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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
8
Fresh eggs fetch 87 cents per dozen while Fancy No 1 country butter lists at 3 40 and No 2 country butter at 2 40. Prices reflect prevailing market rates for local shoppers with Eggs and Butter quoted for direct sale.
A collage of visits and engagements from Mt Vernon Columbus and nearby communities. Numerous residents including George Congdon Danville visitors and Dr K Conard Sparta on business. Memorial Day plans and automobile license forms announced along with hospital notes and community events.
A Bland Texas mother hears the tale of Bob Davis, the unknown Texan who carried the Stars and Stripes at Vimy Ridge. He was wounded, destined to return home soon, and his letters to his blind mother reveal a devoted son and brave soldier. The Texas legislature plans to honor him with a fund and a homecoming celebration.
New French regulations ban using rice for face powder, triggering a run on cosmetics as imports are restricted and supplies tighten. Paris shops sell out. prices rise while millions of French women adjust routines, with estimates of 20 million women and 10 percent using powder daily, causing substantial rice waste in powder production.
Newark Elks plan a 6 o'clock dinner with reservations required by Sunday night at the Elkeluroome. A special musical program and five minute member addresses precede a 8 o'clock event. Second decree initiation on January 4 includes all joining members. visitors from several cities will attend.
Washington reports that all married men will be exempted on the first draft. The policy will not include wholesale industrial exemptions by specific classes or occupations.
Earn 6 percent on first mortgage securities. Invest with Buckeye State Financing and Loan Co. Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus. Assets listed as 19,700,000. Secure loans on homes and farms to keep savings safe.
The Mt. Vernon post office lists unclaimed mail with various names including Dan Heoteh Mr. and Mrs. HE Cox William Dever Ab Ponder Walter S. Florey Anna Graben Mra AL Te Monn Holter George Wy dolens Miss Myrtle Schrantz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott Thomas Sitten Mrs Harold Wheeler Mrs Wy Le and others. Advertised May 28 1917. Postmaster Frank Harper notes to address mail properly to avoid delays.
Mrs Mary V Fletcher and daughter Mrs G O Paige attended a quarterly meeting in North Liberty. Miss Helen Scott visited Miss Ruth Fletcher. Mr and Mrs Floyd W Paige sat with Dowde and Jolly. C M Fletchers hand heals slowly after a recent illness. Meteara lost a valuable house recently. Thompson Dowds visited his aunt. Miss Joanna Metegar called in Mt Vernon. G Paige and Grace attended church in Pike. Mr and Mrs J C Oldaker spent Sunday with Ringhart in Monroe Center. G Paige and son Floyd traveled to Fredericktown on business. L B Popham of Fredericktown visited Mary V Fletcher. Thomas R Weir visited Mt Vernon. Blanche and Iva Dowds visited John Dowde. Mr and Mrs Robert Shira and Mr and Mrs Roy Shira of Fredericktown were guests of J Oldaker. Mrs Larry Bartlett and son Larry Jr visited her father Frank Jones. Garfield’s governor inaugurated with his mother among the bearers.
Society notes report Mrs Val Lafever hosted a Sunday birthday dinner with guests including Mrs B F Milligan of Newcomerstown and Mr and Mrs Adrian Pate and family from Newark. Also present were Mr and Mrs Lev Scott and children Anna Paul Lawrence and Mr and Mrs Joseph Carter and son Franklin from Mt Vernon.
Marysville uses a different lineup promised by Manager Barre after a Sunday loss to Marysville locals. The Independents of Columbus plan to bring Ray Daving, a pitcher with a stellar three game stretch allowing nine hits and no walks, promising better showings Wednesday and Sunday.
Fragmentary note describes unusual trees in Australia that respire via a single stem per leaf. The text is garbled but hints at a unique botanical feature and a misread naming of the tree. Further readable details are unavailable in the excerpt.
A Kouleville Courier Journal excerpt presents a father and child discussing labor, citing Sisyphus rolling a stone as a metaphor. The exchange contrasts mythic toil with everyday chores like washing dishes, implying little has shifted in the nature of effort.
The state building commission approved plans for a new hospital at the Mt. Vernon state sanatorium. Bids were invited on the project, which is expected to cost about $50,000 upon completion.
Mattoon and Charleston faced a devastating twister that swept through central Illinois and northwestern Indiana, killing more than 100 people. Rescue and relief teams, hospitals, and city officials organized rapid response, sheltering the homeless and aiding the injured as the tragedy unfolded.
The article traces the code of honor and dueling from medieval France to England and America, noting duels peaked in France, spread to England, and declined after the Burr–Hamilton era, becoming rare in the United States today. It also mentions U.S. factory output valued at $60,000,000.
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