04 Nov 1903
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1903
Page
1
The piece reports a sweeping Republican victory across Clermont townships with Batavia, Goshen, Miami, Ohio, Washington, and Williamsburg carried by wide margins while Democrats win Jackson, Pierce, Stonelick, Union, Wayne, Franklin, Tate, and Monroe. It notes big anticipated totals, plus local events, deaths, and social notices.
Friends report veteran John Grant seriously ill at home under I C O F care. Allen Waterfield of the Pennsylvania Railroad visited his parents over the weekend. Arch E. Hayden, NY shoe firm rep, on leave. Hamp Woods and wife guests of H. P. Williams. Elder T. P. Degman preached at the Christian Temple. Congregation donors visited the M E parsonage. Frank Dimmitt died after months of illness. funeral at M B E church. Mrs. W. P. Mefford returns from Lexington visit. Local flinch games and a masquerade at Miss Voree Prather’s. Mrs. Nash of Amelia visiting her brother James Moore at Villa Moore. Maud Manning and Lena Kauffman visit Moscow and Cincinnati friends. W. G. Richey visited daughter Mrs. Charles Foulk in DeGraff. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dixon guests of Mrs. Richardson’s family. Miss Ealah Howard ill with pneumonia. Miss Harriet E. Lanham died aged about 86. funeral held in Weagapetey. O T R page notes and physicians’ endorsements of Foley’s Honey and Tar from Dr. John Bunn Batavia.
Bargain seekers urged to attend the November 10 sale at the Sapp farm near Williamsburg featuring farm implements stock tools machinery grain carriages and household goods all in good condition nearly new items with easy terms expected large turnout. A separate note mentions a runaway bicycle and Bucklen’s Amica Salve advertised for skin conditions and burns at Nash’s Pharmacy Batavia and James Hicks Amelia.
Mrs. Harry Lakemire hosts Mrs. John Ferree in Hillsboro while Ephraim McAdams of Cincinnati visits his mother Susan Mc Adams. Carr ie Beacham and Walter Rose wed at the Presbyterian parsonage Wednesday evening. Ray Scott from Bethel calls on Fannie Vanosdol. Mrs. Lester Boulware and daughter Bella visit the Kain family. Sunday guests at Miss Ida Curry include Zuella Pease and Henry Laub, with William Warren of Williamsville. Mrs. Sherman from Marion Indiana visits relatives here this week. Charles Childs of Connersville returns home briefly from Geo. R. Carter’s employ. Joseph Parker and Walter McKibben from Columbus call on locals. Hattie Beebee and Lizzie Conner visit in Cincinnati. Bessie Parker of Bethel visits her sister Mrs. Cliff Rose. Sarah Rice of College Hill spends Sunday with home folk.
A brief ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as curing ailments from dyspepsia to constipation. The copy mocks a lack of respect for the elderly and promotes the pill as effective for old and young alike. Sold for 25 cents at Nash’s Pharmacy, Jas Hicke, Amella.
Mrs. F M Paorsell and daughter Stella visit Florida. H Buckley Jos Lindsey Kate Green and Mrs Jennie Ketchum join Miss Lowensteins in Avondale. Mrs John Conner and others visit Mrs W Brown in Cincinnati. Mrs Cross of Boise City visits Mrs John Conner Otis Elston in Cincinnati. A Nesbitt couple from Lima visit relatives. Rev McMinn honored on 87th birthday at OC E gathering. Mrs W Taylor in Cincinnati. Mrs Mandy Watson to Pittsburg for winter. Nesbitt anniversary celebrated with family friends. Euchre group meets at Miss Bleher. prizes to Miss Bleher and Mrs George Clasgens. Miss Mabel Bleher hosts 18th birthday party.
The cannery concluded its final run after a notably successful season of about three months. Local notes recount a near collision with an electric car on Main Street, Halloween celebrations, property changes including Dr. W B Dean purchasing Mrs. Mariah Fagin’s former holdings, and a near weeklong electric line wreck that disrupted suburban commuters. Social events include a wedding anniversary gathering for Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jones, with Cincinnati visitors and family present. Foley’s Honey and Tar is touted as the reliable remedy for croup in children.
The itemized local brief covers travel of J F Knight and C A Frazier to Chicago, visits by Mrs T B Frazier and mother in Cincinnati, and various social events. It records a wedding, obituaries, business moves, real estate transactions, birthdays, and upcoming club and sale notices from Batavia and surrounding areas. It includes a fundraiser for a missing dog and a promotional cabinet photo sale offer.
The M. E. church ladies and society met at Mrs. Ilatte Chapman’s on Thursday with quilting as the afternoon’s work. Miss Dewey from New York visits Mrs. ER. B. Thayer. Mrs. Worstell hosted a dinner for her daughter Maude Balser’s birthday last Wednesday. Charlie Wasson and Joe Evans attended Sabbath school at Washington Heights. Halloween was observed by the Miami club with a masquerade at Leever’s hall. Mrs. Lottie Orr entertained Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hil, Newport Kentucky, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bonnel, Washington Heights, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Humphrey, Miamiville. L. A. Reese bought the Turner property opposite Seeger’s hall and plans to resume residence. Miss Martha Keller of Lebanon visited her parents. Ada Reese and Doris Evans attended Sunday school at Camp Dennis, and Preston Longly of Cincinnati visited his grandmother, Mrs. Serena Hutchinson, Sunday.
Mr and Mrs McBride and Dr Jesse L Simes sworn to statements detailing their ill little boy who suffered epileptic spells and right side paralysis. They credit Dodd s Kidney Pills with ending the spells within a week after starting use. The case has caused a neighborhood sensation and sworn statements confirm the story.
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