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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
4
A writer criticizes Indiana's choice of the carnation as state flower, noting its worldwide and nonnative status. The piece cites a New York list showing many states share flowers and argues for a native, regionally available emblem, contrasting Indiana with Ohio and other states.
Mrs. H. S. Aylesworth hosted a Delmonico's Los Angeles Easter luncheon for Mrs. Will Zeigler of Attica with thirty guests including Miss Zula Zeigler and Mrs. T. J. Rice. Afterward the group attended a Burbank theater matinee. decor featured a nest centerpiece with yellow chicks and violets. favors included yellow fluff and envelope tickets.
The Belgian stallion Barnum De Thorembais No 1578, long owned by Independence farmers, sold at Independence auction on March 20 for 600 dollars to Charles B. McAdams. He will stand the horse locally this season at the Irvin feed yard in Attica and at Walt Steadman's barn in Independence, nearing twelve years old and imported from Belgium by J. Crouch and Son of Lafayette.
Clarence Berry of near Yeoman placed a note in a bottle in the Tippecanoe river on July 12 1912. He later received a Tucson Arizona letter from Paul King an engineer on the Southern Pacific railroad who found the bottle in the Pacific Ocean at Los Angeles California on February 24 1913.
Transfers recorded in Fountain county include Covington to Nina Doster of lot 7 in Imp. Co. suid Attica for 1 dollar, and numerous deeds in Attica Hillsboro Covington Richland Van Buren Wabash and Veedersburg. Notable amounts include $24,000 for Clement Neal’s Hillsboro lot and $10,059 for Richland tp properties. Names include Doster Purviance Reid Lippold Briggs Waterman Smoot Nuss Schermerhorn Hesler Wilkin Campbell Mellett Rice Holden Stambaugh McLean Brown Spry Halley Long Ross Weeks Nichols McCabe Law Hass York Neal and others.
The article urges farmers to drag roads on their properties as soon as the weather clears. A few hours of work with a drag will smooth ruts formed in the recent bad spell and help roads settle level and solid. If needed, a split log drag suffices and saves repair costs, with early attention worth much more than later labor.
Senator Harlan's false statement bill, now law, imposes fines from 100 to 1000 dollars and 1 to 5 years in jail for misrepresenting ability to pay debts. Indianapolis merchants plan to implement credit card sign systems. Attica merchants await action as statewide adoption is expected soon.
A collection of light wordplay and trivia jokes asking about language acts and letters. It includes questions about why a girl is not a noun, why lazy people’s beds are too short, and which two words contain all vowels in order, ending with a playful note on flowers for a menagerie.
City attorney and city clerk note a Harper's item about cold as a cure for baldness. Shackleton’s expedition members reportedly grew hair after exposure to polar conditions. A London cold storage director claims frost temperatures prevent hair loss among workers.
A new firm appeared among Veedersburg business houses, the Veedersburg Real Estate and Insurance Brokerage. Three young men own and will run it led by John E. Leonard. They will handle real estate and all insurance lines including fire lightning tornado life accident liability. O. W. McGaughey will host offices and serve as legal adviser for the venture.
A vivid portrait of the U S civil service as a vast machine employing over 450 000 people with four year salaries totaling more than 2 1 2 billion dollars It affects every person daily and touches tasks from bee study to Panama Canal construction Congress spending and even a one cent postal card The piece contrasts modern nickels with ornate carpets highlighting the era's grand government scale.
The American Trotting and Racing association barred the hobbled horse from its tracks after 1915, arguing the devices harm the animal. A real horse lover favors natural balance and opposed speed achieved by mechanical aids, calling hobbling cruel and unnecessary.
Lara Johnson of Benton County reported two valuable mildh cows died after eating paint from a pail left by painters who had recently repainted a field site with a tobacco signboard. The mix contained white lead. A veterinarian was unable to help the animals.
A farmer boasted to Abraham Lincoln about a massive hay crop. Lincoln replied with a smiling vow that his men stacked as much as possible outside and stored the rest in the barn. The exchange, cited in Tid Bits, humorously highlights Lincoln’s understated wit.
A Purdue University expert sought a full-blooded Shorthorn calf with ideal beef type. Grant Bonebrake’s calf was declared near perfect and shipped to the university where it will be fattened and shown at the stock show. The calf is expected to win first prize, highlighting Grant’s achievement in raising a premier Shorthorn.
Clyde Ridge of Covington suffered a rare accident while shaving when his razor cut through his nose. He lost much blood before a physician treated him, requiring seven stitches on each side to restore the nose. Ridge, a longtime county resident and family man, was off duty for several days with daily surgical care.
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