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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
3
Four wards supply the 144 eighth grade graduates this fall, led by 43 from the Third ward and 37 from the Fourth ward. The complete student list includes numerous named pupils by ward, with a mix of first, second, third, and fourth ward names and a collage of course offerings noted.
Ar Ue Aukeman admitted guilt when arraigned before Mayor Mitchell on a charge of stealing fowls from the Oho State Sanatorium. Dr. Douglass stopped him Friday night as he carried a bag of chickens toward the city and took him to the county jail. Aukeman said he had stolen fowls on prior occasions and had been discharged from the sanatorium last Monday for thieving. The case was taken under advisement.
On June 9 a 9 by 12 foot flag was hoisted on a 68 foot staff at George M. Shaffer’s home in Mount Liberty. The Port Clinton Boy Scout troop participated with others delivering remarks during the ceremony. That evening the Scouts held a band concert at Mt Liberty.
Friday evening the Encampment No 48 elected officers for the ensuing term. Chief Patriarch W H McElroy, Senior Warden L L Hail, Junior Warden W J Frye were named. The Royal Purple degree was conferred on one candidate and one application was received.
A fragmented Southern town scene portrays a Black woman facing secular indulgences in gin and violent temper. After arguing with a white employer she previously served, she allegedly attacked with a butcher knife, forcing the mistress up to an upper door of the home.
Readable scraps recount kitchen tensions and social quirks from a late era page. A neighbor hires a Black cook amid domestic turmoil, then a lawyer-hosted breakfast encounter hints at restraint. Jokes, curiosities, and legal-satire anecdotes fill the clippings with period tone.
Youngsters from St Pauls parish performed comic sketches at St Phos parish house on Friday evening. The event featured recruiting officers and a photo exhibit by the boys, entertaining the audience after an earlier school contest. Retrenchments were served following the program.
Mt Vernon and Knox County residents embark on a wartime relief effort led by Dr John R Mott via the YMCA to fund and build 260 plus social and religious centers for U S troops. Each center houses five YMCA secretaries and facilities for movies concerts classes and fellowship to support morale and welfare in army camps and ships.
About forty men took the examination for rural mail carriers at the central school building Saturday. Vacancies will be filed on routes out of Mt. Vernon Fredericktown and Martinsburg.
An overheated oven in the rear of Claras grocery at 10 East Obio Avenue started a small fire just before noon Saturday. Firefighters said only chemical extinguishers were needed and damage was about $10.
Buy a Liberty Bond amid calm markets as government urges savings to fund wartime needs. Investors weigh risk and return while officials promote patriotic purchase campaigns to boost funding for national defense. Local retailers report limited stock of bond certificates.
A fragmented, dated clipping discusses potato prices and supply issues with references to watering, cooling methods, and labor costs. It shifts to a statistics filled note on Germans in America, citing total numbers for United States and Austria Hungary, New York and Cincinnati populations, and German concentration in major cities per the Syracuse Post Standard.
The piece notes fourteen of twenty seven U S presidents were fishermen led by Cleveland famed as the fishing president. It lists Washington Van Buren Tyler Taylor Fillmore Pierce Lincoln Johnson Grant Arthur Roosevelt Taft among enthusiasts with the New York Sun source.
A correspondent describes a backward alphabet exercise for typists using five groups of initials. The twenty six letters form units like Zelas Yoked and Xylophones Whacked, with phrases such as Voices United 70 Sing and Read Quick, ending with a cluster including New York Sun.
A Baltimore American quip describes Dutch tax collection as harsh yet quaint with militiamen kept in defaulters’ homes until payments are made. It then contrasts law practice: the longer a lawyer works, the more briefs he accumulates.
In Hin Line, a Puck quip notes an artificial mountain on a country estate and describes it as a natural bluff. An Exchange snippet jokes about hands in pockets and a complaint that nothing ever comes out.
A 19th century note credits Dr. Brewer with treating consumption by a diet of salted peanuts and vinegar inhalations. He cites two young women who improved after a year, claiming they ceased coughing and gained weight. He also recommends peanuts for sleeplessness, framing patient appetite as a guide.
Local readers and leaders express strong support for Liberty bonds as patriotic investments. Notables such as Rev Noble and Judge Howick urge every citizen to invest, noting bonds are safe, necessary, and a duty to fund the war effort.
Western Union Telegraph Co directors announce a plan allowing all employees to purchase Liberty bonds. The company will advance 25 percent of salary for one year, with 18 months to repay. Subscriptions total about 1 million dollars for branch offices and 2.5 million by the company, with local allotment set at 150 bonds.
New Orleans on June 9 Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan totalled 1 3,000,000 or 700,000,000 less than the target Secretary McAdoo issued a statement noting the shortfall while a young boy quips about being bound to give. The Epworth Herald adds a whimsical aside on the urgency of contributions.
Local residents responded to a June 2 appeal for the Mist Joon and Charleston tornado sufferers. Contributions forwarded to the Red Cross include Fastern Star $10 and Camp Fire Girls $2. Anaw ay Culbertson $2, Mrs. M. Andre $5, Mrs. J. Delgoutle $0. Total reported $26.00.
Mrs Edissa Seiler widow of Simon Seiler died suddenly at her home 113 West Pleasant street on Saturday morning at age 67. She leaves two brothers William Cuykendall of this city and Ralph Cuykendall of Plymouth. Funeral at 3 p.m. Sunday at home, burial in Plymouth Monday.
Miss Louisa Hahn aged 86 died at 8 30 this morning at her Millwood home from a stroke suffered last Monday evening. She leaves four brothers and four sisters all living nearby named John George Robert Charles Hahn Rebecca Smith Lola Neff Mia Katherine Miller and Ella Shroye er.
A Chicago Herald item notes a wife’s house disarray after marriage and a remark praising George as a good manager. A Detroit Free Press piece cites a refusal to donate to a charity, joking that if he had money to give away he’d give it to his grocer.
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