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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
5
The piece urges city workers and rural residents alike to take annual vacations. It emphasizes rest, new scenes, and exchanges with other communities to refresh minds, gain knowledge, and gain broader horizons. It advocates short courses, farm institutes, and shared time off to enjoy lakes, cities, and rivers.
Miss Anna Herron and Miss Kate Herron departed last week for their home in Las Cruces New Mexico after a two month stay with relatives and friends in this city and Waynetown.
An explainer on magnetos in engines describes the device as a small built in generator replacing batteries to ignite the charge. It outlines how moving coil windings between permanent magnets induce current, why magnetos are favored in autos and increasingly in stationary engines, and how magnetism fades when current stops.
About 1 500 assistants to the state fire marshal in Indiana are designated by law. The communication urges immediate reporting of fires with personal loss estimates and stresses determining fire causes. It also reminds assistants of a 15 cent mileage fee for each mile traveled to a fire, one way.
The article urges using chloride of lime freely as a disinfectant to drive rats and mice from premises. It notes rodents dislike the odor, recommends dissolving lime in water and pouring into holes, and suggests traps at chloride holes to catch remaining ro dents.
Transfers of real estate in Fountain County list several lot transfers including Covington and Veedersburg properties with prices from 1000 dollars to 200 dollars. The notice also reports a birth in the Nave family Friday night.
A Lafayette architect contracted by Chas. V. McAdams has drafted plans for the Smith memorial school at Butler corner Liberty township. The two story brick building with basement will include a gymnasium, domestic science, agricultural and manual training rooms, six classrooms and a 300 seat auditorium. It will feature steam heat and modern ventilation, with the executor of W. A. Smith’s will guiding the project to become a township model school.
J B Anderson and O C Hendricks of the State Board of Accounts have spent ten days auditing Fountain county records at Covington and report the books well kept and nearing complete review for the past two years. In Fowler the accountants found a $280 tax shortage and an accidental cash overage of $74.68 corrected after discovery.
Fifteen thousand plates arrived Tuesday at the secretary of state’s office and are being mailed to applicants whose licenses are still pending. A nine thousand plate shipment is en route from the eastern factory. Current licenses last only until Jan 1 when a full year begins. Floyd Mather and wife visited from Wheeling W Va to see relatives in the area.
The piece argues that women’s rights go beyond voting to true equality, citing historical figures and debates. It portrays opposition as rooted in deep gender bias yet praises suffragists like Mrs Poyser for courage and self sacrifice, urging principled change over political wrangling.
A rural merchant countered big mail-order houses by offering to place orders for customers with a rival firm at no charge. He matched a $1.29 shirtwaist with a locally stocked, better made $1.25 version, winning customers who then favored the local store. The strategy boosted his trade and encouraged other town merchants.
A Lafayette observer reports Senator William R Wood plans to seek the Republican nomination for Congress in the tenth district next year. The note claims he aims to unite Republicans and Progressives for this year’s city campaign and faces opposition from many Republicans and some Progressives who recall his bitter politics. A separate item notes Dr C G Beckett renting a Main street residence to prepare for the coming school term and to have a housekeeper there.
A New York social leader sits on asphalt along Fifth Avenue near 34th Street, comforting a dying horse with a broken blood vessel while hundreds of society ladies pass by. The act prompts mixed judgment but is praised as a humane gesture reflecting a true heart over social polish. Russell Smith and wife return from Cedar Point after attending the Ohio Michigan Photographers convention, with Smith as first vice‑president of the Indiana association.
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