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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08

VIM banner raised SLOWLY to the
~ top of the great flag-pole at
the front of the court house
Immediately before the tow
er Saturday afternoon while they
sang the song by the same name writ
ten by Francis Scott Key.
The entire ceremony was impress
sive and awe-inspiring-th great flag
OF the United States of America, sig
nificant of liberty, freedom, and great
ness, being raised-men with their
heads barred, even in the chilly at
mosphere, and several hundred men,
women and children looking at the
Stars and Stripes with patriotic love.
Although the flag was not a new
one, it stood out straight when caught
by the stiff breeze and fioated proudly
over the representative building of
Knox county and over a part OF the
land of which every American citizen
is so proud and to which many for
eigners look with reverence.
The address was planned to have
been made from the court house steps
but, owing to the cold it was later de-
cided that it would be better for it
to be made in the court room. That
I chamber was filled to its capacity
with some people standing along the
sides of the large room.
On request, Probate Judge Philip L.
Wilkins acted as chairman and the
meeting was opened with the song by
the entire gathering, America"
Chairman wilkins, following the
singing of America" under the lead
ership of Prof. R. A. Chubb introduced
Miss Helen Pack, who recited a short
poem in manner that was inspiring
The poem was "Old Flag"
The Rev. H. H. Miller was intro
duced by Chairman Wilkins. In his
address, the Rev. Mr.. Miller discussed
the war in Europe from every angle
and then brought before the audience
the action of congress in breaking off
diplomatic relations with the mon
archy ruled by an iron rod and
mailed fist, style of rule set up by
Bismarck and which he declared was
the rule of blood and iron" From
his views on the subject it was plain
that the speaker was in all sympathy
with the president. He said, 81 did
not vote for Mr.. Wilson at his first or
second election, but now / am with
President Wilson heart and soul and
body, and will continue to be while he
remains in Office"
In his discussion of the situation
as it now stands, with several urgent
bills in the balance before congress,
the speaker brought in the name of
Teddy" Roosevelt in urging that the
former rough rider be given COM
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08

One must fight as an archangel for
freedom. but in freedom one must live
as a aaint-SerVian Proverb.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08
the Collins Estate

the Collins Estate
Charles w. Hayes, executor of Perry
Collins, has filed an inventory and ap-
praisement showing: goods $537 25,
money $50, securities SLASH, total
estate of $1,70538.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08

The appointment of w. S. McGin-
ley as agent of the Knox County HUI
name society for term of one year
has been approved by Probate Judge
Wilkins.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08
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+ BIRTHS +

+ = J. i. !. + + = !. \ j
A daughter was born Sunday morn
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Blocher of
West Vine street
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08
Case Continued

In the will of Charity Keigley, the
testimony of Lloyd w. Hoar, a sub
scribing witness, has been taken and
the case continued.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08
Deed Filed

Deed Filed
A. F. Staufter to Minnie B. Pipes
parcel in Mt. Vernon, 5000.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08

Seventh Partial
Charles +. Colville, guardian of
Sarah Cooper Hervey, has filed sew
enth partial account. 1t shows s5,-
$3.50 received and $4,743.13 paid out,
leaving a balance of $652.17.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08

Marriage License
William Volt Cooper, school teach
er, Akron, and Martha A. Motz, school
teacher, Brown township. Rev. c.. A.
d. Freseman of Akron.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08
REV. MILLER'S TALK
PATRIOTIC OUTBURST
Audience Sings, Miss Pack
Recites, Judge Wilkins
Presiding

Following an inspiring, patriotic ad-
dress by the Rev. H. II. Miller in the
courtroom of the Knox county court
house, the members of a great crowd
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08

watched the Star SpangIed
Banner raised slowly to the
top of the great flag-pole at
the front of the court house
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-05-08
Appointment Approved

