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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1926
Page
4
A busy sales column lists items for sale including a 2 row corn plow a fresh Jersey cow and calf a washing machine and a 500 egg incubator. Also offered are Barred Rock cockerels baby chicks White stock eggs and soy beans with several help wanted notices for a housekeeper salesman and a custom hatching service. Local listings show farms for rent and contact details for each item or service.
Joe Goar buys a Ford touring car. Flora Pitts of Fairmount gave an illustrated lecture at Wesleyan church. Mrs Raymond James hosted the Priscilla Club in Knightstown. A Miami shooting match offered a trip to Cuba for 99 of 100. Verne Plummer scored 97. John and Mrs Nigh of Greenfield received fruit from Jasper Nigh in Miami. Mrs Robert Harris formerly of here died in Pasadena aged 59. Principal Paul W Linton to return for next term. Various social visits and club events noted. Measles, hospital updates, and dance at the Auditorium mentioned. Weather and sap runs reported. balloon accident in Orlando claimed Earl Vincent. Knightstown Banner disputes Beveridge first speech date with Banner notes.
Beginning March 1 all gas bills will be payable at the old room Lineback's tailoring shop on the 8th 4th and 5th of each month from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 pm.
Printing directories catalogues statements circulars signs shipping tags two sizes wedding stationery business stationery envelopes business cards visiting cards polders sale bills any size receipt books dodgers six by nine books and pamphlets update and order forms appears in trade catalog listing
An article describes Far North explorers observing birds at play and in hunting practice. Auks wander the tent ridge tobogganing, crows engage in bill ball and interference, ravens practice sea-urchin solitaire to prepare for dinner, and hawks perform aerial catch games with captured prey.
The article explains seed dispersal methods including wind carried seeds with wings or parachutes, waterlogged seeds traveling by currents, and animals using hooked attachments to cling to fur. It notes Darwin observed 80 plants sprouting from a small earth fragment from a bird’s foot, illustrating surprising seed growth potential.
The color of a diamond drives value with colorless stones ranked first water. Some varieties show green orange red yellow or blue and must have even tint. The slightest color tinge alters value. Cut quality also significantly affects the diamond’s worth.
The instrument board in the sky writing plane is crowded with about 15 controls and recording devices and roughly six dials levers and indicators for the smoke system that the pilot must monitor during the display.
Peru prepares to host the world’s largest winter circus headquarters. A weekend raid in Indianapolis led to liquor and tiger charge counts for 77 individuals, with five holdups and twelve burglaries reported. A Summitville canning factory fire caused about 150000 dollars in losses.
Violent west winds swept across the state last Thursday causing about 500 dollars in damage in this locality. The tin roof of Russell Carew's barn on the Winslow farm near Walnut Ridge blew off, garage roofs on the Binford farm were damaged, a window at Walter Rhodes' house shattered, and barn windows on the Adkins farm were broken. Part of a tin roof came off M. T. Gray's home and a shingle roof on Fred Jessup's barn was damaged. Telephone and electric lines sustained damage as well.
Outside city limits Seth Coffin, an Indiana University student, is named a cadet officer in the reserve officers training corps for the second semester, serving as a second lieutenant in the student army. Visits and family gatherings are noted: Mr and Mrs Gus Newsom of Olney Illinois with her son Arthur Boden and wife. Mr and Mrs Charles Buckley hosted relatives from Dayton Ohio and Indianapolis. others visit in Indianapolis and Hagerstown with Schoolteacher Miss Alicia Morris.
Carthage collected $311.30 as its portion of the Indiana gasoline tax distribution. Miss Hazel Leisure, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dora Leisure near this place, wed Elmer E Hileman of Rushville on Sunday.
The Checker Board King Winslow family moves from Henby farm to W. M. Stafford farm near Westland. Jacob Kingery of Greenfield moves to Henby farm. Mr and Mrs Earl Prater of Ingalls relocate to Corte Reddick’s tenant house west of Henderson. Luther Renegar family moves to the Goodman property at East and First streets. Subscribe for the Citizen.
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