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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1917
Page
8
Batavia Ohio residents attend visits and parties, with reports on Damrod, Powell, Marsh sisters millinery opening, and a village social calendar. Local ads promote Dean's Regulats laxative and mortgage loan offers. Community comments protest weed overgrowth along the free stone walk and bridge area.
A. Jackson and family of Stonelick entertained on Sunday along with G. Gantz and wife of Galley Hill A. Brookyns and wife of Mt. Auburn Charles Jackson of Milford and O. Wheeler of Pleasant Ridge.
Gratitude is expressed to entertainers while mobilized at Batavia. Clermont county inductees listed include John Schuch and W J Swope among others. Mrs Moran and her four children return to New Jersey after a week and a half visit. Rev Wegner and Leonard Ansteatt travel to Dayton for the Ohio German Conference. Batavia church invites the conference to hold and renews Wegner as pastor.
Fried Fridman of Norwood was badly hurt by an elevator in the Traction Building Cincinnati on Tuesday. East Fork Valley Club met at Whip Brook with a program on American figures and literature. Pomona and Miami Granges hold events in Milford with Harvest Home plans and biennial officer elections. September activities include Amelia Grange Harvest Home and member gatherings with farm production statistics requested.
Soil study of Clermont County shows two main soils, Clermont silt loam and Cincinnati silt loam, differing by drainage and color. Samples from twenty farms reveal fertility linked to drainage, nitrogen, and organic matter, with nitrogen from manure and clover sods favored over commercial fertilizer. Recommendations include better drainage, acid phosphate, and a defined crop rotation using clover, timothy, and soybeans to improve sod and organic matter.
A thoughtful remark by Joseph Anderson honors a people who study their past and cherish national memories. Such a populace is described as patriotic, a bulwark of law, and a courageous champion of right in times of need.
In a brief exchange a postmaster quips about reading all the mail while a courier defends the duty, and a woman sorting mail remarks on curiosity amid the quiet scene. The dialogue hints at newsroom style wit without detailing any event or outcome.
A farmer, Mr Crosslets, jokes about his fancy chickens after noting the high costs of chicken feed, claiming each bird is an epicure in a humorous exchange.
A column urges merchants to use the newspaper to reach the community, urging clear pitches and fair prices to attract customers. It promotes strong ads in every issue to draw in the best people and boost sales.
A 1 year longer rotation plan emphasizes livestock and dairy farming in Clermont County. It urges saving and applying manure, building manure sheds, and using acid phosphate to boost clover. apply 400 to 500 pounds in a three to four year rotation divided between corn and wheat or corn and rye. Lime is recommended where soils are acidic, with ground limestone and tile drainage to improve yields.
Ohio will spend 80 000 dollars to establish an aviation school at Ohio State University after Dr W O Thompson testified before the state emergency board that the federal government supports a permanent program. Barracks to house 400 students will cost 55 000 dollars. buildings will be frame and modeled after Wright flying school in Dayton, making aviation a permanent department and expanding peacetime flight training.
Last Thursday nine freight cars ran off the tracks between Lawshe and Peebles on the N. & W. line. Four cars were smashed but no injuries occurred. Traffic was quickly resumed after wrecking crews arrived. substantial property loss reported.
A young woman from Cleveland tours the country on a horse en route to New Mexico. She claims to start with no money and travel cheaply, riding off without paying for the horse care. Dressed in khaki riding gear and boots, she is armed and capable of defending herself if bothered. The Hillsboro Dispatch notes she will head this way next and hints at unknown aims or a possible meeting at journey's end.
Tip offers using a proven remedy as a model for others. It notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helps 'get over your cold' quickly and has long standing reputation and wide availability.
Paris police captured a burglar who used a stethoscope to hear safe combination sounds and unlock vaults. The arrest follows a series of heists linked to the method, with authorities praising the quick investigation.
A testimonial from Mia Frank P Wood of Merrill Maine claims Foley Kidney Pills ease tiredness aching head and back pain. The ad promotes strengthening weak kidneys to purge poisons, ease nerves, and improve sleep with a warning to buy the genuine product.
Elbert O Bolender and Miss Pau line Page married in Batavia with Rev Tilford officiating. The couple, long in a Felicity romance, plan a shore wedding trip and will reside in Felicity after.
Col Earl E Erion comes to public service after completing the National Auctioneering School of America. He is equipped to handle all sales from small to large with a fluent tongue and crowd management skill. He will arrange gate bills and prepare goods for sale.
The Bayless Bros of Adams county operate a Stone Chapel mill producing about 250000 feet of lumber for bogs heads for the West Union loose leaf market this season. They also saw Bills for various building projects and have orders from across the country, nearly taxing their capacity.
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