06 Nov 1895
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1895
Page
1
A concise tribute highlights Ohio’s enduring traditions and steadfast faithfulness, praising the state’s values, community spirit, and historical roots through dignified portraits and civic recall.
The recent election shows Ohio steadfast for Democracy’s methods, with Republicans firmly grounded and unshaken by bribery or threats. Clermont county joins the Republican column, Bushnell carries Clermont by 112, Ayers 200, and several local offices switch to Republican winners. Thanksgiving Proclamation urges church services and charitable acts on November 28.
George F Burba a popular pension examiner was married to Miss Rebecca Hunter at her Lexington home on Thursday evening last October 81. The ceremony occurred at 7 pm with many friends present. They will reside temporarily in Batavia after a brief wedding tour.
The New York Sun commends Governor McKinley of Ohio for ordering militia to Tiffin to deter a lynching mob and protect a threatened prisoner. The dispatch restored order, upheld state law, and highlighted the governor’s prompt duty in preserving peace. Hood's Sarsaparilla is noted in a concluding line about treatment.
Dr John Gaskins in a razor attack on his nineteen year old employee Harvey Weaver after a dispute at home. Weaver dodged the blow and wrested the weapon, which broke in the struggle. Gaskins is jailed on bond $300 awaiting grand jury.
Milford authorities report a man described as a madman was seized by local boys after a disturbance at a Milford residence. He was taken into custody and transported to Cincinnati for further evaluation and handling by state authorities.
A mysterious stranger dubbed the wild man of Milford eluded discovery in cornfields before being hunted by two youths and captured near Dark Hollow. He claimed to be fishing for the Cincinnati Y M C A and was released after pledging to leave the country. In Love land, Thomas Ramsey was severely injured in a violent home assault by Wallace Martin, who remains at large.
A jovial butcher Frank Knauer and Lee Grant Naylor staged a short foot race in the early hours of Friday from Market Street to Third Street on Main. Knauer tired first, Naylor surged ahead, then Knauer sprinted to win near the court house, both limping back to the start as two witnesses looked on. The item notes the contestants' weights and implies the loser may be a harmless tramp.
A southern travel tale paints Alabama’s former plantation region in ruin. The narrator describes widespread poverty, dilapidated homes without chimneys, subsistence living, and decaying estates once tied to slavery. Whites are said to avoid labor while blacks lack farming guidance, leaving despondent communities with little hope of improvement. The piece advocates urgent action and cites Tale Ayors Cherry Pectoral as a remedy.
The death of Mrs Josiah Holbrook of the Lebanon Normal School occurred at her Lebanon home last week. She was a highly accomplished woman, beloved across Clermont and Warren counties, and was buried in Lebanon last Saturday. She leaves three children. An advertisement touts Simmon's Liver Regulator as a cure for rheumatism and a preventive for liver-related illness, with a testimonial from N Hughes of Lordsburg New Mexico.
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