The Crops and Climate Report From Clermont County
In Clermont County the season shows uneven results across crops. Potatoes yield well though early plantings suffered frost and drought, while wheat is below average and hay is scarce. Oats mostly fail locally, fruit remains abundant, tobacco suffers late planting and cold wet weather, and corn appears immense but may be undersound due to frost and rains. The writer notes overall mixed abundance amid political events and conclude with caution on saving seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
Grand Army
Titus
Electric Bitters Promoted as Health Restoring Remedy
The notice extols Electric Bitters as an effective tonic and alterative for kidney liver or stomach ailments. It claims long standing sickness relief and lists W R Walker's Drug Store in Batavia and J B Walker's in Wil Yamabury as sellers at $1 per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soc
W. R. Walker
Batavia
J. DB. Walker
Wil- Yamabury
Grand Jury Returns Sixty Three True Bills After Five Day Session
After a five day session Judge Davis discharged the grand jury which examined 150 witnesses and returned 63 true bills. Names and charges include riot offenses against William Ware George Hurdle Abner Lanham and others along with larceny burglary assault and various liquor related offenses. The report lists multiple individuals charged with hunting on Sunday carrying concealed weapons and obtaining liquor under false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
William Ware
George Hurdle
Abner Lanham
Joseph Hayden
Frank Knowles
Charles Adams
James Cook
Walter Lanham
James Jennings
William Watson
Frank White
William Johnson
Meshach Redmond
Edward N. Bradley
John Bunn
William Castleman
John Hauck
Edward Emery
B. McCarty
Mahlon Workman
Smith Wallace
Fred Nefser
Wesley South
Quail
James Payne
Alexis Fisher
John Sanders
William Myrick
Charles Alexander
Marriage and notices from Monterey community page
Thomas Williams of Cincinnati guests George Covall. Mrs. David Carpenter is seriously indisposed. Thanksgiving morning service at Presbyterian Church. Miss Nettie Moore of Carrolton Kentucky and John Martin of Carrolton united in marriage by Rev Burdsall last Thursday at the bride's parents’ residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Thomas Williams
Cincinnati
George Covall
David Carpenter
Presbyterian Church
Nettie Moore
John Martin
Carrolton
Kentucky
Burdsall
Clermontville Social News Notes and Arrivals
Miss Maud Nesbit of Lindale visited Miss Emma Fridman last week. A party at W. L. Fridman’s honored Arthur Moreton, who leaves Saturday for Indiana. Lon S. Fridman to enter Poughkeepsie business college Monday. Grant Harris of Lebanon visited locally last week. John West bought a new organ. Mary Flanegan spent Sunday at home. Joe Woods and R. G. Howard visited Moscow on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Woods
R. G. Howard
Moscow
New Richmond Social Roundup and Local Visits
Miss Eva Robbie spent part of the week in Cincinnati. Bishop Elder confirmed about thirty youths at St. Peters church. Local residents and visitors include Charley Woolley of Miami Medical College, R. A. Kimbrey overseeing Mason and Conner property, and many residents traveling or ill. Mrs. L. Leeds plans winter in Owensville. various social calls and a taffy party at Mrs. B. Pearce's completed the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Robbie
Cincinnati
St. Peters Church
Charley Woolley
Miami Medical College
R. A. Kimbrey
South Side Railroad
A. D. Fridman
Emelie Weidinger
Lou Burns
Grant Mollyneaux
Kate Fee
Maysville
Hattie McMurchy
Local Patent Medicine Ad Promises Cures and Refund
An old advertisement touts a salve labeled tax best salve as a cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and lists WR Walker Batavia and J B Walker Williamsburg as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WR. Walker
J. B. Walker
Williameburg
Kilby D Miller of Neville A Respected Local Figure
