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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
8
Local timetable lists Batavia train arrivals and departures from Pears and Butler depot with morning and evening services. Community notices invite Daughters of Rebekah attendance, promote trial subscriptions, and note local travels and illness remedies.
The piece reflects on September as the melancholy month signaling year’s decline. It mentions Walter E. Eppert of Amelia presenting fine vineyard samples and recounts local anecdotes about electric medicine, fishing arrests, and a minister’s reassignment, ending with an odd tomato bearing initials O and D.
The Boston fair opens next Tuesday described as the greatest show on earth. Miss Earick, a Louisville belle, visits Mr. and Mrs. O P Griffith. Clermont county residents attend the fair as a duty and pleasure. Scarlet fever scare ends with no deaths or serious cases.
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a disease treatment for drunkenness, claim it can be taken at home, promises certainty, and offers full directions and physician advice. It notes a sale price of one dollar and shipping worldwide, with confidential correspondence and a social note about Mrs. Belle Kennedy hosting relatives.
Batavia Ohio hosts a mix of advertisements and loan offers. Wendell Kline promotes coffee and salt deals, local firms advertise wagons and job wagons, and several attorneys list money loan options and insurance services. The page also notes Queen & Crescent service routes and travel remarks.
Williams sought to control the convention but only won a batch of second-hand delegates who were rejected in favor of the Roudebush slate. The event marks Williams as the party’s first political "remains." A minority will oppose Johnson’s Kansas City platform endorsement and a bid to oust Lewis Bernard from the State central committee. Clermont has no committee representation.
B C Patchell of Stonwick reports a yesterday harvest featuring four ears laid end to end measuring 59% inches with the longest at 16 inches. Two ears measure 1544 inches and one 12 inches. cobs are described as perfectly filled, round and plump, and beautiful to see.
September 23 24 and 2 the Cincinnati Gun Club will host a world open target tournament. Two purses amount to 500 dollars and 260 dollars. Day one features 10 events at 180 targets while day two offers 10 events at 175 targets. Prizes draw strong interest in this rare sport event.
In the Labor Day parade Monday the Batavia band received second place honor for its musical skill, handsome uniforms, and overall ensemble. Clermont County residents are noted for leading roles in local affairs.
Howard Silcott and Nellie E. Funston wed at the bride’s parents home in Mansfield. The groom, son of George E. and Sarah Silcott, works as a telegrapher and is described as bright and progressive. The bride is noted as a leading Mansfield society lady and a kin of Gen Funston of Philippine fame. Batavians and Clermont residents extend congratulations.
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