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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1941
Page
3
Elizabethtown Illinois police judge E R Creason was jailed in the county jail after refusing to pay a 20.60 dollar fine for intoxication. Evidence and arguments were presented from a hallway outside his cell window.
Of the 26 states that levy a cigarette tax only Alabama Arizona Kansas and Oklahoma tax by the package. In the other 22 states the tax is imposed according to the number of cigarettes or as a percentage of their value.
Chicks not sold yet will hatch on February 17 and 24. Golden Rule Hatcheries offers easy start options with new electric oil or gas breeders or full service. Rushville phone 2516. Carney and Ridlen in Carthage offer clover seed lawn seed and hybrid seed corn at low prices. Carthage phone 102.
Henry Pearson underwent mastoid surgery Friday at an Indianapolis hospital and is reported to be progressing well. A number from the area attended revival services at the Knightstown Methodist church this past week. Local families visited relatives in nearby towns, with several accounts of hospitality and illnesses. Mary Jessup and others were ill or off work, while Ralph Zapf had a sinus operation in Indianapolis and is improving.
A Black mother in Little Rock Arkansas recently gave birth to triplets and named them Gone With and Wind. The unusual trio reflects a literary flair in the newborns.
Kelly Field Texas unveils a major expansion with 1200 capacity barracks and fireproof hangars replacing old wooden structures. Cadets rise to 600 with 2700 staff as advanced methods cut pilot training to 30 weeks, producing more graduates per year and a near-zero fatality rate per million miles.
Tims magazine named Winston Churchill British prime minister as man of the year for 1940 while Mussolini is seen as flop of 1940 and likely to keep the title into 1941. A Venice Florida farmer’s radio static led to repairmen finding two rattlesnakes inside the device.
Kenneth Griffith, forward for Alderson-Broaddus College, scored 27 against Salem College to reach 294 points in 13 games this season, lifting his career total to 1 603 points surpassing Hank Luisetti’s 1 596. He also set a one year record with 575 points last season in 688 minutes.
A Jersey City retired fireman finds a wife’s old 1940 calendar in a city trash heap and discovers $110 pinned on its back after hours of searching. Across the country a Kansas City man avoids details about a throat gash. Seattle workers are saved as a pole collapses onto a hospital scene. Chicago man’s false teeth fly as he hits the floor and bite his forehead. San Jose man’s horseradish wine rheumatism cure leads to a two year sentence for driving.
BE A Hoffman of Media Pennsylvania sues his wife for divorce claiming she emptied cigar butts into his morning coffee as part of a campaign to humiliate him. The filing outlines a conflict centered on personal conduct and alleged mistreatment within the marriage.
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