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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1925
Page
5
Residents of Nicholsville recall a day club gathering at the McMurchy residence with about thirty guests bringing baskets and tea on the lawn. Meeker, recently returning from treatment, shows improvement as others plan a forthcoming wedding and visitors are noted at several local homes.
In vil Bf guests from Cincinnati spend Saturday with Miss Jernice and the Lyon family. The brief visit included social calls and local hospitality as the two parties enjoyed a quiet weekend.
The Young family held their first reunion at the Young residence with many relatives present. Mrs Ida Leavy and son Harry spent New Days in Cincinnati. Interment notes and local visits from Cincinnati residents are mentioned along with can shipments for a cannery.
Local society updates list visits and gatherings across Cincinnati and surrounding towns. Names include Maude, Mrs Flosenes Fitepetrick, Mrs. Swing and baby Mary Louise, Bess Askew, Anna Atkine, Massey Foley, K H Wilteme, C A Brannon and family, and many residents from Hyde Park and Norwood. The 59th O V I reunion is set for October 3 at the Christian church. Visitors come from Columbus, Cincinnati, Williamsport, St Bernard, Mt Nebo, Bethel, and Batavia.
Raymond Ross spent Saturday with Lou Anstaett at Williams Corner. Mrs. Krummer, son and grandson, of Columbus, spent the week end with Albert Meier and family. Emma Garbe event Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Celile Grimes. Mary Ross and Grace Hiron spent the week end at home. Mary Wood is attending Owensville high school. Charles Ross, wife and daughter, of Norwood, were at A. Richert's Sunday afternoon.
Zomoris and wife dined at Schneon Hillsboro. Henry Yeager and wife of Norwood were guests of Ben Kirskadden and family. Chas Snell and family of Mason plus Mrs Ethel Snell and Charlie Hobson and family of Argonia visited J R Johnson. Oscar Curliss and family with Grover Steward and family spent Sunday with Ed Curliss and family. Robert Genet visited from the city. L Jones and Mrs Ethel Genet shopped. Mr Jones bought a Buick Sedan. The Men’s Bible class from Blanchester visited the church. Others sharing dinners included Fadei and Mrs Ermelia, Stipp, Harry Stipp and families, Mrs Dizzie Reddick of Wilmesburg, Jesse Well and Mary of Pt. Pleasant, and Rein Taylor and wife. Hugh McAffee and family of Batavia spent Sunday with Chas Reynolds.
The column lists numerous weekend visits across Higginsport Batavia Sigel Fred Sigel Southgate and newtown. People named include J F Robinson family Ayer Mise Anerine Behymer Charles Hendrixson Arthur Shannon T Behymer Carrie Russey Mrs Wood W Connella Pere Boher Anna Ludlow and others with birthday and anniversary mentions.
Community notices report marriages and visits from Cincinnati and Newport residents, with engagements and homestead events. The piece mentions Dorothy Caldwell and Roy Davis wedding, Eldon Kain’s visit, and local trips to the opera house and theaters, plus several family and church connections across Bethel and Wyoming Ohio.
Mrs. Belle Kirgan and companions were entertained at Perry's last Thursday. Amelia and city residents hosted visits and dinners with several mentions of relatives and friends. The Amelia Woman's Club plans its first meeting Saturday Oct 3 with a luncheon honoring President's day.
Ralph Lewis and family visited Aubie Bingam and Mrs. Chas. Dumford and daughter Florence. Mrs. Mollie Jones and Miss Mollie Types took a business trip to Fayetteville. Mrs. Anna Zimmerman of Winchester visits her brother James Rose. George Newton and wife from Hamilton spent Sunday with Cliff Long and wife. Ed Townsley inwood and Audra Dickinson of the Park called on friends Sunday. Edwin VanCamp wed Alice Maffey Saturday. Ben Clemens and family attended the fair at Falmouth Kentucky Saturday.
A summary of local family outings and health updates. Mr and Mrs James Weeks vacationed at Mt Washington with their son Forest who survived a minor accident uninjured. The Hauser family visited Newport, George Taylor and wife moved to Forestville, and Ella Taylor shows improvement after illness. Arthur Taylor constructs a new residence awaiting occupancy. Other neighborhood updates note visits and minor health changes.
Notice forbids hunting on farms owned or operated by Fred Patton Jess Halbisch and A. H. Clark in Batavia township. Names will appear under this head for 260 each. tt Subscribe for the Courier $1.25.
Judge Hugh Nichols reports from the federal war department that four brass cannons are being produced for the Grant Memorial Bridge at Point Pleasant. They will be shipped immediately upon completion and placed on pedestals at each entrance to attract tourists to Point Pleasant as Ulysses S. Grant’s birthplace.
Charles M. Kerns of Hillsboro was elected to receive the 33rd Degree by the Northern Jurisdiction in Pittsburg. He will be invested in Buffalo, New York, next September. He is the first Hillsboro resident to attain this honor, one of Masonry’s highest. Two other Southern Ohio members were selected this year, Judge Lenders and John Dickerson of Cincinnati.
Straw used in most hats comes from select wheat varieties grown in China Japan and Italy.
Henry James Forman counsels that if parents want honesty in their son, provide him with his own pocket money. The amount need not be large, but it should belong to him personally, as stated in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan.
The word chapel derives from capa meaning chest. It originally referred to the chest containing saintly relics and later to the church area housing it. Chapels were dedicated to saints and bore the saint's name associated with their relics.
The piece notes Mary Dyer wife of William Dyer who fled Massachusetts for Rhode Island in 1688 after being banished for sedition. She was spared execution on her son's plea with 48 hour exile but returned and was executed on June 1, 1600. She is described as a Quakeress and martyr by Friends.
Incomplete notice shows NayW Hoifolka and Hillsboro lines linking Sardinia with Hillsboro. Schedule hints at daily runs with exceptions, listing W. C. Saunders Roanoke and John L. Bladon Cincinnati as officials.
The term Bedlam stems from St Mary of Bethlehem in London a priory founded about 1248 later used to detain lunatics. The name evolves through British habit of shortening proper names producing the common word Bedlam for chaos.
A wry Boston Tram script line depicts an English hostess proud that a family member joins the house of lords. The caller asks about relatives in the Lords, and the reply notes two maiden aunts in the kingdom of Heaven.
A report notes there are many more than a dozen parks in and around London. An American observer voices familiar complaints about the city, describing London as a series of parks with houses interspersed.
General note on Jack Ketch, famed English executioner who died in 1686. The text ties his reputation to executions and, shortly before death, associates his name with the execution of a pair of puppies in humorous or satirical context.
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