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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
9
An osteopathy graduate of the American School of Osteopathy founded by Dr A T Still will visit Noah Weaver's residence at Ferry and Perry streets Attica. He will treat chronic diseases Tuesday and Friday mornings weekly from 7 30 to 11 30 with phone contact 467.
On Brady street the Campbell family sells at private sale a bedroom suite including bed dresser and washstand a dining set with table sideboard and chairs a Majestic range and an ice chest. Harry Purviance spent Sunday with his parents in Huntington where his father who had a stroke last week shows some improvement.
Chicago attorney W J Ammen sues Judge Landis for 500000 in the superior court, alleging a reprisal for a reprimand. The case stems from Ammen's role for George F Harding in an action against Standard Oil and a prior Court of Appeals brief alleging judicial influence by oil company attorneys. The article notes Landis’s fame for fining Standard Oil 29000000 and identifies Landis as brother of ex congressman Charles B Landis of Delphi.
A wealthy eastern suitor marries a hired girl in Iowa saying both share dignity of labor. The piece argues hands-on workers deserve respect, praising the couple for choosing each other beyond fortune.
The article notes lightning fatalities are rare compared with dangers like falling objects or heat. It argues fear remains even when statistics show odds under two in a million, and women calm themselves after storms while joking about gas stove dangers.
Three hundred acres of fine pasture with good running water on the home place at Five Points two and one half miles north of Williamsport Immediate possession E F McCabe 32 t1 Also for sale farms and city property with exchange options G L McConnell West Lebanon Ind 38 89
Edna Ristine of Veedersburg wins a suit to set aside a deed to Noah Teegarden and his wife for 26 acres near Veedersburg. The court voided the deed after finding it obtained by alleged fraud and ordered the land returned with the cash tender rejected by the defendants.
A group of six Wingate boosters visited Attica Tuesday night to promote the Wingate Fourth celebration at the fair grounds. They handed out programs listing three horse races with $200 purses, a ten mile motor race, a relay, a foot race, a greased pole contest, a baby show, and an auto parade on the track. Sam Ogle presides over the association and spoke at the Attica Merchants meeting. the Wingate fair lease expires this year and options to sign a new lease or buy the grounds are uncertain. The booster group included Sam Ogle, H F Van Cleave, J R Crane, J W Crane, Mark Maddox, Charles Kennedy, John R Dunkin, M S Crane, Ed Hatton, Lawrence Granett, Will C Hiatt, Charles Ocheltree, Dal Palin, Cc Hunter, W C Sayers, J W McCorkle, Charles W Carter, John R Wilson.
At a Monday city council meeting the mayor and police chief were authorized to hire an all night officer. Paul Moore accepted the post amid concerns over recent robberies and other city matters. Lew Johnson remains the night watchman. Dan C Reed attended a Country club party in Crawfordsville hosted by Mr and Mrs W T Gott and Helen Smith. Mrs Reed visited from last week and Miss Dessie Cates is staying with Lottie Williame.
Local notes record F. E. McKinney and wife hosting a fifth wedding anniversary for Homer and wife of Crawfordsville, plus numerous visitors from Danville Ill Beaverville Pine Village and Stone Bluff. The entries mention travel to aviation events, hospital visits, family reunions, and a death of Joseph N. Foster at 54.
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