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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
4
In 1909 era newspapers mock the polar hype while noting Dr. Cook’s claimed North Pole expedition. The piece contrasts American claims with foreign ignorance on naturalization and reflects on celestial calculations and public fascination with exploration.
The week’s court items include General Summary of News, common pleas cases led by Judge Davis with appeals in Frank Fisher vs C G P Rail road Co and Rose F Fisher vs C G P Rail road Co. Probate Court entries list numerous marriage licenses and property transfers across multiple counties and estates, including listed buyers and prices for parcels, lots, and acres with heirs and trustees.
In a southern Georgia court, Justice Buffum orders a defendant in a case titled Jones against Johnson. William Johnson, a tall black man, pleads he knows nothing of the case and resists a court-appointed lawyer, explaining he only wants to enjoy his chickens. The scene, illustrated by Harper's Weekly, highlights a courtroom moment with a humorous twist.
The London Daily Mail reports that a new gaslight installation in the small birdhouse is switched on at six each morning by a watchman. The early light prompts a chorus and allows birds such as paradise and mynahs to start feeding earlier, improving their condition during winter.
Legal notice announces the sale of twenty three Clermont county bonds dated September 1 1900 with face value total twenty three thousand dollars. Bids due by October 18 100 at the Auditor's office Batavia Ohio. Bonds bear four percent interest and are not sold for less than face value. Bid must be accompanied by a certified check and be awarded to the highest bidder.
A Housekeeper article suggests cutting serial magazine and newspaper installments into a glued envelope book. It saves shelf space and eases reading for frail or sick people, offering a cheerful solution called the sunbeam library.
The Liverpool Mercury in February 1812 urged a legislative inquiry into unemployment and public works. It cited 16,000 unemployed in Liverpool and questioned whether war was the state’s only employment path, noting ancient Egypt and Greece built pyramids and monuments to provide continual labor.
Viermont County Infirmary invites bids for 100 tons Pocahontas coal and 80 tons Jackson range coal. Deliveries to be made one car load at a time on the track. Bids must be received by noon September 9, 1900, per clerk Glamoy.
A correspondent recounts escaping a tiger by climbing a tree. The tiger leaped roughly seven feet to reach him, and the hunter fired twice to deter the animal. The lesson urged is to choose a tree with a lowest branch at least 16 feet high to avoid a tiger.
A fragmentary humorous note recounts an illiterate suitor who had a friend write to his beloved. The writer apologizes for the letter’s rough tone and awkward phrasing, explaining the scribe is a married man and cannot hide tender phrasing, which causes embarrassment.
New timetable outlines east bound trains Nos 23 26 arriving at Pennsylvan ia Lines station Cincinnati at Pearl and Butler street and Nos 27 28 35 36 local trains at C L N B R station Court and Broadway. Through trains 24 and 26 run daily to Roanoke Richmond Norfolk with Pullman sleepers Cincinnati to Lynchburg. Sardinia connects Hillsboro branch with morning departures 6 05 and 10 26 a.m. signed W B Bevill and Allen Hull.
Examinations for teachers occur on the first Saturday each month starting September. Under the Patterson Law, exams are on the third Saturday in April and the second Saturday in May. D. FE. Kirgan, Vice President.
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