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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18
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Bob-SIed Ride
To Fredericktown

Bob-SIed Ride
To Fredericktown
A bob-sled load OF young people from
Mt. Vernon went to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Dean, who reside west of
Fredericktown, Friday evening. The
party consisted Of seven couple and
everyone had fine time. Supper was
served at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dean and all would have gone smooth.
ly, had not an unfortunate accident
occurred on the return trip. One run
ner of the sled was run upon the side
of steep bank to the side of the road,
capsizing the conveyance and all of its
contents. Luckily, nobody was hurt
and in short time, the party was
again on it's way.
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Mansfield shield)

Isaac Craven, familiarly known as
Daddy" who is employed at the
Hunt news depot, declares he has
the much sought for remedy for
high price of living. Daddy" says
he lives well on 19 cents day. His
room costs him 81 week which
makes a total cost OF $1,S4 cents a
week for living expenses.
When Daddy" is seized with an
extravagant mood he indulges In q
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Gambler People
Have Bob-Sled Ride

The Kings Daughters of Gambler
gave bob-sled ride Friday evening to
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mans
field, who reside near Amity. There
were fourteen In the party and every
one had a splendid time. Supper was
served at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mansfield, after which the guests took
their departure for home.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18

Capt. Lanning Parsons, who was
found unconscious in the stables at
Ft. D. A. Russell, Wyo., on Christ
mas day, has been taken to the army
hospital at Washington, d. c., for
treatment.--Danville Leader.
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Il 's II Il !. y 'f' !. i. 'ts y. !. y 'f'
y BIRTHS i.
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A son was born Saturday morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. John McDonough
of West Pleasant street.
A daughter was born Saturday
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. j. II, Me
bel, who reside near Lock.
Mrs William Carey and daughter,
Josephine, of Cleveland are spend
ing several days in Mt. Vernon, the
guests of friends and relatives.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18

Hon Lewis B. Houck was IN Mans
field on business Friday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18

k1T CAN recommend Peruna as a good
l. medicine for chronic catarrh of the
stomach and bowels. 1 have been
troubled with 1t severely for over a year,
and also a cough.
"Now my cough is all gone, and all the
distressing symptoms of catarrh Of the
stomach and bowels have disappeared.
81 will recommend it to sll 90 =, rare
remedy Mrs. r. f. Little, Tolono, Ill.
IlT HAD catarrh of the stomach, bow
i els and lower internal organs. Had
o great deal of pain in my right hip,
which felt like rheumatism. Also, pain
in my internal organs. The water was
highly colorod, my back was weak, was
constipatcd, and very restless.
81 commenced to take Peruna accord
Ing to directions, and began to improve.
havc taken ten bottles of Peruna and
think 1 am cured. MIR. W. O. Hemp
hill, Louisville, Mist.
cir Un,1,, n,,11 ocrrict f0r, n Tl1,,
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Guy Alyea, boiler makers helper
at the c., A. 6 c. shops sustained a
badly injured hand Friday morning
while at his work. He was busy with
an air hammer and accidentally
touched the trigger, releasing the
plunger, which struck him on the
first finger on the right hand. The
member was dislocated and very bad
ly bruised. DR.. N. r. Eastman ron
dered surgical attention,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18

East Liverpool o., Jan 14.-An
explosion of gas at the home of Mrs.
Bertha Holdshoe, early this morning,
partially wrecked the home and
probably fatally injured Mrs. Hold
shoe, aged 5S, and her daughter
Anna, aged 2S.
The explosion was caused by the
parting of a rubber hose attached
to the stove.
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Crandmothers and Grandathers VINO believe IN Pe-rna


