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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text mentions opening ad by Dr Morltuy and mentions bold Watod Or ponyen moallig among Boulaty dooloty of line Botan. No clear event or outcome available.
Dough details unclear in OCR fragment. Mentions names Aipur Apent Shetty and Harter of Vera with vague timing days. Unable to derive full event or context from readable text.
Frederick M. Smith, acting head of the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, outlines a social reform campaign aimed at eliminating poverty. While studying philosophy at Clark University, he drafts a program to redistribute wealth through church treasury funding and pledges to place capable replacements in failing businesses. He asserts there should be no poor in the faith, and that wealth beyond a comfortable level should support the church. The rising leader says the church could receive wealth from millionaires and merchants ready to donate, while stressing aid to widows and families as deserved assistance rather than charity. Also notes social and church officials traveling to French Lick, Indiana, for a ten-day stay.
A vintage guide notes pocket portable heaters using a stacked metal tube and wick fuel, plus tips to remove white furniture spots with linseed oil or benzine, and simple recipes for game birds and Escaloped Eggplant. Practical household hacks and cookery guidance appear in brisk, utilitarian prose.
A description of shot production from Forest and Stream explains a high tower, a perforated pan, and water tanks where molten lead forms into round globules. Tin tempering is added to prevent flatting, and the process includes cooling, drying, and separation by ginse tables to yield perfect shot for loading into shells.
A retired officer argues in Army and Navy Journal that wounding soldiers rather than killing them disrupts the enemy more effectively. He notes the burden of evacuation, medical care, and delays on roads, claiming a wounded line halts four times as many troops as one fallen comrade.
In Peking, December 28, American minister Paul H. Reinsch reports letters from Chinese signed with their own blood. Some plead for mediation with Japan, others urge the United States to seek a ceasefire in Europe. Chinese custom uses blood ink for grave matters. Meanwhile, want ads seek salesmen earning over 125 dollars monthly from Central Petroleum Co. in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr and Mrs John Hines returned to Van Wert after visiting Sperry of Wooster Avenue and Mr Leo Selexue of Lorain who spent Christmas with his parents in the city.
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