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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
8
Fresh eggs priced at 80 cents per dozen and 340 for Fancy No 1 Country Butter. No 2 Country Butter listed at 286. Retail buyers can compare values across varieties. Local shops and markets reflect the same pricing trends for dairy and eggs.
Short locals list Salem residents visiting and staying with friends in Gambier and nearby towns over the weekend. Names include Prank R Wilson Mrs Wiley Campbell A Beeman Elmer Davie Walter Engelhardt and many others visiting relatives, attending events, or traveling to Akron for Grand Army encampment activities.
A flood of small city notices records residents from Columbus, Newark, Fremont and beyond as they travel to Cleveland Utica Colnbius Batue day to attend meetings visit relatives and spend weekends. Names like Harold Arkell Mina Letina Amshaugh Jett and Mrs. Solomon Mondls appear alongside institutions such as OWU Northwestern and the American Medical association. The item notes interments and attendance at reunions and encampments with several short trips listed.
A fashion note says khaki is rising as a popular fabric for sports and uniforms. An actress in a regulation army shirt soft felt hat bloomers and leggings leads a convoy of weary recruits across the continent, her outfit drawing attention amid the wartime march.
Wash a twelve pound smoked ham and soak overnight in cold water to cover. Drain, place in a stock pot, cover with cold water and bring to the boiling point. Simmer three hours or until tender. Peel off the skin, place to a dripping pan, spread half an inch thick with brown sugar, add garlic vinegar and bake in a hot oven three quarters of an hour, basting every ten minutes. Spread with another layer of sugar, stud with cloves an inch apart, reduce heat and cool slowly without basting for twenty five minutes so the ham is well glazed. Serve hot the first time and later cold thinly sliced with whipped cream and horseradish sauce.
Prepared by the OU department of variculture this guide outlines trimming breaking roots and planting roses. It covers hole size soil contact watering and post plant care to ensure roots settle and new growth forms.
The Banner Springfield June 11 amid abduction and murder of Baby Keet. Body found in an old well near Springfield. Charge of murder in the first degree preferred against Dick Carter in justice court. Carter released after proving nonpresence in Missouri for over a year. Six prisoners rushed from the city after the baby’s body was found, four jailed at Stockton and two at Kansas City.
Carl Paul and his son rode a buggy on Columbus road Sunday when an attempting to pass the busy automobile struck the buggy and mashed the left hind wheel. No injuries to the occupants were reported though the horse was slightly hurt and Mr Paul believes he knows the driver.
Allen Hartsough, aged 13, was electrocuted in Newark while attempting to salvage a chain hanging from an electrically charged pole. John Minor of Coneaville enters a "youngest grandfather in the world" contest. he appears around 35, while his daughter Leah Roberts, 14, is mother to a son born in April.
A son was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Colgin of Jackson township. The birth notice confirms the family welcomed a child at home.
The Rt. Rev. William A. Leonard conducted confirmation services at Quarry chapel on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for a class of three, marking a small ceremonial milestone in Gambier.
The article argues happiness scales with personal growth and income, recalling past living costs and how comfort rose with affordable flats and a modest salary. It notes that happiness in money is not fixed, citing memories of $50 monthly and $300 yearly rooming as milestones. It then shifts to the Statue of Liberty, its French gift origin, and the 1874 French American union, fundraising, and pedestal construction details.
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