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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
4
The Clermont Courier reports Taft’s Presidential bid is pushed by a Columbus bureau with headlines praising his appeal to youth and travel. It contrasts Senator Foraker’s calmer stance and hints at GOP internal tensions in the Sixth District amid Bibdervant and Hildebrant plotting.
Cinders from waste burned at English municipal destroying plants are crushed mixed with cement and molded into large wall slabs. The slabs include door and window openings and an interior iron framework to set them in place, with some units weighing as much as several tons. The frames are bolted together and joints sealed with cement.
A British expedition notes the Nile supports a diverse fish population greater in variety than any other lake or river. Researchers report numerous species thriving in its waters.
An earnest plea for frequent praise and encouragement to loved ones and helpers. The piece urges recognizing daily services with words, noting the cost is nothing while the reward is priceless. It emphasizes husbands, wives, parents, and children expressing gratitude to strengthen bonds.
In a small town near The New York Store Jim Thompson, mocked by locals, offers to locate a missing donkey for a dollar. He returns within an hour leading the animal, explaining he followed where a jackass would go, prompting Mullins to pay up.
In Cedarby residents caution that Amos Howe’s statements are unreliable. A newcomer asks about trusting him, and an elder replies that his remarks should be set aside to cool, skimmed for anything solid, and only then judged. The exchange reflects longtime wariness toward Howe’s truthfulness.
A speaker laments nature as a contrarian force. She recalls a week on the sands and in the ocean where waves and sand caused temporary deafness, jellyfish stings, and an underdone soft-shell crab left her seeking medical help promptly.
Flower growers in southern France and other warm regions ship blooms to British markets finding steady profits. The article notes the profitability of exporting cultivated flowers to the United Kingdom.
The British museum houses books crafted from diverse materials including oyster shells bricks tiles bones ivory lead iron copper sheep skin wood and palm leaves reflecting ancient writing practices and reuse of available resources.
A Topeka Capital quip notes it is easy to pick out a married man’s wife as the woman to whom he does not lift his hat, a wry street observation on manners.
A playful strip quotes a bantering couple about wishes for a better moon and a honeymoon as they joke about plans and practical priorities. The dialogue centers on romance, travel, and a lighthearted view of future plans.
A titled figure described as the world’s smallest feet is noted for boots of one and a half inches. The claim centers on the queen of Liam and her distinctive footwear.
Ordinance No 124 amends pay and allowances for Batavia Ohio village officers including Mayor Clerk Marshal Street Commissioner Trustees of Public Affairs and Sinking Fund. Salaries set with quarterly payments and effective January 6 1908. Passed October 30 1907 in Batavia Council Chamber.
An ordinance expands the Street Commissioner role in Batavia Village Ohio. It requires manual street labor from May 1 to October 1 for ten hours daily, with later duties under the Roads and Highways committee. The measure also assigns weed control and street area upkeep and allows hiring help as needed.
This ordinance, approved October 7 1907 by Mayor Edwin Ely, appoints the Batavia marshal as on duty on Lee streets from 7 to 10 pm, named as town hall janitor, enforcer of order, and custodian of heating and lighting, with responsibilities to attend mayor court and council sittings and serve writs. The ordinance takes effect January 6, 1908.
Ordinance No 127 prescribes duties for Batavia Ohio Board of Trustees of Public Affairs. It requires monthly regular meetings on the last Monday night at the clerk’s office with ability to adjourn. It sets attendance pay at $2 per meeting up to twelve per year, paid quarterly from the proper fund. Effective January 1 1908.
A brief motto noting self governance as power, attributed to Seneca and framed as a timeless maxim.
Melvin Rachel Hall seeks a divorce from Chase Pease Hall in case 12658 in the Court of Common Pleas Clermont County Ohio. Alimony custody of Josephine Hall asked. grounds are willful absence for over three years and gross neglect of duty. Respond by November 20 1907 or judgment by default. Attorney C C Kearns appears for Melvin Rachel Hall.
New and local trains are listed for Pittsburgh lines with arrivals and departures at the Pennsylvania Lines station Pearl and Butler streets Cincinnati. Through services run to Roanoke Richmond Norfolk via Norfolk and Western including Pullman sleepers from Cincinnati to Bluefield and Roanoke on No 24. Sardinia connects Hillsboro branch trains leaving daily at 550 am and 1010 am except Sundays.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a Times Building editor drafting a city lead in a realistic magazine tale by Arthur Train. The piece jokes about sea stories and the captain on the bridge as Train tackles nautical fiction.
The treasurer of Clermont County Ohio I T G Foster announces levies for 1908 taxes. State levy 1.345 mills. County fund 7.855 mills covering Judicial Road and Bridge Infirmary Debt Election Indigent Soldiers Pike and Repair Building and Repair funds. Local levies follow in an attached table.
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