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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
17
Raymond Hunnings, bookkeeper at Central National bank, spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hunnings of Newtown. Mrs Will Brown of Boswell visited Tuesday and returned home Thursday with sister Mrs Elmer Hatton.
A Vatican decree ends Friday abstinence for Catholics on major feast days. Meat may be eaten on feasts including Circumcision January 1, Ascension, All Saints November 1, and Virgin Mary feasts August 15 and December 8. Parishes may also lift abstinence on their patronal feast day with proper services.
Dr. Hurty cites Indiana hospital data showing 25 percent inmates due to alcohol, 25 percent disease, 40 percent hereditary taints, and 10 percent accidents. He argues laws permit alcohol production and distribution while condemning propagation of the unfit and tainted. Society should stop the propagation of the unfit.
Indiana exhibitors led Western participation at the Chicago International Livestock Show with M A Judy of West Lebanon winning on Hertford cattle and G W Parnell of Wingate taking two sheep prizes. Crouch & Son of Lafayette excelled with Percheron Lelgain drafts while Van Natta brothers of Lafayette earned four Hereford and three Angus prizes. In Kingman, school remains in the old building as advisory plans an appropriation for a new structure, keeping faith with Trustee Lawson’s maintenance promises.
Pike township will hold a saloon election December 30 amid anticipated dispute. Many residents expect West Lebanon to remain dry. One hundred voters filed the petition triggering the election, while John Sexton’s license application is postponed until after the vote.
Charred remains of a rat found behind the switchboard at the city lighting plant explain a nearly hour long blackout Saturday morning in Wabash. The animal touched live wires and triggered a short circuit.
Captain Jack Crawford writes to Postmaster General Hitchcock from Mudlavia praising Santa and Abe Lincoln. The exchange helps end the dead letter office handling of Santa letters and restores charity forwarding to local groups.
Walter I. Hood of Chicago, president of a mausoleum company, dies at Hunter Springs sanatorium after months of Bright's disease. He arrived in September seeking relief, stayed in a large suite, and left instructions for funeral and business closure. His death follows a long illness. body shipped to Kankakee, Illinois, in a $500 casket. Reports include local real estate transfers and a note that Zeigler's dry goods store will stay open evenings for Christmas purchases.
Mrs Rachel H Coleman, aged 79, died Sunday night in Chicago at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Widow of Isac Coleman, a pioneer Attica merchant, she was a charitable, cultured figure loved by many. She was laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery after return to Attica. Survived by daughters Emma Parsons Ella E Schintz and Mattie Schintz.
A Christmas sermon emphasizes giving spiritual gifts over material goods and calls for thoughtful acts of kindness. Separately, state figures on homicides through 1910 show arrests and convictions ranges and trends, with details from court clerks and health board reports. Charles Jarvis returned home from Hoopes-ton, HL, after finding Sprague factory work too heavy.
T. M. Meeker visits the city on Tuesday to play Santa for Shawnee township youngsters. He notes hog cholera has not reached Meekerville and appears to move westward. In his area it is too wet to shuck corn, though some boys try anyway.
John Uaerson expert tuner offers piano tuning with patrons and guarantees. Contact by postal phone or email during January 1 to 12 for service inquiries and appointments.
Readable parts show daily and Sunday train numbers with times mostly unclear. Notations include No 28 33 51 210 264 trains with specific sample times and exceptions, indicating a fragmented timetable section.
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