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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21

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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21

SUIT ur Ser Aaide Wsif GS Mr. E.iis
Ezzsst On Tiris Aslegacrn

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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21
Mt. VERNON
Woman Girih0od Friend Of
The Presidents fialcee

Mrs. Lulu Porter, 41a East Chest
nE1 street. IS a gzrinaod friend of
Mrs Norman CALI fancee Of Presf
dent Woodrow Wilson Mrx Porrer
Is modest ahout her acquaintance
and eonfied it only TO Il few mr-
mate friends, hut these friends told
of her former association with Mrs.
Gait Mrs. Porter Is n Vrgiuian by
birth and knows the several members
Of the Boiling family Of which Mrs.
CALI is Il member Mrs. PcrrEs AZ
quaintance with Mrs. Gait gues back
to the days when the hitter was a
girl Of twelve
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21

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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21
GAMBLER
Team C0afers Degrees Fsr
TImsa Lodge

At the regular convention of Tmun
lodge No. A. Thursday evening, the
team from Gambler ludge conferred
the knight rank ON n class OF six
The following brothers were report
ed On the sick List OrviIIe Lauder
baugh- Fred Burke. Waiter Thayer.
William r. Bartlett. JaF Psirun. led
Months and Isaac W. Butler
The foIlowing received the Knight
rank Thursday evening" Paul NJ
Ashhaugh- E1Ein Thompson. C. B.
Shaw, Charles H Martin Barton W.
Blair, and Walter J. SperrT
After comforting the Knight rank
were served
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21
ISSUES CHALLENGE
To Mansfield for Debate Does Ne
Vernon High Sciroat

The Mt Vernon high sehnaI dehaE-
Mansfield high school for debate tu be
held at Mansfield some time IN tine
fnrare- Ne Vernon has debating
teams that viii dehate with Newark
and GAINESVILLE hign schools. A third
team has been organized that wants
10 90 to Mansfield Thus far na dis
position has been made Of the claE
Ienge at the Mansfield school
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21

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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21

Criticism IN strong knguzga vaz
hnrzed ak the xEAka adminiHfxzkinu
this veek hy tha ohkD NznnfAetzrsrs
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-21

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news mere TINS m1EIins- Tvs. 1ssrn,E n
perssn wiia Aas< be.sn confined rsss azs-
r1mn his eneirE. IfEs Elfinr-sssr.E
sensf IA M Win ii rs 1k4arrn--sF III.
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
Wftmer $dyrttbtbrttf hts
9bilipp $amtrampttr.
Mein lieber 6err @eoadtiondr!

Wenn 19 metn
innere Meni@e
ge1tdrft gebabt
FEN, fin i@ gu
bic poftoffiee
gange for mei-
ne Mebl gu
bole IN i@ubr
genug es Is en-
Brief for midi
%bagepeie. 9as
Gnlpelppp lpar
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
hit1ss<rs Schiller.

Ser fran30iif&e Sournalif 9erbe.
Der gepib ni@t in Den Weroa4t to11z
men tann, Elm 6reuno Deuti4lonbs
gu fein, forbert Dos frana6iif4e par>
lament aaf, Elm S@onbmal gu befetz
tigen: vDie Snternierung ber beut@
{@en 3ipilgefangenen in aon3entra<
tionslagern." Ct f4reibt u. u. in
Der r@uerre 1o5iale":
vueber @unoerttaufe nt @4ulolo1e
puroen Grser als 8a9noftrGflinse be-
banbelt, oarunter Sauienoe bon
fran3Diinnen, beren ein6i9es 8erbre>
den mar, 6remblinse gebeiratet gu
baben. Miemals tpirb sic genaue 3abl
unb bas @lenb Der b%ingeopferten Sim
Der ermittelt tperoen. Dies bilbet bic
unbeilpoQite Mntlase gegen 5rant>
reid i'm Muslanbe."
SEER 6erpe persiBt, 6ab feline
Qan6sleute nit 1ol4em @orgehen 11ur
Die ipeit1@auenoe strategic ibres
Observation-Disclosures &it@ener be-
folgen, Der bic Musrottung ber na@>
item Generation bes Teinoes als MIDI
tig{tes Rriegsmittel einsefubrt u1o
beiipielspeife $4,000 8urenfrauen
unb zRinber in @i6afrita in chen
fol@en aon3entrationslagerr hinge
i@la@tet bat. 9as Mittel 1T beinaz
be nod mirtfamer. als bic bonn gletz
den Gbrenmann erfunbenen Dunn
6um< @ef@of1e. Mu@ trrt 9err 9erbe,
tpen1 CT meint, iene 8efttalitat tperoe
Der fran30fi&en Resierung i'm &us>
lan6e fGaben: iie miro einfa@ in et<
mem 11euen @elbbu@e na@meifen. bab
in Deutf@lanb minoefenS cine miqi<
on fran30f{@er 3ioilsefangener tn
6euti@en &on5entrottonslaserr gu
Spbe gemartert tpurben. 9err @ipt<
ami miro bas NIT feinem @brenz
tpprte betrdfttgen unb bas "Muslano"
miro es gla1ben! CSugeno").
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
Sm Coupe britter &lae E.
d t.

