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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
4
Good second hand base burner by Sharer and Moore. Barred Rock bullets offered at 1 dollar each, contact Mrs Sammie Kennedy at 4235. For rent the Owen S Hill property on North Main Street Carthage contact Susie L Hill at 187 Knights town.
Joseph Goddard of Muncie pledges $10 000 to Earlham College while Richmond citizens must raise 50 000 for a new recreation hall and administration building. Three youths robbed Bennett drug store in Anderson for 50 and fled by car. Lafayette chosen as site for a new K of P home for the aged and orphans on 147 acres.
Notes from Knightstown and nearby include holiday shopping at McCarty’s Drug Store with Betsy Ross Candy and wrist watches offered. Local health updates, fires at the Earl Tweedy home, and a fatal accident of Thomas Pearson are reported along with gas trains at Anderson and railroad station activity. Community visits, shop changes, and holiday plans are listed with multiple residents: Mrs Mary Stevenson visiting Richmond, Will and Weldon Newlin planning a Florida trip, and Mrs R M Whitton improving after illness.
Loren Bundy of Little Rock visited Rushville with his mother Mary Bundy and sister Mrs Clifford Eubank. Arthur Wolf and family of Indianapolis plan a Miami winter. Frank Druckemiller and Edna Ball of Marion married December 9 in Marion. Mrs Druckemiller is daughter of Fred McCorkle. he is a Marion grocer at 818 South Gallatin. Hallie Brooks of Indianapolis is now at Fort Myers Florida. Mrs Rose Gear and sister Lenore Henley moved from 612 South Branson to 320 West Fourth Street Marion.
Over 5 000 spectators in Burgiss Illinois watched Elmer Williams crowned champion corn husker of the world. His 35.8 bushels in 1 hour 20 minutes set the top mark as the lone peg shucker. Walter Olson of Illinois took second with 344 bits using hook and peg. Joe Sudick of Nebraska finished third with 33.38 using hook. Fred Stanek of Iowa, last year’s champion, ended fifth.
Cardiala portable radio with built in loud speaker offered for sale at Sam ple Furniture Co Knightstown. High end reception claimed including access to any station the top price sets can receive.
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