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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1933
Page
1
Charles Ruby argues that wealth inequality harms all, but true equality fails to help the farmer who provides food. He warns that farmers could lose land to state or mortgagees, stressing the farmer as civilization’s energy source and the need to grant him just earnings based on productive power of land.
Alva Runion, brother of Harvey Runion, employed in a Muncie glass factory, was severely burned Saturday. He was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition with reports improving. Harvey Runion was summoned to the hospital.
Miss Winona Newsom hosted a dinner Tuesday for Miss Pearl Coffin on her birthday anniversary. Guests included Mrs. Katherine Kennedy, Mrs. Rebecca Healey, Mrs. Grace Porter, Mrs. Avery Rawls, Mrs. Anna Sipe, and Mrs. S. L. Newsom.
The Carthage Merchants defeated Charlottsville 6 to 1 in a pitchers duel until the seventh and eighth innings. McCorkle pitched five innings with eight strikeouts before Gardner held them scoreless. Dent scored Charlottsville’s lone run on a first inning misplay. Merchants totaled 13 hits. Charlottsville had five. The Merchants travel to Pendleton Reformatory next Sunday at one.
The Daily Citizen from July 2 1863 in Vicksburg near Grant’s siege is shown as an example of flippant wartime brevity. It prints news on wallpaper when stock ran out and mocks mule meat and a stewed cat feast. The note calls the wallpaper edition a curiosity and recalls Mrs. A B Norris of Rushville owning a copy.
The Girls 4 H Hollanders of Ripley township met Wednesday at Arminta Jean Moore's home with eleven members and one guest. They planned an August 3 Dress Review Demonstrations and county judging teams at the school, four groups gave demonstrations, next meeting July 26 at Thelma Gardner's home.
Helen Addison of Carthage is among twenty eight candidates for a two year teaching certificate from Butler University College of Education. She has studied in the Butler summer session since June 13 and will be notified of qualification after the term ends August 5 in qualified Indiana public elementary schools.
In Carthage the effort to improve the town includes many residents repainting their houses and offices. Named participants include Mrs. Minnie Adkins, Chester Hill, A. J. Carr, Howard Henley, Mrs. Grace Drake, Al McDaniel, Miss Winona Newsom, Mrs. Grace Nixon, H. T. Beher, and Mrs. Mary Jane Henley, among others possibly unlisted.
C G Hill Virgil Tetrick Grant Henley and A J Carr connected water pipes to all pumps and have a water works with a minimum pressure of 45 pounds. The work follows a failed prior attempt to supply water for fire protection near the Rose Hill addition east of the railroad.
The container Corporation of America’s local plant raises wages by about 10 percent effective Sunday July 16. Paul Sigler, superintendent of the Knights town plant and the Circleville, Ohio plant, has moved to Knights town. Reports from the plant are cheerful with several orders on hand and prospects for a long uninterrupted run.
The threshing of wheat is nearly finished with generally good quality but low yields. Some fields report 20 to 25 bushels. Oats will be short due to wet seeding and a subsequent dry spell. Corn, young clover, and pastures suffer from drought.
E L Kennedy, noted Indiana bridge builder of South of the state, turned 85 at his Rushville home. He built about 60 covered bridges and now enjoys radio while his sight fades. He recently became a great grandfather and has ten children and ten grandchildren.
The Washington Star notes acorns served as staple food in ancient days. It recalls that eating acorns was believed to add years to life and strengthen muscles. It mentions New England Indians ate certain white oak acorns and California white oak acorns are ground into flour for bread.
An official at the Institute of Juvenile Research in Chicago says American boys today are at least two inches taller than their grandfathers were in childhood. Over 1,000 American-born boys were measured, compared with data from fifty years ago. The rise is tied to better health and disease control awareness.
A survey notes few active volcanoes in the United States with Mount Lassen California showing occasional small eruptions Mount Hood Oregon and Mount Rainier Washington venting steam Mount Shasta and Mono Valley remnants extinct Mount St Helens erupted in 1841 1842 and Mount Baker in 1843 Tres Vírgenes California erupted in 1857.
A concise look at meteorology as a young science with ancient roots. It notes Franklin’s kite experiment and the post Civil War era as when modern meteorology began to form its early steps.
Ulster comprises six of nine counties forming northern Loreland with the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry. The counties include Antrim Armagh Down Londonderry Fermanagh and Tyrone.
County council schedules a July 31 special session to seek a $30,000 short term loan to cover operating costs and advances to townships as general fund reserves dwindle. Emergency appropriations total about $9,300 for court costs, jail, health, and other county needs while a fourth poor relief bond issue of $17,242.69 may be issued to cover unpaid first and second quarter claims.
Ray Newton from Philadelphia and Raymond Wilson of Chicago joined the congregation along with Marjorie Hill Allee and Babette Henley. The Peace Caravaners guided by the American Friends Service Committee held a round up in Carthage and Clyde Henley’s Grove this week. A Vesper Service in Clyde Henley’s Grove blessed the evening with brief messages and a pleasant sunset. Next Sunday’s service will again meet at the same location around 6:45 after arrival at 6:30.
Rev. Boyd Tryon preached splendid sermons and plans to return. Ladies Aid hosts a Chicken Dinner and Supper this Saturday at the regular hall in town. Sunday school at 9:30, worship at 10:35. Rev. N. Schoolfield theme Imperishable Dreams. Epworth League 6:30, evening service 7:30. Schoolfield speaks on Re-thinking Religion. Fred Sims and Stewart McKnight sing morning and evening. Everyone welcome.
Five college student teams sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee met in Carthage for the seventh annual caravan round-up. Teams from Wellesley Mount Holyoke Haverford Swarthmore and Grinnell work in Indiana to promote peace education and international understanding. Directors Ray Newton Babette Henley and Raymond Wilson coordinated activities as teams departed for their territories and the Haverford group planned peace meetings next month under Friends church auspices.
Christopher Bechtler, Baden native, emigrated to the United States in 1829 and moved to North Carolina where he ran a small mint. He coined neighbor gold and mined for gold, silver, and semi precious stones in the southern mountains, serving residents of the Carolinas and Georgia who brought gold to his shop for coinage. Bechtler weighed and assayed rough gold in front of customers, then issued coins after a small labor fee was subtracted.
A local band concert drew praise from a visiting young woman who travelled from out of town. She said the group played better music than any small town band she had heard on her country travels, boosting morale for the performers and the community.
Word comes that Miss Lucille Pierce daughter of Wilbur C. Pierce of Hagerstown and formerly of Carthage, married Dr. Chris W. Culnane of Evansville. They will reside at 2936 Mount Vernon Road Evansville.
Mr and Mrs Bevin Conoway spent Sunday with Mrs Conoway s father Thomas Norville sharing a family visit in the house of the elder man.
Mulford’s Bar 20 recounts peaceful Hopalong Cassidy adventures on the range. Curwood’s The Country Beyond sends readers to a balsam wilderness with a amiable rogue in a tense life struggle. Warn’s The House of Exile presents an authentic, highly readable account of personal experiences in China.
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