Monument to Lafayette to be Erected by School Children
Ohio announces Lafayette Day October 19 with a plan to fund a Paris monument through school entertainments. Lewis D. Bonebrake says Governor Bushnell will issue a proclamation guiding county committees and school districts to raise funds, aiming for a July 4 1900 unveiling.
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Lafayette
America
Paris
France
Liberty
Congress
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Germany
Olsmutz
Ohio
Lewis D. Bonebrake
Lafayette Memorial Commission
Bushnell
Bonebrake
Old Timer Recounts First School in Clermont County
In 1806 the first Jackson township school rose on land of Ezekiel Hutchinson. Teacher Thomas Sherman guided a handful of students including Hunter and Hartman families. Skunks once raided the floor. an eclipse on June 16 highlighted a pivotal year. The 1818 subsequent schoolhouse served William Lucas and wife from Gosport, England, with Lucas teaching and the narrator recalling early alphabet lessons and War of 1812 foot soldiers.
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Jackson Township
Clermont County
Ezekiel
Galta
Rachel Hartman
Rachael Page
William Lucas
Gosport
England
Lucas
Woodlief Station and Post Office Named in Franklin County
A former Clermont resident named Woodlief has settled near Ottawa in Franklin County and established a stock farm along the Missouri Pacific line. The railroad built a station at Woodlief, and officials granted him a post office with him as postmaster, sparing locals extra travel. Clermont travelers may recall the name Woodlief from the line as a familiar stopover and mail point.
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Middle
Kansas
Franklin County
Woodlief
Miamiville
Ottawa
Mr. Woodlief
Missouri & Pacific Railroad
Woodlef
Clermont Man Presents Dewey Cup Of Sliver To Admiral
The Piccadilly club of Cincinnati honors Admiral Dewey with a solid silver loving cup designed by Artus Van Briggle. Neptune rises from waves on the base while Mars and Victory appear alongside the motto Dewey Manila May 1 August 13 1898. A Morrocco bound letter from the club accompanies the gift.
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Piccadilly Club
Cincinnati
Admiral Dewey
Manilla
Union
Clermont
Felicity
Artus van Briggle
America
Europe
Neptune
Mars
Discontented Bees and a Honey Harvest Tale
John Grant keeps about 4000000 bees in sixty hives near his home and, when four colonies threaten to vacate, he dresses as a beekeeper to calm them. He trims surplus honey by removing overstocked combs and using a centrifugal extractor to produce strained honey for sale.
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John Grant
Grant
Ohure
Clermont County Teachers Association to Meet in Moscow
The Clermont County Teachers Association will hold a regular session in Moscow on Saturday October 15 with Superintendent A L Clark of Mt Carmel in charge. The programme promises an attractive meeting and all county teachers are urged to attend for clear reasons. Priscilla Myggs of Olive Branch has been granted a pension of 8 dollars per month.
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Clermont County Teachers’ Association
Moscow
A. L. Clark
Mt. Carmel
Priscilla Myggs
Olive Branch
Destructive Bethel Fire Ravages Journal Office and Stores
A Friday night blaze destroyed the Bethel Journal printing office, Harry Hutson’s general store, and Charles Thompson’s barber shop. Hutson’s stock was heavily damaged, Purden’s printing plant valued around 1000 dollars and uninsured, while Thompson saved some furniture. Total losses estimated near 5000 dollars.
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Bethel Journal
Harry Hutson
Charles Thompson
Hutson
Shetchel
James Purden
Thompson
Joser
Weather Warning System Expansion In Ohio Post Offices
Climate and Crop Service of Weather Bureau in Columbus requests postmasters and newspapers to widen emergency warnings for tropical hurricanes heavy snow storms or cold waves. It asks for local distribution plans firm and individual contacts expected costs and methods to extend alerts and to report back with names post offices and dissemination details.
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Climate and Crop Service
The
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Weather Bureau Bureau
Ohio
J. Warren Smith
Prosperity Forecast in Kansas Republican Outlook
F M Bonebrake secretary of the Bankers Association of Kansas writes from Topeka to Charles E Bonebrak commissioner of common schools predicting a Republican win this fall. He notes prosperity and sees no reasons against success in the state race.
