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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
4
A busy sale offers bargain priced fabrics and garments with end of season values. Items include Percale, Galatea cloth, Poplins, volles, silks, and crepes per yard. Women’s vests, panta, and lace trimmed undergarments plus men’s shirts and union suits are heavily discounted. Dresses for all ages stretch from toddler to teen, with many pieces priced at low dollars.
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Ohio officials will pursue firm action over alleged fraud in initiative and referendum petitions. county and regional signatures are questioned as potentially fraudulent, prompting calls for strict oversight and safeguarding voter integrity.
Uncle Joe Newton of The Newark Advocate and Cox ally claims four Licking county names on the referendum petition are forgeries and vows a broader probe. He says a Newark youth admits only 80 valid names. 44 listed for Licking county may have been added after the Cleveland return. Lipscomb asserts most Newark signatures were fraudulent, troubling the campaign.
Card of thanks expresses sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends for assistance during illness and after the death of husband and father. The Pryor and Patterson families note visits from relatives and thanks Miss Jennie Copper and others for support during the difficult time.
Summit county officers clashed with Knox county officials over custody of Sarah Brow on a bigamy charge and defrauding an innkeeper. Sheriff Woolson refused to turn her over to Deputy Booker, who carried instructions from Summit county prosecutors to take Brow to Akron. The deputy argued with the prosecutor by phone, but Woolson maintained custody. Brow remains jailed in Knox county with a hearing set before Justice Harter on Monday morning, July 21, in default of a $50 bond. Guardian George Hook named for Bextrice Hook with $800 bond. Deeds filed include Ray Bishop to Emma Ramey in Fredericktown for $100 and others in Howard and Lockville.
The Mt Vernon Medical and Sanatorium changed hands from founder Dr Ly Fisher to Dr Maccowan Greenlee of Atlanta, Georgia. Fisher will stay on for several months to ease the transition as the new owner takes on local responsibilities.
Reporting from a Canton area paper notes the Curtis hotel atop old Glory flag damaged by Wednesday’s storm resembling Civil War relics. Landford Drake installed a reinforced flag kit, but high winds tore the fly part, requiring removal for repairs Thursday. The piece also lists local visits and social notes from Newark, Gambler, Bladensburg, and nearby towns through July.
Columbus reports that a Toledo shrine honoring Golden Rule Jones, former mayor Samuel M. Jones, draws followers and discuss casts doubt on whether his legacy supports workman’s compensation statutes. Governor Cox considers the initiative referendum episode among the era’s quirkiest political events.
Mrs Hate Boyd of Barcoxte Mo spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Alex Scott Mina Annie Darlingle visiting her brother and family at Manafield Ohio Mrs Lora Howell of Ni k tn spending a few weeks with her sister Mrs Jobo Barleywine Mr and Mrs Frank Tydinge of Mt Vernon spent Tuesday with friends Mine Builth Melick spent Saturday eight and Sunday with the Minnow Dvents near Gosl Mr and Mrs Carl Hull spent Sunday with Wm Beckley and family Lottie Fouts of Danville visiting her cereotasr Mrs Haley Mrs Compton and daughters Ben tiig and Margeret of Newark are vie See wore
Chicago schools will begin a course on sexual hygiene named "periodic purity" next term. The board of education approved the school management committee’s recommendation, limiting instruction to high schools in the first year and allowing parents to excuse their children from lectures.
July 10 Sharon residents endured a bizarre weather sequence after a severe electrical disturbance triggered hail and a downpour. Grasshoppers, toads, and myriad bugs reportedly fell in parts of town while suburbs suffered heavy rain and flooding.
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