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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1917
Page
8
Market prices show Fancy No 1 Country Butter at 30 cents and No 2 Country Butter at 24 cents with fresh eggs listed under selling prices though several words are garbled. This clipping reflects wartime style price notices and local commodity accounting.
Short locals list residents visiting relatives and traveling to Columbus Cleveland and Akron for business or leisure. Citizens and places named include Hadley Bell Mu Koe Conroy Crane Wildreth Moore Shatter Cornell Dermody Regge and more. Local stores promote bargains wallpapers shades and automobile license blanks while Mt Vernon Country Club opening and various visits fill the page.
Creston residents return home after visits with relatives in Went Vine Street Brandon and Akron while others travel to Columbus Delaware and Gambier. May events include horseshoeing clinics from May to October and a Pike and Phenexer foreign missions meeting at Wooster Road with Japan as the focal topic. Additional items cover a Kenyon graduate Campbell Meeker and Mt Vernon high school instructor J B Hendrix entering Fort Benjamin Harrison training in May.
The two days old infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Popejoy died at the home of her grandparents in Clinton township Columbus road on Monday morning at 11. The child survived by her parents. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 16 o'clock in the morning.
Frank Wilson of Centerburg was held up in Columbus on Saturday by two men as he left the circus grounds. He was relieved of $14 and his watch, police reported. Local police noted the incident occurred near the circus area with no injuries reported.
A report ties Miss None Hoalelurst McAdoo to Ferdinand de Mohrenschildt, second secretary at the Russian embassy, noting her wartime nursing in France and uncertain impact of the Russian Revolution on Washington society. The piece also blends kitchen tips and household advice amid the narrative.
Sunday guests from Ankenytown included Lucile, Leora and Gladys Garber, Hagel Swank and Pearl Toms, and Clay Bechtel with Mr and Mrs Harry Bechtel. They joined Mra Wilson Keller and children, Omar Heal family, and Mrs Emma Gibson at Mr Elizabeth Heal’s home as visits continued. Nearby visits featured Mr and Mrs J T Amos of Fredericktown with C D Martin, Mine Anna Lively of Elgin arriving Thursday to see her parents, and Asa Beal of North Liberty with his brother Char Beal and wife. Toy Shoemaker of Lake and Lt M Brubaker with SW Workman and wife were also Sunday visitors.
Unclaimed letters listed after advertised date April 30 1917 include Arrington Roy Crider Frank Conwell Colliery Co The Electrical Supply Construction Co Lon Bobo Graham Mrs Dan Gwinn Brack Johnson Jonsey McCoy Walter Morton Frank Myers Walter Pavey Louis Roller John Schooley J H Strawn Ida Willis Wim Frank Harper postmaster note quotes a quip about handkerchiefs.
Sealed proposals in Columbus Ohio will be received by the State Highway Commissioner until 2 pm May 17 1917 for improvements in Knox County Section K of the Mt Vernon Coshocton road. Plans include bridges culverts grading roadway and 14 foot pavements with waterbound macadam 26 foot road width 7812.2 feet length and an estimated cost of 20678.60 with completion by October 15 1917.
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