Remembering the Tashmoo City of Buffalo Race and Other Maritime Echoes
The piece recalls the 1901 Detroit River clash between the Tashmoo and City of Buffalo, designed by Frank Kirby, with the Buffalo winning by under a minute. It also touches on side-wheel steamboats, George M. Cohan’s wartime medal, regional regrouping talk, and Senator Fletcher’s canal pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit River
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Frank Kirby
America
Cleveland
Belle Isle Park
Great Lakes
U. S. Steamboat Inspection
Cleeland
Erie
Pennsylvania
Road Blacktopping Meeting Set for Rushville
Residents of Carthage and nearby areas are urged to attend a Monday nine o clock meeting in the Rushville courthouse assembly room. County commissioners plan blacktopping from Mays Station to Shively s and the Carthage to Charlottes ville road, hoping to extend this work to include the Carthage to Shively s stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Shively’s Corner
Court House
Rushville
Mays Station
Shively’s
Charlottesville
Shiveley’s Corner
Open Air Sunday Worship Planned by Local Churches
Three Carthage churches Christian Friends and Methodist join to sponsor outdoor Sunday services in July and August on the Friends church lawn at 7 30 p m Guest preachers will fill at least three services while local pastors lead the others Special music comes from local church singers Rev J R Furbay of the Friends church will preach next Sunday If rain occurs services move indoors to the Friends church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Christian, Friends and Methodist
Friends’ Church
J. R. Furbay
Rush County 4-H Girls Camp Open for 75 Attendees
Rush County 4-H girls who complete their project may attend a five day camp at the Boy Scout reservation near Indianapolis from July 20 to 24. Miss Wilma Fike will coach and Horace Abbott will direct. Chaperoned by county adults, the camp costs 1.75 dollars cash plus 1.75 dollars in food with 75 slots available for Rush County delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Wilma Fike
Horace Abbott
Marion County
Hancock
Hamilton
Marion
Rush
Rush County
County Offices Set Early Summer Closing Times
County offices including the recorder auditor and treasurer will close at 4:00 p m daily for the rest of summer. The county clerk's office will also close at 4 p m during the summer circuit court vacation which begins late July.
Card of Thanks for Mrs Drysdale
The Drysdale family expresses gratitude to neighbors friends the minister and the M E Aid for services and floral offerings after the death of wife mother and grandmother Oliver Ross and Freeman Drysdale thank relatives and friends also note Mr and Mrs Gerald Cox of New Castle visited Mr and Mrs Willard Cox for Sunday dinner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Aid
Oliver Drysdale
Ross Drysdale
Freeman Drysdale
Gerald Cox
New Castle
Willard Cox
Senator Fletcher Remembered After Canal Victory Quote
Obituary remarks praise Duncan Fletcher as a great statesman who championed the Florida Canal project and foresaw its eventual construction. The text notes his death occurred before the House rejected the canal plan, framing his work as a lasting monument to his efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Duncan Fletcher
Florida Canal
Senator Fletcher
Boxing and Wrestling Benefit for Mr. Foust Draws Crowd
A large crowd attended a charity amateur boxing and wrestling event Friday night for Mr. O. C. Foust. Donations totaling 19.12 were collected, with bouts featuring wrestlers Wilbur Gatewood Scoot McFatridge Maurice McManus M Leach Jimmy Carr Frank Mowry and boxers Sylvester Ray Scoot McFatridge Clyde Wells Claude Wells Billy Hugh Small and John DeSchipper. Music by Walter Addison and the Windjammers accompanied the program. Foust resides in a room above the former Henley Studio and donations may be left at his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Foust
Mr. Foust
Wilbur Gatewood
Scoot McFatridge
Maurice McManus
M. Leach
Jimmy Carr
Frank Mowry
Sylvester Ray
Clyde Wells
Claude Wells
Billy Hugh Small
Union Vacation Bible Comes to Close Friday
The Daily Vacation Bible school sponsored by the churches of Carthage closed with a program at the Christian church last Friday evening. Each class presented numbers to illustrate the work done, with handwork exhibits in the church basement. Eighty children enrolled, average daily attendance 56, highest 67, 49 certificates earned, 19 attended all ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Carthage
Christian Church
Twenty Second Reunion of Logan Club Arlington
The Logan Club met at the home of Mr and Mrs Hampton Reeves in Arlington for its twenty second annual gathering. Members, former pupils of G N Logan, heard Helen Beckner trio music, conducted a short business session, and elected George B Moore president Mrs Lillian Price vice president and Bertha C Reeves secretary treasurer for the coming year. The next meeting is set for City Park Rushville on the fourth Sunday in June 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Club
Hampton Reeves
Arlington
G. N. Logan
New Castle High School
Helen Beckner
George B Moore
Lillian Price
Bertha C. Reeves
Rushville
Historical Society Executive Committee Meeting Highlights
The Historical Society executive committee met with Mr and Mrs Henry Stinger Tuesday night. An August 18 pilgrimage to the New Castle Historical Museum is planned with a picnic during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Historical Society
Henry Stinger
New Castle Historical Museum
Elliot McClurg Wedding At Rushville Home
Miss Georgianne McClurg daughter of Mrs Sarah McClurg of Carthage and Frank Elliott son of Mr and Mrs William Elliott of Rushville united in marriage at Rev. Gibson Wilson home in Rushville. The bride wore a white organdy gown with red accessories. Attendants included Mrs Maurice Moore Miss Helen McCorkle and Lowell Moore. Mrs Elliott is a Carthage High School 1934 graduate and Mr Elliott a Rushville High School 1931 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianne McClurg
