Local notices and social items from Clermont area
Clermont Courier items list local names and events including residents at Oxford and Batavia, birthdays, marriages, visits, and church fundraiser details. Mentions John Kramer, James Dial family, David Michael birth, Ollie Smith return, Miss Helen Rush, Myrtle Wilson, A. P. Roudebush, Hensley family, and a May Fair at Taylor M E church with refreshments and a dry goods table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor M. E. Church
Ladies Aid
Federal land bank loans offered by Cincinnati association
Cincinnati National Farm Loan Association at 614 Main Street announces loans at 436 percent. Local farmers advised to contact the office in Cincinnati Ohio for details and application procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Nat’l Farm.Loan Association
Main Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hope Persists In Utah Penitentiary Release Claim
Warden of the Utah state penitentiary says about half of convicts released from state prisons go on to lead law abiding lives, indicating optimistic outcomes from reform.
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Utah State Penitentiary
Ohio tourist camps require health department permit
State regulations require all tourist camps in Ohio to obtain approval from the State Department of Health or the local Health Commissioner. Patrons using camps not displaying the Standard Sign do so at their own risk.
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State of
Ohio
State Department of Health
Tobacco Plants Set Delayed By Floods and Pests
Tobacco plants in this section are doing fine except those washed away by high water. None has been set yet as Flea Beetles are present and attacking the plants. Paris Green and arsenate of lead are recommended. apply early and often to protect the crop.
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Paris
Cincinnati Georgetown Railroad seeks discontinua nce of Felicity Bethel service
The Lack of Patronage Notice from Cincinnati Georgetown railroad states an application to the State Utilities Commission to discontinue service over the Felicity and Bethel railroad. The change would take effect once the permit is granted. General Manager L EK Wester signs the release. The company cites diversion of traffic to other transport and unsustainable expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Georgetown
State Utilities Commission
Felicity & Bethel
L. EK. Wester
Felicity
Taxed for Cussing Builds Church in La Guayra
In La Guayra Venezuela the Church of the Most Holy Damn was funded by fines from parishioners who swore, a quirky tale linked to a Caracas ascent and a famed road. Cartagena Colombia, founded 1583, features Moorish domes and historic walls resisting pirates with sieges by Drake and Morgan.
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la Guayra
Venezuela
Caracas
South America
Francis Drake
Henry Morgan
Sausages and Bananas Compared in Odd 1920s Text
A National Provisioner quotation mocks school essays by claiming sausages and bananas share architectural style. It notes sausages are eaten with skin and usually reclining, while bananas are a pristine product of nature and held aloft during consumption.
Early public schooling roots in America and Lancastrian method
The passage notes that a true public school system did not exist in the United States until the nineteenth century. It cites 1798 as a landmark in England with Joseph Lancaster founding a free school for the poor in Southwark and De Witt Clinton promoting public schools in New York. It describes the Lancastrian system with a teacher aided by pupil monitors and claims one teacher could instruct up to 1,000 pupils with assistants.
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United States
England
Joseph Lancaster
Southwark
de Witt Clinton
New York
America
Pitch Lake of Trinidad Draws Visitors to La Brea
Tourists flock to the Bottomless Lake of Pitch at La Brea in Trinidad known as the Land of Hummingbirds. The vast asphalt plain seems to have no bottom as dig holes rapidly refill. Port of Spain is the main city with about 200000 residents, mostly black, and Hindu inhabitants are noted for ornate dress.
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Trinidad
la Brea
Port of Spain
Brothers Bigler Governors Elected on Shared Occasion
John Bigler of California and William Bigler of Pennsylvania were elected governors on the same day in 1851. Both born in Pennsylvania of German descent, John later served two California terms and died in 1871, while William, born 1814, served Pennsylvania governor and U S senator and died in 1880.
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John
William Bigler
California
Pennsylvania
John Bigler
United States
Reading English Or Other Language For Aliens Debated
The law requires aliens over sixteen to read English or another language or dialect with a physical incapacity exception. It also allows admissible aliens or U S citizens to bring in or send for a father or grandfather over fifty five, wife, mother or grandmother, unmarried or widowed daughter if they are otherwise admissible.
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United States
Railway Bridge Through Tree Tops in California
A railway spans a deep ravine by laying tracks on cut tree stumps atop the tree tops near the coast. Branches were trimmed to level the banks and timbers laid to form a bridge. The design is described as quite safe by London Tit Bits.
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R. R
California
London
Batavia Presbyterian Church Announces May 28 Services
The Batavia Presbyterian Church under Minister Samuel Huecker will hold Sunday school at 9 80 and morning worship at 10 45 on May 28. The sermon subject is The Way of Peace and an invitation is extended to all services.
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Batavia Presbyterian Church
Samuel Huecker
Huecker
Forgotten God Theme at Evening Worship
Evening service at 7 30 worship at 68 marks a sermon titled A Forgotten God delivered by the minister. The message centers on recognizing God in daily life and restoring reverence within the community.
