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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1911
Page
8
A large crowd watched at Lake Hiawatha Park as PRACTICE defeated the visitors by 15 to 1 on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The game drew over a thousand spectators.
The Mt Vernon Grays defeated Lexington at Riverside park Saturday afternoon after a fast start, seizing a 3 run lead by the second inning but held to a 4 4 tie in the later stages. Bealth delivered the deciding run scoring on a single through second base to seal the win as the Grays showcased improved play this season.
The Bunworle team manager Chrenie Jones of Newark faced charges for oak tax on one of two games with an amateur team in Mt Vernon on Declaration Day. Expenses for 12 OK wed and harentur of roturn Rome.
About 36 members of Joe Hooker Post No. 21 G A R traveled to Newark on Sunday at an invitation from Lemert Post. They were met by automobiles, hosted at dinner, and attended a patriotic program followed by a social hour. All present reported an excellent time.
May 22 New York reports the dedication program for the 8 million library at Fifth Avenue and Forty Second Street is set. The program includes afternoon exercises with speakers President Taft Governor Dix Mayor Gaynor Dr John J Billings and John Bigelow among others.
Care for your stock note advises using Matford's Ralvan for external ailments in horses and cattle. A whimsical line about Charley Taft as water carrier of his archool baseball team signals the era’s celebratory tone toward the president's family.
Local notices from Danville and Mt Vernon recount visits, relatives, and homely events. Names such as Howard Fortune, Walter Didgeon, Mra HS Lytargor, and Mra Mary Farren appear among exchanges of visits, with ball games at Riverside park and upcoming events at Lorey’s drug store. A Mt Vernon Grays win over Gambler, and civic notices about sales and theatre tickets frame a busy weekend of social ties and community business.
Belivide spent Sunday with Thile and Carré Davis. Rast Cheat steept Airs and Chariot Channell with children of Homer returned home Sunday evening after several days visit with Mr Channell's brother Weley Jontin of Howard. Mr and Mrs Vance Ritchle, Mia Carl Miller, Art Frank Miller, and Mrs Bert Celio of Mt Vernon spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs J Crit and family of Brink Haven Ohio. Mrs Henjamin Ferguson Wartiket from the MC Vernon Medical and Surgical Sanitarium returned home Sunday afternoon in McCormick's ambulances. Mrs Per Allen recently underwent an operation for appendicitis.
Mary A. Lewis Min born Mary E. Lewie widow of Joby N. Lewis died at home aged 82 in Mt. Vernon after a long illness. She was born in Trenton New Jersey, moved to Mt. Vernon, then to the Bouke where she lived 57 years. She was a longtime member of St Pauls Episcopal Church. Interment in the family mausoleum at Gambier follows a short service at the funeral home.
Hammond Verbert Hammond was arraigned before Mayor C A Michell for a charge of illegally selling nanos or bootlegging. He pleaded guilty and received a $300 fine plus costs and faced the workhouse sentence if unable to pay.
Harper's Weekly recounts the Black Rod ceremony in the English Parliament showing how a cloaked official with three black rods delivers a message to the Speaker, the mace is placed on the table, and the Royal message is read as the Houses resume business. The piece notes this medieval ritual preserves safeguards for legislative rights and peaceable royal reform.
A parade on Wall Street featured a sandwich man bearing a garbled slogan about a local eatery. Brokers and bankers debated the misspelling, joking about dictionary use and the correct spelling of palatable phrases as observers mocked the misprint.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a narrator urging fixes as a scene unfolds around a misprinted wien story. The text mentions Bruhem's and Surprise your Pullet in a New Press style, with garbled phrasing and stray numerals.
A fragmentary note praises a Parisian shopkeeper who refused to raise prices during the 1870 siege, offering soup and coffee freely to patrons. The piece frames him as a true patriot who endured hardship to aid others and contrasts his actions with the high cost of living.
A jokey exchange features a young man insouciant about peering into Mr Walsingham's private papers while a dignified elder sits at the desk. The scene includes courtroom or office ambiance, with a humorous tone about curiosity and authority.
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