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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
4
The governor’s speech defends the current administration’s record and presses voters to approve or condemn the administration in the election. He argues state officers should focus on important home affairs and urges citizens to weigh past efforts against the need for continued leadership.
The piece notes Republicans in Ohio made strong faces while Taft named a party receiver, implying Democrats were mere onlookers. It portrays the campaign mood and reactions to internal party decisions, with subtle digs at both sides.
The text reflects Harmon's acceptance speech praisingJudson Harmon for serving the public interest. It notes his pledge to uphold constitutional law and to resist persistent obstruction while acknowledging adverse circumstances. Voters are urged to trust Harmon's responsibility and leadership as they approach the election.
The Banner office will be closed on Monday for the Fourth of July holiday, so the next semiweekly issue will be delayed by one day and released later than usual.
Mt Vernon residents attend meetings and visits across Ohio towns, with social events, lost items, and shopping deals noted. Mentions include Dr George C Arndt traveling to Chicago for a national OC L Society meeting, townsfolk visiting Danville Fredericktown and Columbus, and ads for hats pumps trunks and cheap travel outfits.
Jersey City reports a sweeping drastic reform requiring marriage licenses to be issued in the residence locality of the bride or groom or the ceremony site if both nonresidents. The law demands an oath of legality, an aged mental fitness assertion, and an identifying witness for each license application.
Joseph Burtt of London notes America producing a new type of woman with hive like learning and retained tenderness. He observes religion shifting from strict doctrine to social duty and entertainment in schools and churches, where love of neighbor shifts to a broader ethical duty.
Archdeacon Sinclair visited a Shoreditch Working Lads Club event founded by the late Baroness Burdett-Coutts. He praised the lads exercises and recalled his own Scotsman upbringing with family oatmeal porridge as a key preparation, sharing memories of four brothers and numerous siblings.
Fletcher Proctor, former Vermont governor, gives his son Mortimer R Proctor a thousand acres of timberland including Mt Pico in the Green Mountains as a birthday gift Mortimer, a Yale sophomore, departs for Europe with his class today. The property includes a hunting lodge and pond once favored by Senator Rednota Proctor and will be kept as a game preserve.
Portland Maine June A spirited political contest culminated with the nomination of Asher C Hinds parliamentary clerk of the national House to the Republican Maine district seat. He seeks to succeed Amory L Jen who declined another term due to ill health. His opponent was Col. Frederick Hale, son of Senator Eugene Hale.
The ministry of labor prohibits night shifts for seamstresses milliners and other working girls in France effective today, signaling progress in improving conditions for women workers. For years the sweating system has been widespread in Paris with employees in fashionable oiling mills and millinery houses forced to work late into the night during peak season.
Oddball column presents fragmented humor and weather talk with playful proverbs and stray quotes. The text mixes observations on climate, vacation ideas, and a scatter of whimsical phrases, all in a breezy, dated newspaper voice.
H Gebler, an American Pullman conductor, was bitten on the leg by a shark while bathing near Labara Tampico. He was taken to hospital as a school of man-eating sharks arrived, forcing suspension of bathing for several days at the local grounds.
The New York World reports a freak bet at Sheephead Bay where Clarence Roote and Harry Abrahamson wagered on only two starters. Ballot won while King James finished second, as Foote turned the tables and Boris Foote gained $1,000 to $1.
Boston Post reports Rev Dr William G Tousey Tufts Divinity School leads an Abort of motorcycling with Tufts students planning a Europe tour after commencement. He cites bicycle travel as a precursor and aims to cover about 100 miles daily on a motorcycle to see sights unreachable by train. The Salvation Army has closed its Boston city summer station, sending officers to Galiono.
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