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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
6
The column catalogs holiday events and gatherings in the community, noting church activities, lodge meetings, initiations, and charity groups. It also records numerous personal visits, engagements, and seasonal sales at local stores, with many residents traveling for Christmas celebrations and socializing in Columbus and nearby towns.
Miss Mae Grimm of Catherine enjoys holiday fireworks. Everett B. Miller offers taxicab service with Christmas oysters advertised. Friel's Grocery and Fry Bros Co. promote specials. Various residents, including Harry Shafer of Orrville and Clarence Wigbee of Philadelphia, visit relatives or travel. Local hospital and military news note Noah McCowan, William McCormick, and others spending holidays with families.
Meetings for the Knox County Poultry and Pet Stock association set for Monday at 1 in the Banning building with arrangements for the week of January. Regular meeting of Marion Grong scheduled for Thursday evening December 26 at 7. Short business to be transacted and all grange members urged to attend. The Veterans Auxiliary will hold a brief meeting Tuesday December 24 at 7 30. Wallace Beckholt, 75, dies at Pleasant townelp after three weeks of illness. Survived by five sons and three daughters including Mrs. Hatne Smith and Mrs. Calvin Smith. Allan Gritty of Worcester College home for holidays.
A damaged OCR fragment shows partial train numbers and times, including references to Bound No 625 and NG BOB, with scattered letters and unclear context. The readable items suggest a timetable or carrier notation but lack coherent details.
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