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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
8
The letter requests entrants to name a new loaf of bread for a chance to win 5.00 in gold. Submissions must arrive by Wednesday May 13 at 8:00 pm. The note thanks patrons for a busy sale, cites snowed under city orders and delivery delays.
Short locals chronicle frequent travel and visits. Names include Arthur Mitchell, M. Wolverton, Bebe M. Crouch, Harney Kern, Edgar J. Craft, S. H. Hardin, N. Hardin, I. D. Hunt, Mary Rimer, Mary Cheyney, Samuel St Gotshall, W. House, S. B. Sand, Dewley, Wickham, Clifford Brown. Also mentions Lewh Baird at White Palace tonight and Owens on Main Street. A white sparrow visits Lamertine street drawing bird-lovers. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co directors inspect Mt Vernon plant with planned improvements.
The Young Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Gay Street M E Church met with Constance Merrin. The group discussed uniting with the society to ship a box to a missionary in Korea and read letters from Mie Heim. Refreshments followed, served by the committee.
A collage of weights cites water density figures and footwear masses from era notices. It lists measures such as two thirds depth center of pressure, various cubic foot and gallon conversions, and shoe weights for men and women. The excerpt mixes unrelated items, including a humorous exchange about a nursing baby and a physician patient exchange.
TheLorain drummer Doll Dorsey leaves Broadway engagement tomorrow for Mt. Vernon vacation then plans to join a top tango orchestra for summer engagements. He built his rep in vaudeville and variety shows and aims to advance with a leading musical outfit next season.
The piece argues that black smoke indicates incomplete coal combustion and lost heat, likening it to robbing the coal pile. It warns owners that ignoring proper furnace efficiency wastes fuel and raises costs, equating wasteful practice to theft from one's own coal supply.
The pipefish males harbor offspring in a pouch along the ventral side nearly half of their length. Males retain the fry when removed from water and can shield them with extendable fins. These fish resemble the wood eel in size and long jaw, but differ by the male pouch and protective features.
The wife urges her husband to confront a rival she despises, arguing the man berated him. He dismisses the idea, claiming the boxer weighs fifty pounds more and is said to be among the town’s best, making a direct clash unlikely.
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