High Old Time at High Bridge and a Train Escapade
A Brown county fair sketch tells of a married Clermont woman who flirts with an old lover at Georgetown fair. Her husband objects, a train scene ends with the wife leaping off on High Bridge as the lovers part and the train carries them away from each other forever. Electric Bitters endorsements follow from Indiana residents, touting health benefits and renewed vigor.
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Brown County
Tennessee
Georgetown
Clermont
Clermont County Farmers Association Adopts Constitution
The Clermont farmers outline their new constitution at the Boston fair grounds on October 5 and set the officers for the year including President Abner E. Frazer and Vice President W R Ely. The document details governance, local township associations, by laws, and membership for citizens engaged in soil cultivation.
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Clermont Farmers
Boston Fair Grounds
Amelia
Clermont County Farmers’ Association
Clermont Couna
Abner E. Frazer
Ww. R. Ely
F. J. Roudebush
Corre
Peiigeres Samuel Titus
C. Reed
Exchange Interviews and Public Notices in Early Newspapers
A collage of brief items: creditors extend R H Ellison six to thirty six months with four percent interest, trust deed to assignees, bank to resume soon. Ex Senator Pollard relocates to Delaware area for schooling of children. A tailor introduces new pantaloons reducing buttons. An ox and a fine mare die after a barnyard fight in Kentucky. A Richmond dancer orders a violin tombstone for his grave. Grand jury declines to indict Fry shooting suspects. defense of officers cited. A Boston dialogue on lost popularity over family duties. Mrs Curtain credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with public trials and local doctor and drugstore notices.
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West Union Scion
R. H. Ellison
Custer
Richmond
Ind
Shus
Cambridge City
Georgetown News-Democrat
John Thompson
James Long
Fry
Washington View on Harrison Policy and Speakership
Editor notes President Harrison writing his message to Congress as Capitol life returns. Tariff plans and speakership feud shape the Fifty-first Congress with Reed or McKinley leading, Burrows as a possible alternative, Cannon unpopular. Coast defense and Blair Education bill loom, civil service and inter commerce laws debated, Clermont delegation prospering, clerks ready for duty, and a Republican victory hoped in Clermont.
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Harrison
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Messrs. Cannon and Burrows
McKinley
Reed
Burrows
Cannon
Treasury
Dolph
House
Blair
Clermont
J.M. McGrew
Cleveland
Old Clermont
Ben
Bones Found in Gravel Bank Near Washington City
The D H Cyclone notes a discovery of human bones in a gravel bank near Washington City. The correspondent speculates about ancient seas and ice-formed deposits, pondering who the buried individuals were and how long they have lay unseen.
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Washington D. H
Rockies
Alleghantes
Adams County Orphans Home Chronicle of a Philanthropist Gift
The West Union Scion details Adams County orphans home built for 50000 by Hon. John T. Wilson a Batavia merchant turned congressman and bank president. Dr Byers state inspector praised the home calling it best modeled in the state and contrasted it with Brown County report homes amid concerns.
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West Union
Adams County
John T. Wilson
Batavia
Congress
Old Eleventh District
Ripley Bank
Portsmouth
Byers
Williamsburg Wedding Blesses Estelle Norris and W Ochiltre
Miss Estelle M. Norris of Williamsburg wed Mr. W Ochiltre of Connersville Indiana on October 30 in a ceremony at the M E church. The event drew a large crowd, with tokens of affection from Sunday school and church groups, and a reception followed at the bride’s home. A third Abernathy reunion near Marathon marked by a large turnout and a good dinner, while Truman Jordan’s son Guy suffered a severe head injury at school after being hit by a wagon, feared fatal.
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Estelle M. Norris
Williamsburg
W. Ochiltre
Connersville
Indiana
Miss Norris
M. E
Ella Nash
Batavia
Sutherland
Guy
Truman Jordan
Widow Wins Pension After Long War Claim Battle
Ironton Register reports that Mrs. Henry, widow of Mark 8 Henry, secured a pension after a years long fight. A cornet in Ohio volunteers, Henry died in 1882 reportedly from sunstroke related to his war wound. The appeal saw intervention by N D McKnight and officials in Washington, ending with arrears of fifteen hundred dollars and ongoing monthly benefits for wife and two minor children.
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Ironton Register
Mark
Henry
Ohio Volunters
Winchester
Pension Offic
McKnight
Department
Mr. Kennight
Pension Office
Corporal Tanner
Washington
Tanner
Mr. McKnight
Bert
Patie
Secretary of the Interior
A. C Thompson
Asst
Bussy
Morris
Cincinnati
Ball, Warfield & Co
Xenia Sodiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Elopement Rumor Stuns New Richmond Community
Miss Bell Pieyce of New Richmond and cooper John Boots, a married man, are reportedly eloping and the police search continues. Various local updates note burials, travel plans, home improvements, visitors, wheat field prospects, teaching staff, and a lively town scene in Moscow authored by Grim es & Moreton.
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John Stevensa, Jr
Sabrina Bramagen
Kate Temple
Oscar Lindsey
John Bramagen
John Doolen
Jos. Surry's
Swope
Miss Hastings
Court Matters Involving Alia Saime Lad Musbands And Child
Court sessions discuss a young Stonelick girl Anna Uhl with an infant seeking paternal rights. Included are verdicts in cases of assault detention and divorce related to Louis Sdner and others, with a Mrs Silcott name change and Nellie Busby restricted from her husband.
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Anna P. Uhl
Stonelick
Miss Uhl
Raupham Daugherty
George A. Seney
Sylvester Marks
Louis Snider
Frederik
Louis
Francis Sullivan
Isaac E. Talley
Kate UO. Silcott
Kate Quarry
Thanksgiving Proclamation and Local Notices
Thanksgiving proclamation sets aside Thursday November 28 as National Thanksgiving Day by President Benjamin Harrison with prayers for peace and gratitude. Local items note a mad dog scare in Martin Town. social visits. a marriage. and a cyclone impact in Moscow Ohio with Fountain Square Store promotion by Grimes & Moreeton.
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United States
Benjamin Harrison
United States of America
Gack
Washington
Moscow
Ohio
Fountain Square
Grimes & Moreeton
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Idaville
John Leslie
Dr. John Bunn
J. B. Walker
Farmer
Delaware
Pollard
Clinton Democrat
Wilmington
Clinton County
Feesburg
Flemingsburg
The
Boston Courier
Smith
Jones
Michael Curtain
Plainfield
King
John Bunn
Bucklen
Tak Berar
Batnyin
Grimes & Moxreton
Belle
Lar
Sists
Mr. Pisgah
Mr. Sirry
White
John Figgins
Geo Yd
Gus Fagin
Cyclone
Grimes & Moreton
Alia
Saime Lad Musbands
James G. Burine
Staite
Alt Air
Martin Towsley
Mr. T
Emmet Phllips
Nicholsville
Frank Phillips
Hiilick
Emma
Olive Branch
Viola Nichols
Thomas Williams
Hamersville
Wm. Miller
Josie
Florence Hibbets
Winnie Dugan
Nettie Goodwin
G. P. Hibbets
John Stultz
Matilda Jones
J. Turner Esq
Laurel
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