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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
8
A cluttered Batavia page shows ads for Rapp Bros. promotions and Foley remedies, local announcements about Brown and son doctors visits, and social notes. It mentions campaigns, fishing out coal traffic, and family moves plus obituaries and town commerce updates.
The Womens' Relief Corp meets at G A R hall Batavia on October 23 with special business. Dr Abernethy warns kidney danger with Kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Cure sold by Dr John Bunn & Son Batavia. Clermont Medical Society holds special Batavia meeting November 19 with state officers planned. Foley's Honey and Tar promoted for bronchitis and coughs. sold by Dr John Bunn & Son Batavia. Quarterly U B church conference with Rev Bremer and Rev Frank. Lord's Supper on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Martin plan move to Los Angeles with Mrs Jennie Eulase remembered in Clermont.
A Plainview Nebraska woman with long lung trouble found relief after trying Foley's Honey and Tar, spending over $1,000 with no lasting result before the remedy saved her life. The letter praises the product and notes the author’s skepticism about a fictional Boxers tale.
A crowded scene of voters and candidates knocking for support in the Sun schooner era. Steve Cramer seeks his own light, while Paxton canvasses the county door to door. Penn Williams targets a higher salary, and many others—Dick Stump, Henry Speidel, Sumner Myers, Davis, Miller, Hilton—are described as knockers by turn in a lively, verbose notice of political campaigning.
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a disease specific treatment for alcoholism. It claims no poison doses or nerve weakening and offers home use, easy administration in tea or coffee, guaranteed reform, and worldwide mailing for one dollar with full directions and physician advice.
General Manager George W. Scrugham announces the Ohio river electric railway from Cincinnati to New Richmond will open within weeks. The 25 mile route along the river features a scenic line, fifty foot combination coaches, and speed rivaling the Chesapeake & Ohio steam line as trains promise rapid service to benefit local newspapers and residents.
Mr Wright assigned to duty in West Virginia by the Norfolk and Western railway plans to take several local employees, including former section boss Lawrence Lewis, with him. Also a nationwide job ad seeks trustworthy managers in counties, offering 18 dollars weekly plus expense advances from Chicago headquarters.
Friends praise Elmer Duckwall expert engineer and machinist for securing a top post at the Olive Branch power house. The company reported no better man for the job and notes the strong hiring decision.
Local ads announce loans from Samuel W. Sprague and others, insurance and law services, wagon sales, and rent or mortgage loans. Transit lines Queen & Crescent routes and Cincinnati connections promote travel to Birmingham New Orleans Asheville and Atlanta. Listings include dentists in Batavia and Cincinnati, lumber dealers Mark Brother, and a Cincinnati liquor store relocation.
Stirling and Moore advertise Hickory Wagons with reputation and price. Rapp and Coquez promote Hoosier Drill and Capital Brand Wheat Grower Fertilizer. A 50 acre Batavia farm with house and stable on turnpike is for sale on easy terms, suitable for truck farming or dairying. Address Box 200 Batavia O.
Clermont county prohibitionists met last week and named a ticket for county offices including Probate Judge Q A Randall Moscow Auditor George Manning Moscow Clerk W J Baker Goshen Sheriff J H Applegate Goshen Commissioner Dr J J Holden Williamsburg Infirmary director D E Carter Bethel Executive committee J H Applegate W J Baker A G Newton J J Holden.
RAPP & COYLE in Batavia announce a surplus of farm wagons and wheels with 500 carriage buggy cart and light wagon wheel sets priced from 4.00 to 8.00 dollars each. Odd wheels sold at the same low prices. February 12.
Friday evening entertainment by the Athletic Club includes The Burglar Alarm and Trouble in a Reaurtaat with Glancy Reading. Performers Miss Clark Mrs. T J Hamilton Mrs D K Parrott Mike Louktee Parrott Miss M E Teal and H L Davidson present readings and a plantation scene, followed by a Novelty Dance and a Tableau Look Out with the Metropolitan Concert Company and The Rube of the Circus.
A brief tale recalls two Batavia youths who grew from close friends to rivals. One called the other a liar, their father ordered an apology, and the contrived excuse of a left handed apology helped both move past the insult toward their future law careers.
Mrs. Isaac Elwell of 548 East Main Street Painesville Ohio testifies that years of backache stomach distress and weariness faded after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought a box at Moodey's pharmacy and found them more effective than prior remedies. Doan's Kidney Pills cost 50 cents and are sold at all drug stores Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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