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F. M. Bonebrake
Bankers’ Association
Kansas
Topeka
Charles E. Bonebrak
Common Schools
Barn Destroyed by Lightning in Goshen Township
During a severe storm last Saturday night a lightning strike hit Ellis Moler’s barn in Charleston Goshen township. The fire consumed the entire structure, with an estimated loss of about 800 dollars and insurance of 500 dollars.
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Ellis Moler
Charleston
Goshen Township
Rebekahs Rule Ties Odd Fellows to Rebekah Lodges
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session at Boston adopted a rule requiring all representatives to the Grand Lodge be members of a Rebekah Lodge. No man can be truly an Odd Fellow until he is a Daughter of Rebekah. This will boost Rebekah lodges.
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Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Boston
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Rebekah Lodges
De Summari Time's Departin An' de Fall Am Comin On
A dialect poem signed G. W. D portrays rural life with harvest imagery. The speaker imagines possum, pumpkins, pawpaws, persimmons, and harvest foods while recalling moonlit snacking and future glory in a storied Southern voice.
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Clinton Democrat
G. W.D
Punkin
Simmons
Sammah
Cost of Maintaining County Infirmary Semi-Annual Report
The infirmary board reports the farm in good condition and inmates well fed. Readings show 119 total inmates at last tally, with 70 males and 49 females. present inmates total 77. Expenses and receipts listed include superintendent salary, employee wages, medical care, and average annual cost per inmate at 72.09 dollars.
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Board of Infirmary Directors
Clermont County Teachers Institute Names For Next Year
The executive committee in Cincinnati selected N. N. Schaffer of Pensylvania Charles Hambert of Wooster and F. Trendley of Youngstown as Institute teachers for next year The Institute starts August 21 with O. M. Patton as president Miss Della Denham secretary William M. Fulton treasurer and A. L. Clark A. L. Turnipseed and Goshen’s names on the board
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Clermont County
Teachers’ Institute
Cincinnati
N.N. Schaffer
Pensylvania
Charles Hambert
Wooster
F. Trendley
Youngstown
James Whitcomb Riley
O. M. Patton
Della Denham
New Richmond
William M. Fulton Milford
A. L. Clark
Mt. Clark
A. L. Turnipseed
Goshen
Stormy Day Fatalities and Local Election Ticket
A thunder storm in Brown county left farmer William Mefford of Ripley struck by a vehicle and killed. In Higginsport Din Akh NOL GUILTY, six months after Joan Donald murdered Charles Halfhill, with a not guilty verdict on second degree murder at Georgetown. Highland county Republicans nominated a ticket: auditor Charles J. West, commissioner W. H. Jury, infirmary director Quinton Dick, coroner O. K. Hooper.
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Brown County
William Mefford
Ripley
Vetour
Inklaity
Joan Donald
Charles Halfhill
Higginsport
Donald
Georgetown
Highland County
Charles J. West
W. H. Jury
Quinton Dick
O. K. Hooper
Postmaster General circular on free mail delivery steps
Heath issues a circular outlining how to obtain free rural mail delivery. Citizens must petition through their congressman with district conditions and logistics. If endorsed, a government inspector maps routes and appoints carriers before service is ordered.
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Heath
Hutchinson Barn Destroyed By Fire Near Williamsburg
John W. Hutchinson, a thrifty farmer near Williamsburg, saw his barn burned Monday night. The blaze destroyed winter provisions, farming machinery, and vehicles, with a total loss near 900 dollars. An incendiary is suspected, but all livestock were saved.
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John W. Hutchinson
Williamsburg
No Escape From the Venom of Yellow Journals
A New York yellow journal attacks General Corbin reviving a long-ago court martial. The piece notes Corbin’s promotion to senior major general and potential command if Miles dies, arguing success breeds enemies and mediocrity remains unsatisfied.
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Yellow Journals
New York Yellow Journal
Corbin
Washington
Miles
Mnatch
Clermont Soldier Loses Reason After Fort Thomas Blow
Homer Fagin, a Clermont boy in the 1st Ohio, sustained a head wound at Fernandina that led to derangement. He was treated at Fort Thomas, strapped to a cot and given chloral, and now lies in a critical condition. If unrecovered, he may be sent to the St. Elizabeth asylum for insane soldiers in Washington.
