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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
3
Mr and Mrs James Perkins of New Castle visited Sunday as about 300 acres of sugar corn were pledged toward the 800 needed for a new Milroy canning facility.
A New York Sun poem contemplates a woman in a church wedding, gazing from a casement as moonlight and furnace glow frame the scene. The stanza asks where she goes after the ritual, whether a nunlike twilight prayer persists, and what road leads her toward ecstasy beyond the door.
An Atlantic green turtle arrived in New Orleans with a punctured shell. The 200 pound patient had water loss through a one inch hole. after draining the water a shell piece was removed. The wound was cleaned and filled with melted paraffin then plaster tar and wax were applied. The turtle now eats about two pounds of fish daily at the aquarium.
Henry Carey is credited with the British national anthem but claims of authorship are disputed by authorities. He died in London in 1748 after a life of struggle, leaving a family in need yet a lasting legacy in the ballad Sally in Our Alley. He also popularized the term Namby-pamby in English verse.
A sharp exchange traces a call for immediate congressional investigation into income disparity. The phrase Half the world doesn't know how the other half lives underscores public demand for urgent action.
The London zoo announces a new colony of umbrella ants from Trinidad. These ants live on rose petals which they drag to their hills like carrying an umbrella. In Trinidad petals serve as sunshades rather than umbrellas.
A father explains honesty to his son with a fable about a bank error. If a teller gives $60 for a $50 check and you return five dollars to your partner, that act embodies honesty. The tale contrasts moral clarity with situational ambiguity.
A gale struck the home of George Nelson in a small New England town. One chimney was blown away and another damaged, leaving a shell of the stable and no disturbance to the upper brickwork.
Canary Snowball Gettie of Western State hospital Thurst on County herd completed a 305 day test with calf at 195 days posting 22132 pounds milk and 767.78 pounds butter fat equal to 959.7 pounds butter. She then produced 618.1 pounds milk and 40.2 pounds butter in seven days as a junior four year old on official test.
A Feb 13 local Latin contest will select the entrant to Rushville for the county contest. Freshman Latin class participation is noted along with nine High School members entering the National Oratorical Contest. A March elimination will determine the Rushville participant, then a sequence to Section, State, and National prizes, with first prize of 1000 dollars. Music Note Books awarded to two judges yielded top three in each grade, with 5th through 8th grades names listed and county-contest entry planned this week in Rushville.
State police Shinn and Bennett warned Friday that motorists using 1924 plates must obtain 1925 licenses at once. Starting Monday February 16 arrests will be made for violations, with offenders facing fines or vehicle custody until the new license is secured.
Mr and Mrs Ed Adkins were in Indianapolis last Thursday. The executive committee of the Ripley Country Club will serve a 2 12 o'clock luncheon next Thursday at the home of Mrs J. H. Healey. Mrs Rena P. Warner, the new county chairman, and Mrs Paul T. Allen, will be present with a message for the club members. Members who cannot attend are asked to notify Mrs Healey by Tuesday.
The Fort Morgan Colorado judge owns a $1000 cane built from 100 cow horn pieces around a steel core. Frank Reynolds recounts how Cecil Saunders raised funds in 1902 New Mexico to aid the release of a Mexican prisoner, which led to the slayer’s freedom after a supreme court appeal.
A London Evening Standard writer notes a striking memorial at Tir National near Brussels. A white stone slab bears four brass disks marking the chair legs where Edith Cavell sat before she was shot by a German firing squad.
A village church hall in Cornwall advertises a forthcoming concert followed by a hot pasty supper. The notice states the vicar will preach on Sunday morning on the subject titled A Night of.
Rushville residents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wort man visited Roy M. Small and family Sunday evening. O W Righter departed Saturday for an open ended stay in Miami Florida. Mr and Mrs William P Hen ley and Miss Lillian Henley left Tuesday for a possible two month trip to the South with stops in New Orleans and Cuba.
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