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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
2
Subscription notices and postal details appear, with market chatter about a new department store and sermon attendance. A calamity in Kansas City and Topeka is described as horrible, with reflections on the scale of damage and loss.
The 10th District Ohio Christian Missionary Society plans its next meeting in the first week of September at Carthage. The district includes Hamilton Preble Montgomery Clarke and Butler counties and expects a large, very interesting gathering.
S. K. Gold was elected County Superintendent of Schools at Lawrenceburg last Monday by a unanimous vote in what is his fifth term. The long time official is cited for universal satisfaction and strong commitment to public school welfare and improvements in his jurisdiction.
Decoration Day activities drew 48 G A R members 18 Sons of Veterans and several J O U A M members marching from headquarters to City Hall where flags and portraits of three martyred presidents adorned the hall. A full program featured speeches recitations solos and an address by Greenly Hann, with praise for the speakers and a large cemetery procession to Glen Haven. Attendance reportedly limited by lack of program knowledge among officers and members.
At a West Harrison Council meeting last Tuesday a renewal contract with Jas A Graft for light and water was approved and starts today. The agreement keeps the old terms with one extra arc light at Market street foot. A committee of W Swift, Oliver Winters and Ernest Cloud was appointed to ensure compliance by Cincinnati Seating Co R G Frederick and James A Graft and report monthly.
On Decoration Day in Cleves the Charles 8. Hayes Post assembled at 8 o clock at their hall and, led by the local band, went to Maple Grove Cemetery to decorate fallen comrades. Afternoon events at City Hall featured the Cleves band, Rev. T. D. Moore delivering an oration, Will R. Hartpence reading an original poem, and speeches by Eg. J. B. Matson and a J. O. S. A. representative urging zeal in preserving the deceaseds ideals.
The Advance Club held its annual open meeting at Odd Fellows Hall on Friday evening. Mrs. Pinar and Mrs. Bauer provided piano selections and singing, while W S Cadman gave a engaging talk on English observations from his journey. A luncheon followed and the event continued in social conversation until late.
The Willette Block occupants Edw. Israel and Maurice Shapiro displayed elaborate Decoration Day decor. Large flags hung from the cave toughs, a main entrance color display, and small flags enhanced the front. Show windows featured National colors and attractive goods. Herman Lohaus coordinated the arrangement, praised as a creditable artistic effort.
The Whitewater Schools will hold the second annual commencement at Town Hall in Miamitown on Wednesday evening June 10. Twelve graduates are listed with seven boys, and Principal J. Rowins of Berea School will oversee the program. The event features a lengthy program and Geiringer Orchestra musical selections.
The Advance Club will host a two night carnival on the evenings of the 12th and 13th in the Park at Water street. Proceeds will fund a piano for the High School, with strong local support anticipated.
Noting Comrade Corbin was slow to outline the program, City Hall exercises are praised as appropriate and excellent. Philip, as Commander of the American Legion Post, did his best and does not deserve all the blame. The writer cites the difficulty of organizing a good local program amid critical public expectations.
Invitation from managers J P Cloud Henry Seaman Ww H Smith J R Perry D C Jones Moses Tebbe Jobo Schroyer George Baldridge for McKETs with admittance of a gentleman and accompanying ladies at a price of $2 per person.
Miss Nella Webb of Babes in Toyland seeks city permission to build a two story lake front houseboat near Chicago Yacht Club quarters for herself mother and friends during a summer engagement at Grand Opera House. It echoes a Thames design once used by Webb and Edna May in London. Webb bets on success despite a city engineer's prediction a single night may force her ashore.
Geo B Tebbs arrived home Saturday night from the French Lick Springs Indiana where he went to recuperate his health He is improved but the baths left him quite weak and he has lost several pounds When the weather settles he will undergo the usual reaction after a Springs visit and will build up rapidly to be himself again
Whitewater K of P officers elected last Monday include C John M Weisemann V C J T Penny Prelate W E Taylor M W Walter Hartpence M A Charles Weldishofer I G Fred Rapp C G Nich Hartka. Community notices mention Rocky Mountain Tea ads and Dr Huber remedies, plus local family moves and a birth tragedy.
Details various half rate excursions from Cincinnati on the Big Four Route for June 1903. Routes include Portsmouth, Indianapolis, St Louis, Elyria, Chautauqua, Boston and other destinations with sale dates, return limits, and extensions. Warren J. Lynch and W. P. Deprk publish these rates with agent contact in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Wanted in every state several persons of character and good reputation to represent and advertise an old established wealthy business house. One in this county required. Salary 21.00 weekly plus expenses paid weekly, cash from head offices. Horse and carriage furnished when needed. Referencer. Enclose self addressed envelope. Curlo Dial Co. 334 Dear St. Chicago.
A fragment reports a family stranded at a remote place after an accident. It mentions Burns andCuts requiring care and recommends Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best on earth, priced 25 cents at a local drug store.
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