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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
2
Local Election Board received petitions up to midnight from a list of state candidates and their signers, each petition submitted to its respective filing period.
The county petitions deadline passed at midnight on Friday for the August 11 primary. Knox county offices and United States Senate petitions will stay on file five days for public inspection before being forwarded to the Secretary of State Graves with signers counts and board details. The article lists Knox county candidates for state offices and reads like a roll of names, party affiliations, and petition signer totals.
The document lists county officials including Richard A. Shutt and Charles G. Weaver as Sheriffs, James Graham as Prosecuting Attorney, Fred Amos as Treasurer, B. W. Breece as Auditor, George 8. Alls paiah as Clerk of Court, John L. Binning as Recorder, H. 8. Pealer and E. M Ramey as Commissioners, Ray Blinn as Surveyor, J. M. Pumphrey as Coroner, and Park H Bink and William L. Robinson as Judges of Common Pleas Court.
The Ashland Press notes petitions filed with the Newark board of elections show 11177 signatures for Ashbrook’s bid for Congress in Ohio’s 17th district, with Ashland county contributing 1645. Petitions total more than 44 percent of the 1912 Democratic vote for Cox across six counties, despite three other Democratic nominees. Some counties show Ashbrook petition support exceeding half of Cox’s 1912 votes in that county, while others show over 4 percent in Ashland. The piece argues Ashbrook’s popularity is broad, citing veteran support for veterans and the advantages of incumbency and committee assignment.
A local appeal praises Congressman Ashbrook as a key post office committee member who can secure federal building funds for Ashland. It notes $700,000 appropriation in plea but not yet allotted and urges unanimous nomination by the seventeenth district voters based on his influence and service.
Miss Myrtle Gatehall hosted a dinner party at 103 North Mulberry Street Friday evening honoring Miss Dailey of Akron and Miss MacGregor of Wheeling, W V, guest of Miss Gertrude Lorey, with Miss Helen Finch of La Moure, N D, as another guest of Miss Ethel McKee. Also present were Miss Ethel McKee, Miss Eunice Cooper, and Miss Gertrude Lorey.
Chicago June 13 a statue of the German poet Goethe, a gift from the Goethe Society of Chicago, was unveiled in Lincoln Park. The ceremony featured speeches recitations and music with participation from many German societies. The statue stands with one foot on a rock and an eagle perched on the knee, sculpted by Professor Hermann Hatten from Munich.
In McKeesport Pennsylvania tomorrow, a ceremony dedicated to the oldest Hungarian church in the country will unveil a gift from Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary. The painting depicts Saint Stephen, the Attic king of Hungary, created by John P. Dolinick and costing 10,00.
Local residents from La Moire North Dakota to East Gambier street attend visits and reunions. Residents travel to Columbus Georgia Mansfield Ohio and Cincinnati for family and work. Flower day at Knox county infirmary seen, dance demonstrations planned, and Panama canal display note concludes.
Charles M Jones and his wife Catharine Jones sue Ham enbeck and Wallace show in Mansfield alleging injuries from a fall from a seat on May 12 1911. They seek 1999 each claiming medical costs lost companionship and Nervous affliction. Lions tigers and leopards cages were attached in the case and sheriff did not remove them. The matter was argued before Judge Mansfield.
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