u8ei benz ELECTROMAGNETIC
@@lduer {inb ia ben aan5en Sag Die
eSyalouiien beruntergelo1en9"
Treili@, bo 1T Der &onfurs per<
bdngt!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
@6nel1fabrers profit.

w II t ! u 7reF
r@as, Sic seben Elm @&impfp0r<
terleriton beraus? Sa, tpo babea Sic
benr ba3u @tu0ten gema@t?"
Mutomobilift: r@uf meinen Quito
m%obiltouren! Sd babe ia ieoes
@@impfmort n%otiert, Dos mir bic
2eute nadgerufen boben!"
SIM Coupe britter &1affe.
,Mber, mein 9err, liimmeln sic
oo@ ni@t 10 unonitdnbig oa berum -.
Sic bilben 1i6 mobl Elm, Sic fabren
erfter &laHe?!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
Der Dank des kommandeurs.

Dor Ginger 3eit erbielt ser Som
manbeur zines Teloartillerte . &egtz
aents, bas in ben Mrgonne1 ite6t, ron
ben iurgen 9amen zines S0@terpen<
iionates in @aarbriden ais 2tebesgaz
be cine grpbe @@a9tel 3igarren init
ber Muf5@rift: v9uften6e @riBe flr
ben 6err1 &pmmanbeur." Nun nill
es aber 6as unsliid, 6aB ser 9err
aommanbeur Observation-Disclosures Niht>
1au@er lit! ST fob ii@ barum beran>
labt, bies Bel ieinem 9ant on Die lie
tenspurbigen @penrerinnen in 1ao>
member Meife mtt3utetlen:
STIR Wdaoleiu aus @aarbruden
5hidt u6uftenbe @riibe" mir,
Mein NauGerber3 81 be9liiden. -
SD Dante e1d ber3lib 0afir.
8as in ben tpiIoen @rgonnen
Nur INNER flaudt un6 trau@t.
&lar, tuie baS 2idt Der @nnnen.
9unft'5 eud, bab allies raudt.
gs rauden Sic &anoniere.
gs raudt Ser @err @ergeant.
Sc rauden Die 9errn Sfft5tere
(8or auem Der 2eutenant).
&c raud1t aus alien QD6ern,
$50 uur Elm Men1d orin bault;
IS raudt aug NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
sc raudt, tpo9tn bu i9anit. !,
Sc raudt-b bel Der Ndiie fein 8unberl
9as 9ol5, bas gum 9ei5en mani bral1dt;
@S raudt un5 Der &opf alG m1itunter.-
&ur3, - aIes. aIes ran6t. --
Nur elmer lit ausgenomnell.
Ser 1dtdt eud bies @au6geoidt, -
Ser Sic 6uftenoen @rube befommen,
Ser &ommanoeur raudt 1tdt!
Da nun betonntlt@ ser Sfeniip>
eeift beutf@er 2iebesgabenzs5een tpegen
eines u@erlagers" ni4t erlabmt, 70
perging muir tur3e 3eit, Bis bon oem>
{elben Penfionat 5pei 51a14en auer<
f%einiten &ognafs fir oen 1@tper gu
teglidenben 9errn &ommanbeur einz
trafen. 9arauf lief bet Ben brapen
5penberinnen fplgenbes 9antposm
EN-:
SIR MaDden aus @aarbriiden
G1idt f0ltlidlen Ilfoboll
9a &piu es MIDI 'd)tper bebriiden.
@ie ib euG ba,,fen iuQ.
Gin 3tpetter u2orb" fit eud), seen, -
9as 1tiinbe mir ibledt 5n @elib,
@ie fDnnte ib eud gelteben:
ser &%pmntatlbeur trinft ntdt"
9ob barf ids audb nidt tpagen
-8eoenft MIR, mie bas flingt! -
Sc6 fam bod1 un1nDglid iagen:
Ser 0%pml1allDeur = - Der trtnttl"
Sd farm's balt in @prte ntdt tletben,
8eiB ni1t. lpie ids iagen iou;
5aa' Iieber feinS Drum bon beioen
- 1lno trinfel - Muf euer ."3obl!
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22

