19 May 1921
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
1
The note suggests keeping the elevator on the ground while raising and lowering the building. A quip imagines steady prices outside one business, and a remark on timber supply shrinking as “block heads” rise. It recalls a butcher offering extra scraps and a wicker basket to his son, with odd details about prices and goods.
A fragmentary feature extols Tristan da Cunha as a lone white settlement in the south Atlantic with no work or taxes, no doctors, and a self contained society. It notes isolation from 1204 miles to neighbors, barter with passing British cruiser crew, and a history tied to Napoleonic era garrisons.
In every country town a figure stands out as always at work with a whetstone. The fellow seems to do nothing but sharpen axes, a quiet habit that colors village routines and hints at a deeper craft behind rural life.
A reminiscence questions how today’s youth would react to chores once demanded of the narrator’s father as a boy. The line hints at generational contrast and expectations without detailing specifics or events.
Mt Vernon Lodge No S. A. rh. & A.M. held a busy session yesterday conferring the third degree on three candidates. Work began in the afternoon, dinner served at six, and resumed in the evening. About 125 attended the dinner. Visitors came from Dahren, Lesser, Belle Rive, Dis, Belleville and other points.
This ad lists weekly sale prices for liverwurst headcheese bologna ham and bacon sausage and country cured shoulders and ham products. It notes reduced prices to save freight and claims guaranteed weight and quality from Henry Johnson, proprietor of Sanitary Meat Market.
Gilbert offers remaining Mt Vernon lots in a high, clean residence area from 650 to 700 dollars each. All lots connected with complete sewerage. See G Gale Gilbert at b-21 for details.
For sale 5 to 6 room houses on East Tharrison 18th St 17th St 14th St Casey and Std corner Casey Julia EM Rutherford 1002 Main. Office phone 26W residence plane 48W. Dated 6 19.
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