Popular Clermont topic K D Miller born 1848 near Felicity Ohio. He studied at Manhattan Kansas State Agricultural College three years before starting a Neville drug business with brother Walter. Twice married Laura Howell 1877 who died 1884 and Julia Hirech 1888. He served as Past Grand of Vesper Lodge I O F and on the Neville School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilby
Miller
Clermont
K. D. Miller
Neville
Felicity
Manhattan
Kansas State Agricultural College
Walter
Laura Howell
Julia Hirech
Pt. Pleasant
Vesper Lodge I
Neville School Board
Embroidery teacher Miss Ida Kratzer marks successful term
Local notes report Miss Ida Kratzer of New Vienna completed a thriving embroidery lesson term. Several visitors from Hillsboro Columbus and Cincinnati call on residents including Mrs. H M Brown Mrs. Agnes Dr Hebrew and Frank Ayers while others visit relatives and attend a lecture by Col G W Bain on Among the Masses. The Republican ratification meeting drew strong support despite bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Kratzer
New Vienna
Kratzer
H. M. Brown
Agnes
Hillsboro
Dr. Hebrew
Columbus
C. H. Boulware
Frank Ayers
Lou Baum
Batavia
Will Leonard
Cora Fryman
George Doughman
Cincinnati
Ivah Riggs
Milford
Jennie Leffiingwell
Prominent Arkansas legislator dies of consumption
John J. Warren, a county native who moved to Arkansas sixteen years ago, died November 9 at his home. A Republican leader, he served in the Arkansas Legislature and held federal posts, directed the Van Buren Graphic for eight years, and longed to hear Harrison elected before passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
John J. Warren
Warren
U. S
van Buren Graphic
Harrison
Martha Denham
Ida Warren
C. P. Hayford
Ita
New Richmond
Cleveland
Springfield visitor Mamie Austin returns home
Miss Mamie Austin of Springfield has returned after a pleasant visit with relatives here. The river’s high stage and ongoing rains create unease among farmers. Citizens witnessed the Republican jubilee at New Richmond. T J Molloy joins People’s Wholesale Purchasing Agency in St Louis after eight years at Dayton Nursery. Blair Brothers rebuild their brick yard and plan brick production by New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Austin
Springfield
New Richmond
T. J. Molloy
Dayton Nursery
People’s Wholesale Purchasing Agency
St. Louis
Missouri
Blair
Free Trial Bottles Boost Sales At Drug Stores
Business in Batavia and Williamsburg surges as Walker stores promote Dr King s New Discovery for consumption. Free trial bottles draw customers while claims of curing coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases attract buyers with bottles priced at $1 and guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Walker
Batavia
J. B. Walker
Willamsburg
Dr. King
Ten Mile Valley Wedding and Local Notices
Ten Mile Valley reports a wedding at the bride’s parents home at noon on Sunday November 11, 1888, with John Knaus to Mary Wagal. Other items note Mollie Lindsley of Pleasant Ridge visiting Mrs. Nettie Guild, Peter Wagal and George Sonney visiting Fayette county, Joseph Schey planning a Florida trip, Freddie Seigel heading to Illinois for winter, and visits by Mrs. T. J. Behymer and Grace to relatives, plus Fessler family visits in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten Mile Valley
John Knaus
Mary Wagal
Mollie Lindsley
Pleasant Ridge
Nettie Guild
Peter Wagal
George Sonney
Fayette County
Joseph Schey
Florida
Freddie Seigel
Illinois
T. J. Behymer
Grace
Mrs. Fessler
Frank
Cincinnati
Bethel Social News Records Visits and illness
Mr and Mrs Andrew McDonel of Columbia visited Adam Pardonner family on Sunday. Miss Janie Ellsberry left for Indianapolis for a visit. Miss Myrtie Grey of Felicity stayed with Mrs Hutson. Mrs James Larsh is convalescing after illness. M J Swing left for Tennessee hunting trip. H A Reed of Cincinnati visited. Quarterly meeting in M E Church with Presiding Elder Porter. Sick list includes Lee Musgrove Elwood South and Andy West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Porter
Lee Musgrove
Elwood South
Andy West
Edenton Obituaries and Local Events in Brief