@a fat er eei6meilt I'M fast, ct
biGtt IS INNER gepibt, oaB 6ie Mmez
ritens { arig toltime9tet un itellt>
tf@enb piebel ipdre I'M Damn bat ct
MIDI sefrast, MIDI gu iebe I'M mir
ben un1eren sleine Sobt seitart.
Sd tam Sbne eff &obrs nit al
les 1age, mos mer bistoB BIT ben.
atpiper in meir nd@ite Brief min ih
Sbne bod E par Peunts gene.
Mpnit ib perbleitpe ~
Sbne Sbrn lietper
pbilipp pfer.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
r It d..

Ser fleine pau1 unb bet tleine
frtb. 3tpei 8ri6er bon a@t un6 neu1t
Ss$abrerl, fommen aus ber @@ule na@
Samfe. 9a feben fie, mie Der @ater
6as BabD auf benz Mrm fat unb ibm
6ie Tlo1@e gibt, unb Der tleine panl,
Dem 6Qs urfomt1@ borfommt, metnt
AT feinem 8ruber: r@ieb NAL, 5riBe,
Batter is Mutter jetporoen!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22

- nnteroffi31er (bet BET
59iebubung Der neuen @etruter):
.@@ieBen sic nur 10 tpeiter, Sch,
mann, 59ieben Sic muir - treffen
tperben Ste ntemanb! Mber ptelleiat
laden ii@ fpdter Elm paar iGeinbe
bariiber au Gpbe!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22

- Sieffinnig. n9err pro<
feKor, mas fou t@ tun; raten sic
mir. Sou i@ beiraten ooer ni@t2"
rr9m -. I'm . ia...
i'm 80, - CLAUDE, Ste follten nt@t
betraten, 70 lange sic 1eoig iino.1 80
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
Wrafti{der nnterrt@t.

Die beiten a..urner finb entf4teben
In ber Rompagnie bes 2eutnants
@4loumeier, Defenders tpas DIE
Rlimm3ige onbelangt. DDS tomnrt
ober baber, peil CT immer feline bifftge
DoqQe unter sen Serbs berumld,fe en-
ldbf tpenn fie am Med bangen!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22

a6@in: Isle muni@en alio, bab
i@ meme !9dn6e fteriliiiere bepor i'd
ben @alat anrt@te; haben Sic aber
audi beba@t, baB bic @tsrilifierunss<
mtttel giftig finb?1
Sunse Srau: yM@, l1n1nn, 6ann
to&en Sic Sbre 9anoe bod grinoli@
aus!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22

SRI. g.: rSS@ perbe ME Die berrlt<
den Sage pergeKen, bic i@ nit 9ei11@
rid berlebt Babel" -.
Trou g.: Sea, nur ni@t gu fi@er!
@s t0nnte bod portommen, oaB bu
i'm zines SageS betratef IT."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
@@Dnes Sbeater!

Grember: nssSft e5 pabr, baB TN
poriqen CONNER ber 8liB in baz
Sbeater einge{@lagen bat9"
Sbeaterbiener: r@ott bepabre! Be'
uns ia. iiberbaupt nod ni&ts nsinsez
fmlaqe1"T
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22

Gin prattif@er @eifenber.
ussSSn Der fur5en 3ett baben sic Die
qanae @@mei3 bereiit. 9a limb Sic
ipobl immer Ma@ts efabren?"
uMatirli@!"
u@ann baben sic oenn aber gez
i@lofeng" .....
ng}a, am Sage"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
il q.

