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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
3
Juvenile Officer Purcell leads efforts to secure city school yards with conditions outlined by the board. The initiative aims to ensure safe access and orderly use of facilities for students and residents.
Juvenile Officer Purcell wins city board approval to open grounds at First Third Fourth and Davie schools as summer playgrounds for boys under 15. Rules require play 9 to sunset, limited to rear entrances, no property damage, and strict supervision by Purcell to enforce conduct.
The donor remains unnamed as President H. C. King disclosed at Oberlin alumni gathering that 100000 will support the theological seminary. Today’s gifts also include 1000 for the college library and a 1000 scholarship, bringing this week’s total to 161000.
In Milwaukee on June 19 the Milwaukee Physicians Association plans a bill for the next legislature to ban kissing and stamping the habit as a blot on civilization and a menace to health. A meeting decided the action after several papers were presented, with a proposed substitute of rubbing noses or foreheads as a more decent practice.
Yeggmen cracked the Osnaburg post office safe shortly after midnight and stole about 35 dollars in stamps. Authorities believe the same men robbed the Winona post office in Columbiana County earlier, taking around 100 dollars in cash and stamps. Noise was masked by blankets from Albert Smith’s barn. discovery happened when Leroy Liebtag opened the post office in the morning.
Pleasant Grange will present a program at the regular meeting on Wednesday evening June 26 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham. Music by the Grange, talks on cultivation of crops and summer cooking, bird benefits, woodpecker and horticulture, plus a Grange quartet. A brief notice mentions a man in Neenah breaking two ribs after a frightful cough and praises Dr King's New Discovery as a remedy.
A sequence of weddings and social gatherings fills Mt Vernon with notable unions. Edith Campbell Bell wed Malcolm Enon Stickney at her home with ceremonies led by Dr. H. H. Hurley as guests and attendants from Campbell, Wing, Linn, and Pyle families. Kenyon seniors host a unique reception with garden lanterns and lattice grottoes. Other ceremonies include McGorry Linn nuptials at St. Vincent de Paul and Stillwagon Kerner nuptials, followed by receptions and plans to settle in Mt. Vernon.
Mrs Emily Casall widow of Lewis Casall died at the Home for the Aged in Bellville after several months illness aged 87. Funeral in Bellville with interment at Bellville cemetery Friday. Mr Edward DeCrow died in Chicago following an appendicitis operation. He was a cousin of William G Scribner of the city.
A vintage advertisement rhetoric extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle bowel helper. The copy mocks crowd disruption with a police metaphor and claims the pills persuade bowels to right action, promising health benefits. Available for 25c at G R Baker & Co.
The Knox Savings & Loan Association appeals to depositors to review real estate mortgages in Knox county and trust the company to safeguard principal. It emphasizes careful investment oversight and prompt interest collection alongside systematic principal reduction, inviting inquiries at Main and Vine streets.
The Acme Pokery at 117 West High Street owned by Charles Knox was gutted by a morning blaze discovered at 12 10. William J. Smith awoke to a fire reflected from his window and alerted the fire department while saving his own dwelling and nearby properties. Fire origin unknown. oven in use earlier. Also notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a healing remedy and mentions Capt Henry Michell returning home after Kenyon College commencement.
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at Rankin Building 22 West Gay Street Columbus Ohio touts stabilizing mortgages worth over twenty five million dollars in Columbus homes. Homeowners keep pace with payments while the company, which owns no real estate, earns five percent on time deposits. assets total 6,100,000. Write or call for booklets.
Mr and Mrs George B Hantaberger of Los Angeles are guests of Mrs FH Hantaberger and family on Cast Chestnut street. He serves on a four member Emmanuel Presbyterian church committee for securing a pastor in the denomination's third western city chapter. They have visited churches in Montreal Syracuse Albany New York and Cleveland and will travel to other cities to bring ministers. Mr Charles Appleton was a business visitor in Denville Wednesday.
Fragmentary advert claims mercury ointments destroy sinew and disrupt the system. Mentions a mucous “gurl table phy yant” and “Gurmae” with references to a tonic or pill product. Includes distorted pricing and a bold claim for Wall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs Mary Browning and Men Carl Woolson traveled to Akron Wednesday morning for a visit with relatives and friends, the trip described as a routine social outing in the local notice.
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