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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1923
Page
3
A. F. Miles, a Warrick County resident and longtime corrections officer, is named new superintendent of Pendleton reformatory. Miles began as a guard in Jeffersonville twenty years ago and has risen through the ranks to the current leadership role.
A Lebanon man quipped when asked which governor or state official he’d rather be. He would choose joining the navy and seeing the world if forced to decide, per the Lebanon Reporter.
Mrs S D Davis went back to her Tennyson home after a visit in town with her daughter Mrs Nettie Reed.
Z. T. Emmerson, a former Boonville high school principal in the 1880s and prominent Owensville banker aged 76, died December 20. He influenced Evansville and Boonville business leaders who were his students in early Boonville days.
Nathan Murphy and Sam Roth suffered minor injuries after a collision with several cars on the Southern tracks when a signal was not conveyed. Their vehicle was severely upturned by the impact. The Roth Motor Company mailed engraved Christmas cards to customers and friends this year amid holiday greetings from local businesses.
The article urges a Christmas fund drive for Japan after the September 1 earthquake devastated Tokyo and Yokohama. It highlights massive losses, destroyed Methodist facilities, and a call for generous donations from all Methodists to replace schools, churches, and publishing houses, totaling about 1.6 million dollars. It stresses national resilience and Christian mission by American Methodists.
J. Byron Kohlmeyer, third year at Purdue University Lafayette, visits his parents for the holidays. His father, Mr. John Kohlmeyer, notes the son was a standout pitcher for Purdue baseball last season and intends to return to campus in early January.
The notice urges readers to check the paper date or wrapper for paid subscription time and pay any overdue amounts. It notes individual payments are small but collectively matter for keeping the newspaper current.
Truman Mundy trustee of Boon township Wayne Wright trustee of Owen township N O Bell trustee of Anderson township and William Kuhlenschmidt trustee of Campbell township left Tuesday of last week by auto for Indianapolis to attend the annual state meeting of the township trustees of Indiana.
After three failed extradition attempts, Warrick County Prosecutor Bippus says no more efforts will be made to bring Jourgen Olsen back to Indiana while Governor Nestos is in office. Olsen, former president of the defunct Farmers Bank at Newburgh, is linked to a 1921 bank failure with $113000 cash and $60000 in bonds missing. Assistant Lindsey criticizes North Dakota authorities for not pursuing charges and notes $1000 spent on the pursuit. Olsen allegedly owns about 10000 acres near Minot valued near a million dollars, mortgaged for $90000 with foreclosure.
Floyd W. Traylor, noted local auto dealer and trucking association head, spends winter in Miami with his wife and daughter. He reports daily ocean bathing and July like weather. He’s arranging Enquirer delivery to keep up with Warrick county news and misses Kiwanis meetings.
Rockport high school beat Chandler 60 to 15 Friday night. Mrs Bainhauser hosted twenty neighbors with fried chicken on Oak Street Sunday. Philharmonic club plans February free concert directed by J W Mason. Mrs Rosane Baker and Norman R Watson wed in Boonville with Squire Granville St Claire officiating. Fred St Claire returns from Honolulu for visit. Selvin Independents beat Jasper College 23 to 16 with Thiry scoring six. Lucy Whitney 34 died in Iron Mountain Michigan. services held at Billups Werry and internment Maple Grove. Mrs Whitney formerly lived in Boonville and was Allie Mundy’s daughter.
Detroit reports the Ford Motor Company die making division completed 110 new dies and punches for the New Tudor Sedan bodies in far less time than the previous standard. The mechanical electric engraving machine accelerates production, reducing hand work by about eighty percent and enabling precise steel reproductions of master dies.
Rockport American Legion men edged Boonville Fatimas 15 to 14 in a hard fought game. Miller led Rockport with 13 of the 15 points and was a standout at field goal time. A Sunday celebration honored Mrs. Charles Wilke on her seventy first birthday and Helen Wilke on her seventeenth.
John F. Heinzle was appointed receiver of Key Coal Company by Warrick county circuit court on Consumers Coal Company's filing alleging a 27000 debt and insolvency. The mine has been idle since March 15 due to low coal prices. mortgage foreclosed for 88000 by Thomas J. Morton trustee. Judge Lindsey ruled jurisdiction exists as Key Coal maintained an Evansville area office.
Edgar M. Moyer of Chandler, a longtime Enquirer reader for nearly thirty years, called Saturday to renew his subscription for the coming year. He is a well known Democrat with wide county-wide acquaintance and says he cannot keep house without the paper.
Carl Winck of Cincinnati, manager of Lippincott Canning Company with a Boonville plant, visited last week to sign farmers for a large tomato acreage. He reports good luck and potential expansion in Warrick County. L A Folsom informs of his sister Lucile Folsom marrying L L Connelly in Los Angeles on December 11. Lucile, a harpist and former New England Conservatory student, is daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Folsom of Gulfport Mississippi.
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