B. E. Sapp is her attorney.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
SUNDAY GARDENING

A glance over the statements made by various pas
tors of the city in the propriety Of Sunday Rardening
may lead at first to the conclusion that the pastors are
hopelessly at variance on the subject. On a little clos
err reading, however. it will be found that these religious
leaders are agreed on what seems to be the essential
feature Of the case.
Some Of the men quoted, believe that there in need
for Sunday gardening, and that it should be performed.
Others believe that when and where the need exists the
work should be done. Others think that the need q. not
present. therefore they are opposed to the. plan.
Apparently these men are all Of the opinion that
the propriety Of this work must be determined on the
basis of need. That seems like sound theology and good
sense. Opinions vary with individual taste. as 70 what
constitutes a day Of rest. There is practically no cues
ton anywhere as to the need Of men and women for one
day in seven on which the activities shall be of a differ
ent character from those on the other six, a day from
which the element Of drudgery shall, SO far as possible.
be eliminated. How the day shall be employed is a mat
ter for the individual to determine for himself, so long
as he does not interfere with the equal rights of others
In times of sudden and overwhelming disaster. days
of the week are forgotten. Whatever Is necessary is
done. The needs OF the present, in this country, are not
of that character. Yet it is certain that there are thous-
ands of cases in which economic conditions have created
a need for the utilization of. some portion of what is or
dinariy a day Of rest in the production Of food. And.
as the preachers agree, it Is the question of need which
must govern.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
REFORM IN GERMANY

Some time ago the German kaiser made certain
promises relating to political reforms which were to
take effect after the war. If the scattering reports
which come out of Germany fairly indicate what is 60
ing on in that country the kaiser may find himself
compelled to grant these reforms before the end of the
war, for all the information available is to the effect that
the liberal element is making Roadway, and that the
constitutional changes which are proposed are being
pressed for immediate action.
1t Is now stated that the chancellor will make no
statement to the reischstag as to the proposed peace
terms. This is a change Of program from a few weeks
chancellor was to make a new peace statement, and
this has been awaited with interest.
The conservatives, among whom are the leaders Of
the autocratic Prussian element, have insisted in a peace
talk from the chancellor, and that the talk be right from
the shoulder. giving Germans and the world to under
stand that there would be no compromise, no reforms.
no yielding from the demands of Junkerism. Now the
representatives of this element are besieging the kaiser
with demands that some declaration of policy be made,
and they are trying to impress. the emperor with the fact.
rs they represent 1t, that in yielding now to demands for
reform he is imperihng his own throne.
The Junkers seem, in a way, to have the psychology
of the case about right. They have ruled the country
and held it in a grip Of steel. They feel that they can
not afford to relax that grip, for If they do they can
never tighten it. What they seem incapable Of under
standing is that not to relax it is to have it broken once
and for all.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
GIFTS TO JOFFRE

When General Jofre leaves for France he will take
18th him several hundred thousand dollars which have
'een contributed by American citizens. These are not
personal gifts to the distinguished soldier. Nor did
General Joffre come to the United States to raise money.
The hero Of the Marine came to the United States
. member OF a delegation sent by his government for
purpose of comforting with the American govern
ant on many matters Of urgent Importance, and of aid
= in making arrangements whereby the entrance Of
- United States into the great war may be accom-
is},ed With as little lost time and waste motion as pos
. lie.
He and his compatriots have most appropriately
de a tour Of as much of the country as could be seen
thin the limited time available, in order to carry in
frson to as many people and as many localities as pos
ole the greetings of France to her western ally. The
'lsit has been timely and fitting, as it serves to recall the
orvices which France rendered to the colonies in their
which has existed for generations between the two coun-
iries.
The funds which have been handed over to General
1cfre are for the relief OF suffering in France through
ne agency of a number Of societies with which the gen.
raj is connected. Funds for this purpose have been
touring into France from this country ever since the war
pegan, and the total must amount to many millions. The
iunas entrusted to General Jofre will represent but a
mall percentage of the aggregate. 1t is a graceful and
pleasing act, however. for Americans to send the distin-
guished French soldier home with this concrete evidence
of their sympathy and regard.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
ANOTHER ESTEEMED
CONTEMPORARY
(From New York Times.)

