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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
4
Church events and social visits fill a Pine Village column. Members attend Methodist Sunday classes at Mrs. B F Gephart home while other residents host guests from Earl Park Lafayette Oxford Gary and Attica. Readers note upcoming union convention and children's day services at the Christian and Methodist churches.
A Flying Squadron of America section will speak in Attica on Thursday June 25 at 8 p.m. in likely the Christian church. Mrs Culla Wabbinger WC T U state president will address the meeting with pianist William Bradford. A burned bridge on Towpath road near Nebeker station disrupted Monday morning train service to Covington.
Mrs. Margaret Peck of Winthrop and granddaughters Eunice and Florence Peck of Judyville plan a July visit to Mrs. F. M. Scarlet in Canastota South Dakota. Epworth league social at Bud Ritenuor home drew a large crowd. Various Sunday guests and local gatherings noted, with many names and places mentioned.
Friday afternoon June 5th death at the home of brothers George and Jasper Beverly due to heart leakage. Funeral held at Salem cemetery Sunday afternoon. The Warren township common school commencement occurred at the Baptist church in Independence last Tuesday night with audience from this place and music by the Roberts orchestra.
Miss Lethal De Laquila and T. Will Thompson wed by Elder Jack Man Monday night at Eldercrest. They reside with Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Young on Main Street. The bride, in Attica a year, worked at Barnhart’s store and the Hotel Attica. the groom, a barber at Purviance shop, is the son of Mrs. Mary A. Thompson.
Willitts A. Bastian of Indianapolis urged broad constitutional revisions in Bloomington. Proposals include women suffrage and citizenship-based alien suffrage limits, educational voting qualifications, short ballot, anti fraud measures, initiative referendum and recall, longer legislative sessions, higher voter age, city home rule, special elections for judges and prosecutors, abolition of the Appellate court, worker compensation, removal of justices of the peace, municipal courts, and updated township practices.
Mrs. Sarah Florey aged 76 died at her home west of Newtown early Wednesday from peritonitis after a brief illness. She was a Fountain county lifelong resident, widow of Daniel Florey, and survived by three daughters Mrs. Orange Palin Mrs. Frank Martin and Miss Hollis Florey plus two brothers and a sister. Funeral at 2:00 pm from the home with burial in the old Baptist cemetery near Newtown.
Councilman Haller supervised city workers trimming trees at Riverside cemetery in Attica, dedicating full days and even lunch breaks to the project. He earned strong praise from Mayor Reed and Marshal Beamer for his devoted stewardship of the park and burial grounds.
Former State Senator B. F. Shiveley will address the Covington gathering after the county progressive convention on June 24. He is described as a lively speaker and worth hearing, with fuller details to be announced next week.
The Fowler Tribune discusses Democratic critique of living costs and tax levels in Indiana, cites Peterson on food prices, and contrasts Republican figures such as Hopkins and Cannon. It notes Progressive ticketing in fifty counties and references the Blind case about contract law and interstate commerce.
The U S Department of Labor notice urges harvest labor in the West. Kansas seeks 40,000 workers at 2.50 a day, Missouri 30,000 at 2.00 to 3.50 a day, and South Dakota 2.00 to 3.50 a day with board. Work starts about June 15 and lasts three to six months.
Summer tourist excursion tickets go on sale daily from June 1 to September 30 for trips to New York City Boston Montreal Washington and other eastern points. Inquiries go to G C Knickerbocker Danville Illinois and W W Heasman Attica Indiana. September 30.
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