Mongolia's split forms Inner and Outer regions
The vast Central Asian plateau known as Mongolia is described as once a Chinese dependency now divided into Inner Mongolia closely merging with China and Outer Mongolia acting as a republic aligned with the Soviet Union.
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Mongolia
Central Asia
Inner Mongolia
China
Outer Mongolia
Memorial address and gospel program at Batavia church
Rev. L. L. Cherrington reports improved condition. On Thursday May 26 the Mills ensemble will present a Victory Gospel concert with a silver offering. Next Sunday Eli Speidel to deliver Memorial address at U B Church Batavia. Sunday school 9 80 junior church 10 15 memorial services at 10 80. Public invited. Pastor’s theme The World is His and I will take it.
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Cherrington
BE. C. Mills
Victory Gospel Singers
Eli Speidel
U. B. Church
Ludwick
Batavia
Family expresses gratitude for sympathy after loss of Sherman Z Deem
The Deem family thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy shown during their sorrow in the death of husband and father Sherman Z Deem. Special thanks are given to Mr and Mrs Ed Ross the singers pallbearers Rev Robbins and the undertaker Mr Moore Theresa Deem and Family.
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Sherman Z. Deem
Ed Ross
Robbins
Moore
Theresa Deem
London Sees Record 24 Hour Rainfall in 1917
The heaviest rain London ever recorded fell on June 16 1917 with 450 tons to the acre in North Kensington. The article also notes Quebec women being denied entry to the legal profession and introduces a tiresome airless truck tire innovation.
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London
Acre
North Kensington
Province
Quebec
Canada
Marathon Grange Holds Benefit Event With Arts and Music
The Marathon Grange invites all to a May 27 evening at the Marathon school featuring a bathing beauty contest and magic act Prof Hokum with 10 cent admission and free lunch to benefit the Grange. The same week they hosted a Rural Life Sunday program and plan Memorial Service on May 28 with flower and candle rites and broad church organization representation.
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Marathon School
Prof. Hokum
Marathon Grange
Grange
I. B. Mulloy
Verna Stamm
Chaney
The
CO. L. Jones
Gas Tax Revenues Shrink in Clermont County for 1988
Present indications show Clermont County and its townships will receive 161620 from gasoline taxes and auto licenses in 1988, a 10 percent drop from 1932 levels. After complex allocations, the county and its municipalities are slated to gain about 6140 from auto licenses, with further cuts projected if gas tax rates fall.
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Clermont County
General Assembly
Ohio
Statewide Flood Damage Totals Revealed by Highway Officials
Excessive rainfall last week caused damage to roads across the state. State Highway officials report costs: roadways 528000, bridges 290000, surface 115000, totaling 928000 in damages.
Professor Muy bridge captures first motion photos in California
Sixty years ago a professor photographed an object in motion in California using a fifty ton concept. A 17 inch cube of gold weighs a ton illustrating a playful physics anecdote.
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Muybridge
California
Reward for info on chicken theft at Schobert premises
A $25 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who broke in and stole chickens at F. W. Schobert's premises on the night of May 21, 1933. All information is confidential and should be reported to Owensville Protective Association officers Geo. W. Mull president or C. A. Buerkle secretary.
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F. W. Schobert
Owensville Protective Association
Geo. W. Mull
C. A. Buerkle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clermont Courier
Courier and
Cincinnati Post
Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati Enquirer and Courier
John Kramer
Oxford
James Dial
Jeffries
Wood Street
Prosecutor Roberts
David Michael
Ollie Smith
Robert Wiseman
George Hatfield
Pittsburg
Myrtle Wilson
Trm
S. W Bprague
O. Alga
Wilke Coal & Supply Co
Batavia, Ohio
Helen H. Rush
Middletown
John Sprague
Homer Kain
A. F. Ohler
Madisonville
Batavia Bote
A. P. Roudebush
Ft. Thomas, Ky
Kenneth Hensley
G. B. Hensley
Madison
W. Va
W. M. Hensley
Ceredo
Helen Mae Davis
Jobn Owens
Vanceburg
Bethel
Plain Street
Federal Land Bank Loans
Lancastrian Schools
Bell Telephone Company
Stewart’s
W. B. Miller
Fuchias
Victor Thomas
Day
M. E. Church
L. L. Cherrington
Grange News
R. S. Harmonit
Optometrist
Jamieson Bldg
BABY
Owensville
John W. Lytle Jr
Reas
Williamsburg
J.E. Lytle & Son
Emwood School House
Blanche Welch
Wilkinson St
Dayton
Wilke Coal and Supply Co’s
Batvaia
Omibti
P. M. Ravp
J.C. Fuhr Williamsburg
P. M. Rapp
Wilke Coal and Supply Co. Rytaring
Florence Wilkee
Baera
Williamsburg Corporation
Mable
John McKever
Box le Wallaburg
Aenintn
van Ood
A. E Y
Newtown
A.O Sue
Ed Springers
Ratghery
Nancy
Everett Dugan
O. Chesterwhites
Mexico
United States Geological Survey
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