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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1920
Page
4
A local notice praises Frank A. Ralston known as Hob as an efficient assistant to the County Treasurer Hunt. It highlights his cheerful manner, thorough knowledge of the tax office books, and his qualification for higher office as he runs as a candidate.
Belmont a Belmont resident and leading Knox County lawyer seeks the common pleas judge seat. The Democrat pledges independence fearlessness and impartiality with strict honesty and industry as his guide. His prior clerk of courts work is cited as proof of duty without fear or favor. Vote for Belmont on the judicial ticket November 2 with an X before his name.
The piece lauds Congressman William A. Ashbrook for faithful service to Knox County and the Seventeenth district, highlighting his prompt mail responses, deep government knowledge, and personal attention to constituents. It notes broad support for his re-election and references Ralph V. Cole delivering a speech for Harry L. Davies, while endorsing the League of Nations as a path to peace.
During a Bellefontaine speech, a black-clad gold star mother interrupted Republican senator candidate Frank B. Willis to argue that wartime spending may save a life. She asked what difference a million or fifty million dollars made if it ends the war sooner. Tears followed as she spoke of her son buried overseas, and Willis left without answering.
In a Democratic candidacy note Walter Burris vows continued efficiency at the clerk of courts office. He praises current operations, accurate records, and courteous service to the bar and public, arguing that a strong term warrants another.
Sheriff Walter Mosholder halted a midnight jail break at Knox County Jail. Four inmates Russell Harrison, Russell Boner, Guy Heeman, and Carl Harrington had removed bricks near a ventilator, creating a corridor escape route. Discovery by Mrs Mosholder triggered a rapid response. the plan would have freed them within an hour.
Four men battered a vent area, knocked out plastering, and used a broomstick to punch mortar between bricks. Sheriff Mosholder said repairs were completed and the quartet are now housed in separate county jail cells pending case disposition.
The Knox County Democratic Executive Committee announces a series of county rallies for the coming week. Saturday night will feature Congressman J. G. Lanham speaking from the Curtis House balcony on the League of Nations. Rallies will be held in Danville Howard and Millwood with well known speakers attending each venue. A Marion man is expected to attend Tuesday evening, October 26.
A multi day series of Labor Night events at the county court house features Thomas Brooks Pletcher of Marion Ohio as a speaker. Other addresses include a Lyceum leader, a woman speaker, and local meetings in Gambier Fredericktown Liberty and Harrison townships. Grange Night with Thomas W McSparrow is set for Mt Vernon at the court house. A surprise rally is planned for Saturday October 40 with details to follow.
Equipment for the county school health inspection has arrived at the Knox County board of health office. Dr. H. W. Blair will lead the inspection this year with Mrs. Anna Beverly, a Red Cross nurse, assisting. Beverly conducted last year’s examination and achieved notable results for school children.
Indignation rose among Knights of Pythias and local citizens over Knox county Republican officials placing three large flags across South Main Street featuring a Willis portrait to honor a visiting speaker. The display, seen as partisan, led to protests and the removal of Willis images from the banners amid tensions between lodge members and the committee. A Chevrolet touring car classified ad also appears in the fragment.
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