Stephen Curgan's Spay in Mount Vernon News Brief
In Mount Vernon Ohio a short notice notes December 13 event involving Stephen Curgan. Details remain unclear in the fragmentary OCR text.
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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1921
Page
4
In Mount Vernon Ohio a short notice notes December 13 event involving Stephen Curgan. Details remain unclear in the fragmentary OCR text.
An important opinion by Knox County Probate Judge Duke orders distribution of estate funds from Joseph Scott. Executors faced missing heirs, depositing 1775 with P J Wilkins, later invested in bonds sold for 2418.13. Five heirs remain unfound. 247.93 awaits distribution. funds may revert to Knox County if heirs never surface. Also notices on land disputes, injunctions, tax collections, and estate proceedings in Knox County Common Pleas.
The funeral for Henry Holtz aged 6, a former noted citizen of Jackson township Knox county, was held this afternoon in Newark and Intermont with burial at Cedar Hill cemetery. In Newark on Wednesday, Henry Holtz passed away. J Penrose, once a midwife at the state hospital in Columbus, died at 11 p.m. at 0 West High Street after two years illness. He is survived by a brother W S Penrose and a sister Mrs Charles Whittington of this city. Miss Penrose belonged to the Christian Science church and funeral services will be conducted by Mrs H L Beneher, reader.
A local Sunday school gathering Sunday December 11 included Mrs Thecca Lockman of Greet Vancy and Mrs Minnie Kwait of Granville Road as guests of Mrs Charter Heown and Mrs Welsh of Howard. Numerous residents from Mt Vernon to Columbus visited relatives and friends, with many staying several days.
William A. Smith aged 16 faced Judge Duke II in juvenile court after a Wednesday night burglary at a Frasher store in North Liberty. Authorities say Smith was searched by railroad detectives in Galena and a pistol was recovered. Haleale Hale and Halealee were tied to a Pennsylvania freight train stop where pistols and a razor were found. Haleale posted no bond and awaits grand jury action.
Police closed a city flop house after three hoboes refused to leave the Salvation Army hall rear. A man named Smith claimed another identity during arraignment, while Sheriff Lytle enforced order amid a stream of arrests. The piece also notes YMCA Foreign Work Week posters and a campaign drive with a goal of 437000 dollars to support 75 operations in 21 countries, plus regional church and farm club figures and county corn yields.
Probation officer Purcell reports Mt Vernon lodges and churches will unite to aid the needy at Christmas. Committees plan basket distribution Dec 14 16 with a goal of broader relief, coordinating with Farm Bureau and local health and community groups to identify families in need and avoid uneven aid.
Washington correspondent Louis Ladilow notes in the Thursday Dispatch that Jel loway Knox county will gain a public library named Uncle Sam funded by donation and government publications. Ralph Dodds mobilized departments to send stock to Jel loway for the effort.
For sale at No 6 South Main street Mt Vernon a cleaned fragment notes an appliance listing. The brief text mentions a Hoover product with electrical cleaning function and a street address Mt Vernon. Readable but incomplete.
Farmers wishing to ship livestock via the Knox Laventock Shipping annocation must notify by card or phone. Contact route 6 or phone 2076-1, Mt. Vernon. Also mentions a fragment discussing the fourth dimension as mathematical speculation.
The Rev Francesco Sentigna of Locorotondo in Italy claims to have found a perpetual calendar based on two dists superimposed to yield correct day week and month. The Argonaut notes that astronomer Herschel declared a perpetual calendar can never be definitively defined.
Gilding aids include a nitre mix and potash with egg whites for shine revival. Fruit notes emphasize sugars acids and salts, noting bananas dates figs prunes grapes as nutritious sources and highlighting citrus fruits for citric acid content. Remedies and health claims appear from a Popular Science Monthly snippet and a drug store endorsement.
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