Second class mail notice from Carthage Indiana
Entered as second class matter May 25 1907 at the Post office of Carthage Indiana under the act of Congress of March 3 1879.
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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
3
It Matters Not How March Goes Out
Poetic line notes spring arriving as a city gains vitality and prospects. The speaker casts spring as the key to renewal and urban change, hinting at brighter days ahead with seasonal transition.
Carthage Commercial Club Urges Regular Meetings
The note emphasizes numerous issues in Carthage business life and urges the Commercial Club to hold regular meetings to address them. The call reflects a community focus on organizing discussion and action among local business leaders.
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Carthage
Commercial Club
Carthage Seeks Band and Backing to Boost Town Nights
City leaders urge a high quality band to entertain summer crowds and attract frequent visitors. They expect strong civic support in advertising the town and fostering ongoing return attendance.
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Carthage
Friends Forward Movement Conference Plans and Easter Program
The Friends Forward Movement Conference is Sunday with services at 11 a.m. 2 30 p.m. and 7 p.m. A church dinner follows with baskets. Rev. Levi Pennington of Richmond will speak. Walnut Ridge and Little Blue participate. Westland Western Grove and Charlottesville are invited. The Easter program leads to a large April 4 event with new member reception morning. Quarterly Meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. W. A. Thompson preaching.
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Friends Forward Movement
Levi Pennington
Richmond
Walnut Ridge
Little Blue
Westland
Western Grove
Charlottesville
Citizen Adds Subscriber and Floral Ad
The Citizen reports a new one year subscription priced at $1.50 by Rev. F. M. Westhafer pastor of the M E Church at Arlington. A florist ad offers cut flowers of all kinds with phone contact 3 120. Mrs C G Hill encourages news items by phone to the Citizen at No 10.
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F. M. Westhafer
M. E. Church
Arlington
C. G. Hill
The
Citizen
Notice of Administration in Rush County Indiana
The undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Rush County Indiana as Administrator of the estate of Riley J. Ruby late of Rush County deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Lavona Staten appointed March 13 1920. Attest Loren Martin Clerk Rush Circuit Court B F Miller Attorney.
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Circuit Court
Rush County
Indiana
Riley J. Ruby
Lavona Staten
Loren Martin
Rush Circuit Court
B. F. Miller
Carthage
S. and
S. O
Mays
Jersey
Poland
Timm
John Deere
Syracuse
Carthage Christian Church
Lavona R. Stoten
Everette Button
M. F.lovett
Candidates named for Rush County offices in 1920 primary
A series of announcements list Wm. R. Jinnett W A Alexander R H Hill Judge Will M Sparks Loren Martin Charles A Frazee Phil Wilk William R Martin John F Mapes Sidney L Hunt John W Kennedy William C Morgan John F Joyce Albert C Stevens Frank L Catt and others as authorized candidates for various Rush County roles in the Indiana Legislature county offices and county offices with the Republican Primary on May 4 1920.
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Wm. R. Jinnett
Walker Township
Rush County
Indiana
Phil Wilk
Rushville Township
William R. Martin
Union Township
John F. Mapes
John F. Joyce
Rushville
Albert C. Stevens
Rush County Candidates in Republican Primary 1920
The notice lists Samuel H. Young of Rushville Township as a candidate for Commissioner of the Middle District, Rush County, pending Republican primary decisions. It also names R. S. Davis of Rushville Township for the Middle District, and George H. Bell of Center for the Northern District, with E. H. Sears of Center Town also noted for the Northern District, all subject to the May 4, 1920 primary.
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Samuel H. Young
Rushville Township
Rush County
R. S. Davis
George H. Bell
Center Township
E. H. Sears
Junior Team Heads to New Castle for State Tourney
The Junior team travels Friday morning to New Castle to vie among fifty plus teams in the State School Junior Tournament at the Coliseum. John Moore, forward, is noted for quiet play and elusive defense as the event unfolds.
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New Castle
John Moore
Sphinx
Two Teens Arrested After Drugstore Burglary Spree
Archie Armstrong and Jesse McCord, both 19, were charged with second degree burglary in connection with the Cherrywood drug store burglary in New Castle and Jolly's drug store in Knightstown. A posse hunts the pair after they escaped, locking Sheriff Yost in a cell as officers approached. Readily identified stores include Goodwin clothing, Mitchell gro cery, New Castle elevator, the foun dry, McIntyre shoe store, South Side garage, and Davis billiard room.
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Goodwin Clothing
Mitchell Grocery
New Castle
Foundry
McIntyre Shoe
South Side
Davis Billiard
Archie Armstrong
Jesse McCord
Cherrywood
Jolly
Knightstown
Armatrong
McCord
Yost
County Meeting Draws 1500 Guests in Rushville Dinner
About 1,500 people attended a county meeting and dinner held last Thursday in Rushville hosted by the Rush County Farmers Association and local business men. Free dinners were served. Speakers included G. I. Christie of Purdue University Extension, Charles E. Watkins of Muncie Rotary, and Peter J. Lux of Shelbyville, a national corn champion who displayed twenty ears from Shelby County.
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Rushville
Rush County Farmers’ Association
G. I. Christie
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Charles E. Watkins
Muncie
Rotary Clubs
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Lux
Shelby County
Pave 10 Mile Rushville Road Contract Awarded
A $283,191 contract, the county’s largest to date, went Saturday to Lawrence & Innis of Arlington for a cement road along the Indianapolis pike from Rushville west to the Shelby county line. The nine and seven tenths mile route will be 16 feet wide, 24 feet through Arlington, with bonds bearing 5 percent interest and non taxable. This is the first trunk line road under the 1919 law allowing county tax levies to fund such projects.
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Lawrence & Innis
Arlington
Indianapolis Pike
West Corporation
Rushville
Shelby County
Death of Levi Scott 74 California native and banker founder
Levi Scott aged 74 a Wayne county native died Tuesday in Santa Monica California. A Civil War veteran he served in Company C 118th Indiana Vol. He founded the Fairmount Bank in 1882 and later moved to Missouri Texas and California. He was twice married Emily Davis who died in 1891 and Emily Hill of Carthage whose death occurred about a year ago. He was a brother of the late Elwood Scott Friends pastor. He engaged in farming and merchandising at Huntington.
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Levi Scott
Wayne County
Santa Monica
Calif
Elwood Scott
Friends
Co C
Huntington
Emily Davis
Emily R. Hill
Carthage
County School Discussion Contest Set At Rush County
The Rush County High School Public Discussion Contest will be held Friday at 8 p m in the Friends Church. Open to the public with no admission. Under Indiana University Extension Division and Supt Eugen Butler as County Chairman. The topic is The Railroad Question with Milroy Rushville and Carthage represented. Carthage high school senior Louise Parish to speak. Patrons and friends of the schools are invited.
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Rush County
Friends Church
Indiana University Extension Division
Eugen’ B. Butler
Milroy
Rushville
Carthage
Louise Parish
Carthage High School
Bishops Visit and Plan Urgent Urbana Trip
Ben Bishop of Urbana Ohio visited relatives here early in the week while John W Bishop will depart Friday for Urbana to visit his son.
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Ben _ Bishop
Urbana
John W. Bishop
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