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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1925
Page
2
An editorial urges a healthy sex life and informed homemaking to prevent broken homes. It argues that education must prepare youth for intelligent parenthood, not just jobs, and compares marriage to a mapped voyage with guidance at danger points to ensure stable family life.
Statement stresses highway safety as a top national issue amid rapid highway growth. Notes annual road construction spending exceeding a billion dollars and billions more for vehicles and upkeep. Reports over 23 000 annual deaths and 690 000 injuries from traffic accidents.
The piece argues the family forms the basis of society and government, urging public aid within current marriage laws. It notes safeguards on race and heredity, then highlights age, disease, and morality as factors complicating unions, urging civic responsibility.
The article envisions new land rising in the mid Pacific due to ocean floor movement. It claims a Hawaii area uplifts could yield a vast U S territory across islands and shoals from San Diego to Queen Charlotte Sound. It asserts a Java population base and potential self sufficiency in sugar rubber copra coffee and tea for the United States.
Quote extols a small, modest group of churchmen who quietly serve God and oppose overzealous calls for uniform worship. The speaker believes real religion has enduring appeal and hopes for a future where gentle Christianity leads society rather than loud reform.
A. V. Donahey announced a list of delegates for the Anti-Saloon League convention in Chicago from November 5 to 9 to discuss law enforcement. The delegates include Mrs Sumner Cottingham Mrs Florence Richards of Columbus and many others across Ohio towns and colleges.
Akron Mrs Ellen Wagoner 69 remains in public school teaching after 52 years. Columbus state audit shows 241 536 519 dollars collected in state and local government operations last year. Lorain Mrs J G James 81 dies, a WWII era classmate of John D Rockefeller Sr and pioneer church worker. Columbus Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Ohio opens with about 1500 delegates. Cincinnati General Thomas Heath 91 dies at Lockland. born in Xenia. Cincinnati Captain Isaac D Isay 86 dies, Civil War and Spanish-American War veteran. Greenville William Bicker 70 found dead, cause undetermined, body mauled by dogs. Fremont T A Morrow to become president of 20 million merger of Gold Dust Corp and Shinola and Bixby Shoe Polish firms. Columbus Orange blossoms mark funeral of Mary A Zigler wife of Raymond P Zigler after illness. Cincinnati Linley Turner 23 and Ruth Brimley 24 wed at Hyde Park Community Methodist church cornerstone ceremony. Urbana four bank robbers hold Lewisburg residents at bay for two hours. $3500 cash and $3000 in bonds escape after safe door collapses. Coshocton Silas Johnson 88 dies by hanging self in tub of rainwater per coroner. New Lexington Perry County baby murder mystery after charred bones found in furnace near Junction City.
Ohio General Assembly proposes adding Article VIII Section 13 to prevent issuing bonds for current operating expenses and short lived property. allows limited indebtedness for revenue anticipation, emergency expenses, or final judgments. Sets maximum maturities, fiscal year rules, and ballot submission with effective date January 1, 1926. Adopted March 27, 1925.
A 1925 proposal calls for a uniform tax rule on real estate and tangible property with motor vehicles taxed separately, and for taxation of intangible property. It would amend Article XII Section 2, set a November election, provide exemptions for certain bonds and public property, and allow laws to prevent double taxation with a January 1, 1926 effective date.
The document records a 1925 Ohio constitutional amendment proposal to set four year terms for the governor and other state officers, with terms beginning the first Monday of January after elections. It notes the amendment was adopted by the General Assembly and references official attestations by Secretary of State Thad Brown.
A quirky line from Fiint Journal declares marriage as the first arena of governance by women with a wry note on domestic authority and social norms. The remark frames a playful critique of gender roles in public life.
A $150000 blaze in South Bend, Indiana, destroyed the Paxson Building after six hours of effort by 50 firefighters. J M Rose piano stock valued at $25000 plus was lost, with other tenants incurring $18000 to $25000 in damages. Paxton Building losses large and insurance only partial for several adjacent businesses.
Cleveland police seek William Wood, 58, on forgery charges after he deserted his 72 year old wife and looted her bank account of 44000 dollars. The couple wed in 1914 and traveled to England. forged withdrawals followed from Cleveland bank accounts. Insurance firms covered the loss and swore to the warrant.
Philadelphia reports veteran cabinet maker Geo W Vanalken. Eight coffins built by him. seven used by others, the eighth to hold his own body. Renowned as the country’s oldest active cabinet maker, he died of pneumonia after serving as Civil War and Spanish-American War bugler and as a G A R member.
Eureka reports Carmen Wagner 18 and Henry Sweet 21 vanished after leaving town with a stranger. Wagner's body was found in a creek at Ft. Baker and Sweet was found dead in his car the next day from a pistol wound. The search was abandoned after disappearance.
Mrs Blanche Warren of Somerset Ky is acquitted by Pulaski Circuit Court on peremptory instruction. Prosecutors claimed she killed her three children and burned her former husband Qobarly Warren's home on Feb 17 1925 after their divorce in Oct 1924. No evidence tied Warren to the blaze.
An advertising warning urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin to ensure genuine, safe product. It notes Bayer has been proven safe by millions and prescribed for 25 years, and warns imitators may be dangerous.
An advertisement extols Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a remedy for gastritis and related stomach issues. It claims quick relief from gas, bloating, nausea, and discomfort, offering money back if not effective. It urges purchase at any drugstore with a guarantee.
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