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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
8
Fresh eggs priced at 9.860 per dozen and butter graded Fancy No 1 Country at 34 cents. Other listings show Fresh Eggs at 9.860 and No 2 Country Butter at 26.6 cents.
Readers report a busy weekend in Akron and Newark with numerous social visits, church gatherings, and local meetings. People such as Mrs Tharp Gaede and Mr Tharp Gaede attended events in Mitt Wiig, while many residents traveled to Buckeye and Rast Dbirgone for services and community activities. The text lists names, places, and dates indicating a bustling social scene across multiple towns.
The column lists residents visiting relatives and traveling from Aubland and other areas over the weekend. It notes Mrs George Ro Spearman leaving for Bheyrus, Mrs F Cowpar heading to Pittibirel, and Mrs ACT Butler visiting Mrs Barbara Carle. Other entries mention Lt Reainelle's return to Niahone after hospitalization, family visits to Mt Vernon hospital, and preparations for local church events and a Daughters of Veterans fundraiser at the Wheretion church.
Fragmentary dialogue notes show cloister nuns performing laundry work amid a story featuring American life themes. The text references a community, a girl named Ticky buoy yan, and a landscape with green grass with dialogue about work and country life.
A fragmented wartime ledger notes salaries for battery personnel led by Vincent Vother, with an annual pay around $2,472 for First Lieutenant and various monthly stipends for other officers. It references provisioning, dining allowances, and the need for equipment, citing military and Chamber of Commerce sources, plus a digression about a joke and a health exam schedule.
Fragmented text notes a mascot being sent south amid a slump for Ty Co8b. Several names appear but the legible portion centers on a team losing momentum and actions surrounding a proposed remedy or response. The rest of the OCR is garbled with unclear individuals and events.
A garbled OCR item mentions stock movements and people in the city, referencing several names and events. The readable fragments point to financial actions and local figures amid unclear wording and misordered letters.
A fragmented account recounts Zapata coercing Mexican banks to yield 10 million pesos as a forced loan while promising protection in return. The era’s upheaval touches the city’s policing, loot, and a later mysterious disappearance linked to dynamite in a woofshed tale.
News on armor piercing shells notes the Guthmann shell creator Lois Guthmann died at seventy four after long efforts with gout. The article details testing showing armor piercing shells outperforming delayed action types, with incidents at Sandy Hook and in Los Angeles. It recalls charted tests where the Gathmann design failed to breach armor while other shells damaged backing and plate. The piece cites congressional appreciation for an 18- ton gin of explosive and the debate over weapon effectiveness in sea defense.
Advertised July 22, 1917. Letters remain unclaimed including Prof H Allen, Hazel Burna, Wheeler Cole, Dorsey Holbrook, Jamison Tommie Ky, Turner Lowery, Phillipe Martin, Minnie Shinaberry, Leona Todd, Margery Williams and others. Prank Harter, P.M.
Bladensburg and nearby residents visit kin in Newark Delaware Mt Vernon Cleveland and East Union while Miss Velma Hall and Ze lpha Mall spend time with relatives. Forty Presbyterian church members honor former pastor Rev Newcomb and family of Cleveland with a bountiful dinner at Mrs Allen Taylors country home.
Cattle receipts around 23,000 with steady to easy markets for many classes. Hog and sheep receipts varied with hogs active and higher bigs. cattle, calves, and stockers show mixed movements. Grain futures close with July wheat at 2.50 and corn at 1.62, while New York stocks list several major equities with mixed gains.
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