Community Notes from Carthage Indiana 1926
A.M.E. Church expresses thanks for a $40 gift paid to Sharer and Moore. Pastor Rev Greenfield and trustees Quincy Buckner Ida McCullough John Tuttle sign the message. An old fiddlers contest is planned for March. DeSchipper Canning Company will operate next season and contracts tomato acreage at $12 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. E. Church
Sharer & Moore
Greenfield
Quincy Buckner
Ida McCullough
John Tuttle
DeSchipper Canning Company
Local Want Ads Collect Farm Jobs Goods and Posts
Classified notices list farm hands including Ed Retherford and Mrs Harry Leisure. sales of incubators beans apples hens cows and chicks. housework and laundry work requests. a 100 acre farm for rent. salesman opening for petroleum products. local restaurant update. postmaster candidates named with several locals mentioned.
Road and streetcar fatalities decline while auto deaths rise
The Stewart Warner Safety Council notes railroad accidents fell from 12 520 in 1913 to 8 078 in 1923 and street car deaths dropped from 8 080 in 1918 to 2 006 in 1928. Auto deaths rose from 3 822 in 1913 to 16 452 in 1928 and keep increasing. they urge constant care by pedestrians and drivers to save lives.
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United States
Stewart- Warner Safety Council For
New York
Detroit
Stewart-Warner Safety Council For
Washingtons Hair Lock Letter Reveals Personal Touch
A Valley Forge letter shows Gen George Washington sending a lock of hair to Miss Kitty Livingston with his compliments during the 1778 winter. The original note, read before the Count Vernon Ladies Association, was donated by Livingston descendants Margeret Norton and Elizabeth Neon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
George Washington
Kitty Livingston
General Washington
Count Vernon Ladies’ Association
I’ Etter
Maple sugar camps open season with strong sap flow
The sugar camps open for the season with expected high quality maple syrup selling at 2.50. James Terhune camp reports good sap runoff while Rue P Henley Clyde Henley and Ed Adkins camps anticipate boiling down on Thursday. Weather may affect operations with light showers and a 47 degree day followed by showers Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Terhune
Rue P. Henley
Clyde Henley
Ed Adkins
Possible Wreck Averted on Big Four Tracks
A train wreck was averted when Roscoe Mattix of Hill Grain and Coal Co found a bar of iron with spikes across a rail north of Second Street crossing near the elevator. A fast through freight was due soon after. Big Four detectives have been investigating the matter which could bring heavy penalties if guilt is found. J Butler Hill marked his Feb 10 birthday with guests. Mrs Oliver Earnest is improving in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Mattix
Hill Grain and Coal Co
Big Four Railroad
Big Four
J. Butler Hill
R. A. Watling
Middletown
Robert F. Reeves
Greenfield
Oliver Earnest
Indianapolis
Arrest of Jesse Booher Under Court Order
Jesse Booher, removed from New Castle to property on the V, was arrested Friday night by Sheriff Bradway of Henry County. Booher faced a Henry circuit court order to leave the state or serve 2 to 14 years for assault and battery on his father last December. He had fled but returned and will serve the term at Michigan City. Maple sugar candy for sale. Mrs James Terhune.
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Jesse Booher
New Castle
Bradway
Henry County
Booher
Henry
Booker
Michigan City
Social visits span several towns in Indiana and Michigan
Outside of City Limits Harry Leisure and family visited Mr and Mrs P S Linville at Knightstown. Mrs Russell Linville went to Andersonville to attend her grandfather Hoffberger's funeral. Mrs Jesse Addison visited Indianapolis with the Macys and Ed Powell, who returned to Hedrick, Iowa. Various relatives and friends were seen in New Castle, Rushville, Chicago, Cincinnati, and other spots, with gatherings at the Buckleys and Leisure family. Wedding invitations or announcements are printed at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Leisure
P. S. Linville
Knightstown
Russell Linville
Andersonville
Mr Hoffberger
Jesse Addison
Indianapolis
Thomas Macy
Ed Powell
Powell
Hedrick
Iowa
Ed Retherford
Lee
Ford Retherford
Rushville
Byron Henley
Michigan Limestone Chemical Co
Rogers City
Mich
Rue P Henley
Chicago
Harry Logan
Morristown
Ben Nelson
Evalena Reames
Cincinnati
Mary Shannon
Dayton
Suneday
Charles Buckley
Washington
Henry Stenger
Edward Klingstein
A. W. Klingstein
Flora Klingstein
James Crews
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Rogers
Country Club
California
Peas
Kroger Soap Pond
Tienbeeen Lee
Carthage
Ind
Judge Henley
Danner Bros
Variety Store
Wallace Staten
F. W. Cotton
Margaret Oliphant
Altl
Wilson Orchard
E. J. Reeves
Hollybrook
Howard Winslow
Jersey
J. H. Healey
Hollis Ewing
Rush County
E W. Wagoner
East Side
Laura Cook
Hubert Hill
Robert Murdock
F. J. Kennedy
Fred Hill
William Farrell
Ruth Hill
Weet Ias
Pearle Cota
Alta Carfield
Michael * Vser
Fred Brooks
Amare
W.H. Nelson
Charlottesville, Ind
Canada
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Wigginia
Fred J. Sims
Indiana
Rexall
Jolly
Mary Layden
Merrill Chappell
Walter Binford
L. J. Clark
Bennett
Frank W. Cotton
Clarence Henley
Harry Sample
Herschel Rhodes
Fairview
Dorothy Leisure
Beulah Blount
Zelma Shaffer
Lewis and
Wallace Campbell
Eaton, O
John Leisure
Anderson
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