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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1925
Page
8
Community announcements include visits among families from Cincinnati Oxford Goshen and Madisonville. Club meetings fundraisers and church events are listed alongside a batting sale and school anniversary. Upcoming activities feature a skating event at Batavia Armory and a rosary devotion at Holy Trinity church with local ministers.
Mr and Mrs George Drake hosted a party for Barbara and Walter Longhouser birthdays with guests Charles Wolf Andrew Longhouser Charles Schirmer Jake Longhouser and Raymond Painter. They enjoyed many presents a big dinner ice cream and cake and good times. The Apollo Male Quartette opens the Lyceum Course on Wednesday October 4 under Frank W Weaver Post American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary. This marks the first of four winter events tickets available from the Legion Auxiliary Nash’s drug store or school children. Beate may be reserved at Nash’s drug store after Friday October 2.
A tone test by Edison Phonograph Co. artists Glen Ellison and Alta Hill arrives in Batavia on October 9. Directed by W. C. Kirk, the event promises a free evening in a hall or church with Ellison, a Scotch baritone, and Hill, a pianist, in person. Edison calls music the mind's greatest solace and inspiration.
A brief note invites readers in Batavia to visit P. M. Rapp's Hardware Store to see what ten cents can purchase, offering a quick shopper teaser with local business reference.
The Rome Beauty apple crop in southeastern Ohio especially Lawrence county is disastrously damaged by heat and drought. Yields may reach only 50 percent statewide with hill orchards as low as 10 percent. many fruits are undersized, poorly colored and unsuitable for cider, though some Gallia county orchards show better, with potential merchantable fruit if weather improves. A wedding in Fayette City linked Miss Sara Brown and Herbert Layport, with plans to reside in Cincinnati.
Georgetown voters will decide on November 8, 1926 whether to issue 50 000 dollars for a water works system as the town lacks a public supply. A fire spurred demand for protection and a sewer system would follow to modernize sanitation, requiring another 60 000 dollars. Batavia already has both systems and convenience is valued alongside cost.
Miss Harriet Kainie is visiting Washington D C accompanied by relatives. The trip focuses on sightseeing and family time in the capital.
Farmers urged to apply for the Federal Land Bank Loan at 5 percent with dividends reducing the rate. Contact J. A. Hartman secretary treasurer of the Cincinnati National Farm Loan Association at 1307 First National Bank Building, Cincinnati Ohio. The association is described as the largest in the state under government supervision.
Captain A J Powell announces a public sale at his Amelia Ohio residence on Saturday October 8 1926 at 10 am featuring dark oak furniture including a washstand dress er buffet rocking chairs stands bed springs chairs sewing table clothes horse rugs lamps kitchenware stoves ranges dishes linoleum and farm items plus 12 pure bred Barred Rock hens and rooster. Cash terms. Auctioneer Frank Rust 628t2.
Dr H M Wymer a dentist lists his practice at 8 West Corner Main and Sherman Avenues Norwood contact Norwood 36 Norwood G with phone for appointments and references to his office location and services.
John H Arnold of Deland warns Florida real estate is overhyped. He cites limited work, high costs and deadly accidents, notes roads detours to force tolls, and says mosquitos and environmental strain threaten settlers as the boom may end. He urges readers to visit Florida to verify.
The State Highway Department proposed that Highland County transfer 76 miles of inter-county highways to state control for rebuilding and maintenance over three years. Construction would use a fifty fifty cost split, with possible state support increasing beyond half due to the county’s finances, financed from repair funds and nearby property assessments at about 18 cents per acre.
An anecdotal verse humorously contrasts Grandad with modern habits and vices. It itemizes what he never did from watching films to paying bills, ending with the claim he was always current with his finances.
One acre plot with a four room house in good repair and outbuildings four miles from Williamsburg. Cash or terms to suit at 1960 dollars. Also a large jet in Williamsburg with a four room house, water in house and a garage offered at 2200 dollars with terms available. Farm of four acres features a good house, large barn, chicken house, fruit trees, well fenced and watered. Bargain at 3400 dollars with terms to suit.
The text is garbled with fragmented phrases about rooms houses and prices and mentions village, Ame and Panes but lacks coherent details or identifiable entities to form a clear summary.
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