Williams's Friends Face Fraud Allegations Over Auditor Shortage
Petition filed in the common pleas court seeks to set aside a compromised settlement amid claims of grave fraud by Williams and allies over an auditor shortage of 3047.45 dollars. Court records show Williams drew far more from the county treasury than reported, with accounts tied to Lindsey and Tatman findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsey
Williams
Treasury
Riams, Bishop and Moyer
Board of
Commisoners
Penn Williams
Ollar
iMiams
County
County Treasury
Bishop
Williams Moyer
Bish 2
Republican
Clermont County
Hop
Moyer
Wilams
Xaminers Brown and Tatman
Penn
Columbus
Qreau
Brown
Common Pleas
Wilms
Batavia taps Frank B. Dyer for Hambo county schools post
Frank B. Dyer, admired as a capable and popular school superintendent, was elected to a high and responsible position as superintendent of Hambo County schools last week. A five year contract was signed with terms not fully disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Dyer
Batavia Ma
Bis
Hambo County
Miss Frederica Murphy Weds Four Times Millionaire at Xenia
Frederica Murphy, daughter of Batavia’s Lucien Murphy, married John Bryan, a four times millionaire farmer and manufacturer from Xenia. The couple met in Batavia where she worked as a city office clerk and studied to excel in higher branches. The marriage contract restricts her from writing or acting in books until twenty years after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederica Murphy
John Bryan
Xenia
Queen City
Lucien Murphy
Key Pounder Tangled in Wires and Quick Turn of Luck
Loveland night operator T H Potter faced multiple arrests after a wallet theft charge, a dismissed mayor's court case, and hotel bill fraud pledges. Re-arrested in Norwood, he admitted one hotel charge, pledged a year, then faced forgery accusations in Cleveland and Kentucky, posting bond to await further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Potter
Loveland
Poe
Raven
Weir
Coraddale
Cincinnati
Squire Dumont
Norwood
Hotel Men’s Association
Cleveland
Kentucky
Woodville section hand pleads guilty to assault
George Doughman of Woodville attacked his Edenton foreman Jake Winkler with a shovel from behind. Winkler, on his knees, was struck unconscious. Doughman fled after a nominal $1 fine and costs. Traction Co. to present case to grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Doughman
Woodville
Edenton
Jake Winkler
Doughman
Traction Company
June Bride Engagement of Mary Orebaugh to De Witt
Mr and Mrs J H Orebaugh announce the engagement of their daughter Mary to William Hildt De Witt son of Dr De Witt of Mount Auburn. The wedding will take place sometime in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Orebaugh
Mary
William Hildt DeWitt
Dr. DeWitt
Mount Auburn
Batavia High School Commencement at City Hall
Batavia high school held its commencement May 16 in City Hall with a large audience. A unique stage arrangement showcased two students at a time while a full program included orations, poems, a class history and prophecies. Louise Goodwin earned an Ohio Wesleyan College scholarship. several graduates plan to attend college next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia High School
Shirley E. Griffith
Emma E Keauer
Charles Dacheman
Chas. G. White
Louise L. Goodwin
Miss Goodwin
Miss Griffith
H. L. Fischer
Verna Miller
Batavia
Hulick
Timmon
Townsley
Moore
Long
Ee ’ Verna M
Miller
Tury
Louise L. Goodwin Cress
Moody Drummond
Bessie
Glancy
Timmons
Louise Goodwin
Ohio Wesleyan College
Delaware
Shirley Griffith
Charles White
Charles Duchemin
Postmasters Told to Report Interference With Rural Mail Boxes
Instructions from Washington urge postmasters to report to headquarters any obstruction of rural mail boxes by road supervisors. The department will determine if a box blocks the highway and the United States mails retain the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Washington
United States
County Encampment Leaders Gather for June Meeting
O P Walker commander asks Clermont county posts to appoint a three man committee to meet June 8 in Batavia with a general committee to plan the next county encampment at the Boston fair ground in August. The goal is to make the event the largest and best yet held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Walker
Clermont County
Batavia
Boston Fair Ground
New Richmond Plans Move Toward September Homecoming
Citizens in New Richmond discuss plans and specifications for a September homecoming. A large meeting in the town hall last Saturday selected five delegates to represent Ohio township at the county executive committee meeting in Batavia. Other localities coordinate similar actions with a Woman's Club gathering noted for 2:00 pm but rescheduled to 3:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Ohio Township
Batavia
Memorial Day Decoration Plans and Graves List
Memorial Day observances are set with G A R post and National Guard escort to city hall for divine service at 2:30 PM led by Rev Fisher. A graveside decorum follows at 3 PM with a flower detail and a long list of Civil War Mexican War 1812 and Spanish American War veterans to be honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Post
1St Regiment National Guard
City Hall
Fisher
U. B. Church
Batavia
Dennison
Company K
Burdsall
The Nearest School Supreme Court Decision
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously that while a district school is preferred, parents may seek admission to a school outside their district only if their own in district school is over a mile and a half away and farther from residence than the outside option. The case, State of Ohio v. Mt. Carmel School District, involved John A. Boyce and the Mt. Carmel board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
