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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
8
Local notices from Batavia recount visits by Mrs Adelia Brown of Florida and others, church services at the Batavia chapel, and social gatherings. An advertisement touts fresh oysters, a $2000 mortgage loan offer, and Burdock Blood Bitters claims to improve skin and health.
The home of the late Dr Joby Sunn at Fourth and North streets Batavia is offered for sale by the executor One of the best located properties in the town An ideal and well built house at corner Hermon avenue and Valley street Dayton O July date noted
The Batavia branch of the Tri State Dairy Association will meet in Rapps Hall Bata via November 6 at 2 o'clock. All milk shippers are invited. Also notes on foliage, local fishing, Ed Long’s transfer to Cincinnati, visits by Dr George Hansgen and family, social visits in Lebanon, and local business ads including Fo ley's Urine Laxative and Dean's Ointment. A Rugby laborer in England reportedly walked with a broken neck for over three months.
Meagre returns show Schwab wins mayoral seat in Hamilton County by about 8,000. Louis Galvin elected vice mayor. Gaynor claims heavy mayoral majority in New York. Tom Johnson defeated in Cleveland. Monroe and Tate Townships swing Democratic, with mixed results in Bethel, Felicity, Stonelick, Goshen, Boston villages, Milford, Williamsburg, and Beacham contests.
A list of bills approved by the county commissioners at a November 1 1909 special session including burial expenses for Metzgar Wm CIBER respocse seven to 75 00 supplies for stenographer 800 and various other items such as chairs for the court house lumber repairs and salaries with charges to tax re districts and notices for school examiners meeting among the items and amounts referenced.
An ad from 798 East McMillan Street Walnut Hills Cincinnati promotes phonography, typewriting, and book-keeping courses. It promises efficient study, low costs, and placement assistance after completion.
Quinlan Leonard, a Batavia boy now married, works on the Owen Democrat. He and his wife have moved into C. W. Thirkielé’s residence while Leonard continues in the Democrat office, where he learned his trade and is noted as a good worker.
Presbyterians yesterday collected numerous contributions to fund cooking and housekeeping lessons for young people. The warm testimonials from newcomers and the gifts from the flock reflected strong community support and appreciation.
The first tea of the season hosted by Presbyterian ladies will be held at the home of Mrs. Alien Nichols on Thursday from 2 to 5 PM this week. A nominal fee funds the social features and a delicate luncheon, with all invited to attend.
The Chicago Daily News notes a cynical remark claiming that nine of ten men will say they do not receive half of what they are entitled to, highlighting perceived unfairness in earnings.
A motorist cited for speeding had the case withdrawn after defense cites a doctor in attendance from a party to a dying man. The report appears in Home Chat under a column about public safety and local incidents.
A satire on financial practices and social schemes comparing investments to purchases on margin and love as gambling. It contrasts buying bonds, margin trading, reform efforts, and a life of speculation with a cynical view of marriage, inheritance, and self sufficiency. The piece uses rich examples to critique risk and motive in money, politics, and romance.
In a northern Scotland village, a parish minister tells John the farm servant that in the afterlife there will be no rest. John doubts this, imagining more endless duties like cleaning the sun, hanging the moon, and lighting the stars.
A Springfield writer argues the church once checked falling birth rates by giving a religious motive for large families. If that motive erodes, economic forces favoring fewer children will gain scope, raising costs of raising and educating offspring and threatening civilization.
A quotation from Sir Arthur Helps urges the reader to seek understanding of nature. It emphasizes the mysteries of earth air and water and invites earnest study and interaction with nature to be blessed by it.
A humorous exchange shows a guest invited home for dinner and a piano recital. The host, Gormley, feigns delight, then excuses himself claiming a forgotten engagement. The conversation reveals he has neither a youngest daughter nor a piano.
A fragment highlights a character claiming potential in a machine and a belief in genius, while others doubt trusting a genius with money. The dialogue implies tension between vision and practicality in managing resources.
A boarding house advert offers beds or meals at 20 cents each with a feed stable. Located a square and a half above the town hall on Main Street, Miss Kare Erton runs the establishment featuring good home cooking.
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