Local notices and social tidings from Batavia area
The Batavia newsreel lists births and social visits including born to Mr and Mrs Robert Jones an eight pound girl on East Main Street. guests at Judge Davis home, Belle Hulick and sister entertaining relatives from Lebanon. J B Dover and J C Fuhr of Williamsburg in Batavia. Various travels, school principal Frank Gunderioy to Pacadens Maryland, Harmon Dover ill in Monterey, and Worthy items about birthdays visits and church events. Regular Eastern Star meeting announced and local residents’ movements cited.
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Mrs
Robert Jones
East Main Street
Local Families Visit Relatives Across Norwood Piqua Linwood and More
Notices list Mies Elma Townsley Mian Roth Dial Mise Julia Ann Sprague and others visiting relatives in Norwood Piqua Linwood Dayton Ky Bik Lick and Batavia. Social calls include Uboutauqua attendance Mt. Washington and Labor Day gatherings. An upcoming Mass at Holy Trinity and Stonelick churches follows a Bible education sermon.
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Holy Trinity Church
Stonelick
Father Evers
Bethel Home-Coming Celebrates Community Effort
The Bethel Home-Coming last week was a success with broad public entertainment and help from many locals and outsiders. A full week report promised by editors has not yet arrived by press time. Ed.
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Bethel
P. S
Clermont County Christian Endeavor Convention Opens at Mt Holly
The Clermont County Annual Christian Endeavor Convention met at Mt Holly Christian Church on July 81 with an unusual program by Hamilton County Flying Squadron. Miss Marie Gregson presided, with Miss Alda Dacy and Helene on missions, Iola Strong leading devotions, John Lodwick as song leader, and Betty Weaver as accompanist. Officers elected for the next year include Rev. Jason T. Harbert as president and Clarence Lytle as vice president. Next convention set for Felicity on July 26, 1925.
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Clermont County
Christian Endeavor
Mt. Holly Christian Church
Hamilton County
Marie Gregson
Alda Dacy
Helene
Iola Strong
John Lodwick
Betty Weaver
Jason T. Harbert
New Richmond
Clarence Lytle
Batavia
Alice Jackson
Bethel
R. R
Wallace Walker
Loveland
A. L. Carnes
Felicity
C. E. Societies
C. E
Tobacco crop in 1924 forecasted smaller than 1923
Government estimates project a 1924 tobacco crop of about 1,702,000 acres, roughly 92.4 percent of 1923. The national condition on July 1 is 85.5 percent, about 2.6 percent below the ten year average, with a predicted yield about 197,916,000 pounds lower than 1923. Kentucky and North Carolina show notable shrinkage, while leaf prices are expected to stay high due to demand.
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United States
Kentucky
North Carolina
LaFollette Name Excluded From Kansas Ballot
Kansas Attorney General rules LaFollette and Wheeler cannot appear above electors on the ballot since they run without party designation. A petition pledge to vote for them does not place them as a party group. Independent electors would be grouped with independents, requiring another method to show pledged electors.
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Topeka
Kansas
LaFollette
Wheeler
C. B. Griffith
la Follette
Moorhead Rites Honor Longtime Presbyterian Soldier Citizen
Erastus Sharp Moorhead born October 10 1841 died August 22 1924 aged 82 years 10 months 12 days survived by brother Thomas W half brother Joseph G and half sister Mrs Schaff. A church officer and treasurer of the building committee he served in Co K 29th O V I for four years rising to first sergeant. He married Nancy N Davidson October 11 1866, she died October 11 1921 on their 55th wedding anniversary. A Mason and I O O F member noted for candor and counsel.
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Erastus Sharp Moorhead
Thomas W
Joseph G
Schaff
Presbyterian Church
Co. K
Sargent
Nancy N. Davidson
Masonic Order
Moorhead
Batavia Hotel Decorators Stir Public Interest
Close Corporation Roland Lewis and wife of Batavia are energetic home decorators now painting the Bata via Hotel, a top southern Ohio hotel newly furnished. The wife, an expert painter, works from a swinging scaffold and climbs tall ladders with ease. Their services are in high demand.
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Roland Lewis
Batavia
Ohio
House moved to Bethel for new bank site
The Weaver house at Market and Main, sold by L C Dietz to First National Bank, then to George Gregg, and on to a Mr Henderson of Bethel. He will convert it into a dwelling in Bethel, making way for a fine new bank building in southern Ohio with modern fixtures and equipment.
