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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1939
Page
8
The clipped notice shows subscription and combination offers for Clermont Courier dated September 6, 1989. It lists prices for one year six months and three months, with business editor and manager credits and a combined deal with Cincinnati Post Times-Star and Enquirer.
A compilation of social news reports scenes from Batavia and surrounding towns including visits in Huntington West Virginia Columbus and Dayton. Notable items include Miss Jerry Wasner starting school in Carlisle and Virgilles returning from OSU Columbus, Labor Day visits at Indian Lake and Mt. Vernon, a Batavia school opening, and a number of family visits to New York Chicago Chicago area and Devils Den State Park. Also noted are hospital observations and a county PTA meeting upcoming, with petitions due for November ballots and a large Batavia Eastern Star gathering.
Miss Pearl Leonard will host the CIC for the annual meeting on Tuesday evening September 12 at 7 30. Full attendance urged with election of officers on the agenda. Names listed include Mrs Paul, M Rapp, Mary Leger Tucker, Mr and Mrs Vincent Auxier and Bob Walker. They traveled through Kentucky Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina last week.
The U B Church with Rev. Smith as pastor lists Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 and YPSCE at 8 pm. Mid week services are at 8 pm. Walter J Bauer is named in the notice for the event or address.
The Lorado Busy Bee 4-H club met at the schoolhouse August 30 to plan the Achievement program scheduled for September 13 at 8 PM at the same location. After planning, members played games and refreshments were served. Russell Davidson, reporter.
Alfred N. Hahnet, 44, charged with stealing an auto and operating it while intoxicated. He pleads not guilty, is bound over to the grand jury with $700 bond, and placed in Hamilton County Jail. Deputy Sheriff Frank Perry arrested him and he appeared before Mayor Wiseman.
Cincinnati prepares for a demanding 28 games in 17 days road stretch before a nine games in five days run, with a nine game slate against the Dodgers, Giants, Bees and Phillies, then Pirates and Cardinals to close the season.
H R Ayer of Security Motor Co Batavia reports Buick Motor Division plans for 1940 include two new lines and a heavy fall schedule with over 100000 cars produced by year end 40 million dollars committed to early production and advance orders totaling 15000000. If realized, output may exceed 240000 cars next twelve months amid strong demand.
The Friday event at the High School Auditorium starts at 9 PM with Art Morgan and his orchestra delivering music. A floor show is featured as a highlight attendees will not want to miss.
The article traces the superstition around thirteen at a table to Norse myth and the Last Supper. It notes Loki’s sly role in Baldur’s death and cites London Tit-Bits on the taboo. It also mentions beliefs about numbers with odd male and even female traits and Scotland’s label “the devil's dozen.”
A London Tit-Bits note recounts St. Dunstan shoeing the devil in a tale that ends with a vow about not entering buildings with nailed horseshoes. It explains horseshoes as luck charms against witches and notes Christians in ancient times nailed shoes sideways with the letter C for added sacred meaning.
A Carlyle inspired meditation on faith as inner force that enables endurance amid outward pressure. It contrasts weariness in body with the mind’s peaceful art and the necessity of willingness to confront difficulty.
A Los Angeles Times correspondent notes Irish silversmiths created the dish ring or potato ring in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Ornamental stands hold circular wooden bowls to shield mahogany tables from heat, typically used for bowls of potatoes and kept in the table center throughout meals.
The mesquite tree of the Southwest served as a vital resource for American Indians providing food medicine fuel fiber dye and gum from its diverse offerings and parts.
Norwegian violin virtuoso Ole Bornemann Bull financed a Pennsylvania colony that failed, with a castle that earned the name Ole Bull's Folly. His playing garnered him lasting renown.
A nod to historic fiscal measures in Scotland where a rogue money tax supported royal prerogatives. The policy aimed to fund law enforcement and criminal prosecutions during earlier centuries.
The Chinatown sage Hi Ho argues that attempts to inspire fear in others backfires, leaving men to fear their own actions and motives. His remarks frame fear as a self-inflicted consequence of intimidation.
Batavia M. E. Church led by minister C. R. Spangler and superintendent John Huntington invites full attendance. Sunday school begins at 9:30 A. M. with the morning service at 10:80. Wednesday official board meeting at 7:30 P. M. in the church.
A Collier's Weekly note states that while the human ear can distinguish at least 11 000 tones, only a relatively small number are used in music because the scale follows the human voice and its limitations.
Edison’s chemistry experiments while working as a telegraph operator in Louisville Kentucky led to a bottle of sulfuric acid spilling onto the desk of the supervisor in the office below. The incident caused his dismissal and he sought new employment opportunities.
Small additions of copper and manganese to peat soils in the Florida Everglades significantly improve yields on previously unproductive land. Researchers note enriched soils produce bountiful crops and suggest potential for expanding cultivation.
The Sahara desert is described as a tableland with an average elevation between 1300 and 1600 feet above sea level.
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