24 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
1
National League results show St Louis defeating New York 10 to 7 and Cincinnati topping Brooklyn 7 to 2, Boston downing Pittsburgh 4 to 3, with Chicago blanking Philadelphia and Chicago’s score noted as 0 in a partial listing.
Readable bits show teams like New York Washington St Louis and Boston with scattered win loss tallies and rough abbreviations. The fragment hints at league standings or schedule results but contains many garbled letters and nonwords, lacking clear dates or full team names.
Per year by mail for Jefferson county and adjoining counties is five dollars. Outside Jefferson and adjoining counties the annual rate is five dollars per year. Delivery by carrier in city is forty cents per week.
Secretary Hoover, following the President, announced there will be no drive for funds to relieve Russian famine victims. He urged voluntary contributions through the American Relief Association. The text calls for drives to aid Americans facing a hard winter instead.
A Philadelphia writer reports that many affluent households cut by the economic slump are enjoying inexpensive automobile camping trips. Families praise low costs and simple pleasures, noting that both young and old found the happiest vacations yet. The piece highlights how hardship curbs extravagance and boosts contentment through modest travel.
A garbled OCR fragment lists varied proverbs and wordplay references about money, love, despair, voice, unity, and famous figures like Babe Ruth. It includes stray phrases about Athens Angora Turkey and a disrupted line about Congress relating to railroad rates, with no clear cohesive narrative or event.
Fraternal society Modern Woodmen of America completes settlement on Henry Buskool death claim in this city. Policy valued at 7000 with full allowed, small upfront returns noted as 8.16. Buskool had been a member for just under three months.
On Friday August 26 Dorothy Gish appears in The Ghost in the Garrett at the Plaza under The Music Study Club. Proceeds benefit American Legion hall rent. Tickets available from Music Study Club members or by calling Mrs. G C Bond 169 W. Members receive no proceeds from theatre tickets.
A fee supper planned at Pleasant Grove school this evening will be postponed to Friday evening August 26. The notice specifies the new date as 8 26.
For sale a nice residence in a good location close in. Reasonable time and terms offered by owner. Address Post office box 146, City. 9 0.
A fragment from an old page shows an advertisement offering farm loans and abstracts of titles. The line quotes O Pettit promising ample money to loan on good farms, indicating a financial service aimed at agricultural property holders.
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