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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
5
Sunday visits and social calls populate Elk Lick notes with stops in Batavia Newport Bethel and Middletown. Local residents listed include Fitzwater Schaftstall Gravitt Brooks Smith Kirgan Altman and Glancy with various hospitality and visits. A medical advertisement urges mercury free treatments and promotes Hall s Catarrh Cure and Hall s Family Pills.
A fragmented historic clipping mixes social remarks on primogeniture with advertisements for kidney and rheumatic cures by Dr. W Hall in St. Louis and a health coffee imitation by Dr Shoop. The page also notes Liberia attracting settlers and local store Moore & Co offering samples.
A reader questions whether a German firm producing lead pencils may also offer potato whittlings as a snack, wondering if Saratoga chips or German style will prevail. The remark blends tongue in cheek speculation about product choices and cultural tastes.
Thursday night guests Faye Kincaid and Oscar Leichner from Fair Oak plan to attend this winter. The Lytle reunion at the O'D Homestead on Labor Day drew many locals and visitors. A Sharron family reunion at Thomas Smith and Charles Spurlock featured a 60-guest dinner and games. Silos and farm equipment purchases were reported by Lungmus, Troutman, Fritz, Lytle, and Davis & Hibbetts, Bethel.
A Richmond resident and A D Williams of 107 West Main street urge use of Dr King s New Discovery as the sole medicine meeting the proprietor s claims. They say it saves more lives than other throat and lung remedies and cures asthma bronchitis croup whooping cough quinsy hoarseness and builds the lungs with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial bottle offered by druggists.
Mrs Laura Hitch toasted on August 23 with a large family gathering spanning five generations. Local notes mention road work by Charles Thompson on Alrey’s run, Pinkham & Morick dissolving their manufacturing interests with T A Pinkham taking over, and lawyer A H Goff assisting with contracts. Other items cover health updates, a youth meeting led by Florence Carrel, and an advertisement for Dr Shoops Restorative. Emerson quote closes the column.
Of Interest to Many. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of Medicine. No medicine could do more. D. N. Bunn's.
A historical notice highlights the duke of Wellington as holder of fifteen foreign titles. It notes a third were bestowed on his ancestor by foreign governments, listing roles in the Netherlands Spain Portugal and as a prince count marquis and duke. Also a medical ad promotes Preventics cold tablets for quick relief with no quinine or laxative.
A social gathering at Miss Emma Corbin's home drew many locals including Thomas Howitt and family, Harry Jackson and daughter Alice, and Mrs. Hugh McNair Jr. Guests traveled from Blanchester New Richmond Vincennes and Porintown. Several attendees planned visits and schooling in Kentucky Milford and Oxford College were noted.
A vintage advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a kidney specific remedy. Mrs. H. A. Darby of Blanchester Ohio reports relief from long standing kidney pain and sleeplessness after using the treatment, with Foster Milburn Co. listed as U.S. agents. The piece also notes other ads and local notices, including a hay fever cure claim and general local society items.
Miss Alice Hall and Ada return home after a week visiting her parents Wm. G. Hera and wife. A number from here attended the Boston fair. Miss Joan Herron hosted Etta Phillips of Brazier. Mrs. Nave and daughter Cora return after weeks abroad. Kate Anthony of Wabash is seriously ill at her mother’s home. Samuel Ellis received homing pigeons from Columbus to release Sunday morning at 7. Miss Nellie Coleman visits Miss Maud Horo. Alex Hicks and wife hosted by Mrs. Roseana Whitaker. Edith Wagaman spent part of last week at Bethel. Miss Jessie Coulter visited city friends. Miss Lillian Perkins stayed at Walnut Hills and Hyde Park. Lady Jane Gray returns home from Allendale after extended visit with Lillian Perkins. Joasie Coulter to entertain the Country Club next Wednesday. M. Ferris and wife guests of Charlies Nash and wife. Advertisement for Buckleap’s Arnica Salve and a Dickens quote. Foley's Kidney Cure promoted by D.N. Bunn's Pharmacy.
Emma Reed and Mary Yaeiton spent Sunday with Kise Spalding while Bell family members visit relatives in Newport. A M. K. church picnic last Thursday drew good weather, music and plenty of food. Funeral attendance, supper guests, and school plans appear among weekend activities in the area.
Edward Ernst and Miss Ruby Morgan were united in marriage at Batavia on Thursday of last week and visited here on Saturday. The article notes social visits from Mrs. George Glaser and Mrs. N. C. McKibben, school plans for Miss Emma Glaser, and other local residents at leisure.
A reader reports a missing box of Dr King’s Life Pills from a local drugstore between 9:00 p m yesterday and noon today. The notice claims the product guards against malaria jaundice and headaches and asks owners to check stores and report any loss.
A roundup of social visits includes Mia and Mary Howard with daughter Zolla of Walnut Hills visiting A Kayser and B Cosbard in Hamilton. Other guests include Miss Vasaldy, Dr. B P Logram’s party, and families from Aber deen Batavia and Hamilton.
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