Sarah McClurg
Carthage
Frank Elliott
William Elliott
Rushville
Gibson Wilson
Maurice Moore
Helen McCorkle
Lowell Moore
Elliott
Carthage High School
Rushville High School
Engineers To Check Water In Blue River
Chief engineer W H Frazier of the state stream pollution board announced an investigation into Blue river pollution in Shelby Rush and Hancock counties. Five or six engineers will conduct the study over about two weeks, focusing on likely pollution sources including New Castle Carthage mills and local drainage outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Stream Pollution Board
Shelby
Rush
Hancock
Freeport
McNutt
New Castle
Carthage
Indiana
Knightstown
Container Corporation
Frazier
Boys Return Home From Indianapolis Hospital
George Leisure and Earl Stewart, injured in an automobile accident three weeks ago, were discharged from City Hospital in Indianapolis and sent home Sunday. Stewart went to his home in Mays Sunday afternoon, Leisure was taken home Sunday morning by his parents. both boys are rapidly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leisure
Earl Stewart
Indianapolis
Stewart
Mays
D. P. Dunn
Leisure
Plans for Ruco Yupe funding meetings at Rev Holwager home
All young people thirteen and older interested in Ruco Yupe gather at Rev Holwager's home to discuss fundraising for the interdenominational conference at Weakly's camp the week of July 27. The event is open to all youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holwager
Seed balls on potato tops resemble true seeds
Seed balls growing on the tops of potato plants contain seeds like those in a tomato. If these seeds are removed and dried they will germinate when planted.
Rushville Springer for Governor meeting draws large crowd
The Springer for Governor club in Rushville held a well attended meeting at the circuit court room. Harry Levi, president, outlined plans to send a large Bush county delegation to the Springer meeting in Connersville on July 18. The club aims to enroll about 4,000 Rush county residents and distributes membership tickets. talks were given by Miss Mary Sleeth Ernest B. Thomas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Rushville
Harry Levi
Bush County
Connersville
Lev
Rush County
Mary Sleeth
Ernest B. Thomas
Clara Lambert
Hubert Alexander
Clen Miller
King
A. L. Gary
Ripley Township
John Gates
Ruth Parker
Ann Parish
Harold Titsworth
Wilma Brown
Jean Kiplinger
Charles Green
Fern Cummins
Joe Brown
Helen McClure
Charles Pea
William Winship
Dan Long
Fannie Cannon
William Houghland
C. E. Wooldridge
Independence Day 1936 Rededication to Liberty
The piece proclaims Independence Day as more than a holiday, a rededication to the Spirit of Liberty. It recalls the Declaration’s unalienable rights, rejects abuses, and vows to guard the liberty and opportunities that define America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Milk and dairy utensils sterilization and horse enrollment rules
The piece lists three methods to sterilize milk and cream utensils by boiling, steaming, or chlorine immersion. It also requires all stallions and jacks used for public service in Indiana to be enrolled under the Stallion Enrolment Law and prohibits unenrolled animals. Additional notes advise against mixing warm and cold milk or cream and state manure as the garden fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Protect Children From Fire Works: A Safe Fourth
Guidance urges homeowners to prevent Fourth of July accidents by supervising children, keeping matches and rubbish away, using only safe fireworks, and storing them properly. The list stresses open space, remote flames, and adult oversight to reduce deaths and injuries this holiday.
Bringing in Sheaves campaign at Hannegan church
The Hannegan Christian church youth group launches a July campaign named Bringing in Sheaves to raise funds. They ask friends to donate two or more sheaves of wheat to be collected shocked and threshed, aiming for fifty shocks of twelve sheaves each. The evangelistic service on July 19 will close, with Knowles Shaw's song as the theme hymn. Details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannegan Christian Church
Knowles Shaw
Harvey Hopkins to Visit Furniture Mart in Chicago
Mr. Harvey Hopkins of Knights Town will depart Sunday for Chicago to attend the Furniture Mart. The event is described as the largest furniture mart in the world and he will be away for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hopkins
Furniture Mart
Knightstown
Chicago
Hopkins
Landon’s Next Home Poem Predicts Landon Victory
A 1936 poem from Detroit praises Alf Landon and Charles Curtis, predicts a GOP win in the fall, and imagines Franklin D. Roosevelt leaving the White House. It references Kansas, Cleveland, and the Hudson while urging support for the Landon ticket and denoting strong party loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
White
Curtis
Franklin D
Hudson
White House
Capitol
Alf Landon
If Large Quick Growing Broilers Are Wanted Next Year
A brief note urges farmers to set aside a portion of this year’s fast growing broilers to breed next season. The tactic aims to produce stock with desirable growth traits for future flocks.
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Frank Parker
Stockbridge
Portland
Boston
East River
New York
George M
Senate of the United States
George M. Cohan
United States
George Cohan
Institute of Regional Development
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
New England
Congress
Texas
Washington
Union
William Lemke
North Dakota
Coughlin
Towmson
Thomas O. O’brien
Union Vacation Bible
OF Historical Society
Blue River
Springer Meeting
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
Protegt
Hannegan
Landons
J. Edgar Williams
Detroit, Mich
Kansas
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