City Council Meeting Divides On Resolution and Extension
At a Monday evening session the City Council debated a proposed resolution from the Municipal Light Plant. Two members voted against the measure and the proposed extension was also defeated.
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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
7
At a Monday evening session the City Council debated a proposed resolution from the Municipal Light Plant. Two members voted against the measure and the proposed extension was also defeated.
Mt Vernon city council, in regular session, voted down a Clifton introduced plan to submit a $40,000 bond proposition for a municipal electric light plant. Dubinsky and Salisbury opposed, citing insufficient cost data. The meeting also discussed health board sewer plans, a $1,000 transfer to extend water mains, street walk projects, and audit requests, with adjournment for two weeks.
Mrs Henry Mote of Telloway is slightly improved after a bull gored her and struck her skull on Saturday night. She remains mostly unconscious and unable to speak. Her young son, saved from the bull, is recovering rapidly with injuries not serious.
A reader testimonial lauds Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a perfect cure after fifty years of burning itching and soreness. Mrs OL Renney claims it cured her persistent tetter, with the Pfeifer Chemical Co offering 10 cent samples by mail from St Louis and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Y. Y. Trott of Columbus spent Sunday with Mrs. A. N. Tilton and Monday with Dr. and Mrs. N. B. Toland. Mrs. Joe Burwell visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moxs holder of Mr. Vernon. Mrs. Laura Ewalt entertained Miss Harris of New York, and doctors Shrontz and Shrontz attended the Masonic picnic at Granville. Miss Clare returned to Rocky River to teach public schools. Local residents hosted guests from Mt. Vernon Groton New Albany and Columbus during the past week.
A new plan is adopted as a manual training teacher is elected to lead students at the high school. The move signals a shift toward expanded shop and craft classes under the new plan.
The Mt Vernon board approved a plan to recruit high school students as substitute teachers for light duties, while they pursue training. They also elected M. Voigt as manual training teacher at 900 annually and Miss Goldie Kunkel to sixth grade at 500 annually. The board reviewed bids for school supplies and arranged weed removal on vacant lots. Central building renovations will merge two rooms into a larger space with glass partitions, add a typing area, and install twenty new desks in the commercial room.
Peter Merkle, 74, brother of Mrs Barbara Carle of this city, died in Grant Hospital Columbus Tuesday morning from injuries after an accident last Saturday. He was dragged about 40 feet when boarding a car at Oak Street and Parsons Avenue, suffered abdominal trauma, and underwent immediate surgical repair. Despite relief after anesthesia, physicians warned recovery was unlikely given extensive inflammation and age. Merkle owned the Union Depot restaurant and other ventures in several cities.
An old advertisement touts Bucklea s Arica Salve as an immediate pain reliever for cuts bruises sprains burns and skin injuries. B B Chamberlain of Clinton Maine endorses its healing powers saying it robs injuries of their terrors and claims no equal remedy exists. Available for 26 cents at G R Baker & Co.
The Mt. Vernon Homing Club held its first fly of young birds on Sunday August 24 from Dayton Ohio. Birds released at 6:30 am with the first arrivals by 9:05 am covering a 102 mile air line in 2 hours 4 minutes. Ninety seven birds started and results show Jean Bari Camille Jorie Louis Boucher and others placing in various positions with multiple entries listed.
Riley Morrison of Bayt Gambler Street dies in Newark after a months long illness. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Warner of Newark and Mrs Gande of Kansas City Missouri. Also noting Emma Rees Hess of Galion Ohio who died at the Ohio State Sanatorium after pulmonary tuberculosis aged 66. Her remains go to Galion for funeral and interment. Morrison funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm in Gratiot cemetery with burial there.
The record notes multiple relatives gathering for the Swank reunion in Mankield on a recent weekend with several families including the Shipley, Shire, Cole, and Phillips clans attending. Others planned trips to Crown Point and Delawar and visits with extended relatives in Amity and Betemantown, highlighting travel and reunions across many households.
A Snow Hill North Carolina man reports severe dysentery from July 15 left him unable to work and weight drop from 145 to 125 pounds. After two months he tried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, using two bottles for permanent relief. Sold by all dealers.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith of Mt Vernon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith. Frank McGill of Youngstown visited his sister Mrs. Fred Henwood. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Horn and son Irvin were in Martinsburg. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Smith and daughter Winnie visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wagner Sunday.
C H Hines of Whitlow Ark says severe constipation and indigestion led him to spend hundreds on medicine and hospital care in St Louis and New Orleans, with no cure. After returning home he used Chamberlain's Tablets, improved steadily, and is now well. Sold by local dealers.
A daughter was born Monday at Vernon Medien Surgical Sanitarium to Mr and Mrs Sum ner Smale of East Vine Street. A son was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Homer Lesser who live just north of Lock. A son was born Tuesday morning to Mr and Mrs Charles Simpkin who reside east of Dowellay.
Barah Clinesmith aged 29 and her brothers Lawrence 17 and Charlie 26, all from Cleveland, were drowned when their tenky boat fired off Pearl Beach at Lake St. Clair. They jumped overboard during the mishap near Mt. Clemens Michigan in August.
Deafness cannot be cured by local applications because they cannot reach the inner ear. The only cure is a constitutional remedy to reduce inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Catarrh often causes deafness as an inflamed mucous condition. We offer a reward for evidence of success.
Mt Vernon pages list numerous residents and visitors including Mr Damen Tlehe returning from Cleveland, Mr fobe Tucker visiting relatives in Springfield Ohio, and Miss Cecilia Ahern returning from Akron. Several others travel to Cedar Point, Columbus and Zanesville while locals host guests at Mansfeld and Pleasant View farm. multiple residents return home after visits and a few face health issues.
Kenyon Rap hextey graduate Sauetd alot Fler Arthur Reasonir of Dutralty MIC to lead Mansfeld Church as rector. He will be installed during Movensbnr week and will join Orange Apostolic Church in Daarak. He attended Kenyon College and Hex ley Theological Seminary. the position emphasizes unmarried status.
Knox County Probate Court enjoins heirs and legatees including Clara Binbon Jin Bishop and Glenn family to answer by 1912 petition alleging Thoman Long estate debts and real property described as a large tract in Pleasant township with exceptions. notices sent to Jay White Zella Fermusan Glenn Glenn Fred Glenn Frank Glenn and others to respond in court.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Knox County Ohio the case involving Joseph Soort as plaintiff and multiple defendants including Vern Piel, Mary Forbes, Brook Ackermann, and others across Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois proceeds. The document lists numerous defendants with residences in Mitford, Ohio. Dahlgren, Missouri. Kendalville, Indiana. and other towns, noting a July date and the involvement of trustees and attorneys in the action.
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