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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
8
Local items include visits and guests from Cincinnati and Norwood, notes on residents moving to Batavia and Deer Park, piano purchase by Miss Marjorie Halbisch, and university plans for Miami University attendees. Also mentions Doan's Ointment and Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as remedies, chautauqua attendance, and a Dover reunion report.
Home Insurance Co of New York moves to Hamilton Building Batavia occupying former Judge Joseph office. Dedication of Batavia school building set for September 23. Local visits include Dr E D Snell from Miami Florida and families. Millinery opening September 26 by Misses Marsh Batavia. Community events include chicken supper for M E church and political notes on Francis M Hamilton candidate. J L Walls promotes autos and Bayfield car details with a demonstration at Coney Island. Community members in town and traveling acquaintances listed.
County commissioners met in regular session September 7 and passed bills for many townships and services including bridge repairs culverts pike work and labor. Notable items include payments to Avene Baum Behymer Bolender and Day. corrections to Fur bills. infirmary report approved. Milford National Bank note payment authorized from infirmary funds. petition to open Augusta and Round Gap road filed.
Bethel sold bonds last week at a $4000 premium after receiving 15 bids. The strong demand signals a robust market for the district as it plans a second $80,000 school building, promising Bethel a well equipped town in the county.
Real estate notice from Williamsburg Ohio listing a lot of 55 by 198 feet and a 7 room house with bath, hot and cold water, cellar, closets, attic, electric lights, porches, shade, out-buildings, and a fenced yard described as four blocks from Main Street. Seller Walter S. Smith provides contact details as no phones available. Spiritually themed quote and unrelated Houston Post aphorism follow in the text.
The Ohio State Journal urges re opening schools with a broad appeal for parents and pupils to appreciate teachers. It notes teaching is among the hardest jobs, warns against unrealistic expectations, and asks families to support teachers and avoid fault finding.
The defendant testifies she shot in self defense alleging the victim had not struck her, though she feared he might at any moment. The testimony frames a defensive case citing imminent danger as the motive for the fatal act.
A quoted local speaker warns that someone who speaks with flair may ignore facts if they keep an audience entertained. The remark underscores a distrust of entertainment over accuracy in public discourse.
The piece argues riches and poverty both fail to guarantee happiness and urges accumulating wealth honestly within a balanced life. It reflects a pragmatic view that personal contentment comes from virtue, not material excess.
A courtroom exchange includes a lawyer pressing for rapid resolution of a damage suit while a client cites needing funds for his six week old child’s college expenses, highlighting urgency and personal stakes. The dialogue underscores financial pressures influencing legal strategy.
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