Local notes and society items from Hamilton area
Miss Florence Fishback suffers rheumatism confined to her room. Norfoix & Western trains welcome new timetable. Auditor Williams’ brother Joe travels to Michigan for health. Lyman Schumard and daughter Tella visit his sister Charles Hulick. W R C holds special meeting Thursday at 3 pm with full attendance urged. Farmers wage war on unusually abundant pests. Miss Pollock of Branch Hill visits Hamilton House with her father Frank Pollock and friends. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised for pain relief. Woman’s Club to meet May 31 at Mrs Stephen Cramer’s home. Flowers notice corrected for G A K hall. Friday afternoon. Mrs Caroline Bull dies at 4 am aged 80, widow of a veteran, mother of Mrs Smith, grandmother of Mrs Jenike. funeral tomorrow at 2 pm, burial Union Cemetery.
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Caroline Bull
Batavia
Smith
Thomas Jenike
Union Cemetery
First Woman Honored on Eight-Cent Postage Stamp
The Postoffice Department will place a portrait of Martha Washington on the eight-cent stamp. This marks the first time a woman is so honored in America.
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Postoffice Department
Martha Washington
America
Williamsburg ball team to face Mt Crab on Decoration Day
H P Brunaugh and family arrived in Batavia for a visit with relatives as his wife and child accompany him. Mr Brunaugh returned to Indianapolis. Decoration Day game between Williamsburg and Mt Crab scheduled on the grounds of Mt Crab with listed Williamsburg lineup. Recent rain blessed county farms with plentiful showers helping crops and promising good yields.
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H. P. Brunaugh
Indianapolis
Batavia
Williamsburg
Mt. Crab Outfit
Hutchens
Windsor
Bradley
Armicott
Montgomery
Earnhart
Rose
Swein
Baby Taylor case echoes old song in distant Italy
The writer recalls a vintage lyric about dancing with Elen Taylor to hint at the Baby Taylor case. The piece contrasts past cheerful lines with modern headlines about Clara Taylor and the Italy discovery, likening the case’s sensationalism to a famous line about pursuit and capture.
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Taylor
Elen Taylor
Brighton
Clara Taylor
Columbus
Moses
Baby Taylor
Clara
Italy
Home Gold Cure promises cure for drunkenness at home
An advertisement promotes the Home Gold Cure as a disease-specific, at home remedy for alcoholism. It claims no noxious doses or nerve weakening, offering a guaranteed cure with tea or coffee administration and confidential correspondence from Edwin B. Gilles & Company in Philadelphia.
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Edwin B. Gilles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
Examination results prompt call for simpler questions
In Patterson a recent test saw 21 of 131 pupils pass, prompting critique of overly hard question lists and urging authorities to favor ordinary school affairs. The piece also touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a domestic remedy for coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Civil Service
Dr.Wood
Mrs Hattie Burns Visit and Local Advertisements
Mrs Hattie Burns of Chicago visits Batavia relatives and is welcomed as a native daughter. Local notices promote King’s New Life Pills for digestion, salt and feed deals, furniture and wagon sales, and multiple loan services from Batavia firms and attorneys.
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Hattie Burns
Chicago
Batavia
A. M. Dimmitt
Hill and Valley dream of Clermont home's memory
Charley Browning describes a pastoral scene in his Clinton Republican tribute. The pen picture titled Hill and Valley recalls Moorefield cottage, cemetery, bridge, stream, and the valley village, with memories of Judge Hulick's home and the old Wilmington landscape in May 1902.
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Clermont
Charley Browning
Clinton Republican
Dr. King's New Discovery Promised For Consumption Cures
An 1860s style note touts Dr. King's New Discovery as a cure for throat and lung diseases with quick relief from hard coughs and phlegm. It promotes guaranteed bottles at 50 cents and one dollar and free trials at Batavia and Amelia drug stores. Also mentions locusts and a satire on proposals to screen outfits.
