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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
5
The notice lists a subscription rate of 1 dollar 40 cents per issue in advance for a periodical, indicating a price change or renewal term. Details are limited but specify the rate and payment method.
Notice states that due to postal law issues the Banner will enforce a cash in advance policy starting April 1. Most subscribers already pay in advance. those not paid up by April 4 will be dropped from the mailing list and future payments will be required. Readers are urged to visit the Banner office or mail remittances to adjust accounts.
A mutilated check for sixty one thousand six hundred dollars, allegedly payable to H J Bravens and Mabel Mills, is found on a Chicago street. Mrs Mills, home in San Antonio, denies any bank relation. husband J W Mills calls the claim nonsense. Officials note signature doubts and possible hoax amid a maze of names and locales.
Antonia Verducci, a patient at a Cleveland hospital, was awarded $10,000 against H. H. and G. R. Rosminger of Columbus for a trench accident in August 1911. The firm has since turned its affairs over to creditors, leaving the verdict questionable. Verducci, paralyzed from a back injury, is described as gradually going insane in Judge Rathmell's court.
New York report cites Justice Foster berating jurors after they refused to convict taxi driver Leon Gerard for running down and killing Mary Dithridge. He warned the jurors that their verdict reflects their state of mind and urged responsibility, saying the driver may kill again.
Hackensack March 7 a comic on Main Street as John Keenan a special delivery mail carrier shields a stray fox terrier with a parcel post stamp. Dog catcher James Dalia pauses, learns of 462 dogs caught last year, and Keenan declares the dog is mail matter under Uncle Sam protection.
Miss Mamie Young aged 14, daughter of Dr C C Young, elopes with Hi J Warvel of Piqua and marries in Newport Kentucky. The couple returned to Piqua with parents in seclusion as details remain undisclosed.
New York March 7 Joseph Leon a fourth offender facing a life sentence next week after pleading guilty in General Sessions Judge Malone said he would rather live inside prison walls than outside He, 41, has spent most of his life in and out of jail and was arrested after attempting to leave a boarding house with a suitcase full of belongings He told police it is a home to him and that if he must get a life sentence he is not worried
St Louis March 7 Dr Tris G W Reinhardt coroner's physician testified in circuit court that corpses in Chicago are used as shooting targets to obtain evidence for expert witnesses The trial involves the widow of L Rawn former Monon railroad president in a dispute with an accident insurance company over life policy payment Rawn held policies with ten companies totaling 120000 Six settled for 69 percent and paid 50000 to Mrs Rawn others resisted and suit was brought
The temperature fell from ten degrees above to a low around six a.m. Monday. A liberal snow cover remains, offering partial protection to growing things despite the chilling conditions.
John Kline bought a horse near Danville last Wednesday. William Statler moved from the Wolkford place to the Hill place last Wednesday. Miss Pearl Koppert visits friends in Cleveland for a few weeks. Workman bought Bert Glavxow's farm last Friday. Guy and Edward Koppert joined Matler to work in the glade plant. Delone moved to the Wolk ford place last Thursday.
In New York a policeman's pistol was reported missing from a drawer when a four year old boy found the weapon and the shot struck his infant sister in the eye, killing her instantly. The tragedy occurred as the officer searched the room for the missing firearm.
In Alaska many regions are cut off for nine months a year, relying on supplies from the open season. Hanford's Balaam is stocked for sprains and bruises while one man, James Aniotoh, aided a woman with a two year lame back from his own reserves. Another carried a quantity book across mountains above the Arctic Circle to Cold Foot, where the Halmentte mine holds weight in gold for the miners.
A list of unclaimed items and names persists at the MR Vernon post office. Entries include Bruce, Sherman Carr, Mine Lala Co, Edwards, Miss Eva Bastlee, John, Green, Mra Olive K Harking, Miss Tye Holsberger, Hon. John A Leetchworth, Rev. G B Binn, Praia Michel, Mixy Lillian Nollan, Nordstrom, Alex Parker, Will By Postal Tol, Cale Co, Rice, Misa Thorin, Myrtle Wover, SHERIDAN Dowde, P M.
We, the wife, children and grandchildren express thanks to neighbors and friends who assisted during our sad bereavement. Also thanks to the choir for their velver singing. The Family
Captain Dennard Merritt and Samuel Holden were aboard the Little May when it sank ten miles off Cobb's Island. Merritt was rescued after drifting in the ocean for more than 48 hours, found near death on the hull while Holden remained aboard as the vessel broke apart.
Panama report cites aotal survey locating Tortola and Tortolita as part of the Panama Canal Zone within the three mile coastal unit. The islands are described as rich in pearl fisheries and their status deemed important for canal zone governance and resources.
A garbled dialogue unfolds about breakfast in a young household. Mr Just married and Mrs Juate Married argue over the cook and breakfast options. The exchange hints at tension and domestic humor within a chaotic morning.
New York March 10 government surgeons Dr John Anderson and Dr Arthur Smith chose Mount SinnI hospital to carry out tests on Dr Friedmanns tuberculosis culture. Friedmann supplied samples for Washington tests as the public health service begins urgent studies. Observers praised the injections and results while noting the foreign scientist's work. Father and son August Schultz and Fred Schultz drowned at Pequahuck pond Terryville. A relief party rescued Fred Schwab after a near capsize. Also news that Cotton Exporters Fair in Savannah Ga failed with mobilization estimates between 150000 and 200000, creditors Savannah bankers.
For sale Hyge and hatching, baby chicks, eggs, and breeding stock. Catalogue offers 16 breeds of poultry. Contact Knox Poultry Farm Gambier via Citizens' phone 67 or 25. Also for rent land with home and barn one mile north of Mt Vernon. J A Kelly Stauffer Building Citizens phone 87.
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