,500 distinct lacquer shades, far more than names for. Each shade such as gray has 423 variants in the list, illustrating the naming challenge and resulting waste in color creation.
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Washington Post
Size of Balsa Trees in the West Indies and Central America
Trees of the balsa genus grow in Puerto Rico Cuba Jamaica Trinidad and elsewhere in the West Indies and in Honduras British Honduras and Guatemala. They reach 40 to 60 feet tall with diameters of 1 to 8 feet and develop best in open forest clearings and along watercourses. Growth is rapid and the lightest wood comes from the fastest growing trees that reach 12 to 18 inches in diameter in four or five years.
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Puerto Rico
Cuba
Jamaica
Trinidad
West Indies
Honduras
British Honduras
Guatemala
Composition of Snow in Atmosphere
The atmosphere holds a small amount of ammonia and snow can absorb some of it as it falls. Snow collects dust, minute organisms, and impurities from the air, but after the first snowfall the remainder is clean and nearly pure. Newly fallen snow is mostly air, with three to thirty parts air for each part ice.
Birds in Arctic Moult Lose Flight Powers
The young of whistling swans hatch and the parents moult so extensively they lose flight, making them vulnerable to native predation in nesting areas in the Far North. Canada geese, also Arctic breeders, similarly shed flight ability after nesting due to heavy post-breeding moult.
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Arctic
Wrybill Bill Bends Right to Reach Hidden Prey
The wrybill of New Zealand has a uniquely bent bill that curves to the right. This deformity helps it reach crustaceans and other tiny creatures that hide beneath rocks beyond the reach of straight-billed birds.
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New Zealand
Camels Eat Any Vegetation In Harsh Desert
Camels, prized as desert beasts of burden, require little to eat and can digest sparse vegetation. They thrive on dry, tasteless forage and even thorny plants, showing remarkable dietary tolerance in arid regions.
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Desert
Bank President Suspended After Texas Swindle
The Boston Transcript recounts a Texas fraud where a bank president swindled depositors. He was captured and lynched, and a public notice was left under a tree reading Bank President: Suspended.
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Texas
Boston Transcript
Public sale of estate belongings in Marathon
H M Davidson administrator of Elizabeth Smith estate will sell at the home in Marathon on Saturday May 20 at 1 p m all kinds of household goods and many antiques Terms cash Leslie Pardue auctioneer Louie Hobson clerk See bills for particulars
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H. M. Davidson
Elizabeth Smith
Marathon
Leslie Pardue
Louie Hobson
County seeks township gas funds to extend relief bonds
County commissioners in conference with the State Relief Commission report exhausted funds from the 26 000 Excise Tax Bonds for poor relief. To obtain further State and Federal relief about 15 000 must be pledged this year, with township gas tax allotments of 500 each urged to support work relief and distress relief efforts. Trustees urged to meet immediately for early determination and additional information available at the auditor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Relief Commission
Columbus
B. L. Ketchum
Clerk Board
Ohio Highway Dept Transfers Reduce 1933 Construction Funds
The Ohio Highway Department announces temporary transfers totaling 3.5 million dollars to the general fund lowering 1933 highway construction funds from 10.5 million to 3 million for maintenance and flood repairs. Legislature already diverted 2 million from gasoline tax funds for relief with another 2 million expected.
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General Fund
O. W. Mer- Tell
State Tax Commission
Highway Department
Ohio
Wool Market Information Signals Rising Wool Prices
The article notes low old wool stocks in the United States, a 2 percent drop in sheep numbers, and a favorable market with strong demand. It cites rising wool prices as inflation and tariffs support, with Ohio’s Wool Growers Cooperative advancing 16 cents per pound as down payment, signaling better value for producers.
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United States
Clermont County Farm Bureau
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association
State legislature wrestles with tax reform and school funding
Columbus reports the Ohio legislature reconvened to tackle revenue through taxation reform and adequate school support. A bi partisan tax plan failed, prompting a new sub committee and renewed partisan pressure from Senator Gunsett. Motor vehicle tax receipts through May show rising trailer license income but lower overall 1933 receipts versus 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Special Taxation Committee
White
Wm. M. Goodwin
I. E. Whittemore
Summit County
R. H. Jones
Jackson County
Douglas
Cuyahoga County
D. J. Gunsett
van Wert
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
J. P. Brennan
State Highway Department
Rural Ohio Faces Shift in Child Population and School Burdens
A study by P G Beck of the Ohio Experiment Station projects rural Ohio will see a sharp rise in the share of children aged 5 to 10 from 86 percent in 1980 to 42 percent in 1985, increasing rural education burdens amid population decline and migration toward rural areas.