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Dr. King
John Bunn
Batavia
J. R. Hicks
Amelia
Wind storm damages Williamsburg trees and lines
Williamsburg suffered a strong wind storm Saturday night that caused extensive shade tree loss and numerous telephone boxes burned out. Details are not yet available.
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Williamsburg
Hillside Crops Face Erosion Risk From Heavy Rain
Side hill crops are in danger of being swept into roadways and gulches at hill bottoms as Clermont fields struggle with recent rain. Ground yields respond too freely to the extra water.
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Clermont
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted for Skin Ailments
A vintage advertisement urges guarding children against eczema and scalp troubles with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It touts quick relief for ulcers boils and burns and notes availability at Dr. John Bunn’s store in Batavia and J. R. Hicks in Amelia.
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Bucklen
Earth
John Bunn
Batavia
J. R. Hicks
Amelia
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J. B. Cover
Monteres
Florence Fishback
Lefi
Norfoix ‘& Western
Joe Williams
Auditor Williams
Michigan
Erastus Holick
Oakland Farm
U.B Church
Will Elrod
Harry Peterson
Lyman Schumard
Miss Tella
Springboro
Charles Hulick
Familly
Nedbek
Andy Goff
Funston
J. H. Love
Mra
John Bann
D. G. Dustin
Herbert Kain
Dayton
Edward Potts
Lon Bann
J. J. Werner
Clermont House
Batavla
T. R. Hartman
Miss Pollock
Branch Hill
Hamilton House
Frank Pollock
Monarch
Thomas
Woman’s Club
Stephen Cramer
Cruse
Baum
G. A. K. Hall
Corps
Leavener
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Courier
B. Zimmerman
Maud Glenn
Moorehead
Blanchester
Roxsted
Java
tSen
Dennis & Teasdale
the Emperor
Corbin
Young
Wood
William
Clifford Perin
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Oliver Perin
Wendell Kline
Elijah Cowen
Milford
Norfolk
Vici
Lindsley
Boya
H. Lindsley & Son
Browning, Kinc & CO
Browning, King& Co
Fifth Streets
Orebaugh
Plansifter
T Rapp Bros
Rapp & Coyle’s
Rapp BroSs
Rapp Bros
Aprious
Queen & Crescent
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Aprott
Pittsburg
Chattanooga, Queer & Crescent
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
Rapp & Coyle
Ohio
Birmingham
New Orleans
McCormick
J. R. Williams
Batavia, Ohio
Samuel W. Sprague
Courier Building
W. R. Walker
Batavia Building & Loan Company
Jansltf
Frazier & Hicks, Attys
Acd Rapp Bros
Stirling & Moore’s
Davin K. McDonald
Atty
W. A. Joseph
Apritt
Nelson , Cramer
Mark Brother
O. T. Robertson
L.& O Robertson
Race Street
Race
Longworth
F. P. Hamilton
West 7Th Street
Elm
Seventh and
Race Streets
Shillito
C. P. Gray
O. J. Fetrer
I. Kaufman
East Pearl Street
Oliver
Imperial
Hamilton
Hartman
Kraus
Campbell
Hoosier
Capital
Weber
Milburn
Continental
Rapp & Cosle
Lebanon
Fair Vale
Wilmington
May
G. F. Baum
Cillitduc
A&k
Webster’s
Dictionary
C. _MERRIAM CO
Springfield, Mass
Milford High School
Adcseseer Ee Rev
M. le Sourd International Jealoury
Lawrence H
Stara
Charlotte F
Esme G. Barem
Mennie M. Balzhiser
Courwsale
Miles Standien
Velma G. Hodges
Genevieve L. Witham
Frank B. Wayne
Maggie P. Motzer
Rev
A. B Wilson
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ling & Moore
Rape & Coyle
Texas
Southern Pacific
F. B. Morse
Houston
W. Ah, Connor
Fourth St
Andi
Standard Oil Company
Hotel Kline
Second Streets
Fred
J. Kline
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