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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
4
A 1911 Ohio piece notes Tacoma recall elections and Democratic majorities. It cites Governor Harmon’s stance on bribery investigations, partisan tensions in Columbus, pay for a constitutional delegate, and a GOP bribery case with little party newspaper support.
In Circle Court notices the Village of Williamsburg v Alice Bricker ends with a $760 common pleas verdict for the plaintiff. Separate cases include Barnam Buxton against The State of Ohio with jury verdict affirmed and remanded. Others note divorce decrees and guardianship orders with several miscellaneous hearings and marriages licensed.
The record notes the will of Henry B. Shinkle of Franklin township dated December 8, 1910 directing debts paid and the wife to receive poultry and selectable household goods. Executors Harrison D. Shinkle named, with four children receiving the remainder equally after the wife’s life. Numerous real estate transfers follow, detailing buyers, sellers, parcels, and prices across Amelia, Williamsburg, Ohio, Milford, Bethel, and other townships, with sums ranging from $1 to $7,425.
Deputy State Supervisors of Elections in Clermont county invite sealed bids for printing nine thousand seven hundred official ballots machine perforated and numbered in specified book sizes plus four hundred black lead pencils with rubber tips. Bids due May 2 1911 by 12 noon with bond equal to double the bid. Board may reject any or all bids.
Fragmentary legal notice concerning Ida Gardner and Henry Gardner in a common pleas court for a county. The readable part mentions residence and a time frame but the rest is garbled. No clear action, deadline, or party list is discernible from the legible content.
The saying argues it is foolish to await repentance from others or fate when personal action is required. It declares that one cannot rely on others to change what each person must do themselves, framing waiting as pointless.
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