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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
8
A Clermont County page notes subscriptions and rates for local papers and a long list of visiting relatives and residents. It lists readers and buyers including Rice's Livery Barn, references several Cincinnati visitors, homeschool teaching moves, state fair judges, and community reminders about sewing circles and social visits. The item blends local notices with service ads and personal updates from Batavia and nearby towns.
The Williamsburg baseball squad won three games with strong showings against New Richmond and Melrose of Cincinnati. Saturday's game ended 10 to 0, a one sided affair. Monday morning match saw Burg triumph 8 to 3 with a larger afternoon crowd.
Bethel high school baseball fell 12 8 to Norwood Blues after a 7 8 defeat by Avon Dales in back to back games. The crowd of about 400 witnessed Bethel’s late season struggles with a tough finish. The article also notes local notices and ads including insurance agency moves and medical remedies.
Dr Mary Walker condemns the idea one must die of poison arguing hope and medical intervention can alter outcomes. A historical tale recalls doctors deceiving a prisoner into believing he bled to death, yet no blood was drawn as the patient died from fear. The piece argues people often die from believing they must die rather than from actual illness.
An Irishman visits a governor to wish a prisoner a happy birthday before an execution. In another vignette, a man called Dick is teased by his fiancée about their engagement while he hunts for a ring, promising a life of gowns, money, and harmony.
A Chicago to New York assignment with a film concern left a moving picture mechanic astonished by a $160 expense claim. The New York manager questioned the sum, asking if the charges were justified as a likely masterpiece or an overstatement.
Miss Hisse De Wolfe comments on suffragette actions in New York defending militant tactics. She jokes that English suffragettes would blame dog poisoning on the dog’s human friend, if men over here treated them poorly.
George Gamble, Pere Marquette manager, found a string of green luck in hotel lobbies from Kansas to elsewhere. He chased a dog that nabbed a green wad containing a pair of lady’s garters, which a bystander returned to him in Cincinnati.
An elderly farmer stands bare in a biting midwinter storm, barely clothed, while lights and merriment glow from a nearby farmhouse where youths pass indoors. The figure, cold and forlorn, is revealed as a scarecrow left to brave the cold. The scene centers on rural hardship and the contrast with warmth inside.
Regular session notes bills allowed by commissioners for various pike and bridge work. Items include Meek 465, Arthur 38, Walker 20, Darling 10, Smyser bridge irons 24, Bartlett repairs 20, lighting McMath 7.75, labor and material charges across Clermont County projects with multiple names and amounts listed.
George Medary Lockwood born Madison Indiana 1859 died Los Angeles August 31 1913 aged 54. In declining health over two years he leaves a widow one son and daughter. Longtime grocery merchant at Greenfield Ohio since 1886. Remains to be brought to Greenville for interment. He was brother of EK A Lockwood Clermont Sun business manager.
George Demuth now with the U S department of agriculture recounts in the apiary department annual report how racing bees escaped from boxes during transport from Terre Haute to Indianapolis. He observed bees fly out of the open car door and faster than the moving traction car at 5 to 40 miles an hour, arguing honey bees can exceed railway speeds.
Mrs. Adeline Broth ers hosted a family gathering near Afton for her 72nd birthday. Nine sons and one daughter attended with most spouses and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The baskets were filled and the celebration was a success.
The German U B church will observe its fourth quarterly Sunday school missionary service next Sunday morning. Preaching at 10 a.m. by Rev. George Bauer. All are cordially invited. E. F. Wegner, pastor.
An advertisement urges readers facing kidney trouble to consider Foley Kidney Pills as a curative medicine. It claims the formula restores kidney and bladder action and brings health and strength, attributed to A. C. Nash.
New York authorities report 8245 fires in 1910 and 5882 in 1911 caused by smokers. Fire Commissioner Johnson seeks to apply a health and safety statute to ban smoking in factories and has ordered 40 000 notices in English Yiddish and Italian for universal distribution and strict enforcement.
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