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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
6
A poet praises the nurse like figure of a country doctor who drove through storms to ease the sick, emphasizing selfless labor over wealth. The piece blends verse about the doctor with Grace Conner Harris’s Cincinnati Enquirer verse about children singing, evoking memory and tenderness.
The Clermont Courier is published weekly by the Clermont Publishing Company in Batavia Ohio. Editor Jerald B Fortney is listed as the publisher and entry confirms post office mailing as second class matter.
The 100 years ago Courier report lists marriages: Rev John M Gatch ties Dr R Westerfield to Adaline Wood of Goshen. Parrish Ladd weds Mary F Lynch of Milford. Thomas Armstrong joins Mary Ann Parker of Ohio Township. Samuel W Prickett weds Jane Hughes at Batavia Hotel. Two octogenarian deaths: Mrs Margare Henry aged 87 in Goshen and George Myers aged 80 in Olive Branch. Both were respected community members.
President Harding in Washington signed the Cable bill extending independent citizenship rights to women in the United States regardless of their husbands nationality or status. A father jokes about kissing his wife before meeting his wife and son replies humorously about the future. A professor asks about chemistry’s gift to the world and Johnny quips blondes.
Dr. J. P. Allen and Minnie Weaver wed on Wednesday September 22 1897 at the bride's mother Mrs Frank C Weaver home in Williamsport. Brother and Sister
The article highlights Xenia in Greene County with Wilberforce University as an early Negro educational center before the Civil War, Yellow Springs noting Antioch College and Horace Mann, and Zanesville in Muskingum County as an early rival to Cincinnati for growth and prominence in Ohio.
A devotional study of Ecclesiastes emphasizes Solomon’s vanity of worldly pursuits and the beauty created by God. It urges readers to fear God, keep his commandments, and seek the best in life through honest labor and moral stamina amid modern dangers.
New Richmond notes: East Hill Kiwanis guests as Maurice Magill speaks on Scouting at the Tuesday gathering. D. C. Club met at Mrs. John Haussermann’s home with Mrs. Carrie Gillifen as co host. Family moves and visits reported including Barkleys to Dayton and Kelchers in Kansas staying with the Bainums. A Lau er church reunion occurred Sept 21. Donnie Prebble bitten by a neighbor’s dog. Dr. Simmons treated the boy.
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