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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1911
Page
7
Senate bill introducing Wisconsin style coupon ballots was reported for passage and set for a special order Tuesday. Backers praise fraud proof secrecy and faster counting with claims of higher hourly voter throughput and broad cross party support including the governor.
Mansfield council No 4 Royal and Select Masters invites Mason members to the sixth annual reunion at the MMfa sonie temple Memorial Day. The super excellent master's degree will be conferred by the original team. A banquet at 6:80 and degree work at 8 follow. Mt Vernon Masons plan to travel by auto. A hospital transfer involved Mrs Marsha Wetts of Utica after a traffic incident.
A Friday night street clash in Mansfeld drew 200 spectators as two women fought near the court, ripping hair and exchanging blows while bystanders intervened. One girl grabbed the other’s hair and fled, with the crowd following toward Diamond Street. No injuries beyond hair loss reported. a brother later knocked down a spectator making a remark. Separately, a three year old was cut by a mower knife while handling a lawn mower.
The John Robinson Circus merges the wild west and circus in a single program on Priv day May 26. The combined show features Indians cowboys and western life with 100 plus performers across tents and all seats included in one ticket.
Carey May 13 The solemn Roman Catholic pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Congolation Church began today with hundreds of pilgrims expected from Cleveland Toledo Columbia and other towns in the diocese over the coming week.
Quebec May 12 Sir Wilfrid Laurier accompanied by Sir Frederick Horden and other members of the parliamentary delegation sailed on the Virginian for England to attend the Imperial Conference opening May 22 and the coronation in June.
In Columbus on May 2 the Ohio House refused to concur with Senate amendments to the Winter public utilities bill. The 84 17 vote sent the measure to a conference committee. Debate highlighted claims of corporate influence and threats to voters as both sides pressed for or against the senate changes. The chamber also passed a bill barring temporary college town residents from voting in their home counties, sending it to the governor.
Warren Kirk a barber at Thayer barber shop on Worth Main Street sustained a painful injury while fishing north of the oli Jon Friday afterswon. He was weaning of Mt hom AL tie row of the stroman when he sent Wie footing a pit foll, resulting in a broken and sprained foot. He could not resume work on Saturday morning.
New York May 18 a message found in the Arctic ice pack eight years after being sent by the Bald win Zingler polar expedition. It was recovered by the Swedish Spitsbergen expedition and forwarded to Upsala University then to the American Consul General in Stockholm for transmission to the State Department in Washington. The sealed message, found on Iceland Spitzenbergen and Norway coasts, confirms southward drift of pack ice and hints at a 1915 Arctic Ocean expedition from the Berlug Straits.
Yale, Harvard and Princeton clubs organize a May 13 banquet at the Fairmont to honor Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey on his first visit to the city. About 2,000 invitations have been issued as anticipation grows over his possible Democratic presidential nomination.
A fragmented notice from Knox County in midwinter outlines a divorce action involving a plaintiff seeking relief from a spouse. It lists Midgighury Township and refers to property and injunctions as the case proceeds toward judgment and decree.
In Columbus on May 12 the Hudson probe committee of the Senate adjourned after a secret session and did not reveal plans. Members refused discussion while awaiting the grand jury report, with expectations that further inquiry will stretch into the final recess of the assembly.
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