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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1911
Page
7
In Common Pleas M T Lee files an affidavit requesting a continuance of the mis trial amid ongoing suit to set aside the Black Will. Additional attorneys remain retained in the case as proceedings continue.
In Knox County a motion filed in the Court of Common Pleas requests a continuance for Michael T. Lee charged with administering poison to injure Charles W. Metcalf and with manslaughter. Lee cites prosecutors' failure to file coroner inquest papers and other reasons. Additional attorney retained. Parks v Torrens verdict for plaintiff $148.50. Marriage licenses issued to Leona Hinkley and Myrtle M. Thompson. Deeds filed include Ida D. Stinemates to Lydia A. Moore and Ann Whitney to J. W. Phillips et al.
The Painters and Paper Hangers union held an enthusiastic Thursday meeting with large attendance. Three candidates were initiated. Officers elected include President Frank Beeney and Warden Kaward Bettinger.
Childhood sweethearts Leo L. Parmley of Painesville Ohio and Martha Jewellyn wed today in Lima. Dr Edwin Smith of Ohio Northern University officiated. They will spend a week on the groom's farm then travel to Bear Sheeba a stone bungalow in Tennessee mountains given to the bride as an engagement pledge.
Columbus Ohio June 2 Representative George B Nye of Pike county was acquitted after a session of just an hour and a half. Prosecution plans to press remaining bribery indictments against Evans of Stark county. Nye’s family celebrated as the verdict was read. A later vote count in the legislature reshaped funding for a grand jury and graft investigations. In Dayton a father shot at his daughter’s suitor Beatty but missed, wounding no one.
Oxcar P. Bower a leading resident was murdered and robbed around midnight on his way home from his billiard hall on Main to his Broadway residence. The killer escaped into the hills. Mrs. F H Harkness returned to Cleveland after visiting relatives in Mt Vertion.
A June 2 letter from Pittaburg Peru explains why the Deputy Clerk of Courts post remained unfilled. Vernon Hayes offered the job but a salary act passage was not certain, leading to accepting a bank position. The writer states no blame on Hayes and expresses gratitude. A separate item reports Mrs Baumgartner, nearly 60, riding a horse to summon help after her husband’s fatal collapse. she delivered the doctor but he died at home.
Homer Richards, 18, unable to receive a high school diploma, leaped into Wolf Lake near his home after a nervous breakdown from overstudy. His brother Clarence had just been graduated. Parents found two eight page letters he wrote to them, revealing where his body would be found.
A Balt mers and Ohio flyer traveling from Kenova West Virginia to Pittsburg Pennsylvania was saved from wrecking early today by Dr C W Lusher of Ben Lomond near here He signaled the engineer after a long race down the track and the train stopped within 40 feet of a burning trestle The incident occurred June 19 and is described in today’s dispatch Also mentions Mrs Milhy Gorbner of Mt Vernon and Mr Quil Seribner of Mansfield with fragmentary local names.
The electric company completed placing a string of Tungsten lamps around the entire race course at Howell Keith Stock Co. with an expenditure of 1200 dollars. The lights make the area nearly as bright as day, enhancing the park’s beauty for evening events. Also, Howell Keith Stock Company presented The Girl From Monavia to a sizable audience, with a vaudeville interlude between acts touted as worth the admission.
The First Baptist church held a large meeting Thursday evening to accept the resignation of Rev. F. E. Brininstool after he addressed the congregation. The motion to accept his resignation was adopted unanimously. He will preach his last sermon at Mt. Vernon the last Sunday in July and begin as pastor of Wheeling First Baptist in West Virginia the first Sunday in August.
Pope Pius X reached his seventy sixth birthday today in Rome but no public celebration took place due to incomplete recovery from illness. Cardinals Vatican officials and churchmen sent telegrams and addresses of congratulations while His Holiness received them from all parts of the world. Also a local notice seeks an agent for State Mutual Life Insurance in Columbus Ohio.
Senate votes 48 to 20 to order a second investigation of the Lorimer scandal. A Martin amendment to La Follette’s resolution shifts the probe to the privileges and elections committee, with an eight member subpanel subject to Senate ratification. Additional resolutions seek information on war orders, postal service issues, and a criminal action against Standard Oil and tobacco trust defendants.
The country home of Mrs. Mary Durbin north of the city hosted a wedding for her granddaughter Ethel Grace Parrish and Norman Kerr Stump of Greenville Pennsylvania. The bride wore white embroidered net over satin as guests of about forty attended a dinner after the ceremony. The couple will reside at 14 Jefferson Street Greenville Pennsylvania. Out of town guests included Mrs. C. Kiser of Akron and Mrs. C. H. Philo of LeRoy Kansas.
Home Building and Loan Company of Mt Vernon markets its long standing record with 188% establishment and 28 years of dividends. It invites subscriptions from one dollar a month, touting safety and emergencies readiness. Banner M. Allen, Secy., 51 Public Square, notes continued local stockholding support. Judson Vincent travels for business to Brink Haven and Greersville. Minnie Tudor departs for Toledo for extended visit. Aaron Mercer Laveridge and Arden Burr Cole graduate Oberlin College as commencement nears June 15.
Quebec dispatch reports the steamship Empress of Ireland sailing today for the other side with what is believed to be the largest passenger list yet cleared from a Canadian port. The rush of coronation visitors forces officers to cede cabins for passengers, including a large contingent of soldiers.
In St Louis June 2 a bystander named John Broder faced tragedy as a fast Missouri Pacific train collided with a wrecked building and freight cars after engineer Edward Kershaw used emergency brakes to save a woman and a child who stepped onto the tracks. The incident left property wreckage and shocked bystanders.
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