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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
4
Memorial article discusses phonograph records and moving pictures preserving voices for future generations. Sees combining these media into a single instrument as a future possibility and notes their potential to keep memories, including expressions and lifelike features, for families and friends.
Members of the Mt Vernon Rifle and Revolver Club hold a Friday evening event at the Court building. Hoy L Ause ll staged a comeback, with notable range work and high scores by S M Woolton and others. Attending locals from Vernon Ohio and Sedgwick enjoyed the gathering with family from Dunham Greenbank and Hawk. The note mentions a Seminole reference and a white halfbreed remark.
Invenily O Meer Purcell recovered the wheels stolen from a child's tricycle Friday. The wheels were taken from a home on Main Street near 6th Ward. A local youth confessed to taking the wheels. they were returned to the owner in Mt. Vernon.
The Knox county clerk announces a strict application of the Atwood automobile law effective August 17. All new and used car owners must declare ownership with the clerk of courts and purchasers after Aug. 17 must file a bill of sale. Banks and official forms are available at clerk offices and local businesses. All papers must be in duplicate and sworn before a notary.
Misa Madam Slingluff of East Gambler Street was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding on the Coshocton road. Deputy Sheriff Walker on a new motorcycle testified the Stingras Madson car traveled 21 miles per hour over the limit. حضور
The Knox county tennis tournament opened Friday at Round Hill and Maplehurst courts drawing large crowds. Notable plays from Stonebrook and Phil Lee impressed. Titty showed veteran poise. Hayes and Barkey delivered strong serving while Salisbury defeated Culbertson 6 4 earlier. Other results included Schaffer-Schaffer 6 1 6 4 and Odell Goraueh 7 6 2. Postponed match Lytarger versus Adame moved to Saturday with a full slate of Sunday events planned.
Mrs Mary B Body wife of Charles A Body of Zanesville formerly of Mr Vernon died Wednesday at her Zanesville home after a several months illness. Besides her husband she leaves her parents N T Connor and wife of New Concord and one brother Laula W Connor of Zanesville. Funeral Friday at Zanesville.
Daily inquiries show strong public interest in the Atwood law requiring duplicate sworn statements of ownership and bill of sale for motor vehicle transfers. The measure, effective Wednesday August 17, aims to curb auto theft by placing vehicle titles and ownership records under strict regulatory control.
Wayne township Board of Education met at the Predericktown town hall to consider reopening the Dunham school two miles west of Green Ville Toy school. Attendance had fallen below the required number to keep the school open. County Supt. J C Marriott attended in an advisory role as the board searches a solution.
Knox County Sunday School association fixes October 12 and 14 for a Knox county convention to be held in a Mt. Vernon church. Rev H Clemm of Fredericktown presided, booster letters planned to encourage cooperation and standardization. Morton to visit 10 days before the event to arrange details. Executive officers meet August 23 in Presbyterian church.
Increasing reports to police describe drivers turning between street intersections rather than at them as required. Some cases involve using private driveways like Cotton Lumber Go for turns, risking collisions with building doors costing about 200 dollars. Police urge turning at intersections where rights are clear to avoid accidents and costly damages.
The Knox County Agricultural Society announces entries open Monday August 15. Livestock poultry grass seed vegetable and flower departments close Saturday night August 20. no entries after that date. Mail orvisit secretary Charles L Belmont at First National Bank building Mt Vernon Ohio to enter.
A Knox county fair cattle show features Herford cattle with Dunn & Green and Knor dera of Merfords among entrants from Sunbury and Delaware county. Breeders anticipate real competition for the first time in years as fine specimens of the breed arrive, with Knox County seeing rarer Herford stock. Spain has introduced old age pensions for workers.
The Bel family held its annual reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs F M Sellers near Gambler with about sixty relatives and friends attending. A noon dinner followed by games and contests concluded the gathering.
Trustees of Jackson township enlarged Mt Zion cemetery by buying an acre from Mrs Cora Pryor. Numerous local residents and relatives visited relatives in Newark Utica and Danville during the week. Walter Harris injured his foot after stepping on a pitch fork while playing Friday.
The First Side Baddies or Bide saddies were invented around the middle of the sixteenth century by Catherine de Medici. Previously women hid on cushions and supported feet on a board.
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