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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
6
Oxford plans a Carnegie library after the library board bought a lot opposite the Bank of Oxford. An $8 000 structure is intended once preliminaries are settled. Earlier objections to town taxes for the monument faded as supporters push the project forward.
Local builders have secured sufficient funds to construct a new building without the steel king's support. The forthcoming structure will resemble the one currently going up at Kingman, which is shown in the accompanying image in this issue.
In Covington interview E H Grimes, mapper of Fountain and Warren county soils, reports eight distinct soil varieties on river terraces between Covington and Attica. He says this area shows greater diversity than other parts of the state and finds the counties more interesting than the monotonous eastern soils.
Mrs Miles Baldwin and her father George Sims of the Danville Soldiers Home departed Saturday to visit his daughter Luella in Paris Tennessee.
Williamsport plans its first chautauqua July 31 to August 4 in a western town grove tent. The Central Chautauqua circuit, based in Indianapolis, backs the event with five days of lectures and music, including George P. Bible and Gov. R S Vessey talks, Panama canal talk by Frank Gause, Tom Morgan and J Stanley Wright performances, and Judge James A Collins lectures.
The Fountain County board of commissioners awarded a contract to County Clerk Sanders to index circuit court records. The pay rate of two cents per document and four cents per jacket prompted concern about secrecy and total cost. About thirteen thousand cases may yield over a thousand dollars in document fees and higher jacket costs, with Elmer Bowers and Ruth Wagner employed to perform the indexing tasks.
Waynetown Dispatch reports Joe Wilkinson boasts a champion brood sow with three litters of 15 17 and 20 pigs and refuses to sell the sow. H W Mitchell moves into a new home on Ravine Park boulevard.
Frank Dayton has spent four years with a major motion picture company. He previously acted in In Old Kentucky for eight years in separate stints. Dayton's stage career includes roles in Shenandoah, Lost Paradise, The Girl I Left Behind Me, and Empire at New York theaters, with Charlies Frohman as manager. He is noted for heavy dramatic leads and modern character types.
A synopsis traces Pancho Villa from ranch life to bandit chief and revolutionary leader. After a federal officer abducts Villa's sister and she dies, Villa seeks vengeance, rises through battles against federals, and defeats them to become a claimant to Mexico's presidency.
Motion picture reels under preparation portray Uncle Sam’s soldiers across infantry cavalry artillery and the signal corps. Scenes depict field exercises camp life drills skirmishes and cavalry maneuvers with troops shown en route by train and traversing rough terrain and rivers. The United States War Department sponsors the films.
Marie Dressler appears in a planned series of three and four reel comedies directed by Mack Sennett. Production has progressed and the films featuring Miss Dressler are set to debut to the public by July first.
Blanche Ring and cast of When Claudia Smiles filmed in Why Is the Ocean So Near the Shore. Norma Philips in Our Mutual Girl dances Boys! Boys! Boys with the male chorus in a black and white costume.
On Thursday June 18 Mary Ruth Darlin celebrated her birthday with a surprise party at her grandparents home. Twenty four friends joined in music and dancing after an Arcade theater outing. A Ford touring car from her grandfather and gifts from guests topped a night of refreshments and celebration. Out of town guests included Mrs Will Lenhart and Goldie Lenhart of Danville Illinois and Miss Mildred McKee.
A reflective outlook poem contrasts inner values with outward displays. It urges choosing truth and action over appearance, kindness over fame, and living with integrity to foster happiness and lasting peace.
Sealed bids addressed to the Fountain County auditor in Covington Indiana will be received by 1 30 p m on Tuesday July 7 1914 for furnishing supplies to the Fountain County asylum for three months starting August 1 1914. Estimates are on file in the auditor's office. William B Gray Auditor. June 1926.
Mrs. Laura Brier Gilbert of Decatur and Mrs. Cotterill with daughter Mrs. Warrington of Des Moines arrived in Attica for a brief visit with old friends and relatives. They toured Fountain, Cotterell's youth home, and reconnected with many acquaintances from Rob Roy. Gilbert recently returned from a lengthy Florida stay that boosted her health.
Summer tourist excursion tickets will go on sale daily from June 1 to September 30 to New York City Boston Montreal Washington and other eastern points. For details inquire W W Heasman Agent Attica Ind Sept 30.
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