MFRS. H. G. GREEN and family, of
lVl Lewis Creek, Ind, write: "We
cannot express to you our thanks for
what Peruna has done for mother.
"When she began your medicine she
was not able to be up all day, but now
she is helping with the work and as
present has gone ON visit. Her health
is improved in general No discharges.
Good appetite. Sleeps well and looks
we'll"
1fPY following your instructions and
- taking your Peruna and Manalir
1 am cured of cntarrh.
"I had catarrh for twelve years and
quite bad cough so could not sleep
nights. I do not have any cough now.
If feel anything in the throat take q
swallow of Peruna and / am all right.n
Mr.. w. d. Smith, Sr., 2i4O Forest ST,
Port Huron, Mich.
g Peruna Almanac for 1910.
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Vaughn Fuller, a boiler maker at
the c.. A. & c. shops was very badly
injured Friday morning at about
nine O'Clock. while at work on an
air hammer. The plunger was let
go, striking Mr.. Fuller on the chin
inflicting a bad cash which required
stitches. He went to the Office of
DR.. N. r. Eastman who rendered
surgical attention.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18

Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1870
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18
LOCAL and GENERAL NEWS

Attorney Hubbard e. Bell ,ex-post-
master and prosecuting attorney of
Mansfield, who was serving two
years sentence for embezzlement in
the Ohio penitentiary, was paroled
yesterday by the board of prison
managers. Bell was employed as
druggist in the prison hospital.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-18

Terre Haute, Ind, Jan. 14.-Accord-
ing to a report which has reached the
police department here, 40 persons
were killed and injured when train No.
IA on the Vandalia railroad was wreck
ed at Bflingham, ILL.,, today.
Reports also say that the entire
train is burning.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
CRIME AND DISEASE

Editor Herald: In todays Letter Box
Miss Annie Ord maintains that crimes
are a disease, and the perpetrators of
them should be sent to an asylum
rather than to the penitentiary. 1t is
quite a modern fad to term crimes and
criminals diseases and patients. But
God does not look upon them in this
light. He has built hell for criminals,
and he keeps them there for goDd. Put
religion and righteousness into men,
and in a great measure criminals will
be eliminated. Why is it that the in
fidel French government has rehabili-
tated the guillotine and begins to fog
the criminals? Possibly because they
are sick! oh, no; because they are
guilty of the severest punishments.
And what brought about such fearful
conditions? Irreligion and atheism,
which the French government has fos-
tered and enforced upon the country
for the last forty years. What are the
so-called Apaches in Paris? Let Miss
Annie go there and fall into their
hands. BY their fruits ye shall know
them. A people that fears God Is free
from crime. 1t is high time to stop
sentimentality. Punish criminals as
they deserve it, and foster religion and
the service Of God.
ANTI-FADDIST.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
Discusses City's Problem

OF the most modern civilization, as a
city, and all without taxation or with
q tax so low as not to be noticed by
the individual citizen.
If this condition were put into prac-
tiee, would it not attract the attention
OF the rich and poor alike from all
over the country to make their homes
here. and in a very short time in
crease our population even beyond the
dream of the most enthusiastic? And
as population increases the demand for
manufacturing increases, making larg-
er demands for power.
1t Is more than possible-it Is prac-
tical--for the city to build or pur-
chase distributing plants and retail this
power; and if a private corporation
can profit by such a venture, the profit
of the city would be much greater, 1t
having no stock dividends nor taxes
to pay.
AS to the sale or lease of this power,
or any part thereof, to other cities or
individuals or cities outside of this
city. I do not think any legal power
vests in the mayor or city council
to make such contracts; because by
so doing the city would be engaging
i'm a nriVate enterprise which it cannot.
lawfully, do. The only alternative for
them seems TO be the ultimate consol-
dation of city and county government.
This problem is of no mean impor-
tance, and deserves the consideration
of every citizen of this city before any
action Is taken, so that the best In
terests Of the city may be subserVed
before private ends.
Los Angeles Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15

