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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Wilber Huff of Davis township traveled to Oxford Monday to attend a relative's funeral. Miss Emma Martin Independence school teacher spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs James Sheridan.
In Shawnee Mound Sunday evening Maye Clement wed Claude C. McCauley near Newtown. Rev. W F Clark, an uncle of the bride, officiated. The ceremony featured singing by Mattie Mink and a Lohengrin wedding march. The bride wore light blue silk and carried roses. guests numbered about thirty. The couple will live with Maye’s parents, and Maye is Attica High School 1907 graduate.
The Light Eternal drew a full Attica audience with strong acting but limited scenery as the company, en route to Chicago, canceled a show in Evansville to secure a $75 guarantee from 100 ticket sales. The Chicago parish house theater opened with this production, chosen for its religious character, filling the Attica opera house at 75 and 50 cents.
From Covington comes word Miss Bessie King, key eye witness to the Danville murder by Chas. E. Foxworthy, has vanished from her uncle's home and may fear testifying on the December 19 trial. Foxworthy’s friends claim she could aid their case or harm the prosecution. The note also covers a Woodmen camp officer election set for December 4, 1911 at 7:30 p.m.
Martin I. Pierce of Lafayette was killed instantly when an interurban car struck the automobile he rode in with his cousin Fred C. Comstock of Milwaukee near Spring Vale cemetery. Comstock escaped uninjured. Pierce, telegraph editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier, had previously worked in a similar capacity at the Daily Call.
Five ears of corn weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces. The next prize is a pair of $4 blankets. Before that date the merchant thanks customers for liberal patronage during the sale and invites inquiries to view the biggest Holiday lines in Attica. Three big floors will overflow with Christmas gifts.
A Hampton's Magazine excerpt argues advertising binds a company to its product. It claims value comes from collateral and trust, not face value. Ivory soap, Howard watches, Gold Medal flour, and Hart Shaffner & Marx clothes illustrate that guarantees live in advertising.
George Cole of West Lebanon owns an 1862 issue of The Rebel with an ad for enslaved labor and Confederate money from the Chattanooga raid. His vast war relics include 1,500 flint arrow heads, stone axes, two tomahawks, beads, wampum and pottery pieces valued in the hundreds. Nearby, Covington officials hear a Women’s Council request to beautify the city with tree trimming, waste receptacles, and stricter poultry curfews. The history of the Tenth Indiana regiment will be published, with Capt. J B Shaw arranging 1,000 copies including master rolls.
Moqui tribe No. 565 I O R M and Etewa tribe No. 460 D of R will hold a joint meeting Thursday evening Dec 7 1911 to confer degree work by both lodges. Members are urged to attend and enjoy a bear dance at the wind up led by W Hawkins C of R.
Wilbert Hawkins purchased the Fowler elevator from the VanNatta brothers for 50000 and took possession Monday. Hawkins also owns elevators at Freeland Park and Halleck NL. The notice lists bread and ticket pricing but the core action is the sale of the elevator and ownership change.
Graduates of the American School of Osteopathy under founder Dr. A T Still will hold sessions at Noah Weaver residence corner Ferry and Perry streets. Treat chronic diseases each Tuesday and Friday morning from 1:30 to 11:30.
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