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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
3
Report from Indianapolis notes a more virulent sleeping sickness spreading from the eastern seaboard across the Appalachians into the midwest and western states. Texas reports losses from the eastern strain, while two children are mentioned in the vicinity of the outbreak.
Classified rental note announces a house in Carthage with multiple rooms for rent. Contacts are Mrs. Raymond James of Knightstown and a phone number 217x2. The ad is brief and lacks full address and specifics.
Tarry Awhile Club hosted Mrs Raymond Wicker for two tables of bridge and refreshments with members including Mrs Leroy Moore Mrs Leroy Catt and others. Home Builders Club of Walker township met at the county infirmary with 24 members and eight guests. plans included a flowering arrangements discussion and a building tour. Local visits tie Indianapolis trips and relatives visiting from St Joe Michigan and Greenfield with several Readles and Hufferds guests.
The American Foundation for Animal Health warns that the eastern strain of encephalomyelitis is spreading in Texas and the western region, posing a harsher threat to horses and possible transmission to humans. Vaccines using chick embryo methods remain the best defense and owners should report suspected cases promptly.
The three mile beach along Lake Michigan at Indiana Dunes State Park attracts thousands in summer. Visitors swim and sunbathe on white sand, aided by easy access from Chicago via highways and the South Shore line. Dunes shield a vast wooded area rich in bird and plant life, with camping, picnicking, shelter houses, and hiking trails.
A local visitors list highlights figures from Richmond Noblesville and Straughn. Opinion pieces critique Roosevelt's Iceland troop move as potential pretext for war, arguing promises broken. Congressional hearings discuss restoring the 15 cent excess wheat penalty as farm constituencies submit letters and petitions.
In Yellowstone National Park Wyoming 3 000 steaming geysers and springs erupt in the valleys. Old Faithful shoots 150 feet high every hour while Daisy Geyser rises in popularity with spectacular two hour eruptions. Visitors observe water levels and the venting steam as deep earth forces push water from depths.
The Central System highlights a National Defense push with faster freight trains, improved yard handling, and a larger fleet. It notes a 50 percent rise in average freight train speed since World War II and a doubling of daily freight car mileage. Over 17 000 new freight cars 65 new locomotives and 62 oil electric switching engines were purchased.
The article notes geysers change prominence, with Fountain Geyser rising in fame while Old Faithful and Daisy fade. Giant Geyser towers 250 feet every 9 to 21 days, holding about 700 000 gallons aloft for an hour-plus. A Salisbury dentist shapes a gold tooth for a bulldog.
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