Editor Herald: It is indeed crafty
ing to know that there is newspaper
in this city through the columns OF
which the public can express views on
topics of public interest. 1 therefore
desire to offer a few suggestions in an
endeavor to show why the electrle
power should not be disposed of to any
corporation whatsoever.
Why should any corporation buy this
mower If it were not to make a large
profit therefrom, probably Of from l0O
TO 200 per cent, by retailing 1T back
to the people who now own it? Would
it not be better and far more just tor
the city TO retail this power and reap
the profit therefrom, rather than some
private corporate interest?
At present there are two power cor
porations in this vicinity who snow
gross earning for the past year OF $o'-
O00, 900. These companies pay ABOUT
rer cent on their stock and bonded in
debtedness. Now, suppose this power
is retailed by the city for the purposes
of lighting, heating and cooking, at
fair and reasonable rate; l venture
the opinion that as soon as the dept
of the county is Cancelled the revenue
to be derived from these two sources
(water and electric power) would not
only nay all future indebtedness, but a
dividend of at least. a to 1 per cent
could be paid and maintained to the
taxpayers. which amount would be
sufficient If not more than sufficient to
nav their state tax Thereby this city
would set a unique example to the
whole world of living in a Paradise
acclimatieally, having all the luXulles
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
Insurgents
Crhe wnrl street JournaD

(rhe Wall 81
A few years hence and we shall find
ourselves wondering why the attitude
of the progressive section of the Re-
publican party excited such intense
bitterness. There is nothing immor-
al in insurgency such as that of
Dolliver or Fowler, although to judge
nv the New York Sun and other wor-
sinners of the vested interest, some
wrong has been inflicted when one Sec
ton of a party grows strong enough TO
enforce its views upon the rest
This is the normal working Of party
government and in no other self-goV-
erning country in the world would the
insurgent be abused like pickpocKet'
irrespective of whether the changes
he desired were wise or not. Insur-
gency obtains in any democratic con-
dition. and the name merely begs the
ouestion. We are a nation OF lnSur-
gents. and if we are to continue TO
hand on the traditions of the emoat-
fled farmers of Lexington, most SEN
sible people will believe that the eVi-
dence of national virility anorded
thereby is we'll worth the sacri1ce or
Mr.. Cannon's much-loved job, or even
of the services of number OF polltl-
clans who must pass into private life'
our whole national life is insur-
gent. There is an insurgent element
which keeps Wall street clean. some
insurgents terrified the regulars and
"stand-patters" of 1905 by an attack up
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15

rect JournaD
on financial methods of a kind not
easy to characterize politely. That
insurgency changed the government
of wall street. out of its conse-
quences there arose a party conserva-
tive but progressive, independent but
loyal. which has been able in the past
five years to shape the policy Of the
financial center to the great advantage
of the whole country.
We are all of us a great deal too
scared of names, most OF which mean
rather less than nothing. Anybody
who wants to take the hand of privi-
lege out of the public pocket is called
an "agitator," and told that he is un-
dermining the conditions of business
The sympathies of this newspaper are
essentially conservative, but there are
certain phases of "business" which 1t
would gladly gee undermined with a
stick of moral dynamite. We would
even undergo the terrible peril of be-
ing called an insurgent therefor.
What is wanted and needed is the
most direct expression of public opin-
ion, if the popular will is 10 prevail
as ii ought to prevail. IF insurgency
will test the old shibboleths and cast
new light upon new problems, We for
our part, are humbly grateful. The
moral gain even before the election is
beyond price, and the interruption of a
certain kind of business" seems to us
to be a trihe to pay for such an ad-
vantage.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
THE CITY'S ELECTRICAL
POWER

HT e trust our readers will give spe-
w cial attention to the discussion
of the questions involved i'm the
proper use of the electrical power of
the aqueduct which was begun at the
meeting held in the city council cham
ber Thursday night, and win no doubt
continue through several meetings.
To any citizen who has not already
carefully read the very full report of
the meeting published by The Herald
on yesterday morning we would say,
get this report and read it at once.
The facts and figures stated by Mr..
Scattergood in his very carefully pre-
pared and illuminating address are
wonderfully encouraging to the people
of Los Angeles. They show that in
the aqueduct power the city has a
property of enormous value not only
as an income producer to the city, but
as an income saver to every citizen;
for lower rates for light and power
which must follow the bringing in of
the aqueduct power will mean the saw
ing to our citizens of hundreds of
thousands of dollars per annum. There
is no doubt that, could the electrical
companies have had the right to take
the electrical power from the aqueduct
which 1t will develop they would will
ingly have assumed the total cost of
that great enterprise and left the
water a free gift to the city. This we
mention, by the way, as one evidence
of the great value of this power to
our citizens. The question now that
must be solved, and solved very short
ly, is how to use this power to the
wants to do an injustice to the power
companies. In fact, it may be said
that the people of the city would
rather sacrifice something than to see
these companies injured. At the same
time, the rights of the many are the
chief concern of government and
whatever solution of the matter is
finally adopted, that solution must be
based upon one principal considera-
tion, and that is the best interest of
all the people of the city of Los An
geles.
The aqueduct power will be their
property, paid for by their money, and
they must haye every Legitimate and
proper advantage out of it which it is
capable of yielding. No other solution
will be accepted by the people of the
city, and no other solution should be
suggested by any person in dealing
with this matter.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15

