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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1913
Page
4
Long column features attack on Wilson tariff policy citing free list items and costs of living, with references to Bryan and Wilson era, Ohio politics, and agricultural concerns. Includes notes from A. P. Sandles on farm crime rates and remarks on Governor Cox, Fess, and party promises. Also short local notices and endorsements for Foley’s Honey and Tar.
The Ohio court docket lists new suits including State of Ohio versus Lena Bieler on a peace warrant and Anna McCollum versus Grace Mc Collum administratrix of James K McCollum with $620 claimed plus interest. Marriage licenses granted to LeRoy Haines and Lucy Jordan, Robert Anderson and Grace McMillen, Addie Widmeyer and others. wills of Jennie Maynard and Phebe Schooley noted with executors named and distribution terms.
A sequence of property conveyances shows transfers from Geo F Hausserman Otto Hausserman and others to named buyers in New Richmond Pierce Tate Wayne Batavia Milford Bethel Goshen Williamsburg and Milford townships. Amounts range from 1 to 1000 dollars with parcels including acres poles and lots.
Humorous quoted musings about meeting a man who evokes pride in twins with a light tone. The fragment hints at cheer and casual praise, set in a Cincinnati voice, without a clear news event or dates.
A fragment suggests a count plans a bold act in Normandy tied to ancestral sacking of a palace. The same count is described as seeking to marry an American heiress, shaping a dramatic social tale.
Two nearly intact human skeletons were unearthed in a trench during road widening near Abergele North Wales. The site sits near locations of ancient British encampments and noted battles between the English and Welsh.
Obituary for Dr Frank P Witham born April 14 1853 at Withamsville and long time Amelia resident. He married Lenora V Laycock in 1874 and joined the Baptist Church in 1875, active in church and local institutions. He served on the County Pension Examining Board Amalia State Bank president and member of the Board of Education. A physician who practiced with his father and cared for thousands, he faced suffering with faith and left a legacy of public service and family devotion. His memory will remain green in hearts. his home and community mourn his loss.
At Sketty hall near Swansea Wales the grave of the late Mr Glyn Vivian features a large grass entwined stone erected by him to memorialize his lost youth. The epitaph includes moving verses in elegant poetry.
A four year old witnessed her grandmother take medicine in an unusually large capsule and exclaimed that the grandmother swallowed her medicine bottle and all, highlighting a curious misunderstanding from a family exchange.
Advice on domestic order urges strict discipline with clear duties and routines. It stresses time and place for all actions and to begin and end each day with God.
A Fellow Guest recalls his father while joking with an artist who replies that he has met many of the guest’s brothers. The exchange captures a witty, self deprecating humor typical of Punch style. The scene plays on family likeness and shared experience among a large clan.
Rural press in Columbus and Sidney denounce two short ballot amendments proposed for Ohio Constitution. They warn the changes would replace elected county and township officers with appointive ones, concentrating control in unspecified authorities and potentially in the legislature or governor, threatening in electors’ rights and county liberty.
The story recalls Bobby's fear as his first teeth are extracted. His mother offers anesthesia but he exclaims he does not want to be blown up, showing dramatic fear of gas during the procedure.
A quip from Puck recalls a physician charging nothing to cure a boy’s measles while the parent earns a 10 percent commission for every child who catches them, highlighting a satirical jab at medical profiteering.
In Paris the octagonal basin at the Jardin des Tuileries loses its final two swans. The male died of rheumatism and his mate perished from grief, leaving the historic pair gone from the ornamental water.
A brief note on how popularity shapes social norms and the spread of simple, repeated ideas. The piece reflects on cultural trends and the caution needed to distinguish genuine merit from mass appeal.
A man with a big voice and broad shoulders builds a reputation for wisdom when he avoids talking too much. The line suggests public perception hinges on restraint and presence more than volume.
A clash aboard an English ship with an English crew and American passenger list escalated as two stewards argued and hurled invective. In a final insult one steward taunted the other about eating like a passenger, prompting a deadly outcome aboard the vessel.
A newspaper quotes that the deceased brewer was “too much absorbed in his business” as he was found drowned in a tank of his own beer, marking a fatal incident at his brewery.
Batavia village council enacts Ordinance 144 to levy special assessments for Main Street improvements from East Fork Creek bridge to Fourth Street. Assessments listed for named lots plus cash payment terms, late fees, and option to issue bonds. Ordinance passed October 6, 1913. clerk Charles S. Slade.
E W Conant has been duly appointed and qualified by the Probate Court of Clermont County Ohio as assignee in trust for the creditors of O B Vandervort of Clermont County Ohio doing business at 1104 1112 Ohler Street Cincinnati Ohio dated October 4 1913 Wm W Prather attorney 42 Wiggins Block Cincinnati Ohio Socist
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