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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
7
A personal New Year memory from Attica recalls a cold 1864 day. A red headed boy, a printer's devil, sells New Year addresses to support a widow and her two daughters, turning a day of hardship into a hopeful moment for a struggling family. The narrator notes the boy's perseverance and the joy his earnings bring, marking a life milestone.
The piece honors Capt. I. W. Hart as author of a patriotic Civil War address and recalls a younger Irish boy, later John H. Stephenson, who became owner and editor of the Warren Review. It quotes a memory of New Year’s Day 1864 and the mother’s greeting that sustained work through winter. The narrative links Hart’s verses to enduring loyalty and wartime inspiration.
A well known London doctor argues that white in nurseries irritates and harms babies, urging parents to use colored decor and clothing instead. He cautions that white surroundings can dull vision and provoke irritability, recommending bright greens and other hues for toys, cots, carriages, and walls.
A University of Chicago professor challenged students to judge true education by fourteen questions. The list asks about sympathy for good causes, public spirit, friendship, honesty, love for children, compassion to animals, dignity in daily work, personal usefulness, happiness alone, view of money, perception in a mudpuddle, and wonder beyond the stars, ending with relation to the Creator.
The Benton Circuit court court case over the Caldwell will ends today after four weeks of hearings and two days per side. The trial has revealed a vast estate and family skeletons, with Mrs. Caldwell portrayed as sane yet addicted to drugs, raising questions of mental soundness and leaving the verdict uncertain.
The notice states the practitioner is permanently located in Attica for veterinary medicine surgery and dentistry with an office at the Reece livery barn run by Dean Reece D V V Mw.
The speaker argues unskilled workers can rise by farming alone without leaving home. A farmer with ability can expand his job through cooperation with his land. The next generation of farmers could lead in the county, and ambition will drive better crops and broader success.
Fountain county deeds reported by Ledger Press list transfers including Covington Coggins Trustee to Bessie Hearst Wabash township lot for 50 dollars. John G Gordon to O J Cope 98 acres Millcreek township for 15000 dollars. Morris Herzog gains 161.75 acres Cain township from Thomas McBroom for 9705 dollars. Alfred Wilson to John Beck 53.86 acres Cain township for 6000 dollars. Monroe Stambaugh to Elmer Marsh 60 acres Van Buren for 2800 dollars. Peter Reynolds to C E Lea E 3 lot 18 Silverwood for 300 dollars. Truman Williams to John W Smith lot 74 75 Yeddo for 200 dollars. Sarah Hurt to Lorelda Tignor pt lot 82 O P Veedersburg for 50 dollars. Bessie Wann to Lucy Wann and husband lots 35 39 41 44 Silverwood for 1 dollar. Evan Tinsley to Grant Weidman pt lot 26 Hillsboro for 800 dollars.
Mail order houses plan to lobby Congress to amend the zone system for parcel post. Emissaries work to build sentiment against the zone plan, which raises rates with distance to protect small towns from mail order competition. They want a flat rate like letter postage, enabling cheap shipments to distant states regardless of cost to the government.
Mrs. Will H. Noll receives more than 2 500 Christmas letters from Fort Wayne children and arranges gifts for the poor. She spent 1 000 last year and 2 000 this year for the charitable project, finding joy in spreading Christmas cheer.
Rep Ed Voris of Crawfordsville plans a bill for the January legislature prohibiting killing female cattle under four years. He argues young calf slaughter drives cattle shortages and beef prices up, offering this as a method to ease the cost of living.
Flora Brown daughter of Mrs Bell Brown of State Line died at home December 20 at 9 oclock after two years with tuberculosis. She was 21, born and raised in the area, and worked as a telephone operator until four months ago when she left her job.
The Indiana Teachers' Reading Circle board adopts two works for teachers in institute work: Everyday Problems in Teaching by M V O Shea and Sociology Modern Science Problems by Charles A Ellwood. It also selects two children's reading circle books: Northern Trails and That's Why Stories.
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