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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
4
Classified sale notices list oats hay corn seed eggs and canaries with prices and sellers in Jasper Parish Charlottesville and nearby towns. Local events include cantata, Thimble Club meeting, market earnings, tuberculosis testing plans, and notes on residents visiting or traveling.
An old tale relays how George Bernard Shaw, returning from a ballet, tried dancing in his street and fell repeatedly. A watching policeman, joined by the inspector, postman, and milk boy, all tried to spin with Shaw until the milk boy broke his leg and everyone was taken to a hospital.
A student of superstition explores the common belief that lighting three cigarettes from one match brings bad luck. The tale traces origins to the Boer War with a sharpshooter’s aim, then to World War myths, and finally to a manufacturers’ advertising ploy for matches.
A practical test heats a specimen to red heat. Platinum resists change, while tungsten develops a yellow oxide or burns to yellow oxide. If destruction must be avoided, filings can be treated with aqua regia to observe a yellow tungsten powder or orange red platinum solution, with slow attack if iridium alloys present.
The weather bureau defines frost as featherlike ice crystals forming on exposed surfaces when the dew point is below freezing and drops further. Frost consists of small clear globular ice pieces on vegetation and other surfaces under specific atmospheric conditions.
A large English bank proposes using machines for ledger posting and passbook writing. At the British Empire exhibition a Lloyds bank branch tested a machine that prints a typed statement of debits, credits, and balance. The operator enters transactions and presses Total to display the balance, and the machine prevents overdrawn accounts.
Jimmy boasts about stepping on a rattlesnake while camping. His father questions how he knew it was a rattlesnake. Jimmy says he heard the snake’s teeth chattering the moment it saw him.
The notice outlines domestic postal rates: first class unchanged for letters and cards. private and government cards priced at two cents. special rules for large cards and printed-only cards. Third and fourth class rates set by weight with tiers from one to eight ounces and beyond, plus books at one cent per two ounces. Registration, return receipts, special delivery, insurance, C O D, and money order fees detailed. Postmaster and carriers cited.
The report shows the State Bank of Carthage in Carthage Indiana with total resources of 368 153 63 and total liabilities equal to 368 153 63 as of April 6 1925. Howard E Henley cashier swears to the accuracy of the statement before notary Sam O McCarty on April 15 1925.
Four and six inch rough cypress for fencing noted at Tweedy's Lumber Yard. Mr and Mrs H J Catt of Anderson visited Sunday. Gilbert Miner works in Urbana paper mill. Mr and Mrs Robert Stanley and others visited Anderson and Hartford City. Betty Henley wins ad writing prize in Indianapolis paper. Citizen issues parcel post orders from multiple counties and towns near Huntington, Porter, and Howe counties.
Miss Martha Bentley shows slight improvement after several weeks of ill health. The Jasper Nigh family plans to move into Bert Sharer s bungalow on E Fifth street. Earl Nigh will take the farm. Charles Moore advances on South Main Street with improvements including raising, concrete foundation, porches and basement.
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