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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
3
The Patrick Conway band from New York will headline afternoon concerts in the state fair coliseum during the week of September 2, marking a major addition to the event's entertainment lineup.
The fifty-ninth Indiana state fair in Indianapolis runs Labor Day September 2 for five days and nights. It offers concerts by four bands, live stock shows, parades, art displays, orchard and vineyard exhibits, poultry and racing events, a midway, and extensive farm education from Purdue experts in farm chemistry milk testing and household economics. Prizes total 57115 across horses cattle dairy livestock poultry and various departments, with emphasis on practical demonstrations for farmers and families.
A long list of visits and social gatherings across Indianapolis, Rushville, Knightstown, Mays, and surrounding areas. Mrs M F Lovett and Miss Ellen Walker travel and host in Indianapolis. many families host guests in nearby towns. several trips to Dublin, Madison, Carthage, and Arlington noted with dinners, drives, and dances. Camp meeting opens at Chesterfield. Knightstown residents travel for visits and health notes. A newborn daughter to H O Pitts is reported along with furloughs and travel to Detroit and Canada visits.
This article urges thorough mouth cleanliness and vigorous chewing to reduce tooth decay and pyorrhea. It notes decay cannot be entirely prevented, stresses early treatment, and recommends regular visits to the family dentist for early detection and cost efficiency.
Large stock of finished Montella and Millstone granites with legible lettering. Prices reasonable. Visit to see monuments and be convinced.
Dr. John Grant Newman president of the Western College at Oxford Ohio stayed at the Carthage Hotel on Friday. He called on Mr and Mrs S L Newsom and daughter Katherine who may choose Western. He also chatted with Mrs D M McCorkle educated at Western.
The annual picnic on the church lawn was delayed by rain. A two course supper followed inside the church. Mrs A C Kirkham presided the Mays Station Missionary Society representation with two sons and Mrs Frank McBride. The autograph quilt sale raised ten dollars for Miss Sarah Henley who purchased the quilt, adding to earlier sales of autograph blocks totaling forty eight dollars.
An Indianapolis Star advertisement promises prompt paper delivery by the Scheune brothers and invites subscriptions at weekly rates for both papers. Extra copies are available at M. F. Lovett's Grocery during the week.
Mr Brenan announces after August residents will have both day and night electric service. The change promises great convenience for Carthage citizens and enables use of fans irons vacuum sweepers motors for pumps sewing machines washing machines and more. It may attract small factories by providing cheap power from the lines.
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