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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
4
Wendell L. Willkie argues for a government that serves the people without prejudice and acts as a unifying force. He calls for a spirit of hope and good will and a return to constitutional principles to preserve liberty and opportunity.
The Indiana Board of Agriculture announces forthcoming pamphlets for 4-H Club and Agricultural exhibitors. County Agents or Harry G. Templeton can provide detailed prize lists. This year’s State Fair runs eight days from August 30 to September 6, with the first Friday and Saturday dedicated to 4-H Club work.
Milroy residents raise clothes and money for a nurse and other help to honor the first red headed triplets born in Rush County this century at the Campbell home. Grace Michael resigns from H R Hall Dry Goods and heads to Indianapolis to attend business college.
Indiana county outbreaks last year prompt livestock health officials to urge vaccination ahead of warm weather. The American Foundation for Animal Health cites the chick embryo vaccine reducing disease incidence to 0.37 per 1000 in 1939 and recommends early, broad vaccination to ensure immunity before the mosquito season begins. Veterinarians note ongoing protective work in some communities.
Readers recall holidays and home life while urging Carthage to back a playground project. The column reviews highway safety progress, praises local merchants, and lists upcoming CBS and NBC radio programs featuring Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh and others with several network schedules for June 14 to 19.
Charlottesville residents visit Rushville while others travel to Dayton Columbus and Indianapolis for family, church events, and commencement. Attendees include Mrs Floyd Williams Margaret Hollis Billy Oldham and many friends from Greenfield Westland Milner's Corner and Carmel with Perry Lewis funeral ties to the Friends church.
The first adhesive postage stamp appeared in England a century ago bearing Queen Victoria’s likeness. It accompanied postal reforms led by Sir Rowland Hill. The United States issued adhesive stamps for the first time in 1847.
In history only once have both parents lived to see their son become President. Eight mothers and five fathers have witnessed their sons reach the presidency, including the mothers of Grant Adams Madison Polk Grant Garfield McKinley and Roosevelt and the fathers of Adams Taylor Grant Harding and Coolidge.
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