Tax Valuation Cut in Clermont County Real Estate
Auditor B L Ketchum approves a 10 percent reduction in real estate valuations for taxation in Clermont County effective December. The move, aimed at drought and business depression relief, preserves current county rates and saves about 40000 in taxes for property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Wayne
Ketchum
Clermont
B. L. Ketchum
Clermont County
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Smith Nichols wedding links Salem and Batavia families
Miss Julia Winbourne Smith and Hugh C Nichols wed at the bride’s Salem Indiana home on a Sunday afternoon. Rev Earl Daniels officiated with sister Jeannette Nichols as maid of honor and Richard J Young as best man. The couple, who married on the anniversary of the groom’s parents, left for a New York City honeymoon and will reside with the Nichols family in Batavia after building a new home. A reception followed the ceremony. The article notes local attendees from Batavia and a local advertisement for ranges and heaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Winbourne Smith
George B.smith
Salem
Indiana
Hugh C
Allen B. Nichols
Batavia
Earl Daniels
Salem Christian Church
Jeannette B. Nichols
Richard J. Young
Portsmouth
Miss Smith
Mr. Nichols
Harold D. Nichols
Mrs. Nichols
New York City
Messrs
Allan B
H. L. Nichols
Geo. B. Hatfield
Hli H. Speidel
H. F. Buerkle
Forrest Ely
Julian Fishback
Charlotte Speidel
Anna Glancy
Mary Fishback
Katherine Magee
Billie
Gertrude Wilson
Russell Speidel
Frederic Kramer
P. K. Moore
Franklin Wiseman
Republicans to Meet Clermont County Committee
Columbus Ohio Aug 6 The Republican platform convention will meet September 11 12 in Columbus and base planks on Governor Myers Y Cooper administration. Senator Earl R Lewis says the campaign will stress the record of flexible public services and debt free finances. Clermont county committee proposes relief, drought response, and farm aid plans with emphasis on hay tariffs and preventing disease after rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Cooper
State Central Committee
Earl R. Lewis
St. Clairsville
Lewis
Drouth
Clermont County
P. F. Jamieson
Batavia
H. N. Wilson
Eli H. Speidel
C. RK. Colburn
H.L. Nichols
Red Cross
Wm. Grace
E. Reed
Felicity
Clermont Farm Bureau
R. R. Caldwell
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
F. A. Rieble
Milford
Pomona Grange
J. A. Ashton
First National Bank
Perry Green
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Grouth
State Committee
Band Concert by Cincinnati Musicians at Court House Corner
An 85 member Cincinnati band performs Wednesday night on the court house corner rain or shine. Attend to hear the city's best musicians in a free community concert.
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Cincinnti
Court House
Radio Party at Armory Promises National Broadcast
Frank W. Weaver Post of the American Legion hosts a September 18 evening event at the Armory to hear a nationwide radio broadcast from Faneuil Hall Boston titled The Cradle of Liberty. The program runs 9 to 10 30 p m with speakers from New York Washington Chicago Portland San Francisco Dallas Jacksonville and other cities. The event is courtesy of the Victor Division of RCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Weaver
American Legion
Armory
Feneuil Hall
Cradle of Liberty
Boston
New York
Washington
Chicago
Portland
Oregon
Main
San Francisco
Dalas
Texas
Jacksonville
Fla
Victor
R. C. A. Victor Co, Inc. Legion Committee
Dear Little Bird Poem Ad for New Ranges
A short poem by L F Mattox contrasts a singing bird with human troubles while an ad notes New White Green and Dream Enamined Ranges on the floor. It highlights malleable ranges fully guaranteed with terms offered by P M Rapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Mattox
Reminiscence of a Long-Lost Ohio Schoolhouse
A memories filled tale recounts a one-story frame school on the Ohio pike moved by 12 horses to a new site in 1868, with teachers such as Albert Leeds and Charles Brown. Pupils recall benches, shared cups, and early schooling customs, noting changes as the community built a newer structure and fielded many local teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Back Run Creek
Ohio
Batavia Back Run
Lucy Run
Sophia Fairfield
Mary Wall
Lon Bennett
John Flora
Tom Robinson
Lon Roberts
John Bennett
Robert Johnson
