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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
3
Eleven year old Tommy declares he will be the best father giving his sons ice cream marbles baseball and ponies. When mother asks about daughters he balks at the idea saying that would be the dickens.
Mrs Charles E Brooke describes an eighteen year ankle sores ordeal with burning pain and sensitivity. After trying many remedies she found relief using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting sores healed in about three months and no further trouble. Sample offers and an unrelated joke follow.
An assortment of vintage ads and quips promotes Castoria for infants and Fletcher’s Castoria, Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills, and various generic adv lines. The items include short wit exchanges and mock quotes about crops, trees, and town life.
The Ohio Publishers and Printers Federation Trade and Cost Convention and Central States Exposition commenced in Toledo drawing thousands of publishers and printers. Gov. Cox opened the exposition after a Greyhound boat trip to Put-In Bay and Cedar Point with a mammoth banquet and special programs for the ladies.
Dr John H J Upham of Columbus outlines a three day session beginning September 2 at Cedar Point for the Ohio State Medical Association. Hundreds of physicians from across the state will hear papers on public health topics including medical education in hygiene and infantile paralysis, aiming to boost public interest.
Henry Steube, a Columbus merchant, sues in Franklin County Common Pleas to attack the constitutionality of the new sale by weight law. A magistrate fined him $10 plus costs for alleged violation. The case may be heard by Judge Rogers on September 6.
Judge William L. Dechant of Middletown Ohio died after an operation for stomach trouble at a sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan. The 57 year old Notre Dame and Cincinnati Law School graduate had recently been named to the public utilities commission and had served on the common pleas bench. Governor Cox and other officials attended the funeral and the governor will delay choosing a successor.
Springfield votes 5 957 to 2 651 in favor of a new city charter with a five member commission. Largest vote getter becomes mayor, commission hires a general manager, and the charter includes initiative referendum recall and municipal control of utilities with right to purchase at physical value.
Delegates from across the country attend the national Brethren church convention in Dayton. The Brethren church is a Dinker fraternity branch and the meetings include sessions of the National Sunday School and Christian Endeavor societies.
Members of the Hay-and-Grain Exchange at Cincinnati report Ohio and Indiana showing stronger corn prospects than the national average. Visitors from Ohio and Indiana on the floor note yield in excess of last year, with USDA figures placing Ohio at about 90 percent.
Hamilton Ohio five minute session approves six month police funding following mandamus threat by Judge Harlan. Socialists offered similar measure with Mercy Hospital funds cut from four thousand to two thousand. finances remain tied up since July due to council inaction. Mayor Straub vetoed such measures.
Ohio has the largest portion of the 500000 postoffice appropriation for good roads. A first report to Congress by Postmaster General Burleson and Acting Secretary Galloway shows Ohio will eventually receive 120000, with a proviso to raise another 240000 within the state. This creates a 360000 fund to build a model road already designated as 49.45 miles long.
Cincinnati postmasters were instructed to ensure all registered mail is properly wrapped and secure for transit. Officials were reminded that oral letters are not regulated and that rural box coin collection for stamps may occur in limited cases.
A stern editor drills reporter Mr Peters on an obituary for McGlucken, correcting vague details about a crooked nose, a wart, a railway bridge accident, eight children, twins, a Fiji voyage, a poker skill, corn eight feet high, and odd family quirks. He demands clarity and accuracy to avoid mob fury and legal peril.
Batavia Ohio firm Nichols and Nichols with office in Hamilton Building on Main Street advertises legal services in this period notice.
Examinations for teachers are set for the first Saturday of each month unless it is a holiday, then the following Saturday. Pupils’ exams occur on the third Saturday in April and May. Teachers must complete the full exam in one day and those seeking a four year provisional certificate should consult the clerk before applying. Bagby president Davin vice president Morris clerk.
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