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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
8
Weekly ad lists sirloin and porterhouse steaks by pound with price per pound, standing rib roast, chuck roast, plate beef, rib and ree roast, and chicken meats. Fresh produce includes tangerines per dozen, navel oranges per dozen, cracked hominy, canned pumpkin, tomatoes, cream cheese, and assorted cheeses priced per pound.
Short locals list residents visiting friends and relatives in Columbus and nearby towns. Card notes include travel for events and dances, hospital visits, weddings and social calls, with multiple names and places such as Newark Milan Mt Liberty Abh tabinas Rockford Danville and Lorain. Regulars and out-of-town guests appear among common daily movements and upcoming community gatherings.
A string of regional residents return to duties and homes after holidays. Jomen Smith resumes work at M. & B. hospital in Gambier area after visiting Leesville relatives. Dex B. Kirk, ex Mt. Vernon reporter, back in Lorain to resume telegraph desk duties after leaving Akron dam project. Dr N. R. Eastman travels to Bell Ville for funeral of Mrs. Roland Cockley. Others, including Mr. Charles Bricker, Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Graham, Mrs. F. J. Loney, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Altonbure, report travel and relocations between Gambier, Howard, Dayton, and Cleveland. A group plans a year in Los Angeles, while several return home from visits to Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Wooster.
Daughters of Liberty Lodge No. 18 elected officers on Wednesday. Councilor Ohio Wineland and others named include Associate Councilor Amma Dunlap, View Counselor Mary McMania, Associate View Counselor Jennie Lett, Secretary Sara Smith, Recording Secretary Anna Bator, Financial Secretary Rowe Moore, Treasurer Anna Chaninghin, Lecturer Nellie Lac er, Guard Jele Maddie, Outside Guardian Millie McGr ide, Pianist Pearl Mahaltey, Angel Pianist Liede Hanger. Representatives rile Waelder, Cldo Winelind, Millie McCinde, Viva Titteman, Jessie Piulhauer, Alternate Mary McMuana, Auxiliary elect Lizelo Hanger, Jennie baker, Ania Baker.
Game Wardens Penrose of this city and Dunlap of Utica arrested Hugh Scott and William Gatz near Louisville on Thursday morning on the charge of digging out skunk. The hearing will be held Friday before Squire Toole at Utica.
A fragment laden page notes a Berlin report of British defeats near the Buen canal and a comic misreading about locks. It recalls Captain Kenyne, founder of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston, fined in 1616 for excessive profit, with a Harvard bequest and a remark on criminal ages and reform.
A Gainsboro road maid recalls being blamed for a £5 theft and losing her place. She ends up with Tyson, an elderly husband, and a cruel mistress. After years of abuse, she witnesses a murder when Tyson murders his wife by pushing her from a window, then hides the crime and later dies. Dyson fled to America, leaving a trail of broken lives and a killer free.
The article explains that a gun’s life in terms of accuracy is shortened by bore wear from firing. Larger artillery shows greater wear, while shoulder rifles wear slowly. naval main batteries typically lose accuracy after about 150 to 250 rounds, depending on powder pressure and heat.
A historical note describes Chinese doors shapes like round tear and teardrop, placement against opposing doors to ward off evil, and octagonal patterns. It cites temple gates with triple gateways in imperial halls and Heaven with triple roofs, linking numerals eight and zero to sacred symbolism in architecture.
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