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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
8
Local timetable shows Batavia train arrivals and Cincinnati departures with morning and evening runs. Several society items note visits, appointments, and local business promotions. News mentions Olive Branch traction line work, Sardinia fair visitors, and public notices from Becks Pharmacy and Foley’s Kidney Cure.
The Batavia hunting and fishing club has two members, Alien Cowen and Miles Bicking, enjoying their annual outing near Adams. Jesse Ell's post No. 740 plans a summer meeting with veterans, business to transact, and attendance requested. The note also mentions Foley's Honey and Tar and a marriage invitation for John Wesley Groves and Anna Brewater Hirst in Yellow Springs.
The article lists Sunday church duties with Rev. Bailey at conference and Mr. Wheeler filling the pulpit. It also notes a marriage ceremony at Olive Branch, service locations in Monterey and the home arch, plus a “Parson's Noble Act” quotation and local notices on medicines, injuries, and community events in Batavia and Amelia.
Local notices and ads list subscription offers and a medical cure while detailing visits of doctors and dentists, a coffin rest patent sale, and travel dates. Mentions Fort Riley furlough, Clermont representatives, and a change in railage plans. Grocery, medical, and professional notices reflect community life with dates, locations, and names in Batavia Clermont Logansport and surrounding areas.
An ad touts the Home Gold Cure as a pleasant at home treatment for alcoholism, claiming it can cure the disease without publicity. It promises discreet administration, worldwide mail delivery, and a price of one dollar with full directions and physician advice. The text then notes the golden wedding of Dr A C Moore and his wife in Wyoming with prominent guests.
Local notices advertise Queen & Crescent route as fastest 100 miles to Chattanooga. Multiple classified lines offer money loans from Batavia Ohio attorneys and firms. Dental and liquor advertisements list services and store relocations with address details in Cincinnati.
George Schobert, a prosperous young German farmer and second son of Frederick Schobert, died suddenly at his home in the township yesterday in his 87th year. He leaves a widow and four small children. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at the U B church conducted by Rev. H. J. Frank.
The will probated last week leaves $800 to daughter Mrs Emma Hutchinson and devises the remainder to daughter Melle Stark and son Augustus C Stark share and share alike. Augustus C Stark is sole executor. No appraisal is to be made. Executed September 27 1898. Witnesses C B Nichols and T P Breeding. Estate valued about $20 000.
A group of young people joined Frank Hitch and wife at Amelia for a superb dinner hosted by local hosts including Dr. N E Bradley and families. The event highlighted their celebrated hospitality in the community.
Mrs. Isaac Elwell of 548 East Main Street Painesville Ohio, wife of a builder, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relieving years of backache and stomach distress after trying them at Moodey’s pharmacy. She says the remedy did more good than any other and recommends it. Doan's Kidney Pills sold at all drug stores for 5 cents, Foster Milburn Company, Buffalo NY.
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