State of
Ohio
John A. Boyce
Board of Education
Mt. Carmel
Grace Corbin Crowned American Queen by Wilmington Indians
Grace Corbin daughter of General Henry C. Corbin is praised as an American Queen after a visit by John Robinson’s circus Indians who honored her with a Pure Heart title. The tribe celebrated with a war dance and memorials for Dan Emmett at Mt. Vernon, then sent flowers to Rosebud Dakota archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grace Corbin
Henry C. Corbin
America
John Robinson
Wilmington
Plains
Miss Grace
Corbin
Mound View
Mt. Vernon
Dan Emmett
Company
Lone Flower
Rosebund
Dakota
Quietly Married Laurel Public Schools Superintendent and Amelia Woman
John W. Drummond superintendent of Laurel public schools and Florence M. Maphet of Amelia wed at Batavia M E parsonage on May 16 1907. The ceremony officiated by Rev Burd sall used the ring service with Attendants John Huntington and Jessie Coulter. Afterward the couple attended Batavia commencements with Moody Drummond, then left for Pine Ridge Indian Agency South Dakota to take government school positions. Drummond a former local M E preacher aims to enter itinerant ministry in South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Drummond
Laurel Public Schools
Florence M. Maphet
Amelia
M. E. Parsonage
Batavia
FE. Burdsall
John Huntington
Jessie Coulter
Moody Drummond
Cincinnati
Chicago
Rushville
Nebraska
Pine Ridge Indian Agency
South Dakota
Drummond
M. E. Church
Batavia High Alumni Banquet Reorganized After 18 Years
The Batavia high school alumni association held a reorganization banquet at the armory with about 150 attendees including non graduates. The event featured an ornate supper by the Presbyterian church women's aid society, music, reminiscences, and a business meeting electing F. P. Timmons president B. K. Parrott vice president Harriet L. Moore secretary and Anna Ranson treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia High School
Armory
Ssociation
Walla
Oid Society
Presbyterian Church
ofMlera
F. P. Timmons
B. K. Parrott
Harriet L. Moore
Anna Ranson
Dietz Case Moves Toward Trial Date Key Ruling
Clermont common pleas Judge Bambach held a brief Saturday session. He overruled a quash indictment motion from prior session and sustained the prosecutor’s motion to overrule plea in abatement. He also overruled the defense demurrer and set trial for June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bambach
Clermont
Stray Automobile Left for Repairs At Amelia Finds Owners
A large canopy-top car, nearly new with vivid brass fittings and red paint, was left at a local Amelia blacksmith for repairs by two young men. For days it drew crowds as owners failed to claim it. finally parties from the city proved ownership, paid for repairs, and drove away. The item may have connections to political campaigns and local outfits, but the owner remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Mayor Lease
Red Devil
George Cox
Burton
Arts
Vorys
Taft Outfit
Taft
Worth Looking After Jobs Open In Many Fields
Government and private employers offer diverse positions. On Wednesday June 26 Cincinnati examinations will be held for weather observer paying 720 dollars annual, ballot inspector 1400 dollars, mineral deposits surveyor five dollars per day, anthropology aides 50 dollars per month, and a standards bureau mechanic earning 900 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Weather Observer
Ball
Division of Anthropology
Bureau of Standards
Superintendent Recalled for Batavia Schools
Prof. John KE Collins formerly resigned Batavia superintendent to lead Fremont schools. He is re employed for three years at 1800 dollars yearly with a 100 dollar annual raise. Board compliments him. local papers call him the right man in the right place, as he proved in Batavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John KE. Collins
Batavia
Fremont
Milford High School Class of 1907 Commencement
The Class of 1907 will hold its commencement exercises Friday evening. Seven members perform the program, including four girls and three boys, with an attractive agenda promising both profit and pleasure.
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Illiams
Lars
Iscutor
Eecaiet
Imsa
Bas
June Bride
Rev
Julia Sullivan
Dean Barr
Verva Miller
Moody Diamond
Kienatsee
Edna H
Alice Slade
Ioudonde
Mrv. J. F
Diers
James Robinson
Zacabalah Newbert
N. B. Moore
Locue Kennedy
W.A. Townsley
J. A. Penn
Henry Day
L. D. Manning
Jobo Bunn
P. I. Perkina
W.H.H. Robi
A. W. Huling
George Paine Samuel Newt
Thomas Bune R
J. Lewis
William Iowara
WH. Tice
Henry Rust
Inwater Moore
Charles Crane I
N. Carter
Henry Smith
John Kain
Randolph Kal
Joseph Holler
C. H. Kain
Oliver Rnodee
Stockton Cros
John Jenike
Oawell Sutton
A. J. Hamilto
Samuel Murph
Riley Nichols
William Boul
Charles Stanton
John Bauer
TB. Dustin
John Jamieson
Clive Balick
M. Jamieson
Daniel Crow
William Jones
A. Wayland
Jessie Stagg
Ezekiel Slade
Robert Ely
T. J. Lewis
Daniel Brown
Lucian Weaver
John Mount
Capt
J. M. Lewis
James West
Jessie Strimple
James McCraw
G W. Lewis
Fred Fault
Robert Kennedy
Charles Townsley
J.P. Leonard
Wesley Mount
Thomas F. Brown
Thomas Kain
J. H. Kain
Rbert Livengood
David Wallace
Oliver Halick
Samuel Moore
William Davison
William Raper
Edward John
Jobo W. Robinson
E. L. Hunter
Jacob Haney
Henry Sellers
J. A. Weaver
Jobo Barr
Edward Titus
Albert Heipkel
Robert McGee
Leeds
Lytle Shade
Jessie Ellis
Harry Reynolds
Dr. Wm
Wayland
Joseph Applegate
M.A. Buller
Olive Branch
James Stickel
Rossmayne
Queen Pure Heart
Ameri
Dietz
Murrer
Nas No Tag
Milford High School
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