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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
3
Advice urges substituting comfort for show and convenience for fashion. Emphasize simplicity, neatness, and inexpensiveness, and teach self restraint from costly fripperies. Build a humble, happy home with dignity and love, matching the contentment of wealthier neighbors.
Wallace Wade, who ran a Mellott newspaper, moved his operation to Stone Bluff and launched the town’s first local paper yesterday. The venture, Stone Bluff’s first, will be watched with interest to see its outcome.
I am now permanently located in Attica for the practise of veterinary medicine surgery and dentistry with office at the Reece livery barn. DEAN REECE DV M.
Luther Metsker traveled from Boswell to meet Webb Metsker of Kingman and take Lemon Girl the mare Webb leased to Boswell parties for training and possible races this fall. Lemon Girl showed speed in try-out miles and previously trained well, though she went lame before a mark. Webb, a horse enthusiast, owns several good horses near Kingman and had strong results at the recent Kingman horse show.
Ed Hill a longtime Attica resident with no nearby relatives fell in the Stafford elevator Saturday night breaking his left hip. He slept in the elevator after sharing a board with his bed and was not found until morning. Dr Case treated him and Trustee Riggin arranged care at the county farm, where Coffing ambulance transported him Sunday.
Instructions describe pesticide methods using pyrethrum powder carbolic acid bichromate potash and formaldehyde to kill flies with room exposure. A separate note reports Moe Hirsch buying ninety hogs from William Schlosser and Hosea Cronkhite at seven and a quarter cents per pound. A lost gold fob on the streets of Attica is to be retrieved at the Ledger Press office for a reward.
On his wedding day auditor Gray returned to the office to find a rocking chair card from all county officers and a cut glass water set from the court house ladies. The gifts wished the couple long life health and happiness in a warm, humorous note.
Stokes Jackson, prominent Democratic politician and former Senate sergeant at arms, died at his Greenfield home on Saturday June 22 after a month long illness from Bright’s disease. He fell ill while on duty in Washington and arrived home on May 2. He was briefly threatened with pneumonia before the disease worsened.
The Hillsboro Times, owned and published by Warren Bowers for years, was sold last week to Will Cooper a young Hillsboro teacher who has led schools in Westfield Illinois for the past year. He lacks newspaper experience but is deemed capable and ambitious.
James Copeland and Clayton Steinbaugh sue in Montgomery circuit court for a judgment against Frank Milligan and Rankin C Walkup claiming they were promised 470 as commission for selling three Walkup farms near Kingman. They say the sale occurred but settlement remains unpaid. The Pocahontas lodge ladies plan a social at Riverside in the Redmen building store room on Saturday evening June 29, inviting all.
Notice reports a June 24 1912 common council vote approving condemnation of a twelve foot wide alley lot in Attica Fountain County Indiana for city use. It sets July 22 1912 as the hearing date for objections with published notices and lists affected properties and owners.
Railway traffic backed up as three cars derailed eastbound fast freight 62 at Danville Junction halting both tracks for hours starting at 8 o clock. Local notices report civil matters, including a proposed settlement over the will of Sampson Road, a surgeon’s upcoming operation, and various town updates and social items.
Carl W Riddick writes from Lewistown Montana detailing why eastern settlers should consider central Montana. He praises mild winters, abundant sunshine, and productive soils, describes cattle holdings, irrigation, and soil composition, and notes rising opportunities in farming, stock raising, and urban commerce as homesteads and investments.
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