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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1939
Page
4
Carthage Citizen notes editor ED E Bly publisher details. Weekly publication from Carthage Indiana and post office classification. Subscription rates listed including yearly, six months and Canadian pricing.
The text discusses distrust in leadership and the danger of government guardianship. It cites Maxwell Anderson and congressional inquiries into patents, auto industry changes, doctors' trust, and shifts to life insurance funds. It notes that 60 percent of world life insurance is held by United States policyholders.
The passage notes women occupying federal benches police leadership and top government posts in Washington. It emphasizes their growing influence as equality advances and calls for acceptance of the new order as women increasingly shape national affairs.
T A Dicus chairman of the State Highway Commission announced plans to install flasher warning signals at about 80 railroad grade crossings on state highways and county roads. Completion will take months before bids on materials and assembly.
Indiana Department of Conservation reports major improvements for the coming season. Pokagon state park adds a 300 foot sand beach and a bathhouse to serve 400 500 bathers, plus bunk houses and a new kitchen for Camp Pokagon. Turkey Run adds two parking areas with space for over 1 200 cars near the inn and picnic area. Spring Mill prepares a new inn nearing completion to open by June 1, offering overnight facilities and a lakeside bathing beach for visitors.
Indiana fur buyers must file written reports with the Division of Fish and Game within 30 days after the season ends. Commissioner Virgil M. Simmons notes several buyers have not yet submitted, listing purchases, buyers, sale details, and dates. The article also mentions common furs such as coney lapin seal dyed coney and beaver dyed coney sourced from overseas.
The Circuit Court of Bush County Indiana appoints ROBERT S. MOORE as administrator of Bert Sharer deceased. The estate is believed solvent. Attest Dale Fisher Clerk and William J. Henley attorney. February 9, 1939.
Rush County Indiana announces Walter J. Phelps named administrator of the estate of Mary M. Stevens late of Rush County. Attest: Dale Fisher Gary and Bohannon Attorneys.
Mrs Ada Vance returns home from New Castle after a visit with Aunt Adaline Kenyon. Nightly and weekend gatherings include bridge at Lucille Walker’s, a pitch-in at Bruce Grandison’s, and baptisms at Knightstown with twenty-one candidates.
A 1909 feature notes maple molasses at Adkins camp with overflowed water and large yields. Social events include dinners for older friends, bachelor gatherings, and visits by relatives. Local clergy organized for the local option cause as Huntington visits occur and a pink of family birthdays.
A discussion of Spoonerisms shows ill timed slips of speech from students and a minister, with examples from Dr Spooner and others. The piece contrasts playful verbal slips with leaders whose actions contradict their claimed dignity, calling them childish and performative.
Miss Claribel Sipe and her guests Miss Ruth Weaver and Miss Leola Marsh, students at Miami University Oxford Ohio, visited at the former's home Friday to Sunday. Mrs. Peninah Binford, with her daughter Mrs. Henry Mc Ilvaine, left Saturday for Santa Anna California, accompanied by Henry Mc Ilvaine.
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