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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1910
Page
4
Public notice sets date and times for Democratic conventions including State, Judicial, and Senatorial gatherings. It lists township and ward delegations to Dayton, Conhohgan, Millersburg, and other locales, naming counties and ward divisions and appointing committee officers.
The fragment discusses Aldrich and a Senate strategy to prepare for another term by shaping party leadership and legislative moves. It references reform aims, voter rights, and upcoming political battlegrounds with emphasis on party figures and potential retirements.
Primary for the nomination of county ticket and selection of committee men and delegates will be held Wednesday May 17 at the usual voting places. Observers note this draws local party leaders and residents to polling sites across the county for decisive balloting.
A broad coalition of party leaders supports Win. G. Sharp for Congress under the new primary law. The article lauds Sharp’s year in Congress, citing his work on taxation and income issues, and argues his record merits district approval regardless of political affiliation.
An auto accident on Loudonville Road left Dae Aho and Ove Miles north of Jello Way Saturday afternoon. Albert Hirman and Win Weng arrived to aid. A vehicle overturned, injuring multiple people including Mrs. Maite. Dr Ay Reed attended, with injuries described as fractures and bruises.
The passage traces early iron use from ancient times through Roman influence. It notes early forges, bellows, and tempering methods, with references to bellows in forging and the spread of iron manufacture across the known world, mentioning thinkers and dates around 1400 BC to 350 BC.
Alton V Hoover, a Crawford County resident, faced a second trial in the Oya god Terminer Court for the 1908 murder of his young wife Cora May Hoover in Atlantic near Meadville. He was convicted previously and sentenced to death. details describe the domestic turmoil and Hoover surrendering to police after the shooting.
A tract examines the Tabernacle and Israelite sacrifices as types, stressing Christian spiritual wealth and renewal. The study aims at advanced Bible students and faithful readers, highlighting higher life themes from the shadows and sacrifices.
Well financed group in New York launches National League for Medical Freedom to counter the American Medical Association. It seeks a national health bureau and vows education campaigns to unite diverse medical schools against AMA policy. Ex-Governor Bates hired as counsel. aims for 200,000 to 400,000 members.
In Racine Wisconsin May 1 a riot erupted after a disputed umpire call in a local park. Cordon Lewis son of Captain Willam Mitchy was crushed by a cinder and left with a fractured skull while trying to help recover a ball, and was taken to hospital in serious condition.
Chicago live stock and grain section lists cattle, sheep, lambs, and hog prices by region including Western, Ohio, and Cleveland markets. Prices shown for cows, steers, heifers, calves, and various lambs, with ranges around 4 to 9 dollars in several categories.
J W Van Cleave rose to prominence for his stance against a union boycott. The article recounts his role in the labor dispute, highlighting his public actions and subsequent recognition within the community.
James Wallace Van Cleave of St. Louis died at his home after three weeks of heart trouble. A former president of the National Association of Manufacturers in 1906 he helped fight labor pressure with the Buck Stove and Range company catching public attention in a clash with Samuel Gompers and others over union activity. The case led to contempt sentences for Gompers Mitchell and Morrison, with later appeals pending before the U S Supreme Court.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a grab-bag of sensational items including a cornerstone theft at a theoretical seminary, prison sentences for ten Pittsburgh bankers and ex-councilmen tied to graft exposures, a mob lynching of Dowk Melain from Ashdon Arkansas, and a dramatic wedding scene with a bride objecting to postponed nuptials. The mixed items reflect a period tabloid style with crime, scandal, and romance.
A fragmented reminiscence on childhood curls and memories. The speaker laments the loss of hair and the passage of time, recalling how curls once framed their youth and comparing it to a polished table top as value diminishes with age. The piece blends longing with self reflection about identity and change.
President Pelroe of Kenyon College spoke Thursday noon on college education and the value of a degree. He announced the third Interscholastic meet on the 28th at Gambler and invited Mt Vernon to participate. The article notes debt clearance for the High School Forum and outlines senior class events and pins. Mt Vernon High defeated by Fredericktown 10 to 5 in baseball. Case School of Applied Science places Mt Vernon high on its credited list.
An excerpt notes class activities in the Nat Village Yeat Orday afternoon. Senior class penninte distribution among members ended in red and white colors with neat dewien. Franke Craner, a former pupil, visited the high school during the Friday session.
Members of the Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers association gathered in Galveston for the twenty fourth annual convention. The session opens with W B Cason of Pilot Point as president and Col by EB Smith of Dallas as secretary as the four day event begins.
The American Association for the Study of the Feeble Minded opens a three day meeting at the Lincoln State School and Colony in Lincoln Mn. May 16 brings attendees from many asylum and related institutions across the United States Canada and Mexico. A Knox County Pomona Grange branch meeting at Clinton Grange hall is slated for Saturday May 21. Timon Lodge No 15 K of P plans Knight of Pythias ranks at their Thursday session with important business and a large turnout is expected.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and flowers after the death of husband and father James S Ramsey and family. Executor Walter Ramsey notes appointment as executor of Joseph Jones estate in Knox County Ohio by the Probate Court on May 14 1910.
The Shetland stallion Oman 10th, foaled April 26, 1906, at 42 inches, shows a strong Bonapart sire line and stout Atullion lineage. Bred in Scotland and imported in September 1909 by Geo MH Simpson of Wheaton, he is described as a fine mover with high carriage, good bone, and substantial frame. He is slated to race the 1910 season and is regarded as one of the best bred ponies in the state.
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