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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1917
Page
8
Fresh eggs and butter prices from local markets show No 1 country butter at 34 cents per pound and No 2 butter at 24 cents per pound while fresh egg prices appear mixed with varying quotes. The data reflects active commodity trading and regional pricing signals for dairy and poultry products.
Short locals recount weekend visits and business in Gambier and surrounding towns. Residents from Xenia Akron Columbus and Mount Vernon are listed with durations of stays and local activity. Notices include civic leagues planning fall events and a rural mail carrier exam in Mount Vernon.
W. J. Saunders heads a Naval Consulting Board on submarine threats. After conferences, the group claims the American navy pursues a plan or invention to meet the U boat menace. Saunders, a Georgia native and former president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, is an inventor and author linked to many technical societies. He is sixty one and formerly mayor of North Plainfield, New Jersey.
An unclear excerpt shows a mentor urging steady effort and calm routine, dismissing distractions and urging daily progress. The speaker emphasizes beginning each day with high spirit and focus, setting aside past absurdities and blandness. The tone is admonitory and practical.
A basic recipe describes shaving four ounces of hard white soap and dissolving it in two quarts of bolus water, cooling, adding one half ounce of salt petre, stirring until dissolved, straining, then adding one half pint of ammonia before bottling. It claims to remove grease and odors from fabrics and clean floors, windows, metals, and more.
A stitched tale unfolds with a boy and his Indian Chief Eagle Face doll and a yard scene interrupted by a neighbor’s dog causing damage. It shifts to a party game where children imitate circus animals in a circle led by a ringmaster and feature forfeits for errors.
A historical home recipe compilation outlines making whole wheat bread with soda and cream of tartar, rice and pea soup, rhubarb with raisins, French rabbit with bread and cheese, and eggs baked in rice. Steps include mixing dry ingredients, steaming, baking, and finishing with butter, pepper, and sugar.
Practical garden tips advise watering once a week when needed and avoiding over sprinkling. It warns against letting weeds start and keeping surface soil from becoming compact or mulched. It cautions against heavy cultivation on sod and overworking small plots, urging moderate, moisture friendly sowing and noting peas and corn as exceptions to seed depth rules.
Kenyon Cox argues that Leonardo da Vinci is misunderstood only in modern times. He cites notebooks on light, shading, and modeling showing how Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile stems from cheek and eye-area sculpting rather than changing line. The Florentine ideal valued form. lights and shadows served modeling, not distraction.
The article discusses a flag carried by Lexington farmers and a local cavalry troop banner from Besex, Suffolk and Middlesex counties in 1659. It notes the color bearer’s inheritance in the Page family and mentions the standard being carried in King Philip’s War in 1670.
The eminent traveler James Bruce angrily defended his veracity at a dinner by producing a raw beef piece peppered in Abyssinian style. He asserted the guest would eat it, forcing a test of truth and ending with a wry remark about denying his claim again.
De Wet emerges as a master of resistance and cunning escape tactics in the Boer war. A scout finds a gap in British lines, enabling a covert night withdrawal as wagons and horses are subtly shielded. The rest of the force slips away, begins new fugitive maneuvers, while campfires stay lit to mislead the enemy.
Delaine washed prices range ib 62 6He and 62 6He for ib. S3 56e. unwashed Delaine ib 56 S8e. fines unmerchantable Delaine ib 68 45e. unwashed hoo ib 660. blood combing three sights ib 616. half blood combing sic batt three eights and quarter combing ib 50 620. common and braid ib 508.
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