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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
2
C G Hill listed as proprietor with Florence B Hunt serving as editor in the publication masthead. The note attributes ownership and editorial roles to the two individuals in the newspaper’s formal line.
Railway timetable note lists No 1 Mail and Express at 7 37 am and 2 58 pm No 34 Mail and Express No 26 a 6 13 pm No 1 and No 2 Daily.
A religious note references the appointed weeks of the harvest from Jeremiah chapter v verse 24, noting time markers in the biblical schedule.
It is not known what action, if any, will be taken to fill the vacancy in Rush County's legislative seat caused by the death of Hon Nathan Weeks. With an extra session unlikely before the next general election, it is doubtful if any steps will be taken before the state elections.
The report states Saturday was the hottest day yet, with Indianapolis hitting 96 degrees, four below the last forty year peak. Street readings reached 109 with shade thermometers at 103 as heat waves rose from the ground.
The War Department reports forty vacancies at West Point for this year. Exams to fill these appointments are scheduled for July 5. No candidate has yet been named for the Sixth Indiana District, and senators and representatives have not named any applicants.
Mrs Carrie Nation, famed hatchet-wielding crusader against liquor, has died. Her anti saloon stance sprang from her first husband’s drunken ruin of $150,000. Her second husband David Nation, a lawyer and newspaper man once in Knightstown, defended her bold acts to curb intoxicants. Though using unlawful methods, she sought to combat greater lawlessness and helped shape Kansas moral reform.
A letter proposes forming a Boy Scout Club in Carthage to train young men returning from school or college to become scout masters. It notes Presbyterian church boys in Knightstown already have a club and mentions Dr. C E Holloway gifting a birch bark canoe and Hensley the florist donating a fine item to the Scouts.
The Indianapolis Star recounts the Boy Scout origin tale from London with W. D. Boyce, who funded scouts in the United States. By 1910 heavy adoption spread across the U S with organizations in all states and territories including Hawaii, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
Advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming rapid relief from constipation and indigestion. The copy asserts improved appetite and energized system, urging purchase for 25 cents at all druggists.
The twenty first annual Epworth League convention in Milroy drew 156 delegates with welcoming remarks by Rev Baldridge. Leaders included Dr W W Tevis and Rev J J Robinette with Miss F Grace Jennings and Milroy Juniors showcasing work. District officers elected: Pres Rev J T Scull Jr Rushville. 1st Vice James Yock Rushville. 2nd Vice Miss Maude Addison Carthage. 3rd Vice Miss Hazel Hawkins Shelbyville. Sec Mrs Grace Baker College Corner. Treas John W Wadsworth Connersville. Junior Supt Miss Hazel Overleese Milroy.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rush County Indiana appoints Oliver W Righter as Executor of the will of William Ewing late of Rush County deceased. The estate is declared solvent. June 7 1911. B F Miller Attorney.
James B. Mershon of Newark New Jersey recounts a long battle with lung hemorrhages and weakness. He started using Dr King’s New Discovery three weeks ago and reports great improvement. The ad promises relief for weak lungs persistent coughs and other lung troubles with 50 cents to 1.00 price and a trial bottle.
Fifty Walnut Ridge Sunday School ladies attended a miscellaneous shower at S. M. Parker home for bride-to-be Laura J. Binford two days after her marriage. Guests wrote four lines of verse for the bride, viewed pictures, and enjoyed punch ice cream and heart shaped cakes marked with B W initials.
Ice kept for all, a few pounds per week costs little and brings comfort. Carthage residents can call 22 for ice readily available. W. H. McCullough advertises a steady ice supply for pleasanter living.
Orr revival at Rushville Friday night attended by D. M. McCorkle and Rev. C O Whitely. Indianapolis couple Mr and Mrs Clarence Weaver called to Tuscola Illinois last week due to illness and death of Mr Weavers mother. Little Miss Helen Weaver has stayed with her grandparents A H Johnson. Kenneth Dix Coffin of Indianapolis invites to Manual Training High School commencement at Tomlinson Hall on Monday evening June 12.
A roundup of social greetings and travel notes mentions B F Stinger in Indianapolis, Zula Hill visiting the Frickers in Dublin, Walter Hill and Edgar in town, J A Sipe and Dorothy in Indianapolis, and other visits among Hill, Hinshaw, and Parish families. Also noted are church engagements, a lost silk item, and local business and civic snippets.
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