Edenton notes the death of Courtland Layman aged 20 5 2 with funeral at M E church November 15 led by R M Cloud of Blanchester. Abraham Little 69 dies at home north of Edenton. Oyster supper hosted by band boys November 29. Local rock attack on Hugh Megrue at Republican jubilee. Rev Roberts of Level to preach at M E church next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland
M. E
R. M. Cloud
Blanchester
Abraham Little
Edenton
Lee Grimes
Loveland
Hugh Megrue
Rev. Roberts
Level
M. E. Church
Milford society and church notices from local era
Milford reports show Mrs Vornholz and daughter Ida starting a series of meetings at 10 30 Sunday at the M K E church. The funeral of Mrs W A Keen followed a death from consumption. Mrs E J Elrod moves into the Dennison House. The Womans Foreign Missionary Society hosted a well attended chocolate at the parsonage with speeches and recitations. The Beechhurst reading circle will repeat the Scandinavian due to bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans’ Foreign Missionary Society
Beechhurst
Local residents and visitors gather for community events
Charles Simmons and Clayton Corbin left Monday morning to attend school in Lebanon. John Paeltz and family of Scioto county visit their mother Mrs Julius Paeltz. Charles Morris of Cincinnati visits Lock Padgets. Laurel sent a delegation to the ratification meeting in New Richmond on Thursday. the colored boys did nobly. Rev Porter, a noted Ohio divine, preached at the first M E church Sunday. Mrs Walter Simmons of Batavia spent Sunday at Laurel. Mrs Jacob Light of New Richmond and her daughters Helen and Grace visited our village Saturday and Sunday. Miss Myrtie Brannon of Nicholsville was a recent visitor. Hiram Kelch, mail carrier, and his wife plan to spend the winter with relatives in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Simmons
Clayton Corbin
Lebanon
John Paeltz
Scioto County
Julius Paeltz
Charles Morris
Cincinnati
Lock Padgets
Laurel
New Richmond
Porter
Ohio
M. E
Jacob Light
Helen
Grace
Myrtie Brannon
Nicholsville
Hiram Kelch
Kentucky
Birthday party marks Etna Hollands ninth year
The piece notes a birthday celebration at Thomas Hollands home for his daughter Etna on her ninth birthday. It also lists visits, arrivals, and small town happenings including visits by Elliot Pool from Illinois, local social events, a college illness, a republican jubilee in Williamsburg, births, apprenticeships, a new stable, a snow event, and various local duties and travels.
Hawkes Crystalized Lenses Dominate Local Glasses Market
A single firm sold 14 000 Hawkes New Crystalized Lenses in the past year while prior eyewear sales were about 150 dollars. Delors, who quit the trade, now handles Hawkes lenses and Patent Spring Eyeglasses with noted success. Customers buying these lenses are promised lasting vision, with all eyes fitted and the fit guaranteed by W. R. Walker, Drogist, Batavin Oblo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkes
Delors
Glawcos
W. R. Walker
Droggist
Batavin
Oblo
Rail traffic and local incidents highlight mixed regional news
The Portsmouth Tribune notes a thirty five daily trains on the South Side line after the 25th with through freight and passenger flow on the division. The Felicity Times reports a $200 reward offered for arson at Bonanza livery stable. The Hamilton Telegraph mentions postwar public calm as the battle ends. The Ripley Bee details tobacco shipping by Henry Loudon to New York and Louisville via C and O railroad. The Milford Enterprise covers a severe arm injury from an anvil incident. A post office altercation with Hiram Co Newcombe and Uncle Billy Henning is noted. Burglary at George B VanHorn’s coal office with $68 stolen is reported. suspects later cleared near Morrow. The News Democrat cites Bracken county tobacco price-raising plans. Felicity Times traces a tragic clothing fire death of a seven year old girl in Pt Isabel. The Winchester Fair Company stockholders approve bonds to liquidate debt. the new board members and officers listed.