With at least one statement in the
first issue of The Of7cial Bulletin, the
Federal governments new venture in
to the field Of daily journalism. there
will be general and cordial agreement.
Americas greatest present needs" 1t
says. ARE confidence, enthusiasm, and
SERVICE" and with accuracy Of mean
ing-though with a use Of the passive
voice that ia viewed askance in Bos-
ton-it adds: "And these needs will
not be met completely unless every
citizen Is given the feeling that comes
with full, frank statements oncern-
ing the conduct of the public bust
ness"
Just so! And the ambition to give
h q feeling is indeed a noble one.
But how does 1t happen, IL the news
papers already in existence have not
been inclined. as The Bulletin more
than intimates: to be full and frank
in disclosing the public business, that
with all its advantages Of position It
was Unable to put, or at any rate did
not put, in its first number anything
at all OF a news nature not already
printed in the unofficial newspapers
that are h objects Of Its oblique
criticismf Then, IL ever, was its
called "scoops'' or beats" and there
by to awaken in the minds OF the
American populace expectations that
would have caused a more or less wild
rush to subscribe.
This great opportunity, II It exist
ed, was wasted. mi in It's place has
been created the impression-fatal for
any new publication-that 1t has no
real mission or object, and that what
1t 10 undertaking t o do is already done
rather better than it shows any signs
Of doing 1t.
But thereof course there ia a
field for an Official daily. It can con-
vey with authority the information
about official matters which its own
servitors should have for guidance in
the performance Of their duties-the
Information Of little or no interest
outside Of that circle. Az a sort of
trade paperlit will be al right, and II,
now and then, It contains, by chance.
something with a broader appeal. it's
editor and his sponsors may be sure
that the real newspapers will prompt-
~ transfer these nuggets to their "
columns. Only II It attempts to say
that tta news is all the news there is
Will anybody in or out Of professional
Journalism even dream. Of complain.
Ing about it, existence
~ rE- @E aA 10 BE- nEM .LH---- - -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15

New York, May l5.-while the,
American public was under the i'm
preston hat he wa raising but m
volunteer division for service on the
battle line in France, Colonel Roose-
welt has in reality tentatively recruit
ed an army approximately Of 10000
men, exclusive Of officers, and has
perfected arrangements * that this
weeks and its first units started on
the way to France for intensive train
ing there.
This Roosevelt legion. now big
enough in numbers to form two full
army corps and an extra division, ia
representative Of the entire nation,
and includes some Of the best known
public men in the United States.
Among the recruits-several Of them
ert Bacon, former ambassador to
France; Henry L. Stimson, former
secretary of war; United States Sen-
ator Borah Of Idaho; Prof. Hiram
Bingham Of Yale, the explorer; James
r. Garfield, former secretary of the
interior; former Senator Leroy B.
Percy of Mississippi and Congress-
man Stephens of the same state, and
Congressman Gardner M Fuller of
Massachusetts,.
Coaonel's Recruits Arc Solid Men.
The bulk Of the colonel's new mar
tial following is made UP Of solid
men Of business and affairs-law-
yers. bankers, brokers. college pro-
~fessors, legislators. preachers, mer-
chants and clerks. It Is officially de-
clared that the large majority of
these men are earning from $4,000
to 100000 a year.
YOU AND THE IL EDITORIAL P
tFrom the Duluth Herald.)
If you are against America, don't
subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
If you want your country to lose
this war, don't subscribe to the Lib
ertyy Loan.
II you love some other country
more than you love America, don't
subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
II you love Injuries more than you
love your country, don't subscribe to
the Liberty Loan.
II you would rather pamper your
self than serve your country, don't
subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
If you are not a hundred per cent
American, but only a s~eventy-five per
cent American, q fifty per cent Amer
lean, a ten per cent American or a No
per cent American, don't subscribe to
the Liberty Loan.
But If you are for America, IL you
love America better than any other
country in the world, If your first wish
Is to serve your country in any way
that will help it, and IL you are a
straight hundred per cent American,
then you will subscribe to the Liberty
Loan to the full extent Of your ca
pacity. ". aW
And that means that II. by squeez-
ing q little here and there and deny
ing yourself a few things that you
really don't need. you can raise the
price Of a Liberty Bond, it is a duty
and a privilege to buy one.
The possession of a Liberty Bond IL
q certificate Of patriotic citizenship.
II 1t cost you a little sacrifice to
get it, that will make 1t all the
sweeter and finer.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
PACKAGE FOODS ARE MORE SANITARY
copyrisht-Ma1lory, Mitchell & Faust,

