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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
3
A note on the Panama Canal opening ahead brings optimism for Harrison. Local notices cover arrivals, family visits, and civic efforts, including a business club push, school board actions, and upcoming reunions. Multiple Kentuckian and Indiana residents travel, visit kin, and report news on health, jobs, and holidays.
Advertisement for Our Leader coffee described as a high grade blend carefully selected and uniform in quality. Priced at 25 cents per pound with sale location noted as Appiarius rowery. Also mentions eggs wanted in the ad.
Gro A Biddinger real estate agent in Harrison Ohio offers numerous farms for sale with distinct parcel sizes including 95 33 120 47 155 25 90 80 50 22 16 115 182 28 185 103 6 125 243 49 160 188 plus several good houses and lots available through Gro A Biddinger.
E D Bowlby & Son offer a pint milk bottle free with each bottle of extra fine mustard for ten cents. The ten day promotion presents a thrift deal. In other news Judge Bramwell denied both sides a divorce in Mrs. John Wentzel suit, with $4 weekly alimony to the wife. Gossip urged reconciliation and steady marriage.
An old advertisement voice extols Dr King s New Life Pills as a daily performance rivaling the sunrise. It claims universal regularity of the liver and bowels when taken, guaranteed by all druggists, priced at 25 cents.
Out of 1806 chemists who took the examination for drug and pure food inspectors only 56 passed. Among them 108 were in Hamilton county and in the State only one passed, former citizen Will Ford. He was summoned to Washington on Monday to receive his commission and will soon begin duty at $2,000 a year plus expenses with a raise next year.
Mrs M E Jenkins cannot secure a Gerard House lease and will vacate at the start of October. She plans to move into Dr Thomas’s property one door south of Cottrell’s grocery, where Dr Thomas is renovating and offering a good lease. Her regular boarders will accompany her to the new location.
The Otsego Journal editor declares Dr King s New Discovery the most popular remedy in Otsego County and a family friend for coughs and colds. He calls it an infallible cure for lung and throat diseases and says his household always keeps a bottle on hand.
An old advert promotes Dean's Rezulets as a bowel regulator and laxative, claiming it promotes easy natural movement and cures constipation. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the 25 cent box.
On account of catcher John Weston being sick, last Sunday's baseball game was called off. Next Sunday marks the first in a Brookville series, expected to be a hard fought game from start to finish. Dr. Laura Brickley, formerly of Harrison, has returned and will occupy Dr. Bowles’s residence and office, available night and day for medical services during his absence.
A quick sale offered by Joe C. Bevis at his Harrison hardware store. The item is described as burglar-proof and in like-new condition, with urgent sale indicated. Contact details point to Bevis for purchase inquiries.
August 19 1907 Jimison Indiana social roundup lists Mary E Kolb entertaining Alma Huber Philip Rosseh of St Louis visiting relatives Ben Riner calling on Chris Fox Sadie Rethernbach hosting guests from Harrison Kaisers party with Cincinnati visitors Bertha Paul Kaiser Otto Kolb Oscar Fox John Kolb’s Cincinnati relatives visiting Henry Rechenbach bought a horse John Pope Mrs Henry Kolb and niece visiting Chris Fox Howard Cottingham family visiting Renek family, thrashing in area. farmers report better wheat. Walter Schaick sprained thumb Otto holding ankle.
Aug 93 1907 records show visits among Renck McClure Southard and Herman families with Sunday gatherings and a large turnout at the Lawrenceburg fair. Several in laws and friends from Harrison and Logansport are listed visiting relatives while John Renck’s illness prompts a return home.
A tersely voiced warning questions reader wellbeing linked to unpaid news subscriptions. It urges payment to end discomfort and implied guilt over failing to settle dues. The piece frames dues as a personal health concern tied to civic information access.
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