16 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1903
Page
1
The piece rebuts the Democrat claim that Auditor Williams overdrawn £1599 is an indefinite legal matter. It argues the same Ohio law applies statewide, accuses the Democrat of evasive reasoning, and labels Williams the most resourceful auditor for drawing disputed fees.
The regular quarterly session concludes with bills allowed for repairs, supplies, and clerk services. Contracts awarded include culvert work by Wyatt and Ilhardt. The session notes officers' duties, allowances, and a commissioner's bond.
Advertisements praise Karo Corn Syrup now sold in air-tight friction top cans. In ninety days manufacturers shipped over six and a half million cans as demand grows. Cookery expert Mrs Helen Armstrong offers a free booklet of recipes by writing to the Corn Product Company in New York or Chicago.
The N and W rail line shows total earnings of 21,160,675.26 for the last official year, up 8,608,470.28 from 1902, with net income of 4,040,188.87, up 203,437.77. Treasury outlayed 1,202,781 for U P and W road projects and Cincinnati belt improvements with no reimbursement yet. Passenger receipts reached 2,841,491.28, up 462,000 from prior year.
Public notices list new cases including real estate sale and divorce actions. probate matters name executors and guardians, final accounts filed, and accounts set for settlement with listed heirs and legacies. Wills allocate property and chattels among spouses, relatives, and churches, with executors named.
Docket reads Case 11957 State of Ohio ex rel Board of County Commissioners of Clermont County against Jno W Davis and defendants including Frank Davis and W M Fridman. The item blends verse and court entries with landscape imagery and notices of new suits filed in two cases and eight causes.
An Ohio Farmer summary notes electric lines from Cleveland boost land prices from 75 to 100 dollars per acre in Willoughby to Painesville and 33 to 145 dollars per acre near Oberlin. Merchants report mixed effects with some trade gains in staples while other lines like dry goods face shifts as city shoppers expand.
W F Marchall sold his property to Thos Coleman who will move in shortly Rouman family to occupy Coleman house and attend to meat business Dr Dreese and wife of South America visiting friends Mrs Hynes entertaining sister in law Lulu Elmer of Cincinnati spent Sunday with her mother Rev W S Gray with Rev Newton Dr J W Kirgan of Amelia transacting business here Andrew Snider family entertaining a relative from Chicago Velma Wilson of Independence Ky visiting sister Clara Ul l Delmer Moorehead of Lynchburg showing mens furnishings at Odd Fellow hall Kidney trouble case cited Foley Kidney Cure praised by J J Cox of Valley View Ky Sold by John Bann MD
Miss Bess Holderfield guests with Miss Annabel Lush while Dr. Nelson Leeds and sister Mabel visit Miss Alma Spencer. Several residents travel or host relatives, including Madisonville and Mt. Washington connections. Arthur Mattox leaves for Cincinnati for an insurance job. Rev Crum delivers his first Locust Corner M E church sermon. Locust Corner high school girls host a luncheon with a neat sum raised. Wee Smith is preparing to build a pew.
A long list of land conveyances shows numerous buyers and sellers in Franklin and nearby townships. Transactions include 141 and 51 acre tracts to Mary E McGraw, 10 acre ten mile parcels, 65 acre Jackson turnpike tracts, and multiple urban and township plots with prices ranging from $1 to several thousand dollars.
Monterey residents report family visits and health recoveries. Mrs Elizabeth Kyle returns to duties after illness. Nathan Anderson funeral attended by locals. E J Hutchinson made a business trip. Frances Fomorin sues Sarah and Matthew Leonard with verdict for plaintiff. Lottie Whittaker returns to Cincinnati after visit. John Martin visits Williamsburg. Joe Duckermin attended Fall Festival. S B McMaham and wife visited Owensville. Mrs Arthur Clark returns from Columbia visit. Samantha Rapp recovered from illness and resumes duties. Delmar Moorhead from Lynchburg on business.
Georgetown Gazette notes Boxwell graduates may attend any county high school with township tuition for varying years by class. State auditor reports a drop in hogs and sheep but cattle and horses rise. total sheep hogs, cattle, and mules increase. Milford widow Jane Brown found dead. coroner cites heart failure after breakfast. inquest held.
A private letter from Col. Tom Fitch, once a paper apprentice and foreman, says he will harvest about 4 000 bushels of corn this year on lands in Troy, averaging roughly 60 bushels per acre. In the district, ridges and table lands lag while bottom farms near town expect sizable yields, with Frank Brown on his bottom farm foreseeing about 75 bushels per acre.
A formal ceremony performed by Rev. Gray of Decatur and Rev. Shriver of Feenburg united Mollie Bier and George Medary on a Tuesday evening. A refined dining room reception followed with numerous relatives and friends from Decatur Newport Covington Williamsburg and Hamilton County attending.
Orbra Young, ten, son of Lester Young, suffered nightly sleeplessness due to kidney trouble. After his father bought Dodd’s Kidney Pills, the child was cured and could sleep through the night. The ad claims many children suffer urinary disorders and promotes Dodd’s Kidney Pills as a safe remedy.
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