regarding the failure of the Salvation
Army to call at his place for cast-off
clothing in April and again last week.
I do not think that it was necessary
for this individual to be puzzled or to
sign himself in that way. I think il
would be much more honorable if he
would come out in the open and sign
his name 10 his criticism. I am de-
lighted to respond to his request for
some reader to suggest what he can
do in order to make his donation ac-
ceptable. We do not know what our
friend has to offer us in the way of
cast-off clothing, but all he will have
to do in order to get us to call for
the same is to call us up by telephone,
Main 20O9 or A4936. and give us his
name and address and he will be more
puzzled to find out how quick we get
there
Extending to him our thanks in an
ticipation of a good donation of cast
off materials that will be of some use
to the worthy poor of this city, I beg
to remain. e. w. CAMPBELL,
Major, officer in charge of social de
partment.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
KEEP COOL
A MONG the letters received by The
\ Herald yesterday was the follow
n ing from an indignant citizen:

A MONG the letters received by The
N Herald yesterday was the follow
"A ing from an indignant citizen:
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. a.
Editor Herald: Self protection is
the first law of nature, and when
no legal means are available for
the protection of an individual or a
community, they are justified IN
taking the law into their own
hands. In view of the attitude OF
the solid three of the board of su-
pervisors l move you, sir, that a
vigilance committee be formed at
once to attend to their case. The
district attorney might be included.
I will furnish the rope and help TO
pull on it. Are we to be thrown
on our backs to be robbed while we
can defend ourselves? I trow not.
The Herald shares the Indignation
of its correspondent and feels that he
is justified in his evaporation at the
furniture scandal. But it dissents from
his plan of handling the situation. 1t
must make taxpayers on whom the
payment, of taxes falls as an actual
burden feel like doing something muir
derous when a shameless trio of su-
pervisors turn 100000 of the tax
money over to private hands without a
shadow of justification in morals, but
it is better to lose the 100000 many
times over than to resort to acts that
might have results far beyond anything
anticipated.
1t is true that in Chicago and Phila-
delphia the threat of citizens to
string up recreant public servants was
sufficient to bring them to sense of
their responsibility, and there was no
need to use the ropes they carried but
their act was just as morally wrong
as those of the men who were bent on
looting the treasures. One may enter
tain an admiration for the public spirit
that actuated the angry citizens, but
there can be no justification for vio-
lence, and it mustn't be countenanced
in the present emergency.
Let the indignant citizen who writes
and others who feel like him possess
their souls in such patience as they
can summon. Let them constitute
themselves missionaries to rouse the
lethargic among their acquaintance to
the immense Importance of the next
county election, to the end that the
power of Tuss Eldridge, John D. Fred
ericks and other professional politi-
clans to maladminister county affairs
shall be forever ended.
Keep cool friend. The voting booth
is the place to stop wrongs like the
furniture scandal, the Bungalow Land
graft and other acts of the supervis-
orial three, the district attorney and
the coroner. If these things educate
the people to the Importance Of elect
ing only good men to office perhaps
they will be worth the large sums so
brazenly voted away.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
BE FAIR

