Water Works and Lights Meeting Promises Citywide Reform
A large Batavia meeting at the courthouse backs electric lights and water works with a $25,000 bond plan to fund the project for sixty years. The committee urges retrenchment across clerk, mayor, street, and school salaries, recommends abolishing the street commissioner post, and details revenue ideas to cover costs while keeping taxes steady.
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Court House
William C. Bishop
Allen Nichols
Friends of the
Board of Council
Honorable School Board
Batavia Township
Batavia
Mey
Fine Session at Owensville Sunday-School Union
The 33rd Clermont County Sunday-School Union convention in Owensville’s M E church opened May 25 with President G. B. Gaddis leading worship. Marion Lawrence of Toledo spoke on The Sunday School Idea as delegates heard reports, services, and papers through Friday, ending with the invitation to meet in Batavia next May.
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Clermont County Sunday-School Union
M. E
Owensville
G. 8. Gaddis
N. R. Walker
Williamsburg
T. A. Mitchell
Gaddis
H. W. Batley
Batavia
M. K. Hunter
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
Owenaville
A. G. Newton
Bethel
Misses Hey
DeWitt
Cincinnati
Jerusalem
W.5. Martin
Loveland
Edward Layport
Jesus
Mayme
Eloise Airey
Cecile Hulick
Ernest Graves
Newtonsville
Brothers Gaddia
Lawrance
Bailey
Rader
Graves
Billman
W. 8. Gray
Marathon
Mayme Ulrey
Georgia Thompson
G. R. Robbins
I. E. Price
J. A. Rader
Howard Billman
C. O. Brown
Clermontville
Homeland
W. 8
Mia. Jamieson
Helen Currier
Etta Beck
Thompson
Ella Turner
Marion Lawrance
God
C.C
Misa Ella Turner
G. M. Roudebush
J.T. Huggins
Bethel Harry Townsley
Mmihorg
A. T. Johnson
William Joseph
A Glowing Manila Sunset Described by Rutherford Corbin
Rutherford Hayes Corbin, stationed in the Philippines, writes of an Easter evening sunset over Manila Bay. He paints the Lunetta promenade, the band, carriages, and a mixed crowd as Corregidor and coast ranges fade to silhouettes. The scene ends with a Star Spangled Banner and sunset guns as Old Glory lowers.
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Rutherford Hayes Corbin
Philippines
Corregidor
Coast Range
Cayite
Bulacan
Malolos
Filippinos
Sousa
Cavite
Monadnock Sailor Boy Charles Jones Returns Home
Charles Jones known as the Monadnock sailor boy who commanded the turret gun Paul Jones in the reduction of Las Pinas and other Philippine battles returns home after ten years away, having spent four aboard the Monadnock. He is a bright young colored man of pure African blood neat and soldierly. he received an honorable discharge last week and was greeted by New York by 600 Dewey soldiers and by his grateful village with pride from his brothers and kin.
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Charles Jones
Paul Jones
Las Pinas
Young Jones
Dewey
New York
America
Frank Jones
Main Street
Gilbert Thomas
Sting Carter
Ed Yancy
Jobo Burrel
Lou Buerkle
Uncle Gilbert
John Woodlief
Buerkle
John Robinson
Cleveland
McKinley
Robinson
Woodlief
Alcidas Wayland
Deacon Jones
Yancey
Jones
Lou
Gilbert
Alcidas
Court notices and estate distributions across Ohio counties
Court actions include confirmation of sale and partial distribution of the Prickett estate with 438 heirs, totaling $69,660 for distribution from both Hamilton and Clermont counties. Proceeds near $1,200, with costs and expenses deducted. Various civil cases progress with trials, verdicts, and orders, including paternity, slander, and property suit outcomes. Jury panels drawn and jurors listed. ads for carpet stock at end.
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Edwin G. Galbreath
Edward Conover
Edward M. Gaskill
Nettie Louise Basore
Ruth Layman
O. G. Harris
Smith
J. P
Luella Belle Brophy
Emma Belle Conley
A.T. Cowen
David L. Carpenter
L. Il. Smith
Loveland Mutual Building & Loan Company
John Shearer
Susie Williams
Sallie Kendrick
Edward Gardner
Joseph Davia
al Va
C. P. & V. Railroad Company
Almira Reed
John Idler
Charles L. Kennedy
Mary E. Robertson
Robert Ludley
Marie L. Weygandt
Costa
Anna McLean
Laura Creamer
A. G. Creamer
Creamer
Frank McLean
Anna MccLean
Marla McLean
E. Q. Crane
Hannah M. Green
W. H. Stevens
Civil Service Reform Grants Partial Exemption List
The President issues a civil service order affecting 65,000 Federal posts with 4,000 exempted. The list covers private secretaries to department heads, positions requiring Senate confirmation, various clerical and supervisory roles, and those under temporary appointments. Veterans of the Civil and Spanish wars receive preference under the new policy.
