24 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
1
In Heidelberg Germany in March the oldest German university tradition of sword dueling remains popular among students. Fraternities arrange bouts to test sword prowess with five round duels common. Surgeons stand by to sew wounds after each minute round. The winner is the man with the fewest stitches.
Classified notice items list furnished rooms for rent near the square with modern amenities and housekeeping options. Also notices about baby chick sale, tax collection in McClellan township, and several sale listings for engines plants and hens with locations and contact details.
The court sentenced Joe Scott Jim Hayes and Sonny Burton to fines of 50 25 and costs after a jury found them guilty of gaming at Hayes home. Ed Hoffman and Toby Bennett were also found guilty and fined 50 and 25 respectively. The petit jury was dismissed and the court adjourned for the term.
John Crocker, injured alighting from a big train in I N yards, returned from Ashby destitute of money and riding the fast mail when he fell from the train. He was exhausted from burns suffered earlier in Ashley and sustained a severe head wound. He resided at 809 East Casey Avenue. Red Men public dance scheduled for Saturday night March 28 urges members to attend with good music and price of one dollar. Wesley M E bake sale set for March 26 at the door south of Third National Bank.
The market shows March notes opening at 1.50 percent and closing at 1.55 percent. May futures opened 64 and closed 64 percent, July opened 67 and closed 66.4 percent. March opened 68 and closed 69.44 percent. May futures opened 40.34 and closed 40.14 percent. July opened 41.7 and closed 41.74 percent.
Go UK March 24 hogs 26 000 slow most 16 25 higher cattle 8000 dull steady sheep 19000 weak 25 lower market summary from Union Stock Yards Chicago.
Hogs 9000 active 40 to 50 higher, top 11.25. Cattle 7000 steady to lower, top 10.00. Sheep 7000 active, lambs up to 16.75. Market notes from St Louis were posted March 24 noting price shifts across hogs cattle and sheep.
Today on Wall Street report from New York notes a strong close led by Steal Common at 21 and an aside about Fresh Fish at Brooks Market Friday with limited readable details from the fragment.
Dublin reports 76 crown forces and Sinn Fein casualties from Sunday noon to today noon in Irish disorders. In Missouri, seven Missouri University students from Scabbard and Blade face charges for violating the dry law after arrest with sixteen gallons of moonshine in their cars.
International Nova reports Hackensack New Jersey March 24. A band of thieves in an automobile stopped a paymaster carrying the weekly payroll for Bellman Brook Breachery and robbed him of eight thousand dollars in cash. The heist disrupted operations and police launched an investigation.
A brief notice advertises fresh fish available at Brooks Marks on Friday. Limited readable details reference a sale or market item with location and a specific day. No additional context or quantities are provided in the fragment.
London reports British war widows remarrying at high rate. Chancellor Austen Chamberlain expects pension appropriations to drop by £10,000,000 this year. Remarriage ends pensions for widows of soldiers who died in service, with thousands of widows renewing marriages and removing their names from aid.
Washington March 24 The income and profits tax for the March installment was estimated by Secretary Mellon today at 600,000. By March 22 collectors had deposited 3640,000,000. The treasury expected the total for the year to reach 3,050,000,000, fully aligning with projections.
Rev McCreery preached an excellent sermon last night showing how difficulties can be overcome to reach Jesus. The talk drew a good audience and stirred hearts. Tonight the subject is The tragedy of a Moment with services starting at eight. Stoltz, Pastor.
The church offers three noon and afternoon Good Friday services on March 28 with meditations on the seven last words of Jesus. Rev. John Lior will preach and invites all to attend without prior notice or embarrassment.
Notice to residents of Mt Vernon township in Dovberson county Tuinels that the annual Town meeting and officers election will be held on the first Tuesday in April at 2 PM with poll close at 5 PM in designated precincts. Officers to be elected include Supervisors Justices of the Peace Constables School Trustees and Town Treasurer. Secretary G W Reid issues the notice and Elks Lodge Mt Vernon No 19 holds a meeting tonight at 7 45 PM with initiations expected.
The Love Expert with Constance Taladens headlines at the Plaza tonight a whirlwind of joy. Constance's younger sister Nittulla joins the show with Parsé National All-star cast. A good comedy rounds out the program at the Plaza.
Nell Thompson and many locals appear in Mt Vernon today on business and social rounds. A marriage license was issued to Arthur J. Braddy and Ruthie J. Bowling of Barrington township. Mr and Mrs Emnery Sargent welcomed a ten pound son born Monday.
Oakdale reports vivid Easter color as blossoms fill the orchards and fields. Blaine Marlowe and wife visit from Mt. Vernon, neighbors hatch ideas with incubators, and local families join in social for Sunday school and church services led by Rev. Elizabeth Thomson amid favorable weather.
Cardiff March 23 Nearly 20,000 sheep have died in Clwyd from a disease called fluke. Experts pin the outbreak to local snails and urge improved land drainage as the main precaution against the disease.
Ordinance No 650 sets salaries and fees for Mt Vernon Illinois city officers. It fixes mayoral pay at 600 dollars per month, aldermen at five dollars per attended meeting, city attorney fees and salaries, and various monthly salaries for the city engineer street superintendent marshal and policemen. The ordinance, approved March 21 1921, repeals prior conflicting ordinances and is published March 22 1921.
The Register-News requests pastors to present Sunday service notices by 9:00 a.m. Saturday to ensure publicity. Notices may be brought to the office the afternoon prior for convenience.
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