Copyrght-Mallory, Mitchell & Faus)
Sanitary food products are put up in packages by the manu-
facturer.
Only by buying in the package can the consumer be assured
that the product is sanitary. Bulk goods offer too many opportuni-
ties for contamination by dirty hands, dust, mice and other vermin.
tub, the lard tub, the dried fruit bin, the cracker barrel and the tea
and coffee bin. Today we buy all these and many other products
formerly sold in bulk, neatly done up in attractive and sanitary
packages, fully protected against any chance of contamination until
are opened by the housewife in her own kitchen.
Advertising is largely responsible for the development of the
package idea. When a manufacturer made a good product, he
wanted to tell people about it so they would buy his product in
to some other competing brand.
This required that he identify his product in some specific way
SO the consumer would know it was his. This led to the marketing
of the product in a package or container bearing a distinctive label
When you buy STANDARD ADVERTISED package foods,
you buy sanitary foods.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
DO Without" is Best Advice to
Those Who Would Escape Debt

pledg1ng something that you ought
not to give up-either property which
ought to be saved to insure YOUR
family's future well-being. or a slice
on present income to the detriment
Of your family's comfort or educa-
ton"
Going into debt for pleasure or
other purposes that bring no lasting
gain is the height Of folly, and the
way to avoid 1.-THE only a for
there is no royal roads to do with
out.
On the other hand, sometimes it is
wise to go in debt, and in fact it is
much to be doubted If the average
salaried man will ever get anywhere
without just getting into debt-that
is, tieing himself up to a deal that
obligates him to divert a part of his
paying investment.
you W a dollar a week. or fye dol
lars a week. or ten dollars a week.
to your savings bank. and keep up
your payments az regularly as you
would your payments on a piano or a
sewing machine or a phonograph or
q set OF books. o would have your
feet planted on the highway that
AS@N0 W IiuopCIu0nC0.
But that's difficult for most peo-
pie, because always there are temp
~tations to spend that absorb your sur
plus unless the obligation Is a real
one.
When you eo into debt for q home
to be paid for on the installment plan.
you are goin~ into debt wisely. When
you pay something down on a lot and
bind yourself to make regular paw
ments on the balance, you are eoinr
into debt wisely-if your lot is wise.
ly chosen. When you 90 to a partial
payment Investment house and buy
q bond or a share Of sound dividend
paying atock, obligAt1ng yourself to
pay 20 much q month till the balance
= cleared Oh. you will be going into
debt wisely.
Going into debt for more pleasure
or to.5keep. up Q scale Of living that
your income won't sustain IL not onlv
FOLLY but suicidal stupidity.
Going into debt for something that
forces You to save toward 1 perma-
nent pairing Investment Il wisdom;
and It's the Only way q lot Of people
ever can rot themselves; into the Wv
tof doing without ana Setting ahsad.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
NEW YORK TIMES