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Ohio
P. G. Beck
Department of Rural Economics
4-H Club Leaders Prepare for Clermont County Conference
Clermont County 4-H leaders and officers from over 40 clubs anticipate a joint meeting at Owensville school on May 26 for training and recreation as the annual conference picnic. Enrollment closes June 1 and is expected near 700, surpassing last year’s 545. Harmony 4-H met May 18 at Hazel Harris home. Mt Carmel Flying Needle reports May 10 with 12 members and new entrant Betty Turner. officers joined leader and two assistants to Batavia on May 6.
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Clermont County
Owensville School
Hazel Harris
Ohio
Leader
Mt. Carmel
Flying Needle Club
Betty Turner
Batavia
Thousands of Known Fish Species Count Revealed
The world hosts about 14 000 to 15 000 named fish species with many more undescribed. This estimate covers true vertebrate fish and excludes other marine fauna.
New Phone Installations in Clermont County Areas
Residents in Batavia Bethel Loveland Milford New Richmond Newtonsville and Terrace report recent telephone service installs listing recipients by exchange. Also notes on the origin of the term decks of cards tracing to the Anglo Saxon theccan and Shakespeare 1598 Henry VI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Motor Company
Paul Jones
Bethel
Ohio
Clermont County
Batavia
Marie Yeager
Wm. E.richards
Thomas Rouse
Mary Adams
G. J. Applgate
Alexander Reid
R. R. Meadows
Don McMillin
Frank West
Frank Abbott
George Pp. Hughes
Ray Hurdle
Loveland
Stewart
Earl Walker
Elizabeth Weckman
Milford
Minor I. Wiley
Edward H. Renken
Harold L. Rogers
New Richmond
D. P. Gillham
M. A. Darby
W. L. Bamforth
Newtonsville
Mark Atchley
Terrace
Frank Lettiere
Highway Travel Threatened by Fund Diversion
Thomas H. MacDonald of the U S Bureau of Public Roads warns that diverting highway funds could wreck travel. He notes 75 percent of present surfaced roads would deteriorate noticeably after 80 days of neglect and, within six months, highway use and gas tax revenue would fall substantially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. MacDonald
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
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Clermont Courier
Batavia, Ohio
Vurier and
Cincinnati Post
Courier and Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati Enquirer and Courier
Myrtle Wilson
Willie Coal & Supply Co
Harmon Cover
Cincinnati
Suday
Edmund Parrot
Oxford
Mrs. Wm. Jenike
Pennsylvania
James Patchell
Stonewick
Dorothy Daugherty
George Slade
Hamilton
Wm. Lail
W.C. Hulick
City
Wm. C. Bishop
Philip Lail
Belvue
Judge Nichols
Pittsburg
Mary Hatfield
Hilda Bauer
Ollie Smith
Sun Office
N. M. Huling
D. £. Bradley
Genevieve Huling
Elijah
Bessie F. Boice
Ruth Bristow
Hannah,McGaudy
Margaret Rose
Wilmington
W. 8. Moore
Louise Massey
Christ Hospital
School of Nursing
Charles Frazier
Williamsburg
Rush
Woman's Club
Kenneth Hillen
Gertrude Spencer
Ruth Ann
Lucy Titus
Delaware
Sarah Jane Spencer
Wm. Barker
Will Weaver
Alton
Sallie Williams
Geo Bernstein
Barker
Los Angeles
Florida
Chungking
Shanghai
China
Dipper
Mr. Jones
Chevrolet
Jones
Newport Chevrolet Co
Batavia Motor Co
Wool Market Information
Harmonit
Optometrist
Jamieson Bldg
BABY
Custom Hatching
Owensville
B. C
Newtown
O. R
Cherry Grove
John W. Lytle Jr
J.E. Lytle & Son
Elm
Wood School
Blanche Welch
Wilkinson St
Dayton
Wilkie Moat and Supply Co’s
Bavaia
P. MM. Rapp
J.C. Fuhr Williamsburg
P. M. Rapp
Wilke Coal and Supply Co
Retawig
Stanley Farrett
Florence Walker
Marks Brothers
Toom
Willamsburo Corporation
Orover
John McKever
Jersey
Chester White
Albert Mardis
Blacksmith’s
Fordson
California
Sutton
Amlet
Hamlet
R. F. Hultz
Duroc Jersey
Frank Dimmitt
Hmerson
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