doubt is with the homeopathic
n physicians who in their annual
convention in this city on Thursday
passed resolutions protesting against
the determinations of the state auth
critics in favor of the dominant or
allopathic school and to the detriment
of the smaller schools. They charge
| the former with the policy of ignor-
| ing and trying to exterminate the
smaller schools, and cite as an illus
| tration Of their active influence the
fact that only one homeopath has been
made a member of the county lunacy
commission out of a total membership
of thirty-six. Such a disproportion is
not due to accident.
Without going into the subject of the
relative merits of the medical schools,
it is proper to say that it is neither
in conformity with square deal ideas
or with the best public policy that any
school of doctors should be permitted
to apply trust methods to the practice
healing. It can scarcely be denied
that the attitude of the allopaths to-
ward others has usually been illiberal
and in many cases bitterly hostile.
Whenever other schools have sought
privileges accorded to the allopaths,
such as the homeopaths, osteopaths
and naturopaths, they have secured
them only after hard fights, and these
dissenters from old practices have won
generally not through any yielding Of
the allopaths but through the force of
public opinion which refused to counte-
nance the intolerance.
The allopaths ought to see from the
history of their own practice how far
their science has been in the past
They must admit that some old GUS
toms among the allopaths which used
to be general, of which bleeding may
be mentioned as an example, are now
only matters for jest, while the prac-
tice of dosing with nauseating drugs
once universal, is now condemned by
as high an authority as DIR. William
Osler. who says 1.-The best physicians
are those who give the least medicine"
While most of us still go TO allopathy
for treatment, few observant persons
can fail to see that the other schools
are expressions Of advanced intelli-
gence in the treatment of disease. Peo-
pie now know that nature cures, not
bitter drugs. The allopaths have had
to come to many of the simpler theo
rles of the others. 1t is therefore both
illogical ana unfair for them to as
sumo a superiority and attempt to bar
the others from the same rights and
privileges they enjoy.
Anything savorlng of trust methods
be opposed by the American people
and defeated by the growing spirit Of
liberality. It is charged that the plan
proposed to establish a national bureau
of health at Washington is a scheme
to increase the power and privilege Of
the allopathic school. Whether this is
so or not is yet uncertain. Some
worthy hackers of the movement who
are laymen, like Prof. Irving Fisher
and Horace Fletcher, deny the asser-
ton. But the fact that the suspicion
has aroused a storm of protest all over
the country is a proof of the lack of
popular sympathy for any project that
would tend to put the practice OF heal
ing under the control Of any branch
that would regard others as heterodox
and shut off the avenues of free
thought and experiment to rivals.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
BIG REWARDS

Editor Herald: The first thing look
for in The Herald is the Letter Box,
and this morning find that l am not
the only one opposed to the enormous
Rewards offered for the apprehension of
Fcriminals. 1 agree with the expressed
views of Citizen, and might cite the
case of a man who spent sixteen years
in a California penitentiary, and then
the guilty one, who was serving life
for another crime and had nothing to
lose, confessed. The innocent man was
let out without so much as Excuse
me" from the state. This horrible in
justice was done that the detectives
might get the reward
If We have got lot of sheriffs. po-
lice and detectives who will not do
their duty without a special prize, let's
have some that will. JUSTICE.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
KEEP YOUR GRIT

Hang onl Cling on! No matter what they
say.
Push on! Sing on! Things will come your
way.
Sitting down and whining never helps bit;
Best way to gee there is by keeping up your
grit.
Don't give up hoping when the ship goes
down;
Grab a spar or somehting-just refuse to
drown.
Don't think you're dying just because you're
hit
Smile in face Of danger and hang to your grit.
Folks die too easy-they sort Of fade away;
Make a little error, and give up in dismay
Kind Of man that's needed Is the man Of
ready wit,
To laugh at pain and trouble and keep his
Louis e. Thayer. New York Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-15
THE MOVING PICTURE MENACE

Editor Herald: There cannot be too
strong a movement made to put stop
to the moving picture shows or to bar
children, whether accompanied or not.
1t does have a bad effect upon their
young minds and it does give criminal
suggestions to them. I have often
watched the great crowds of these
young boys and girls, gathering after
school, and even at midday, taking
their lunch money to go into these
dives, and they act more like wild
beasts when they come out than any
thing else you can compare them to-.
They are perfectly reckless. If the
women would help to put this evil
down they would be doing the commu-
nifty a great good. U. S. A.
Los Angeles, Cal.