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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
8
A collage of local life highlights Batavia and Montery area residents. Mentions U. S. Grant as a local memory, visits from Hamilton, Cincinnati, and Wilmingto n, various family updates, tutoring offers, church events, and an upcoming Monterey Christian church ice cream social with food and invites.
Will Godfrey of Stroup Oklahoma visited Frank Dial and wife last week. The hot winds damaged Oklahoma corn and cotton crops. Karl Miller Hyde Park Gleona Bartlett Dayton Arthur Miller Reading visited his parents. Raymond Walsh Jr. University City Missouri visiting Clara Bragg and Lottie Stagg Moore. A boy injured his head on a gasoline engine belt. Dorothy Hawkins left Hugo J King Agency for Frederick Rauh & Co Cincinnati. Thomas and Alien Glancy and Mrs Gomich attended a Dayton funeral. Olive Branch M E church quarterly conference upcoming with services led by Rev. Tucker and Rev. Roberts. Batavia M E church noted district superintendent visit and special program. Religious notices for Holy Trinity Batavia and Stone Lick. Red Grass office moved to Hugo flats, Mrs Heidlebaugh in charge. Batavia shops returning to standard time with school season. Squirrel hunting season opened last Saturday with hunters taking legal limits and noting fat walnuts now.
Last Friday morning proved the coldest in local history for the time of year with 60 degree records. Along the Big Miami river vast damage to late corn, tomatoes and garden truck occurred. Half ripe corn becomes chaff, roasting ears are a total loss running into thousands of dollars. East Fork of the Little Miami saw milder frost but crops were still damaged.
Grand jurors E J Harth Kennedy Heights James Griffith Batavia Geo W Fishback Miamiville Hampshire Buckley New Richmond Petit jurors Charles A Freymeyer Hamlet P M Offutt Hamlet A H Hancock Amelia Robert Davis New Richmond Paul M Rapp Batavia Erastus Felton Sparks born November 21 18% in Mt Sterling Muskingum county Ohio was a carpenter and bridge builder later Williamsburg township trustee married Sarah J Dodd 1850 two children one died in childhood the other Frank and Harry became prominent figures died 1024 after Civil War service and local church work funeral held in Williamsburg Interment in Williamsburg cemetery.
The Gibbs family held their sixth reunion at Albert Gibbs's Goshen home on September 2 with 112 guests arriving for a bountiful meal. On September 15 1928 at 10 o'clock a double wedding occurred at attorney Norman L. Burnet's Batavia office, with Lawrence Ludwig Ruth Long John Yeager Jr Emma Strickmier exchanging vows in a single ring service.
Mrs BE F Sparks and family express gratitude to neighbors and friends in Williamsburg for aid and sympathy during the death and funeral of Mr Sparks.
Public sale of the entire stock of merchandise from T P Davidson store on the Bata pike Summerside Ohio on September 21 1923 at 9 o clock. Goods include dry goods drugs hardware soap tea coffee spices stock powders stove pipe hoses canned goods and many more items. Terms cash lunch on ground auctioneers and clerks named.
Government supervised Cincinnati National Farm Loan Association offers loans at 5 percent or less with profits returned to borrowers as dividends. Borrowers and government own stock, loans issued at cost, payments as easy as interest. Apply to J A Hartman secretary treasurer at 1807 First National Bank Building Cincinnati.
6 percent loans for 44 years offered to farmers by J. Hatcher. He will visit three farms in Hamilton, Warren, Brown and Clermont counties to take applications with no extra charge, loan, or commission. Write or call 1.9 Hatcher, Loveland National Farm Loan Assn, Loveland, Ohio. Office 174, residence 2% Moh lithe.
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