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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1927
Page
8
Batavia residents report social gatherings and travels as Ora Malott and kin visit Mt Crab relatives, Amelia Griffith hosts friends, and families tour Portsmouth. Local sports see Williamsburg and Batavia split, while a stone bungalow project draws statewide notice and many residents attend fairs and church events.
The obituary recalls John Pease of Amelia who lived nine decades, born 1887 birth of a son named John, married Elizabeth Warren in 1858, served in the Civil War, joined Milton Lodge No. 99 I O O F, father of three, with a grandson in Kansas City and an adopted granddaughter in Ohio. He kept faith through illness, died October 1, 1927 at age 90, with a large funeral at home led by Rev. Gervain Roughton and Rev. F. H. Russell and Milton Lodge.
Public sale scheduled for Thursday October 18 1927 at 1 pm at the widow Mrs Lillie Watsons Marathon Ohio residence. Items include a 1923 Ford touring car garden tools two lawn mowers hogs bricks blocks posts gas tanks coal kindling furniture household goods and kitchenware. Terms cash. Auctioneers L G Murphy Paul Badgley clerk. Farm for rent with stock or job available. Frank Bisge Atav ia Ohio.
The Loveland Mothers' Club begins regular lunchtime service for local school children at a reasonable charge. Mothers staff the serving, two per day, with many patrons staying at the school for extended play and study time. Batavia lacks a domestic science department, so the program will not be operated there.
John H. Irwin sells his stake in the Bethel Journal to C. P. Althaus of Ashland Ohio who now runs the paper. The previous owner may pursue other ventures and is wished well in his new field.
At the late Henrietta Norris residence auction, a colored half pint flask started at 26 cents and rose to 149 dollars after two antique dealers competed. The event drew astonishment as old bottles commanded prices far above their contents.
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