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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
8
Delaware residents await fate after a chemist’s stomach analysis found no arsenic in Merle Henkel. Officials and detectives hold silent on the outcome, leaving the Henkel case unresolved in the quiet cottage city.
The passage compares Broadway to London’s Strand, noting a broader yet narrower feel due to higher routes and a made path. It describes a dense, varied crowd lining the sidewalks awaiting a procession, with the trolley’s motion creating a striking, motion-filled impression of city life as seen by Ford Madox Ford in Atlantic.
A fragmented list of farm goods and livestock with prices and origins including Buffalo New York notes, cattle calves milker entries, various sheep and lamb listings, corn and grain references, and regional tags. Names of farms and counties appear amid numbers suggesting market quotes and quantities, with scattered brand or breed references and inconsistent punctuation throughout.
Short locals note numerous names and events in Mt Vernon Ohio area. Mentions Woolson department store fireworks prices, hot air batons, guests visiting from Howard Indianapolis Zanonville and Akron, small town social calls, deliveries, and a local mayor fine for a drink offense.
Dr Jaabel Nixon traveled to Cleveland today for professional business. Mr and Mrs William Hough and daughter Miss Stella returned home to Mt Vernon Wednesday after a three week visit with friends and relatives in Caledonia Ohio.
Auto enthus iasts viewed an eight wheeled car by M Reeves of Commpane a banker and manufacturer. The craft, inspired by Pullman palace cars, rides smoothly with extra ground contact preventing bumps. Reeves plans licensing rather than manufacturing, estimating one third higher initial cost but tire savings greater. There are four wheels in a row on each side.
Advert appears promising Dr King s New Life Pills to end constipation indigestion and restore appetite and vigor. Claims regulate stomach liver and bowels and impart new strength to the system with sellers G M Baker Co Mt Vernon and F Wink Fredericktown.
Robert Leach of Niagara Falls Ontario attempted a barrel ride through the Whirlpool Rapids in Niagara, started near Mould of the Mist Landing around 11, the barrel spun, was thrown from the water, circled for hours before being recovered. He endured multiple wounds and succumbed to injuries likely fatal.
Work on the Centerburg Christian church progresses with yellow sand plastering and jard pine woodwork. The basement is ready for concrete, and officials announce dedication on Sunday July 24, urging timely subscription payments to meet deadlines.
J J Mershon of Newark New Jersey recounts a long cruel battle with a lung tumor and weakness. After eight months unable to work he began three weeks ago Dr King’s New Discovery and says it helped greatly. The ad claims cures and trials offered by GR Haker Co and FF Fink with promises of guarantees and free trials.
Timely hints discuss poultry as a vital on farm profit and methods to improve cow appearance and udder texture. It emphasizes poultry as a major profitable farm division, proper cow conformation, and feeding livestock with protein rich rations for horses and milk cows, noting corn as a fattening staple but urging balanced protein for heavy work and milk production.
Farmers discuss outdoor curing and proper baling to improve hay quality. Techniques include timing after dew, using tedders or hayrakes, and exposing clover to air in cocks or barns. Labor, weather, and rain risk influence method choice. many emphasize continual aeration with careful handling to avoid leaf loss and spoilage. Gooseberries and sheep breeding notes follow, with local notices about residents returning home and a neighbor’s clock gift.
They feature lace yokes short sleeves filled cuffs and three rows of tucks over the shoulder. Very attractive and offered as a special value at a tag price of 3.50 dollars.
An old advertisement touts Tittleceie Bitters as a cure for weak health and a blemish free complexion. It claims to improve stomach, liver and kidney function, purify blood, strengthen nerves, and brighten eyes. Endorsed by a local seller in Vernon and Fredericktown.
The L C E A held a picnic supper at Hiawatha park with a large crowd, dancing on the lawn after a pleasant evening. Mr Garfield Colgin and Miss Malate Pearl Fry of Zick were married Wednesday at 2 pm by Rev A B Williams on East Chestnut Street. A kitchen shower for the newlyweds followed at the Congregational church home of Rev and Mrs Ira J Houston. In Gambier the Kenyon College commencement week capstone senior reception drew 72 couples for an all-night dance in Rosse Hall with Johnston Orchestra of Cleveland, oak-decorated hall, and electric lighting.
The notices extoll a high standard of quality at Busy Rep places with praise for their excellence and readiness. The message invites advanced orders for supply to Home location, attributed to THE BABY GEE JP. McGarthy, Prop 285. Malin.
Vernon was present at the reception with attendees including Mr and Mrs Down Mrs Sarah Dunnick Mrs Rank Harper Miss Helen Shirepan Miteoma Arndt Miss Helen4uNabb Mrs J Russell Miss Katherine Russell Mr Cooper Russell Mrs C G Snow Miss Rhea Snow.
Memorial services were held June 2 at M K church in Branson for the Ladies and Knights of Maccabees. Rev J M Helm delivered a fine sermon, the choir sang well, and graves were decorated in a moving ceremony. The event emphasized love and remembrance for those passed. Administrator's Notice: James J Smith named administrator of William J Smith estate in Knox County Ohio, by probate court, June 26 1912, Howard Ohio.
A man named John Burtendale was executed in York for felony on a date unclear. After hanging nearly an hour his body was buried without a coffin. A bystander and servant reinterred the convicts body, who survived and later ran a coaching house in York. He reported seeing strange eye symptoms before fainting and recovery.
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