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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
8
The article notes Atlee Pomerene as a candidate for President of the Senate. It describes the political move, the potential impact on chamber leadership, and mentions the party alignment and likely allies, signaling a notable contest ahead.
New York dispatches report Henry Ford denying plans to force a strike among soldiers and clarifying the aims of his peace pilgrimage aboard the Oscar II. The Dutch minister replies that he expects no actions that would undermine neutral governments. Eleanor Ryan of Ohio State joins Ford’s party, chosen after a call for a college woman. Earl J. Baum from Ohio State College of Education is chosen as another participant.
Regional livestock and grain summaries from Buffalo East to Pittsburgh and Boston note prime steers at varied prices, heifers and bulls trading, hogs and lambs braced for demand. Receipts include cattle, sheep, and calves with price ranges and market activity across multiple cities.
Page note lists Friday specials in the Grocery Department 106. Details include discounted items and store promotions for shoppers. No additional context provided.
Short items from Mt. Vernon detail residents and visitors. Lea Rockwell’s farm ad shows 26 cents butter and 36 cent eggs. Many townspeople travel to Columbus Hunts Akron Newark and Columbus on Thursday and Tuesday for business social visits and legal matters. Community events include a dance by the Woman's Benefit Association and a Kenyon Glee Club concert.
The National Woman Suffrage Association plans its December 14 national convention with a large candidate field for Shaw's succession. Potential leaders include Grace Wilbur Trout James Laidlaw Winston Churchill Frank Roersing Stanley McCormick and Maude Wood Park Medill McCormick and others. Also noted are Mary Stone the Chinese physician and local women campaigns in Memphis and Mississippi for rural sanitation and domestic science. A Mississippi student Minerva Hi focuses on domestic arts at Ole Miss. In Oklahoma City Mrs V Helton enters water business supplying sparkling water via three wagons.
A dramatic courtroom anecdote recounts an arrest for polygamy involving a well known local character. The judge presses with the question How many wives have you had and the defendant replies in a colorful dialect about compatibility. The court suggests incompatibility but the respondent insists the issue is simply not getting along with her unless there are other women.
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