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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
8
Fresh eggs priced at 800 units per dozen and Fancy No 1 country butter at 30 cents per pound. A second line shows fresh eggs and Fancy No 1 country butter at 34 cents.
Short locals recount residents' travels to Columbus Cincinnati and Marietta for business and family visits. Anecdotes mention Crawford, Crider, Sawyet, Bawvel, Mironton, Harbin, Milly, Mills, and other locals with multiple trips and social calls. An automobile crash near Main and Vine and hospital updates round out the community bulletin.
A community organization in Ohio launches a day campaign backing restrictions on alcohol. The group aims to influence voters in the upcoming period, presenting a plan to support prohibition through local advocacy and events.
A damaged page fragment mentions a funeral service for Mia in Berlin Vernon, a hospital reference, and a 1 o'clock service at Miller chapel. It includes a clashing pair of jokes and a note on the modern plow credited to Dutch origins with English and American improvements.
The Banner reports today’s mixed market at Buffalo and Pittsburgh Livestock with hogs and cattle steady to higher, calves and sheep receipts around 1,000, top lambs at 14.50, and Chicago grain showing May wheat at 2.15, corn 1.38 1/2, oats 0.65. Toledo jams cash grains. futures list May pork at 3.805, July 28.8.
Six Fredericktown young men signed up for different army branches as recruiting officers report rising volunteer numbers from Keas County to Wisadily. The recruits Howard Midler Delton Jong Donald Marple Willis Folk Roy Maria and Charles Price head to Columbus Saturday for physicals. Roy Pardy seeks a clerical post but awaits clearance as officials review his eligibility.
Mrs Emily H Hall wife of Thine Hall died at home Thursday morning after a long illness. She was 80 years old and resided with relatives. Survived by five brothers Albert Millar of Seattle, Thomas Hiller of Missouri, Idane of Zanesville, Smith Killar, and Henry Milltar who lives in California.
A student named Joseph provoked a teachers’ intervention after misbehavior in a central city school. An instructor ordered him to the hall then to his room, insisting he report back, as Joseph attempted to explain and later complied by returning to class.
An excerpt from the Columbus State Journal reflects on confidential communications and the difficulty of extracting truth. A writer notes that truth is often elusive when pride and loyalty color expression, urging gentleness and integrity in discussions about knowledge and credibility.
A fragmented discussion on marriage as labor features a parable about a girl leaving work to marry, while reflecting on the burdens of domestic life. Quoted lines critique the idea of quitting employment for matrimony and the difficulty of enforcing household authority.
Fragmentary verses evoke loving away pain and longing through dreamlike images of sun, flowers, and velvet comfort. The lines shift between affection and ache, hinting at a poem about healing through intimate touch and memory, with recurring motifs of light and gentle touch.
A young student Joseph faces repeated reprimands from teachers and the principal, culminating in him declaring he was humiliated by the teachers. A friend consoles him as the episode underscores classroom discipline and social pressure in a late 19th century school setting.
A Birmingham Age-Herald fragment recalls a street scene where a messenger boy is sent to 1415 empty imp strees to imitate Mercury. The exchange highlights humor about misreading a request and a jab at false expertise. A Bill Nye vignette riffs on being urged to marry a tall blond with dramatic temperament, while he quips about charts and disguises.
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