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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
8
Packages of newspaper subscriptions from Cincinnati papers offer year rates. Rapp Bros Batavia sell wheat drills wagons at old prices. Town events include vaudeville at town hall and a curfew. Local exchanges mention deaths exams and general community news.
Theatre Talk highlights the melodrama A Dangerous Friend to be staged by a superb company at the Opera House. In its second season the production has drawn large crowds across classes, offering a warm, sunny narrative from start to finish and urging audiences to come and see.
A lengthy notice extols a five act melodrama as original and sensational with realism love passion comedy heroism and devotion. It highlights usual prices and the Opera House event on a Saturday and mentions audiences seeking sensational plays.
Cast Ortita advertises telegraphy training under a new eight hour law triggering demand for 15000 additional telegraphers. Offers pay up to 70 dollars monthly for beginners and free pamphlets on homestead laws and rail-route farming, plus discounted excursion tickets via The Northwestern Line. City hall entertainment canceled with a local program featuring Baby Waleb and popular acts advertised by Maas and Wonder with tickets available at Nash pharmacy.
Resolutions from Hall of Batavia Lodge No. 186 Ohio Date Sept 13 1907 mourn the death of George D. Smith a valued member and upright citizen. The lodge extends sympathy to his family and orders mourning draping for thirty days with minutes and notices to local papers. Allen Glancy and committee authors.
Mrs Tone celebrated her 67th birthday at her home near Locust Corner with friends and relatives bringing baskets of Ohio foods. The event featured dinner, music, letters from absent friends, and speeches before guests returned home filled with goodwill.
A Jersey City freight office clerk suffered spasmodic twinges in his right leg blamed on rheumatism. After a wild kick at a cat, the man recovered instantly and walked without pain. The doctor revised the diagnosis to a twisted ligament, fixed by the single kick.
Gen Booth shares true stories to illustrate how prejudice against the Salvation Army harms its work. A sober woman fears stigma while in Salvation Army care and an emaciated drunk recalls his past while a wife reproaches the rescue telegram ends with a wry response.
The passage argues that loyalty to the flag and patriotic ideals are real enduring forces, stronger than tangible objects like flags, engines, or radium. Public sentiment shapes events such as the Panama Canal, surpassing even the heaviest tools in impact.
An appeal in England seeks funds to excavate the Memphis ruins in Egypt following Delphian and Olympia precedents. The site spans 100 acres with four major temples clearly marked, inviting immediate exploration. The project estimates require 15,000 dollars annually for fifteen years, with material near the surface expected to yield quick results.
The candle nut yields an oil rich kernel used as a candle when dried. Hawaiian natives roast and paste the kernel with salt and pepper for a tasty dish. The husk and tree gum have medicinal value, and burned shells produce indelible ink for tattooing.
In Baden Germany a military enrollment of 604 able young men found only 20 percent fit for service. Peasants once robust now show degeneration due to meat scarcity and milk diverted to cheese factories, reflecting worsening diet.
Hugband laments another new dress and questions funding. Wife retorts she did not marry him to provide financial advice.
A terse exchange references a playful claim about webfeet linked to a person named Patience and a remark about a chicken, with Patrice confirming the joke and insisting on the prior assertion. The fragment preserves quirky dialogue without broader context.
Traveling lecturer DOING WELL. Will Teal of the Prang Educational Company spent part of last week with his people and returned Sunday evening. Teal proved in the right place, pleasing employers and the public. Plays like A Dangerous Friend draw theatregoers with love, heroism, comedy, pathos, vice and virtue. The original melodrama, booked at Batavia Opera House on Saturday, September 28, is set in California and New York and has met with brilliant success.
Rev. George M. Fulton, with 26 years in the ministry and 19 in Clermont county, moves to Bethany in the Dayton district to oversee a single church. He previously served five years each at Amelia, Moscow, and Maineville, and four at Goshen, all in Milford District. The conference calls him progressive and the Bethany charge welcomes him.
Captain Lou Buerkle's foxes and neighbor Frank Knauer's ten chickens vanish after a night of suspected elopement or massacre. Witnesses suggest foxes may have consumed the chickens, while locals debate motive. Mrs. Samuel McCrayton of Williamsburg dies at home, reportedly of apoplexy, leaving a husband and several children.
Batavia Lodge Daughters of Rebekah enjoyed a delightful gathering at Filmore Ross's Perkins homestead last Thursday afternoon and evening. A nice lunch was served and Mr and Mrs Rose proved the most hospitable of entertainers.
The Village of Batavia Ohio will receive sealed proposals by 12 noon October 7 1907 at the clerk's office for bonds totaling 872100 with $679.10 per bond dated October 15 1907 and due in several April dates through 1918. Bonds bear 4.25 percent interest and fund a sidewalk project assessed on nearby property. bids must include a 5 percent certified check and may be rejected.
Multiple ads offer loans at 6 percent on real estate in Batavia Ohio with various minimums from 100 to 1000. Attorneys listed include Frazies Hicks Kearns Spetpen Hamilton and Walker. Local business notices advertise liquor store moves and dairy equipment, with details on addresses and contact information.
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