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Senate
U. S
Market steady as tobacco sales remain light
The Western Tobacco Journal reports a quiet week ending May 27 with no material price change. Buyers saw Tuesday and Wednesday as easier, but figures were similar. Thursday and Friday saw better bidding and satisfactory activity. Receipts were light, and an average crop is anticipated with rising shipments expected soon. Rotation of sales begins May 30 with Cincinnati Miami Globe Bodman Morris listed.
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Western Tobacco Journal
Cincinnati-Miami
Globe
Bodman
Morris
Jones Makes Application for Pardon in Clermont
The Courier notes Edward Jones seeks a pardon after five years of a ten year sentence for murder. The original judge and prosecutor oppose mercy, citing the shotgun killing of a boy returning from a political meeting in Batavia. The editorial urges restraint and longer reflection before any decision.
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Edward Jones
Courier
Jones
Batavia
Clermont
Pardon Board
Olive Branch
Frost bite cure by reading Tompkins lecture prompts debate
A 1899 letter from DusuanE Iowa praises a Christian Science lecture by Tompkins for curing frost bite after a long ride to church. The piece mocks the lecture’s supposed powers and notes a Terrace Park ordinance banning golf and lawn tennis on Sundays.
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Dusuane
Iowa
Tompkkins
Katie
Tompkins
Philippines
Cerverra
Schley
Sampson
Klondike
Christian Science
Tompkine
Katie Sims
Grand Army of Humbuggery
Tax Council of
Terrace Park
Sunday-School Workers Convene for Clermont County Event
Preparations for the 27th annual M. E. Sunday School convention in Clermont County rise with Williamsburg chosen for June 8 and 9. The program lists Rev. W. L. English and Rev. Madison Swadener among speakers, with music by Mrs. Della Nichols and Dr. W. A. Robinson, plus reports, elections, and Epworth activities.
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Clermont
M. E. Sunday-School
Clermont County
Williamsburg
Old Times Revived Mock Slave Market On Main Street
A humorous scene on Main Street shows six Black men watching an auction mock selling one another. The crowd laughs as Lou Buerkle cracks a whip and joking bids rise, recalling slavery memories but ending with the men free and unharmed.
Clermontter Looms Up in Fifth District Nomination Hope
Clermonty and Putnam county voters show strong support for N B Ross of the Ohio House as a potential Democratic nominee for Congress in the Fifth district. The district leans Democratic by about 6000, and local Republicans have little chance.
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N. B. Ross
Putnam County
Ohio
Roas
Clermont
Bethel Voters Urged to Approve Town Bond Issue
Bethel neighbors push for bonds to fund streetlights a2 decscent streets and bridges while housing and sidewalks improve. Supporters argue higher property values will cover taxes and compare bonds to productive farm and business debt that spurred growth.
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Bethel
March of Financial Progress
Clermont County
Nation Grumbles Over Two Commodities Polluted by Campaigns
The piece laments persistent political frictions interwoven with a string of holidays from New Year to Thanksgiving. It lists dates and observances such as Lincoln’s birthday, Valentine’s Day, Washington’s Birthday, St. Patrick’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Halloween, and more local days. The author muses on constant turmoil and longs for a retreat from public life, while acknowledging the right to grumble.
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St. Valentine's Day
Washington’s
St. Patrick’s
Independence
Labor
Hallowe'en
St. Jon's
France Physicians Visit Clermont Hotel for One Day
The France Physicians are announced as returning to our community with a strong reputation. They will hold a single day at the Clermont hotel offering free confidential consultations on Tuesday, June, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Their noted skill is said to restore health for long treated or supposedly incurable cases.
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Bethel
France
Bator
Clermont Hotel
Delegate chosen at Cincinnati convention to contest seats
At the Republican main convention in Cincinnati Dr. A. B. Devers was chosen as a delegate to the State convention. Once living in Batavia he aligned with Democrats, but the article quips he is a good doctor who can cure himself of democracy and hopes he won’t reverse his stance.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Devers
Devers
Batavia
Deevers
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