nMsein Trdulein, borf i@ sic be-
gleiten?"
sd femme Sic ia ni@t!!"
rMber gnGbiges 5rduletn, bas tpdre
ia sic BETTE C}elegenbett, met1e Bez
fannt1@oft gu ma9en!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-07-22
@QraufqebpIfen n.

t yt9D {
3reiber: .@uten Sag, 9err 8a>
rpn!"
Baron (ber fi& momentum ni&t
erinnern fann, tpober ct ben Monn
tennD: $3.50 bab' i@ @ie oo@ neuli@
getroffeng"
Sreiber: vssSn s. @a6eln, 9err 8az
rpn!"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16

one Of those department store mobs
and have crowd of perfect ladies use
you for doormat2
got mine!
They certainly taught me the Huer.
to glide, all right
At the door nice young man with
pink necktie and quick forehead
bowed to me.
"What do you wish?" he asked.
"Well," said, I'm down here to
get q Christmas present for friend
wife. would like something which
would afford her great pleasure when
I give 1t to her and which could use
afterward as penwiper or a fishing
rod"
Second floor-to the right-take
the elevator" said the man.
Did you ever try to take an eleva.
tor in a department store and find
that 3,943 other American citizens and
citizenettes were also trying to take
the same elevator?
How sweet it Is to mingle in the
arms of utter strangers and to feel
the pressure of a foot we never hope
to meet again!
I was standing by one of the coun-
ters on the second floor when shrill
voice crept up over few bales of dry
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
THE MYSTERY OF CHRISTMAS
One Day Of the Year That All Other
Days Are Learning to Envy
and Initiate.

It seems to me that always, as the
Gath of December commenced to
shorten, the white, fleecy snow began
20 fall says writer in the Crafts
man. When the street lamps flick
cred up like candles on an altar, they
gazed on q world that was white. The
strife of tho city was muffled. Carts
went by, but you had to peer out
through the blinds to know that they
were passing-they made no sound.
An atmosphere of gentleness had de-
scended. Everyone in the house went
about with stealth, as though planning
some secret kindness.
And then the night and the trying
to keep awake till Santa Claus should
come. And the waking up, with the
frost weaving patterns on the panes.
Somewhere far away a., 4arp was be-
ing played, and a cornet was challeng-
ing the silence. The tune they played
was an accompaniment to the most
beautiful legend in the world. At
first, dreamily, you tried to remember
why for once the darkness was not
frightening, and then, "Ah, it's Christ
mas!" AS you turned, your feet made
the paper crack, and at the end of the
bed you were too content and happy
even to look at your presents. Why
was it that next day everybody and
everything was different? The air was
full of bells singing riotously. Every
one, for this one day, ceased to think
of his own happiness and found hap
piness in bringing cheerfulness to
others. The stern gulf which Is fixed
between children and grown-ups had
vanished-there weren't any grown
ups. Somewhere in your childish
heart you wondered why every day
couldn't be made day of kindness.
And that wonder Of child's heart
is the Christmas message. Once a
year, by divine conspiracy, all the
ships of our hopes and fears turn back
from their voyagings to the harbor Of
tenderness. They are borne back on
the crest of a white tide Of mysticism
that sweeps round the world. A truce
of God is declared to all tightings, and
men and women walk as children
through a world that is kind. They
commence to give and cease to annex;
they act in the belief that God is in
his heaven. The spirit is one tremu-
lous white day of unselfishness-a day
which gradually some other days in
the year are learning to envy and imi-
tate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16

"71ts no use,' he groaned. I'll just
run back an lave thin things at the
dure. Therell be time to reach
town by midnight"
The bitter wind was in his face as
he turned back up the hill, but now
Mike did not hesitate for a moment
Head down, he Hurried UPWARDS, and
presently was again beside the corpse
of Santa Claus frozen messenger.
Without a glance at the body he
snatched up the sack, flung it over his
shoulder, and continued his way up
the valley.
The glow from the lighted window
threw its red beam across the snow
as he rounded the curve and came
within sight of the lonely cottage and
a corresponding glow warmed Mikes
heart as he thought of the pleasure
of the children when they found their
long-delayed Christmas gifts.
Seeing no sign Of life, he slipped
in at the front gate, and, stepping
very quietly up the path, gained the
door, dropped his sack, and giving
one sharp tap, turned the bolt.
But he had not counted on the eager
children, and before he could get round
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16

