Baking powders compared for leavening power and price
Alum or phosphate baking powders are cheaper than Royal Baking Powder which is made from cream of tartar derived from grapes. Alum powders vary greatly in leavening strength and cost.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
8
Alum or phosphate baking powders are cheaper than Royal Baking Powder which is made from cream of tartar derived from grapes. Alum powders vary greatly in leavening strength and cost.
Clermont Courier and other papers list subscriptions and local updates. Residents visit relatives in Norwood Linwood and Bellview while several social calls and birthdays are noted. Medical remedies, a church fair, and a Batavia school accident with minor injuries are reported along with general community news.
Large shipments of crushed stone move to Clermont county for road use. Quarries near Center Point on the O R and C and near Sunshine on the C G and P yield limestone layers. Stone expected to be secured for the pike with $100 000 spent. German U B church services next Sunday with a Young People’s Meeting and English preaching in the evening.
The article lists average lifespans for fence posts by wood type from Osage orange at 30 years to willow at 6 years, and notes that price should reflect this. Bark increases decay, while hot asphalt treatment slows rot. cement posts last about 48 years and steel posts about 30 years.
The ad urges investigation of Foley Kidney ills for dullness, backache, rheumatism, sore muscles, stiff joints or other signs of kidney trouble. It claims Foley products are highly recommended as Rome and efficient health aids, Nash harmacy.
Dry weather over the past week cut short a predicted spring strawberry harvest. Berries formed and hardened with little to no ripe fruit, and farm fields long for rain.
A Bladon Springs Alabama mother reports using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her baby with severe whooping cough and says it quickly helped. The ad notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
The Monroe township board of education met last week and hired teachers for the coming year. Names include Clinton Wise and Sadie Wilson in Pt Pleasant Nicholsville, Franklin, and Fair Oak. Maud Frazee, Marie Moreton, and Elsie Gilaspie at various schools. plus Paul Dunn, Carl Corbin, and Alice Blosser among others.
John R. Moore Jr of Georgetown county surveyor died at his home last Wednesday at age 82. He leaves a wife and one sister Mrs. Jesse Lyons of Cincinnati besides his parents. Funeral from his Georgetown home Friday afternoon with burial in Georgetown cemetery.
A 30 foot steel drill bar weighing 1500 pounds burst at the drill end near Mt. Orab while drilling for gas. The damaged bar was transported to Cincinnati for repairs and the operation is planned to resume Tuesday. Drilling continues to 2300 feet with 1100 feet already reached. Prospects attract speculation but promoters are non residents and details remain undisclosed.
Mrs. Helen K. Paulsen, advance herald of Lincoln Chautauqua juvenile program, will visit Batavia Thursday June 1 to inaugurate juvenile work. She will hold high school pupil meetings in the afternoon and a community address in the evening at the M E church Sunday school room. The Chautauqua runs September 2 to 7, opening Saturday and closing Thursday.
Candidates for county state and township offices must file nomination papers by June 8 at 12 p m. Township committee men urged to file petitions without delay and contact the election clerk for blanks.
At lease expiration C M Johns son runs Parker House in Hillsboro will pass to Ed Kendle and wife of Georgetown who will assume charge. Mr Kendle reports improved health and readiness to operate the business.
A series of loan solicitations advertise 6 percent loans and mortgage secured funding. Requests include 84 in any amount, small sums, and larger loans from 100 to 5000 with security, listing Batavia Ohio attorneys Norman L. Burnet C B Nichols W C Bishop N Q Cover and the Batavia Building & Loan Co.
The degree team of Batavia Lodge No. 136 I O O F will confer the first degree on a class of candidates at Williamsburg Tuesday evening May 30. Automobiles will leave the Batavia Lodge Hall at 6 p m. Members of the degree staff invited include C B Nichols R S Coyle A E Ferree A C Stark J I Kidd Dawson Bradley G W Gunderley John Halbisch Norman L Burnett Wm Livingood Allen Glancy Geo Haney E S Rush M F Ross Mike Reichel Fred Smith Wm Lewis Mike Reisinger Kyle Moyer Wm Wilson P J Stymers Louis Maher Wm Brothers George Perry Andrew Hauck Cleona Searles Lloyd Hulick C N Young James Lewis Frank A Brown Rev T J Simpson and Albert Heinrici.
The article notes no news on the Nichols Ford stolen in Cincinnati last week and warns that street vehicles are rarely recovered. It urges owners to park in garages and suggests placing stray horses in livery stables for humane handling.
The State meeting of the Ohio Rebekah Assembly will be held in Portsmouth in 1917, chosen over Akron. Mrs. Minnie Cast of Edenton attended the Youngstown assembly representing this district. Bids for Georgetown school addition were higher than the bond issue. low bid by A. H. Clark of Batavia at 11957 dollars. Bonds sold for a 260 dollar premium. The school board needs 3500 dollars more to sign a contract.
A reader from Batavia Ohio praises Foley Kidney Pills for quick relief from backache and urinary discomfort. The ad claims the pills repair weak kidneys and restore youthfulness, urging readers to try them today.
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