Ohio Pike
John Wyatt
Allen Temple
Albert Leeds
Pike
Eli Leeds
James Slater
Charles Brown
McGuffy
Lyceum
Abner Fagin
Henry Herget
Joseph Bredwell
John Warren
Fair Oak
Frank Robinson
Mrs. Robinson
Marceline Leeds
Zeno Abbott
Celia Behymer Huntington
James Hodges
Homer Gaskins
Apphia Robinson
Dan Hillin
Thurman Trees
Murder in the Second Degree Verdict in Harp Sweeny Case
The jury of twelve men and one woman convicted Bird Harp of murder in the second degree for the killing of Fred Sweeny after two hours of deliberation. Harp claimed self defense, saying a fight at his home led to him shooting Sweeny, who later died. Harp received life with hard labor and solitary confinement on the crime anniversary each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird Harp
Fred Sweeny
White
Harp
Sweeny
Lewis Taylor
Taylor
Fred
Goshen
Roberts
Clermont County
County Commissioners Ledger Sept. 2 1924
County commissioners approve payments for street oiling Bell Telephone and gas goods Foster's Dept store and Stakalta Mfg Co supplies and burial costs for Watson prisoner board 800 for prisoner boarding and 500 for public benefit and promotion of administration of justice per prosecutor order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Vii
Bell Telephone
Fred Collier
C. H
Citizens Garage
Foster’s Dept
Mdse
Marie Meinken Board
Stakalta Mfg. Co
Soldiers Relief Co
Gorkins Chemical Co
Mosler Lock Co
Lew White
Court of Common Pleas
Local Worker Breaks Leg Jumping From Cement Building
Max Moore of Willie Coal and Supply Co in Batavia fractured a small bone in his left leg Friday while jumping from a cement building to shut a door. He will be laid up for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Moore
Willie Coal & Supply Co
Batavia
Mt Holly School Celebrates Historic Non Ringing Bell
The piece notes a winter without the school bell and honors alumni connected to Mt Holly. It highlights notable names Mary Bissantz and other local figures among alumni who pursued professions from judges to doctors and ministers. Mrs. C. M. Edwards offers closing remarks on the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
United States
C. M. Edwards
Blackleg Outbreak in Clermont County Cattle
Clermont County reports a fresh blackleg outbreak affecting cattle on Stafford farm near Lindale with four deaths and up to two more possible, a short illness from hours to days leading to death. Dr. J C Fitzpatrick advises vaccinating all cattle up to two hundred forty four years old as prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
Stafford
Lindale
J. C. Fitzpatrick D. V. M
Batavian Chosen as New Ohio Military Institute Coach
Dick Dial former three letter man at University of Cincinnati has been named Head Coach and Athletic Director at Ohio Military Institute succeeding Pete Derrick who moves to a minor coaching post. Dial a Batavia Ohio native played on Bearcats teams in football basketball and baseball and declined to officiate after graduation in 1929. He will take charge next week when football candidate calls begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Dial
University of Cincinnati
Ohio Military Institute
Pete Derrick
Dial
Batavia
Ohio
Bearcats
Buckeye
Boyd Chambers
George McLaren
L. B. Harrison
Deposition Proceeding in Murder Case Details
Judge White supervises juror examination as William Henderson Boshear pleads insanity and not guilty. Attorneys seek to take depositions in Tennessee. county bears costs. Trial set for September 15 with 75 jurors. Boshear and Spencer connected to July 4 incident in Cleremont County. Britton aids prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Willian Henderson Boshear
John Spencer
C. A. Brannock
Carl Z. Garland
Cleremont County
Boshear
Spencer
Batavia
Roberts
Harry Britton
Cincinnati Bus Line Seeks Discontinuance Of Route Segment
The Cincinnati Owensville route asks the Board of Public Utilities for permission to discontinue part of its service. The affected territory is also served by the Greyhound line from Cleveland and Columbus to Cincinnati. The ad appears in another part of the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Owensville
Board of Public Utilities
Gray Hound Line
Cleveland
Columbus
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B. L. Ketcham
Nichols-Smith
Clermont Crouth
Radio Party
Little Bird
Batavian Chosen
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