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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1923
Page
1
The Big Loonville Fair opens amid strong attendance and promising weather. Boonville native Ralph Weyerbacher leads aviation ties as ZR-1 airship plans loom, detailing a 600 foot craft with six engines, 120000 pound lift, and a crew of thirty in a beam of Hoosier history.
An open letter from Ines to Mayor Carl J. Niemein of Princeton complains about royal robes and references Kaiser Wilhelm. The missive mocks authority and hints at public disorder while urging action amid unrest in the United States.
Superintendent William F. Vogel leads Boonville Public Schools faculty listing. The document includes names and qualifications for teachers across departments from English and Mathematics to Science and Home Economics, with several with A B or B S degrees from Indiana University, Purdue, DePauw, and other institutions, plus a separate entry for Walter S. Fort designated as Colored.
Charles H. Taylor left Monday for Indianapolis to attend the state fair. Robert Picker of Muncie is the guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kinderman. Dr. J. Washington Burton and wife returned from a three weeks' visit in Kokomo. Mrs. Charles Day and daughter left for Paducah Kentucky to visit Roscoe Day. Miss Lida LaMar has accepted a teaching position in Evansville schools after years in Broad Ripple.
Warrick county tobacco growers push for a Dark Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association pool. Meetings in Boonville DeGonia Folsomville and Dickeysville hear plans for large warehouses and a receiving station to assure good prices this year. Frank Mosely of Owensboro Ky explains benefits as a tent at the Biz Boonville fairgrounds supplies information.
The Boonville Elks annual fair dance drew a large crowd on Main Street North Side Tuesday night. Attendees traveled from Evansville to attend. The event ran from about 8 p m to 1 a m with Prof. Frank Weitz's Scotch Highlanders jazz band providing music.
Mrs Richard Taylor and two children of Villa Grove Illinois visit Judge Roscoe Kiper and family. Miss Artie Rose of Columbus Ohio visits Mr and Mrs Andrew Uelmbeck for an extended stay. Mrs Orville Stumpf of Terre Haute visits her sister in law Mrs Lida Hemenway. Mr and Mrs Stumpf plan to return to Virginia. An afternoon at the city park last Wednesday hosted about seventy children with balloons contests and prizes won by Fred Wilkinson and Mary Frank Sullenger. News of Miss Bertha Bauman’s death from Shenandoah Iowa was received. she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Bauman formerly of Boonville and was buried last Saturday. her sister Mrs J Simpson attended the funeral.
The Boonville Kiwanis Club hosted a lively luncheon at the St Chais hotel featuring a world wide program with speakers singers and entertainers. Doris Mason Mcland from Chicago sang duets and Happy Fivans performed sleight of hand while the Keith Sisters sextette drew big applause. Rh E Cooper spoke on the Dark Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association detailing farm education grading direct sales and benefits for small and large tobacco farmers. A joint Evansville Boonville Kiwanis luncheon is planned at E C Nagle’s home with supper and a large turnout expected.
The United Brethren conference at Linton named Rev. Nash Eskridge as pastor of Boonville. Rev. William Medcalf takes charge at Chrisney and Rev. C H Ivey is assigned to Dale.
The fifty seventh Warrick county teachers institute ends Friday praised as one of the county’s best. Instructors include W. P. Dearing of Oakland City college A C Freshman of Syracuse N Y and C C Sims of Oakland City college with credit due to Lev Barker county superintendent. Miss Geralda Bohrer served as piano accompanist during the week.
Detroit Aug. 27 Ford Motor Company announces a higher radiator standard across all Ford types with improved body design. The changes include a larger radiator for better cooling, revised front panels, and a new coupe design with enhanced seating, cargo space, and access. News notes other models receive updated cowlwork and interior refinements. Willis escapes jail with help from a woman posing as his wife, fleeing in a taxi near Evansville.
The Boonville band featuring twenty seven players directed by Frank Weitz announces its first concert on Monday September 10 at the northeast corner of the court square. Weitz, renowned in Boonville, directs multiple bands including Shrine De Molay and his Scotch Highlanders. Mrs. W. V. Bennett visits from Enid Arkansas as Street Commissioner Newby updates asphalt streets with parking spaces safety zones and pedestrian lanes.
A letter from Wolflin West Side Lumber Co. of Kivansville Indiana dated August 24 1923 to editor W B Carleton requests correction of a mailing error. The writer notes Warrick county pages were omitted and asks to send the missing advertising pages and the balance of the weekly paper. The signatory is C G Seales.
J A Bennett president of the Fair association, injured months ago after being thrown from a hay wagon, returned home Saturday night with his son Alfred following an exam at the Mayo Brothers Institute in Rochester. He did not require an operation, though remains partially paralyzed from the fall. He is a well known county figure.
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