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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1889
Page
4
The 1899 local scene shows Democrats jubilant after a hard fought race, while Republicans face reflection on defeat and warn of future contests. Social notes include community events in Milford and Batavia, with temperance efforts, fairs, and updates on residents and local happenings.
Tickets are available via the Pennsylvania Lines for travel from November 7 to 12 1889 to Baltimore and Washington for the Catholic Congress opening November 10. Round trips from all stations at a low fare include stopovers in Baltimore and Washington with no fare increase. Inquiries to local ticket agents.
Mrs Florence Reese and Miss Dix Bainuns spent Wednesday and Thursday in Cincinnati. Lizzie Ward hosted a gathering Thursday night in honor of Arthur A Nichols. Meantime Nichols left for Meadville to work as a stenographer at Phoenix Iron Works. Local Republicans Holmes and Christy visited town for campaigns. Mrs Win Ely and son William visit Mr and Mrs F E Shannon. Mrs Winthrop Frazer and son Harry of Kansas City visit relatives here. Mrs Margaret Brown returns from Kansas. Lou and Minnie Watson hosted an oyster supper with friends from Amelia. Mary Rogers and Lou Mann of Ceinie Dy Lee visit. Mrs M H Davis and Mrs Quinn Ferguson spent a week with Batavia relatives. Mrs Wm Duncan and two sons from Peebles visit. Mrs Rice of Clermontville has moved to New Richmond. Frank Moore of Washington DC spent Sunday here. Dora Menlie of Cincinnati and Helen Towner of Fairview were Sunday visitors. Harriet and Ruth Fagin visited Mrs T W Hare. Mr Hoofmann plans to move to Norwood. Young folks held a party at Miss Elvie Lewis’s Thursday night. Alberts plans a sale this month and move to Norwood for business. Mt Holly youths formed a lyceum last Friday. Olin Fagin ships apples to the city. Clyde Fagin turns twenty one the day after the election and will vote Foraker still.
Moore's Fork community reports typhoid fever improving for George Brown and scarlet fever improving for Eli Brown. Mrs. Jane Oliver of Mason visits friends locally. Josep Southyil plans to move to Mason soon. J. Jarvison Glen of Monterey calls recently. Mrs. Marat has been granted a widow’s pension for four children. Mise da Brown of Meckmiesburg visits family here. Dan Dacy and wife spent Sunday at Marath on with David Chandler. William Sagees and wife of Newtown visit their parents. A D Bennett is at Moore’s Fork. Tommy Tewplin delivers plow beams to Hanchester.
Newtonsville and nearby towns report social visits and guest days as residents and relatives travel between Newtown Pleasant Hill and Clover. People attend services, host visitors, and announce personal changes including marriages and relocations while farmers note crop prospects and local business trips.
Monterey October 1 1900s A Brown aux Cler master and 240 V 1 member faced a sudden halt to estate dealings after a telegram from Albert Lea Minnesota reported their daughter Bessie in deteriorated health. She would be moved to Canon City Colorado with her sister for treatment, family planning to follow. The note recalled the prior death of Anna Brown at the Western Female Seminary in Ohio, a memory shared by local friends hoping Colorado’s climate aids Bessie’s recovery.
Commissioners of Clermont County announce public sale of turnpike construction along multiple routes including Chile and Rural Lindale and Laurel and others with varying mileages. Bids open December dates in 1889 and 1880, with specifications on file in the Auditor's office. bids may be rejected. G W Temple Auditor Clermont County Ohio.
Mary A Spradlin files in the Clermont County Ohio Common Pleas Court seeking divorce from nonresident husband Ames H Spradlin of Pintsville Kentucky for willful abandonment over three years and asks custody of two minor children with court hearing after December 11 1889. Swing Breeding attorneys represent petitioner. oct2Bt7
William A Frambes is named administrator by the Probate Court of Clermont County Ohio for the estate of Andrew Frambes late of Clermont County, deceased. The appointment follows proper qualification in October.
In Clermontville last week Miss Bell Fridman visited Cincinnati. Rev J F Burnett preached at Mt Zion Sunday. R G Howard of Calvary visited Miss Lina Clarke. C G Hulick of New Richmond stayed with Irena Moreton. Miss Aline Powers of Pt Pleasant visited Myrtle Moreton. Hallower visitors were not favored in the vicinity. Wat Simmons recently visited relatives. Mr Howard conducts a singing class at Pendleton Mondays and Fridays.
Safe plan promises relief for throat and lung ailments with Dr. King’s New Discovery. Trial bottles offered at Dr. John Bunn’s Drug Store in Batavia and J. B. Walker’s in Williamsburgh.
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