A suggestion made in Grand Forks,
which was commended and advanced
NV an editorial in The Herald. has re-
cs,ved the approval of the New York
Times and was urged upon the people
IF the east. A New York Times edi-
torial of Saturday. May II. says:
From far away North Dakota.
and. to be more definite, from the
Grand Forks Herald, comes some
S,ho meet soon to do military serv-
Ice in France. 1t Is to learn at once
"a much as they al of that country's
language.
N matter how long the war lasts
or how 500 it ends, efforts made and
results achieved in that direction will
have their reward, for of all the Ian
guages that can be acquired by a
speaker of English French Is GER
fortunately, of all foreign tongues. it
is the one most easily to be learned
nv folk of our sort. That is because
4 has a smaller vocabulary than most
Of the other European languages n
/ because more than half-probably
three-quarters-of its words are eth
err the anne as their Engllsn equfva-
Tents or so nearly III tnem ma tnere
! is no need to look them up In the die
tionary.
Languages are better taught, now
adays, than they were when gram
mars reigned supreme in the class.
room and anybody who expected to
get facility in the use of an alien on
que was doomed to inevitable disap-
point1nent.. At present one learns to
read by reading, to speak ny speak,
ing, and to understand by listening,
much as do children. those ablest
of all linguists.
"The American soldier in France
who knows even a little French will
! he at a decided advantage v one
who is wholly ignorant of 1t, and he
will find when there that large addi-
lions to his little can be made easily
and rapidly. So equipped: he will
be happier, more comfortable, and
safer to an appreciable degree"
1t is interesting to note that the
suggestion already has been acted up
on here. Glasses in French are being
organized at the Y. NJ. G. A.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15

A Frenchman has invented a coffin
made of paper that is said to be
cheaper and lighter than the wood
article.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
(From the Duluth Herald

iLSlO klAsJ
John NJ. Oskison, who writes sagely
about financial subjects in the Chi
cago News, reports that he talked
the other day with a mar who Is an
authority on finance las you and
understand the word; that is, he
Knows how hard it is for us to make
decent incomes and live inside Them
Oskison asked this man how the
average man and woman can best
keep out OF debt, and this was his an
Swer:
do without"
That's the whole story. It's all
there. To keep out Of debtor to
get out of debt If you once get into
1.-THE only way on earth is to do
without" enough things to keep your
outgo inside your income.
You can't eat your cake and have
1t, too. You can't spend more thar
you earn and keep out of debt: and
OF course you can't spend even all
you can earn and saw a cent toward
a rainy day or old age-and both
will come to all who Hive long enough.
The man who gave this succinct
advise has written q book on this SUBJ
ject-though having said do WITH
no book was nocessAry-and in
It he says:
You Will escape debt n you
Will ptan your expenditures more
systematically, and you won't
need b. be psnurious, either. It
Will pay you % learn what you
bors and friends. Most q 5 Il
the result OF trying TO keep up
with somsbody. That Il. you
who N earning -twentye dollars
week try to live on tho same scale
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-15
THE WORLD DO MOVE

A chronicle of achievement in the
fields of science and invention:
A fountain brush mounted on small
wheels has been invented for the
rapid painting or oiling of floors.
A Texan has invented a coin-in-the-,
slot soda water vending machine
which first releases q glass, then
~1avoring sirup and last the correct
quantity of ~carbonated water Tor the
drink desired.
A frame supporting a square piece
of fabric by posts at each Of four
corners has been invented as a sub
stitute for a pillow. and ia said to be
more sanitary and to afford better
ventilation than the ordinary pillow.
A new sanitary drinking fountain
for horses provides a separate re-
ceptacle for each animal that drinks
from it. the water entering these re-
c]eptacles from the bottom.
A medicine dropper thai can also
be used as a bottle stopper recently
has been invented.
A Frenchman has invented a coffin
made of paper that is said to be
cheaper and lighter than the wood
article.
A new steam boiler invented in
England is said to be 30 per cent eff
icient, and attains this because a
mixture Of coal gas and air is burned
through a fine mantle Of a substance
which has high heat resisting quail
ties.
A folding drum for orchestra musi-
clans has been invented. which is ex-
tended to full size by hinged ribs be-
tween the heads. This renders the in
stun1ent much easier to carry.