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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1913
Page
3
The article explains farm electrification using a gas engine driven generator with a storage battery, wiring, and lamps. It notes two million engines and 500000 added yearly, and that operators can learn to set the speed ratio and run the system with minimal help. The setup can power home, yard, and barn lighting for years.
Burglars visited Wallace and the surrounding south area Tuesday night. The H Smith farm occupied by E Myers was entered and a horse belonging to Naomi Myers was stolen but recovered near Crawfordsville. Starnes and Son general store suffered about fifty dollars in losses including watches chains rings shoes gloves and a small cash drawer totaling only a few cents.
To the many friends and neighbors who assisted in making the burden of my late bereavement lighter and to the local K P lodge for the kind services and impressive burial ceremony, also for the many beautiful floral offerings I extend my heartfelt thanks. Mrs. C A Duffield.
George Barr McCutcheon, Indiana author of Graustark, has a new serial titled A Fool and His Money to appear next Sunday in Associated Sunday Magazines. Born in Tippecanoe County and educated at Purdue, he began journalism in 1889 at Lafayette papers and later achieved independence after Graustark's 1901 success.
The road between Attica and Wil Hamsport is reported in its worst state for years. At the McMaster farm the bottom has dropped, causing several autos to stall and require horse teams and tackle to recover. A pile of Blackhead rocks was dumped there, yet they will not pulverize and must be removed when the road dries.
Fifty two representatives voted for the Adams bill regulating sanitary conditions in hotels and lodging houses. The measure requires changing sheets and pillowcases after each guest or weekly for longer stays, authorizes a state hotel inspector and deputies, and passed later 52 to 35 with traveling men backing the measure.
Mr and Mrs Fred Purnell entertain ed the I T Whist club at six o clock dinner Wednesday evening. Benjamin Temple of Music in Danville Illinois advertises a fine slightly used piano for sale at a bargain on easy terms.
A reflective essay by Edwin A. Nye urges forty somethings to keep boyish ideals while gaining broader life perspective. It uses the metaphor of pulling down walls to widen the horizon and avoid disillusionment.
A Chicago school pupil's mother struggles with the child's lesson. The next day the daughter reveals all problems were wrong, but not just hers, since every other mother had theirs wrong too.
Hillsboro Times reports on a 14 foot long poplar board discovered in an old barn on the Stebbins farm near Crawfordsville. The board measures 84 inches by 24 inches and is said to be knot free with no heart or bark, likely cut about twenty five years ago.
Hillsboro readers learn influential Cain township citizens press Judge Schoonover to allow payment of part of attorney McCabe's 1000 dollar fee in the Gilbert Crumley prosecution. Dan Hutchins is blamed for hiring McCabe though innocence is claimed, risking Hutchins resources. The town also notes a teacher institute joint with Van Buren and Cain townships, a school program, local visits, and community updates.
A mother near Covington discovered her 18 month old child wrapped in flaming cradle clothing after both children screamed for help. The blaze quickly killed the infant despite the mother suffering burns while trying to save it. Authorities suspect the other child may have shoveled coal onto the cover.
Guglielmo Marconi, at age fifteen, studied at the universities of Bologna and Padua and began electrical research. Over the next years he explored Hertzian waves and, by twenty, proposed sending and receiving these airborne signals. In 1895 he built the first wireless apparatus, astonishing the world with its efficiency.
Mrs. George Curtis hosted a farewell gathering for about three dozen guests on Park Avenue to mark an impending departure from Attica within a month. Six crochet mat trophies were awarded at six tables, carried off by listed recipients, with a dainty two course tea served.
A set of community pledges urging residents to support local farmers and merchants, improve town appearance, invest locally, pick up odds and ends, promote Attica, and participate in civic life to build a bigger, brighter city.
A dog in midnight cold howls at the moon, its tune off key and voice split as hours pass. The piece notes fools who disturb sleep with needless noise and compares them to pessimists. The item also reports Mrs. Henry Davis and Misses Elma Martin and Ruby Binney returning Friday from Chicago after attending a dressmakers convention.
Sam Faro warns that price minded men fear the sheriff and urges respect for mothers and civility at meals. Christine Johnson returns Friday from Morocco after winter with relatives.
A Chicago American issue misprinted Michael Farley as dead from Hearst disease on the front page. Readers and staff expressed concern as proof readers failed to correct the typographical error leading to confusion and consternation in the office.
Special services will be held each evening next week starting Monday night led by Rev. D. L. Prentice of Rom ney to assist the pastor. All in the community are invited. D. I. Conele, Pastor. Mrs. A. Young and Mr and Mrs Frank Gundy of Bismark Ill. accompanied Miss Sabina Smith’s body here for burial Saturday.
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