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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
3
Eugene Postlewait, part of Carlisle High School's 1916 class, travels to Seifret Sunday to take a job as a second trick operator with the C. & E. L. company.
Local notes record visits from Charlie Davidson in Vincennes, Mrs. Cauble of Indianapolis, and many others from Indiana and Illinois. Short items mention sales, farm work, and community happenings including trips to Chicago and Terre Haute, with mentions of Oasis and local business updates.
Commodities and luxuries from 1825 1826 counter book prices in Eastern Ohio. Eggs four cents a dozen Butter eight cents a pound Sugar ten cents a pound Pepper fifty cents a pound Coffee thirty one cents a pound Yearly wage one dollar fifty cents a pound Bacon sixty four cents a pound Whiskey twenty five cents a gallon Wheat forty cents a bushel Oats fifteen cents a bushel Corn twenty five cents a bushel Muslin twenty cents and seventy four cents a yard Calico eighty six cents and fifty cents a yard Salt twenty four cents a pound Flowered wall paper forty four cents a yard.
The county board of equalization met last week and will hear complaints for thirty days. Members include J. P. Wilkey, L. O. Tutu, Frank Hiatt, Robert Gambill, and Frank M. Daniels, with roles as assessor, treasurer, and auditor.
The Carlisle Concert Band will give a free open air concert next Thursday in the public school yard marking the boys first public appearance of the season. A good sized crowd is expected. On July 4 the band will play in Kreelandville celebration activities.
In Hawaii the end of the monarchy reshapes intermarriage patterns and social ties. Katherine Fullerton Gerould notes fewer unions between native aristocracy and Anglo Americans as government changes reduce native influence. Hawaiian language wanes among American children and Kanaka pidgin spreads as youth lose interest in preserving their tongue.
Freshman Herbert Hill of Redlands University bet a dollar on hitting a blackbird. He missed and the bird swooped back, seized the bill in its beak, and disappeared into a park tree, leaving Till unable to pay the wager. A possible recovery of the bill remains uncertain.
Paris officials report hay boots replacing scarce small size footwear. Soldiers given oversized boots with free socks, then fill the boot with hay to fit. The improvised solution highlights the shortage of properly fitting footwear and the wartime resourcefulness.
The only AB abstract books set in Sullivan county is stored in the upstairs office of the Crowder Block on the east side of the public square in Sullivan Indiana.
A clipped dialogue describes a man once a struggling clerk who now drives a costly automobile. His wife is wealthy, and he still faces money troubles, needing pocket change from her.
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs Fanleigh pressuring her daughter about a marriage proposal while the daughter prefers discussing baseball. The line hints at social expectations and personal interests influencing courtship.
A fragmentary note hints at Lemuel and a marriage that struggles and may fail. The speaker suggests resilience and a chance to fight through adversity, reflecting a domestic scene with unresolved tension between father and son.
A judge notes the excess water in the stock as investors face losses. The exchange captures a grim moment in the market, reflecting widespread disappointment and hardship among shareholders.
A brisk exchange hints at seasonal plans with a playful cricketing pun about outings and innings reflecting spring readiness and summer possibilities.
Local agent Strauss Bros promotes property deals under Quality Farms with ready farms for sale. Works on reasonable commission and regularly offers farmland options available for purchase or sale.
Mr and Mrs Will Cartwright of Sullivan were weekend guests of Mack Lemon and family and other relatives, staying Saturday and Sunday.
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