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Winchester Fair Company
Association
T. C. Downey
Samuel Dixon
R. 8
Consumption cured by vegetable remedy formula offered
An East India missionary backed recipe claims to cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and nervous debility. W A Noyes offers to mail the preparation and usage directions free in German, French or English from 14 Power’s Block, Rochester, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Noyes
Power's Block
Rochester
N, Y
Dentist Dr Robinson Sets Alternate Week Schedule
Dr N H Robinson the popular dentist will run bus headquarters at Milford and Boston on alternate weeks this month. He will be at Boston from the Mth to 16th and from the 6th to 80th, then at Milford for the balance. Call him at Milford this week and up to next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Robinson
Milford
Boston
Marathon Notes and Thefts Highlight Rural Life
The column reports slow progress on the pike, busy farmers bringing in corn, and several small thefts to file: Isaac Bowen’s store broken into, X C Ireton’s cellar entered, and H Anderson’s home looted of bread sugar and small goods. It notes preparations for a festival by band boys and reflects on the moral growth of boys and girls, praising figures like Miss Willard and Kate Sanborn as Marathon eyes a future of real men and noble women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Bowen
X. C. Ireton
H. Anderson
Tommy C
Horace M
Charley L
Harry Me
Meric H
Miss Willard
Kate Sanbourn
Mrs. Aiken
Local Social Notes Mixed With Relocations
Polot Pleasant, John Wren, sick but able to be out again. S N Galbreath has moved his wife to a cozy home. Lou Bainum of Dover Kentucky visits relatives here. Carrie Bushman trips to Cincinnati. Several locals attend the Harrison jubilee in Moscow. Joan McKibben and wife from Salt Air move to Mrs Meir’s old home near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wren
S. N. Galbreath
Lou Bainum
Dover
Rela
Carrie Bushman
Cincinnati
Moscow
Joan McKibben
Salt Air
Piles Relief Offered by Swayne's Ointment
Advertisement describes moist itching and stinging piles worst at night. It claims tumors form if untreated, bleed and ulcerate, and that Swayne's Ointment stops itching, heals ulcers, and removes tumors in most cases. Available at druggists or by mail for 50 cents from Dr. Swayne & Son in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Excursion Tickets To Chicago On Multiple November Dates
Excursion tickets to Chicago go on sale November 12 14 16 19 21 and 28 1888 from all major Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh at low round trip rates including show admission. For full details consult the nearest Pennsylvania passenger or ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pittssburgh
White Sewing Machine Co Wins Silver Medal at Cincinnati
The White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland wins a Silver Medal as the best family machine at the Centennial Exhibit in Cincinnati after a hundred days of tough competition. A jury of expert mechanics declares the White the best, most durable, and complete machine, ahead of Singer New Home and Domestic. W. H. Baum of Batavia represents the brand and offers demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
White Sewing Machine Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Cincinnati
W. H. Baum
Batavia
Dentists Walker and Vanosdol Offer Free Painless Extractions
Williamsburg dentists Walker and Vanosdol advertise painless extractions at their Main Street parlors with free service for friends and then offer artificial teeth from five dollars per set with guarantee. They claim wide demand along the Ohio and Mississippi railroad line from Cincinnati to Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker & Vanosdol
Williamsburg
Main Street
Alker
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Local ads tout Griffis’s buggy and fertilizer agency
Griffis of Batavia expands his business to the Cincinnati Desiccating Co. agency offering Anima Sharcoal ammonia and bone meal products. Farmers urged to use Gilead phosphate fertilizer this fall. Also promoting a village store for sale at Glen Este Ohio and praising John C Fuhr hardware. Singer Sewing Machine earns gold medal at Cincinnati Centennial Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
Griffis
Manf
Gilead
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Louis Patterson
Benjamin E. Gardner
Perry South
Lared Rogers
Francis C. Hartman
Jacob Farlow
George Lips
New
Richmond
Henning
J. Hill
Quincy Brown
Bethel
Gertrude Henning
Hattie Moyer
Jennie Eulass
Claire Weaver
Harden
Bucklen
Mt. Pisgah
Palestine
Baywood
Thomas Holland
Etna
Elliot Pool
Grace Vanosdol
John Bricker
Wright Sprague
James Arthur
E. M. Reed
Miss Walker
B. F. Watt
Samuel Ulrey
Fannie Patterson
Fox Patterson
Owensville
Nelcamp’s
Charles Luck
Yellow Springs
Amanda McCollum
Scott Sprague
Charles Moyer
William Cordery Jr
Henry Waits
Porter Reed
Chris Homan
Tennessee
Chesapeake & Ohio
Portsmouth Tribune
National Board of Underwriters
Bonanza
Felicity Times
Hamilton Telegraph
Henry Loudon
New York
Buchanan and Lysle
Huntington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Louisville
Ripley Bee
John Hoffeman
Mainville
L. W. Bishop
Milford Enterprise
Billy Henning
Hiram Co. Newcombe
Newcombe
Mr. H
Mr. Dreb Watchman
George B. VanHorn
South
Morrow
Lebanon Gazette
Bracken County
Augusta Republican
Burley
News Democrat
Willy Fitzpatrick
Isabel
James Perrier
Dentistry
Polot Pleasant
Glen Este
Peter Brunaughe
Olive Branch
John C. Fuhr
Willianigburg
Fuhr
21St FE
R. Marshall
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