The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-06-28
Copy Of Democratic Banner
Printed January 8, 1910,
Owned By M. Nixon
NO LOCAL NEWS IS
PRINTED in THE PAPER
Presidents Message Issued
December z, 1889, Occu-
pies Nearly 13 Columns

Mr.. Michael Nixon is the owner of
rare copy of the Mt. Vernon Demo-
cratic Banner published January 8,
1S4O He has kindly given The Ban
ner permission to examine and give
its readers of today description of
that paper of the early days of Mt.
Vernon.
| The Democratic Banner was a sew
en.column, fOur.page paper published
by Edmund j. Ellis. The printing Of
flee was located in "the basement
! story of the court house." The price
of subscription was $3.50 year when
paid in advance or $500 ION credit"
The copy owned by Mr.. Nixon was of
the 35th issue of Volume 3.
A reader of today would be struck
by the almost complete absence of
local" news, the sole item of that
character being an editorial announce.
ment of change of the date of pub
lication from Saturday to Wednesday
because of an Alteration of the
Chesterville mail"
| Sew IN columns of the first page
and nearly six of the second are de-
voted to a report of the annual mes
sage to Congress of President Mar
tin Van Buren, dated December 2,
1899 A column is devoted to brief
items of foreign news six days late
from England. One of these is men,
ton of the illness of the Duke of We'll
lington which began November 1S.
His early death was anticipated.
Another mentioned plans being
made by Charles Green to cross the
Atlantic from New York to England
in a. balloon on new principle"
The last page is devoted to adver-
tisements of style and character.
vastly different from that common
today.
Among the announcements is one
making public of the formation of a
partnership in the law by Columbus
Delano and Elliott G. Wore. Their
office was on Main street, "up stairs
Immediately north of ]. w. Miller &
Co.'s store"
Another interesting announcement
was a warning given by Bigelow,
Pierce Wickes, of Troy, N. Y, against
vending or using certain stove on
which they claimed to hold patent
unless the stove had been sold by
French & Plamer of Mt. Vernon.
This was followed Immediately by
another by Lewis Cooper who an
nounces he is making stoves at the
foundry of G. G E. Cooper and will
guarantee the right to use them, and
will give any security for the same if
required, Notwithstanding the above
threats"
Among the Mt. Vernon merchants
of that day appear to have been Wads-
worth & Raymond, Freeman & Tur-
ner, G. A. Jones & Co., d. Pitwin, NJ.
Houghton, James Hutchinson, c. II.
& r. Elliott, w. II. Whitton.
| 1t appears that the publisher of The
Banner of that day was accustomed
to take wood on subscription account,
as the following notice indicates:
LAST CALL-Those who have pro-
missed to pay their subscriptions in
Wood, are requested to haul 1t i'm
mediately, we are in want. Those
who do/ not bring wood before the
first day of January next, must not
think hard il we exact the money"
The Mt. Vernon market as correct.
ed by E. Whine is given. 1t gives the
following quotations: Wheat soc per
bu.; corn 22c; rye 40c; oats 16 2-3:
salt $3.50 per bbl.; flour $500 to $3.50
per bbl.; whiskey 31c per GAL; coffee
18c to zoe per lb.; sugar 10c to 12c;
flaxseed 75c per bu.; butter 10c to 12c
per h.; cheese &c to 10c per lb.; beef
&c to 4c; mutton &c to 4c; pork $3.50
to $40 per cwt.; eggs 10c to 12c per
dozen; potatoes 25c to ale per bu.;
turnips Csc to SIC per BIZ; apples
dried $1.25 to $3.50 per bu.; apples
green, SIC to soc per bu.; cabbage 4c
to &c per head. N,
Postmaster Isaac Hadley prints a
list of 241 letters uncalled for at his
office and advising the owners they
will be sent to the Dead Letter office
T, II not called for before April I. In
this list were the names of DR.. viii.
liam Hays Rev. Mr.. Myers, Rev.
James Scott, Elder James Smith, An.
thony Banning. James Colville, Ca
milo Ewalt, Laban Headington. and
Preserve Smith. Evidently the peo-
pie OF that day were not particularly