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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
1
Purdue Experiment Station researchers warn seed corn vitality is down due to a cold wet season and late maturity. They outline a simple testing method: prepare a soil filled box with grid, test kernels from each ear, discard weak ears, and plant 5 bushels per acre from strong germinable seed.
Members of the Thursday Club visited Miss Marguerite Whalen at her Ledgerwood Street home for an afternoon of conversation and music last Thursday. A letter from club president Mrs. G A Ridgway, wintering in Tampa Florida, was read. Refreshments of Boston brown bread sandwiches olives pickles and coffee were served by Miss Whalen.
A Carlisle area man bought 25 cents worth of eggs on credit, took them home then sold them for cash at another store, and spent the money in a saloon. The piece denounces liquor traffic and urges towns to support its removal.
A leap year masquerade at Palmer and Ridgway hall last Friday night drew a large Carlisle crowd with costumes ranging from Indians to Gypsies and a Klu Klux Klan group in white sheets. Music by Carl Willis and Albert Helms kept guests dancing late as attendees came from Sullivan Oaktown Hymera Linton and surrounding towns.
Misses Ada and Dercie Kivett hosted a social at Kivett hall with guessing games and book title author matching. Supper featured sandwiches sherbet and coffee followed by shadow pictures of The Courtship of Miles Standish.
H N Hicks through attorney J W Lindley sues the K and T railroad to recover about 32 dollars spent as Carlisle baseball team manager. He chartered a Southern Indiana train from Terre Haute to Jasonville on June 30 1907 after a regular S I train left early. He alleges agents did not secure proper arrangements and seeks reimbursement.
Fred B. Johnson is praised as a pioneer journalism instructor in Indiana and among the first nationally. A 1902 economics graduate, he led Carlisle school for two years then joined the Indianapolis News as chief political reporter before moving to Indiana University.
William McKinley and family move from Carlisle to Merom where he becomes manager of the C. K. Setzer general merchandise store.
Professor J A Cushing traveled to Terre Haute on Sunday and returned to Carlisle on Monday afternoon He attended the production Simple Simon Simple at the Grand theater during the visit.
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