through this coating, and sank deep
into soft stuff beneath, making the
travelling SO terribly hard that, in
spite of the bitter cold, perspiration
stood in beads on his thin, brown
face.
He was breathing hard, and evi-
IDENTIFY desperately weary, yet he new
er stopped for a moment, though now
and then, as he plowed his way on
wards, he would turn his head and
cast an apprehensive glance back
over his shoulder
Had anyone been near enough to
watch him, they would easily have I'm.
derstood his haste. The drab livery
plentifully besprinkled with broad ar
rows marked him as one of the states
unwilling guests AS matter of fact,
Mike Dempsey had been for the last
three years a prison inmate, and it
was with the intention Of escaping an
other seven years of unappreciated
hospitality that he had, few hours
previously, done bunk" under Gov
er Of the sudden snowstorm.
''Ive puzzled thin screws, that's
wan thing sure" he muttered to him
self, and in spite of his fatigue a
slight chuckle escaped his thin lips.
But faith, I've puzzled mesilf, too,
and don't know where am no more
than Adam.
IF cud only git a landmark of
some sort!' he went on. "Eanst
cud find my road to the railway, I'd
win clear. Mike Dempsey wasn't a
NAVY siven years for nothing
He crunched his slow way across a
fiat valley, jumped q little brook and
pushed up the steep slope beyond.
A CLEAN of light in the next valley
attracted his attention. It came
from a lighted window, and there was
something comforting to the lonely
fugitive in the red glow cast upon
the glittering snow. Without hesita-
ton, he started downhill toward it.
Presently he was cautiously ap-
preaching a small house, which stood
in a tiny garden surrounded by low
dry-stone wall. There was gate in
front, but Mike preferred to approach
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16

from the back, and clambering gin
gerly over the wall crept up to the
window from which the light came.
Raising himself till his head was
on a level with the sill, he peered
through the uncurtained window into
a barely furnished living room, light
ed by great fire of glowing turf.
A couch stood in sone corner, on
which lay youngish man whose ban.
daged head showed him to be the
victim of some accident. On a chair
beside him sat sweet-faced wom'
an. and on the bare earthen floor
played two children-a curly-haired
boy Of about seven, and a chubby girl
a year or so younger.
But what arrested Mixes attention
was little fir tree, not more than
four feet high, which stood planted
In an old bucket, on the table in the
middle of the room.
For q moment 1t puzzled Mike
Then he gave little gasp. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
Why We Burn Candles.

The custom of burning candles on
the Christmas tree comes from two
sources. The Romans burned candles
at the feast of Saturn as sign of good
cheer, while the Jews burned candles
during the feast Of the Dedication,
which happened to fall about the same
time as that of Saturn in the Roman
calendar. II is quite possible that
for this reason there would have been
many candles burning all over Pales-
tine about the time of the birth of
Christ, and from this comes the term
Feast Of Lights" which is the name
used in the Greek church for Christ
mas day.
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20 get something that will give her a
great amount of pleasure and which
can use later on as pipe cleaner or a
pair of suspenders!"
The pale young woman tainted, so
moved over.
At another counter another young
lady said to me: Have you been
waited ONT"
NO." replied; Il have been
stepped on, sat on and walked on, but
have not yet been waited on"
What do you wish?" inquired the
young woman.
Il am looking for Christmas pres
ent for friend wife," he said. Il want
to buy her something that will bring
great Joy to her heart, and which I
might use afterward as pair of slip
pers or shaving mug"
The young lady caught me with her
dreamy eyes and held me up against
the wall.
"You," she screamed, you complete
total Of 25,493 people who have been
in this department store today without
knowing what they are doing here,
and l refuse to be human encylope-
dia for the sake of eight dollars a
week. Go on, now; throw yourself in
to second speed and climb the hill"
1 began to apologize, but she
reached down under the counter and
pulled out club.
'This," she said. with a wild look
in her side lamps, "this is happy Yule-
tide, but, nevertheless, the next guy
that leaves his brains at home and
tries to make me tell him what is a
good Christmas present for his wife
will get bitter wallop across the
fOrehead!"
The girl was right, so I went home
without a present.
suppose I'll have to take Helps tip
and get those emeralds after all.
But first I'll go down to the deli
catessen store and see if there's any
thing there.