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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1923
Page
1
The piece extols trading at home to boost Boonville economy, promotes Samuel M. Ralston for 1924, lauds a new underwear factory, and urges support for Warrick county Democratic causes and Chautauqua. It celebrates editor ownership of the Enquirer and community boosters.
Boonville residents are invited to visit the Moses Rosenthal Company plant during an open house on Tuesday July 31 from 9 am to 4 pm. The temporary factory room on South Third Street employs about fifty girls with plans for a larger future factory and ongoing community cooperation.
Mrs Henry J Maurer wife of local merchant underwent a serious appendicitis operation at St Marys hospital last Wednesday and is improving daily now on the road to recovery. Miss Norma Maurer stays at her bedside and Mr Maurer spends much time there as Boonville and Warrick county friends are relieved.
The W C T U met Tuesday afternoon to mark Anna Gordon's birthday with Mrs One Youngblood reading part of President Harding's Denver speech on prohibition. An open air meeting is scheduled for August 14 at Brackenridge city park.
Boonville will establish a DeMolay lodge within a short time, sponsored by Strangers Rest Lodge No 240. A joint committee was named to plan installation, with Edmond Goerlitz and Morton J Comp ton advising from Evansville. The DeMolay group serves sons of masons or friends of masons and teaches virtues aligned with home and school life.
A local rumor-mill tale about the mysterious woman in black is denied as unfounded. Jernest Owen is away in Idaho visiting family, while the figure is reported spotted by Bill Julian and local youths in Boonville in various city locations.
Judge Edward Gough president of City National Bank corrects reports of his age stating he is 78 years old, not 80. He notes the error was only two years and extends appreciation for the community's support and good wishes.
Mr and Mrs George A Roth and their daughter Miss Eugenia left on Monday for a fourteen day motor trip to the lakes of Wisconsin.
The Ku Klux Klan offers Dr. G W Barr 250 for to carve their name on a Maypole base in Bracken Ridge Park Boonville. Barr accepts after consulting friends believing it supports a public, inclusive play area. Kiwanis meeting promotes buying at home with local business boosters and speakers Dr Floyd Traylor Otto Roller and "Doc" Seales urging local patronage.
The Enquirer prints a message about a popular Boonville girl who met a Knox Camp unit headed for departure. She wore knickers and walked with pride as she bid farewell to her sweetheart Ed Henry, while soldiers watched. The item hints at envy among the soldiers and labels Henry as lucky if he wins her.
Mrs. Bradshaw wife of James Bradshaw a well known mail carrier was brought home Wednesday from Evansville hospital where she recently underwent an operation. The trip was made in Barnett's ambulance.
A threshing crew on a Warrick county farm near Stephenson was ready to strike for seven dollars a day after an agitator urged higher pay. Sheriff Robert Williams responded, calming the crowd and averting trouble. Many workers returned to the earlier rate of four dollars a day with board.
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