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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
8
Market notes list odd pricing for butter products including Fancy No 1 and No 2 Country Butter with small cent figures. The snippet shows values like 0.05 and 46 for various lines, indicating fluctuating ad prices and commodity quotes in a brief local market page.
Short locals recount neighbors and visitors across the city including Mr and Mrs George Cheyney hosting friends, trips to Columbus and Akron, hospital stays, campus commencements, camping details, and numerous commutes and visits among residents, with mentions of Gambier Gambier College and Kenyon College.
A fragmented note describes moonlight as sunlight reflected with diminished strength and theorizes its effect on plants. It suggests heat energy transfers from the Sun Moon Earth similarly but less, noting negligible energy from Moon to Earth. A stray line mentions Argentina dedicating 4,000,016 acres to oats.
A 1920s style feature advises women to boost family income by practical home crafts. It cites California, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York examples including button making, cucumber farming, fruit canning, laundering delicate garments, weaving, and doll dressmaking. Each profile notes modest monthly earnings and family benefits from disciplined effort.
A navy blue serviceable hat for the business woman features a high belt with grosgrain ribbon and crimson berry accents. The white patio waist showcases a bib front and a deep sailor collar at the back for daily wear.
A fragment recounts Henry Bell's Comet as the first British steamer advertised for hire on the Clyde with Glasgow to Greenock and Helensburgh service. It notes passenger fares of four shillings for best cabin and three shillings for second, and describes the vessel’s elegance and safety as public appeal.
In America the goldfinch is often called the lettuce bird for its bright yellow color. The male becomes burnished gold in breeding plumage while the female and young look dull, with males adopting a female-like dress by autumn and regaining bright plumage by May as the song period begins.
A garbled report describes Kabyle marriage rites ending in alleged bride martyrdom and village mockery. In another fragment a banter about a cold and a doctor bill surfaces beside a magistrate remark on a robbery and a prisoner appeal for no flattery.
A comic item jokes about kitchenette apartments and a homemaker’s dilemma. A gag line features Mrs Ormbshaw remarking on her husband not fitting in when she cooks. The verse bits mock parliamentary motions at a suffrage meeting and end with a wry quip about attire and restraint.
British war dispatch from May in France describes French farmers ploughing near front lines as shells fall nearby. Tommies, weary yet humane, enjoy simple pleasures like movies at fifty cents and water carnivals, while longing for home and Kentucky Jubilee songs. The piece contrasts daily peacetime tasks with ongoing combat.
A Christain Herald report describes Athens street vendors selling fresh milk from goat carts. Goats are muzzled and guided by herders, with portable tin cups for customers. Small-scale sale amounts yield a few cents per purchase amid crowded market scenes.
Dramatic tale credits Gunner Corbin's widow with aiding him until he fell dead at her feet during the Mount Washington capture by Scots and Hessians. She took the gun, was wounded by grapeshot, disabled for life, and earned a brief Continental Congress pension that was later discontinued. The account links to Molly Pitcher and Irishwomen in wartime bravery.
Markets show hogs strong in Chicago, weak cattle, and mixed grain quotes across Chicago Toledo and Pittsburgh. Includes livestock receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and calves, plus grain and stock listings and a quoted Lord Chesterfield maxim.
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