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Homer Fagin
Clermont
Ohio
Fort Thomas
Fernandina
Collins
Young Fagin
Fagin
Fagain
St. Elizabeth Asylum
Washington
Cuban topics highlight Presbyterian prayer meeting
A missionary and Presbyterian prayer meeting last Wednesday explored Cuba through a brief lecture by Mrs Parrott illustrated by a map, a paper by Mrs Buvinger on the Moral and Religious Condition of the People, and a final piece by Mrs Manning on Our Duty to the Republic of Cuba.
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Mary Cowen
Cuba
Parrott
Buvinger
City hall hosts weathered haka event with cake walk crowd
A crowded city hall after a storm saw a varied program led by Milt Kain. Participants included Miss Schwab, Miss Holter, the mandolin club, and many local names. Willie Baum and Klare Johnson won the cake walk as judges M Jamieson Judge Parrott and Q Razier presided. Receipts totaled 47 dollars funding the event’s cause.
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City Hall
Ono
Milt Kain
Miss Schwab
Mandolin Club
Miss Holter
George Gregg
Bessie Orebaugh
Eddie Baum
Harriett Hitch
Lloyd Hullok
Helen Dimmitt
Percy Stymers
Mabel Glancy
Allen Ashburn
Louise Walker
Mose Griffith
Alpha Frazier
Frank Hamilton
Amelia Griffith
Willie Baum
Elaie Johnson
Carl Breeding
Bessie Homan
Klare Johnson
Messra
M. Jamieson
Parrott
Q. A. Razier
October Juries and War Costs Reflect Turbulent Times
The article lists jurors for the October term to begin October 18 with pay for commissioners and staff, notes on war costs and peace economy, tobacco market fluctuations with Wednesday sales strongest, and updates on public figures, the centennial commission, and political activity. It also mentions fires in Bethel, a proposed boxing match, and the water christening dispute over a battleship.
State's Buckegg fish wagon aids Ohio streams
The State first car Buckegg distributes fish across Ohio streams with Baas cropplea and marble catfish as main stock. About 500 men fish East Fork year round and have caught most fish, but few left. Call for more bass and cats while gars and carp remain abundant.
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Buckegg
Ohio
Batavia
East Fork
Marriage Licenses And Griffin Property Appraisal
Marriage licenses list George Feldcamp to Lou Jones Joseph A Conner to Cora B Stump John Smith to Ida Pearl Hauck Elmer Leslie to Lucinda C Hawkine Alva McMurphy to Eliza Bowman Griffin property appraised preparatory to sale for partition valued at 1700 for house 465 for stable and 75 for one half of land at Spring street appraisers named Cramer Gomier Hilion A rural note describes a novel tobacco drying method using a wire strung across a creek to transfer tobacco to a barn and save travel time
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George Feldcamp
Lou Jones
Joseph A. Conner
Cora B. Stump
John Smith
Ida Pearl Hauck
Elmer Leslie
Lucinda C. Hawkine
Alva McMurphy
Eliza Bowman
Griffin
Spring Street
Stephen Cramer
Frederick Gomier
James Hilion
Foreclosures and Divorces Across Several Cases
New cases include William Mabam ve and Samus Miller with Erastus Huick in foreclosure and Charles Spragne versus Andrew Sprague in partition. Logan Bowser sues John Bowser in Williamsburg. abandonment and neglect alleged. James Boulware seeks injunction over excavations in Bethel. Bertha Smith vs Melangton Smith seeks divorce with custody dispute. Boston Boil Co v Mel Boulware and Sollie M Boulware involves foreclosure.
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William O. Mabam
Samus Miller
Erastus Huick
Charles Deloss Spragne
Andrew L. Sprague
Logan M. Bowser
John
Bowserivorce
Williamsburg
James Boulware
Bethel
Counedl
Bertha A. Smith
Melangton Smith
Iss
Boston Bo& L. Co
Mel, Boulware
Sollie M. Boulware
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