Local notes show visits and community events in Batavia area
The column lists many visits from residents of Batavia and nearby towns. It notes Miss Callie Clark of Jefferson City visiting Mrs Callie Swing, Stella Willis in Decatur, Prof. E Fite with Hamersville relatives, and Cremeries and shop plans by Amos Ellis in Williamsburg. Train delays due to a telegraph breakdown spur the community to seek faster lines. The piece also reports on milk routes, garden mentions, local travels, school enrollment records, and the ongoing C O T A gathering with papers and performances by Mendenhall and Carrie Homan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Elrod
E. J.fagley
Callie Swing
Callie Clark
Jefferson City
Callie 0
M. J. Swing
George Armour
Ripley
Aaron A. Brown
Cliff Manning
John Armour
Edwin
Manning
Wesley Crane
Walter Burke
Clara John
Bennett
Madison
Indiana
Cherry Grove
Altman
Letterman
J. M. Milner
Wiggonsville
J.N. Hutson
Emma Joslin and Son
Mat
Hal Uhey
Miss Grace
Ollie Elisberry
J. J. Fagley
City
Chester
Cincinnati
Hill Goodwin
Fannie Elisberry
Palmer
Perrine House
Stall
Shelbyville
Rose Sims
Alice Martin
Mt. Vernon
Sarah Hover
Felicity
Warren Page
Tom Jenike
Quinlin Leonard
Batatavia
J. Miller
Cox
Sweat Little Rosebud
L. T. Sims
Chris Jones
Eon
Charles
Laurel
Wm. Rutherford
Pete Crarke
Muncie
Batavia
New Richmond
Moscow
Mendenhall
Mise
Carrie Homan
Phoebe Reed
None Such brand mince pies promoted with quality claim
An Appalachian era advertisement extols the None Such mince meat as pure and wholesome and suitable for two large pies per package. Local notices report residents traveling to Hillsboro for college, reunions at Fayettesville, and family visits around Cincinnati. Notices of Electric Bitters curing illnesses appear alongside wedding reports in Amelia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrell & Soule
Syracuse
Local notices mix with remedies and travels across Clermont county
Community notices recount visits and calls among Beitwis Cudie Stevenson Myrtie and friends at Clough with various local names in Clermont. Includes Dr J P Richardson’s farm work concerns, theft report, Barn remodeling and paint, and ads for Larrabee’s Rheumatic Ointment and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with local distributors. Also mentions teachers association meeting in Bethel and improvements at Moscow, with notes on tennis club, pastor Rev OC W Briggs, and several local social visits and illnesses. Trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery offered locally for coughs and consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulington
Elmer Steelman
Crain
Cincinnati
Clara Thomas
Bert Thomas
J.P. Richardson
Kansas
Jessie Murry
Olen Pagin
A. W. Huling
Moscow
O. M. Patton
Della Nichols
Laura Barkley
Minnie McGill
Teachers Association
Bethel
George W. Turner
W. Briggs
W. J. Bulow
Donerail
Kentucky
Ulysses and
Ellsworth Turner
Free recipe for consumptive cures offered by retired East India physician
An old physician reports a simple vegetable remedy to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and other throat and lung affections and nervous debility. He will mail the recipe free in German French or English with full directions upon receiving a stamp address Nowe Poward Block Rochester. Harvest excursions Pennsylvania Lines lists Sept 27 and Oct 25 excursion tickets to many regions with direct routes and favorable service offered via principal stations west of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
Poward Block
Rochester
I Want to Be a Little Child Again
A nostalgic prose piece from the Detroit Free Press recalls childhood joys and simple pleasures. The speaker longs to return to carefree days of nature, birds, violets, and the innocence of youth, escaping years of labor and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
The Pitcher’s New Ball Ritual
The Albany Argus notes a pitcher’s ritual with a fresh ball. He inspects the ball, rubs it vigorously to transfer dirt from his palms, checks teammates’ readiness, then delivers with apparent satisfaction at the bright exterior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
Albany
Argus
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Gentle Purgative
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting gentle remedy for kidneys bowels and digestion. It claims quick action on cleansing the system curing constipation and dispelling fevers and colds. It asserts uniqueness and popularity and urges avoiding substitutes with offers to procure for on hand customers.
Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake
A promotional note extols the Royal Baking Powder as purest and strongest for best tasting, lightest, and most digestible food. Prof Weber, chemist to the Ohio State Food and Dairy Commission, states he has analyzed it and found it high in leavening power and composed of pure ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Ohio State Food and Dairy Commission
Orchids and meadow tips in a farmer’s page
Orchids require rest and growth seasons with rising water and heat during growth, then more sun and less water to ripen the pseudo bulb. After flowering, repot or top dress with sphagnum moss, use fibrous peat and moss, ensure drainage, and avoid overpotting. Also notes on air, light, cleaning, and list of orchid varieties. The piece shifts to hay stack finishing, hole filling, and slough grass, then discusses meadow cultivation and favored grasses and clovers for a rich, mellow soil and yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
C. Veitchii
Cattleya Mendellii
C. Mosaiae
C. Percivalliana
Trainae
D. Wardianum
Epidendrum Vittelinum Majus
Laelia Albida
L. Anceps
L. Arnoldina
L. Purpurata
Lycaate Skinnerii
New England
Evaporating Pumpkin For Long Storage
The article explains storing pumpkins coolly to keep them usable for months but not as long as dried evaporated pieces. It details preparing slices or rings, removing outer parts, and drying in an evaporator or sun exposure with protection from flies.
New Heart Cure Promised By Dr Miles
Physicians often fail in treating heart disease with sudden deaths rising daily. One in four people reportedly have a diseased heart and common symptoms include shortness of breath palpitations fluttering and chest discomfort. Dr Miles New Heart Cure is advertised as the reliable remedy with thousands testifying to cures. Books free sold by Dr John Bunn Batavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
John Bunn
Batavia
Cotton and charcoal, camels, roads, fires and drought across regions
Wisconsin converts hardwood to charcoal for iron furnaces. Cotton acreage down 15 to 20 percent but prospects show a large crop. Sixty camels roam the Arizona desert after government introduction. Tennessee road advocates claim farmers lose seven million dollars annually. New Jersey cranberry bogs burned by forest fires. Northern Mexico fears total crop failure from drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Arizona Desert
Tennessee
New Jersey
Mexico
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Etters
Jaw Plerneak County
Uae
Val
Owensville
Nettie Hill
Hillsboro
Thomas Smalley
Belfast
Patience Marsh
Harmon Quitter
Alfonso
William Marshal
Hour Town
Fayettsville
J. C. Fetter
Cecelia
Walnut Hills
Arhart
E. G. Boose
O.V. I
Fair Grounds
St. Martin’s
Dreese
Xenia
Rev. Hypes
Ella Quitter
Mary Calder
Mr. Seard
Fayetteville
A. Spyder
H. Clifford
New Cassel
Wis
Edward Shepherd
Harrisonburg
John Speaker
Catawaba
Bucklen
Belt & Barr
J. B. Walker
Williamsburg
Madeira
Dr. Terwillegar
Lima
Barrington Behymer
Burr Behymer
Ten Mile
James McCollam
Clermont County
Valentine’a
F. H. Hayford
Steven Eppert
DeMar-Eppert
Beitwis
Cudie Stevenson
Myrtie
Clough
Canaan
Min
William Groves
G. C. Teal
Jacob Rohr
Tacob Strimmer
Newberry
Larrabee
Winkelman & Brown Drug Co
Baltimore
Maryland
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO. Propa
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
C. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Chamberlain
J. F. Smith
Fort Abercrombie
N.D
H. F. Worthamp
Milford
Irion & Cobb
John Padget
John Knowles
Bert Daily
Chattanooga
Clermont
Spring Grove
Susie Fitzpatrick
Mt. Crab
Aaron Cole
Amelia
T. Phillips
Olin Fagin
G. L. Corbin
A. J. McNait
Mia
Will Corbin
J.B. Walker's
Mar Balary
Forbes
DR. Kilmer
Aia Buawma
Trea da
Kinman & Co
Binanamron, N
Syqurfing
Hennings Mills
Ed Titus
Ruth Stark
Philadelphia
Will McNealand
John Patton
Martha McNutt
John Wagerman
William Crane
Foresthill
Howard Henning
Alice
Laurena
Frank Moyer
Will Pearce
Manuel McKeever
M. E. Church
Anna Bricker
Lou Leeds
Sallie Rhodes
Charley Bowman
State of Ohio
Maria H. Moreton
Cece Avid
Moreto
Charles B. Moreton
Nathan C. Nichols
Charles Hill
John W. An
Royal Baking Powder
Orchids
Allen Telegraph School
Gityatet
Pega
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