Local residents win awards at regional crafts institute
Ed Hahn departed for Fort Lauderdale Florida last Thursday. Howard Earl Henley Jr. continues to improve at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. Miss Mildred Addison near this place won first award in tatting at the Tri county Institute held this week at Knights town. Mrs J H Healey of this place won second award in crocheting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hahn
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Howard Earl Henley, Jr
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Mildred Addison
Tri-county Institute
Knightstown
J. H. Healey
Various Classifieds and Local News From Knightstown
Classifieds include farming labor and sales jobs with notes on requirements and pay. Items announce apples, custom hatching, rental property, Jersey cattle, soy beans, and sales positions with oil and paint firms. Local weather summary and social notes follow, mentioning deaths, a dentist ad, and a club meeting with New Year resolutions and papers on Lindsay Cobb and Ellis Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Luzon Name Origin From Spanish Expedition Tale
The Philippines island Luzon gained its name when a 850 year old Spanish landing asked the local chief for the island name. The chief misheard as Luzong meaning mortar, leading Spaniards to call the island Luzon. Early maps show Luconia as the Latin form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Manila Bay
Luzong
Luconia
How Buildings Can Be Freed of Insect Pest
The Department of Agriculture reports many requests to control flying white ants in buildings. Termites enter when wood contacts the ground. prevention relies on construction rules to keep woodwork away from earth. Use concrete or stone foundations, impregnation with coal tar creosote, and concrete caps to block termite access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depotment of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Cotton packing methods for bale density explained
Two packing steps are typical: the gin baling press yields 12 to 14 pounds per cubic foot, then the railroad compress increases density to 28 to 33 pounds per cubic foot before shipment. Occasionally a single special compress at the gin reaches 30 to 382 pounds per cubic foot, removing the need for further compression.
Happenings From Eliza Bethtown and Nearby Incidents
Eight school children suffered gas fumes in two Eliza bethtown school hacks due to a defective muffler and leaking heat pipes. Two Pullman cars of Pennsylvania train No 27 westbound derailed near Greenfield Philadelphia from a broken rail. A $40 000 lottery ring was uncovered in Indianapolis with no prizes paid as drawings used unsold tickets. Fayette county grand jury orders search for election supplies after probe into irregularities from last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Philadelphia
Greenfield
Indianapolis
Fayette County
Social notes from area residents and visitors
Outside of City Limits Earl Sears left for Hollywood Florida for an indefinite stay. Mrs Martha Garrihan of Trueman Arkansas is visiting her niece Mrs Jess Fenwick and family. Mr and Mrs Fenwick visited relatives Sunday at New Palestine. Sam Burton and family will move about March 1 to the Myers farm northeast of Carthage. Charles S Winslow and sons Howard and Ralph visited Sunday with Daniel Winslow and family at Spiceland. On Monday Francis Winslow who is in yer poor health left for Phoenix Arizona accompanied by his brother Frederick. Mrs Minnie Kitsch Gladys Sophie and Oscar Viss of Devil's Lake North Dakota and Mrs Sarah Six of Arlington have been visiting Mr and Mrs Oliver Earnest Mrs Earnest who has been ill for several days is improved. Miss Grace Overman of Miami University and guest Miss Betty King of Newark Ohio came Wednesday and are visiting the former's parents Mr and Mrs Frank Overman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Garrihan
Trueman, Ark
Jess Fenwick
Fenwick
New Palestine
Sam Burton
Myers
Carthage
Charles S Winslow
Howard
Ralph
Daniel Winslow
Spiceland
Francis Winslow
Phoenix
Ariz
Frederick
Minnie Kitsch
Gladys Sophie
Oscar Viss
Devil’s Lake
North Dakota
Sarah Six
Arlington
Oliver Earnest
Earnest
Grace Overman
Miami University
Betty King
Newark
Frank Overman
Hair Shoppe Adds to Kyser Barber Shop
Miss Alia Tweedy operates the new Hair Shoppe near Kyser barber shop. Rush county grand jury returns forty seven indictments against gambling slot machine keepers in the county’s southern part. Albert Hatch pleads guilty to forgery in Henry circuit court and is fined one hundred dollars plus costs with a sentence of one to five years in the state reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyser
Alia Tweedy
Rush County Grand Jury
Albert Hatch
Henry
State Reformatory
Local families relocate to nearby properties
The Checker Board reports several moves: Mr and Mrs Frank Bowers move to the late Maria Holt property, John Brooks and family to a J. F. Tweedy property, Mayne Magee and family to Scott Bicknell's property on East and Henley streets, Mr Phillips and family relocate southwest to Walter Jessup farm, and Mr Omer Prater with wife arrives from Alfont to Mrs Grace Phelps's property on N Main Street. Prater is a paper hanger and decorator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bowers
Maria Holt
Mayne Magee
Scott Bicknell
Henley Streets
Phillips
Walter Jessup
Omer Prater
Alfont
Grace Phelps
N. Main Street
Mr Prater
Hotel Temporarily Closed in Carthage as New Management Hinted
The Carthage Hotel at Mill and Walnut streets closed Monday as Mr and Mrs W R Grose moved their stock to Morristown to run the Morristown hotel where Mrs Grose served weeks ago. They had managed Carthage since May 1924. The building owned by Everett McFarlan near Dunreith may see new managers soon. John Conaway is seriously ill at his Arlington home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Corner Mill
Walnut Streets
W. R. Grose
Morristown
Grose
Everett McFarlan
Dunreith
John Conaway
Arlington
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Country Club
Janes
Pepper
Beans Country Club
Can
BUICK
Buick Mechanica
Buick Motor CO
General Motors Corporation
Flint, Michigan
John A. Knecht
Main and
Irsi Sts
Rushville
Ind
Callard House
Mill
East Side
Jesse Booker
Wilson Orchard
E. J. Reeves
Fay Burkher
Zach Crawford
Charles F. Reeves
Hollybrook
Howard Winslow
Harvey Oil Co
Cleveland
Jed Oil and Paint Co
Public Square
Washington St
P. W. Holt
Mercury
Jasper Nich
Lemon City
Miami
Terre Haute
Ruth Green
Milroy
Milroy Press
Carrie Gregory
Malcolm
Winter Haven
Lafayette
Paul Elliott
Knighttown
Leora Gregory
O. Delaware
K. W. Wagoner
Knighstown
Choice
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GEO. W. Williams CO
Earl Sears
Hollywood
James Carfield
Checker Board
John Brooks
J. F. Tweedy
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