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Weaver
Market
Main Streets
L. C. Dietz
First National Bank
George Gregg
Henderson
Bethel
Ohio
Deputy Clerk Gallagher Buys Broadway Property
David Gallagher deputy clerk purchased the Norman Burnet property on Broadway from J Babbitt and took immediate possession. The Burnet family packed their goods and left for Cincinnati to reside, with Stanley Anstead and his family moving into Gallagher's vacated rooms.
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David Gallagher
Norman Burnet
Broadway
J. ©. Babbitt
Mr. B
Burnet
Moore
Cincinnati
Stanley Anstead
Pride
W C T U Convention Set for Bethel in September 1924
Annual convention of Clermont County Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held in Bethel on September 11, 1924. Dues funds and new member names should be sent to county president Mrs. Bowers in Bethel by September 8. Pres Mrs Angie Bowers Secy Miss Nellie Walker Treas Mrs Florence D Carnes Pray and work for a good convention.
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Clermont County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Bethel
Bowers
Angie Bowers
Sec’y
Nellie Walker
Treas
Florence D. Carnes
Tobacco Cutting Prospects Amid Drought Dry Spell Hurts Yields
Farmers expect a light tobacco harvest next week due to a long dry spell. Crops lack color and weight with many near or below cost to cut. Some fields may produce a half crop. A rain could green up the plants but delay curing.
Simple test for fish edibility uses boiling coin
Sailors describe a method to judge new fish varieties by boiling in water with a bright silver coin. If the coin remains bright, the fish is edible. if the coin darkens, the fish is rejected.
400-Ton Granite Block Lifted Near Copenhagen
A granite block weighing more than 400 tons was raised from the ocean bed near Copenhagen and moved to a distant shoreline. The same area reported hurricanes pushing ice sheets ashore, leaving rocks, chains, and parts of sunken vessels after melting.
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Copenhagen
Thanks for kindness at funeral of William A. Joseph
The family expresses appreciation to friends neighbors and especially Mr. Moore for funeral services. They thank the Clermont County Bar Association county officials for a blanket of flowers and all others for support during bereavement. Sincerely the Family.
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William A. Joseph
Moore
Clermont County Bar Association
Double Wedding at Amelia Parsonage Formally Conducted
Rev. Smith oversaw a double ceremony at the M. E. parsonage on August 29. The couples were John W. Peterson with Minnie Young and Claud F. King with Nellie E. Young, all residents of Amelia. The ring ceremony was performed with Rev. Boyd Browning of Williamsburg and Miss Daisy Smith as witnesses.
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Rev. Smith
M. E. Parsonage
John W. Peterson
Minnie Young
Claud F. King
Nellie E. Young
Amelia
Boyd Browning
Williamsburg
Daisy Smith
Soldier Reunion of 48th Regiment CVV at Blanchester
The 42nd annual reunion of the survivors of the 48th regiment CVV is set for Blanchester on September 11. Civil Spanish and World War soldiers are invited to join. Department Commander Rev Burdesall will deliver the address. Comrades are asked to wear the 48th badge and dinner will be served by the M E church Ladies Aid Society.
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48Th Regiment
Blanchester
Burdesall
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Official Ohio election results show Davis winning GOP nomination edge
Official counts from Columbus list Harry L. Davis with about 75,000 vote edge over Joseph Silber for the Republican governor nomination. Donahey's plurality over Beatty tops 142,000. Reynolds R. Kinkaid defeats Frank M. Geiger for second in the Republican Supreme Court ticket by 8,074 votes. Governor results show Davis 176,307 to Beatty 188,622 for Democrats.
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Columbus
Harry L. Davis
Joseph B. Silber
Akron
Donahey
James C. B. Beatty
East Liverpool
Reynolds R. Kinkaid
Toledo
Frank M. Geiger
Springfield
Supreme Court
Davis
Leiber
White
Durand
Burke
Harris
Cable
Smith
Democrat
Beatty
Meaning of Stone Age term clarified in historical usage
The Stone Age marks the earliest recognized stage in human culture defined by prevailing tool material rather than daily practice. Wood and perishable implements likely dominated in use, though stone relics define the period in surviving artifacts.
Living on Air and Swags in a Strange Air Trade
A small town tale notes a man earning a thousand pounds yearly as an air pilot and the joke that one cannot live on air. The piece contrasts aspiration with practicality in a light humorous vein.
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Swaggs
Swiggs
Apaches of Paris Rivalry Over Casque dOr Sparks Violent Factions
In 1908 Paris two suitors Manda and Lecat vied for Casque dOr. A quarrel led to Manda being shot by Lecat, triggering feuds that formed two large Apache bands. The term apaches was coined by press as the fights grew violent. A separate note comments on a weak mind compared to a microscope.
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Paris
Manda
Lecat
Casque d’Or
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