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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
3
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rules Mt Vernon Telephone Co may charge five cents per message for inter exchange calls. The decision aims to curb excessive calls, reduce operating costs, and balance rates while plans to amend schedules and study long term effects.
Public utilities commission rules a five cent toll per call in Knox county effective October 1 1919 Mt Vernon Telephone Co will record all calls and bill accordingly Expect some customers to face sizable toll charges under the new rate policy.
The Mt. Vernon Telephone Co faced a showdown before the Public Utilities Commission over a ten cent toll between Knox county exchanges. A related common pleas court injunction kept the rate halted while L B Walton and Paul M Ashbaugh pursued the case. The PUC ultimately reduced the toll to five cents after full hearing and consideration of the companys rates and operating costs.
Mrs Mabel Dewitt aged 32 wife of Harry Dewitt died after a week with influenza at her Centerburg area home She survived by her husband and two sons Burial is set for Saturday at 2 pm in Mound View cemetery Mt Vernon Grubb Hall died Thursday at his Anderson Indiana home Body to be brought here for burial in Mound View cemetery
George Harding of Danville fractured his left leg just above the ankle Friday evening while working in the lumber yard. He was treated locally and remains under observation.
Mrs Mabal Gree appeared before Magistrate George S. Harter on Friday and signed an affidavit charging her husband Frederick Bree with non-support. Bree is to be working in a civil action pending further proceedings.
An OCR fragment mentions a warrant issued by a sheriff named Mosholder and a provision of service at a location in a lawful procedure. The readable text hints at an enforcement action but lacks clear details, names, dates, or outcomes.
Sheriff Walter Mosholder plans to serve subpoenas in a murder case in Ohio venue Know County. Indicted defendant Thom aie Branch faces first degree murder charges in Know County, Ohio.
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