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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
2
C O F No 255 Carthage meets Tuesday evenings at 7:30 in the upstairs room over White Sons hardware on Main street visiting members welcome Rush Lodge No 580 F and A M regular meetings on the first Wednesday of each month
The message notes exams are finished and the school will close. It mentions May 15 as official straw hat day for models and refers to a future May Quarterly event, distinguishing it from a historic homecoming.
Five vehicles displayed rear lights as new laws require. Authorities remind motorists to comply to improve night visibility and reduce accidents.
The current issue celebrates forty five years of publication beginning as The Clarion then The Record and for eighteen years as The Citizen, serving readers in Carthage and nearby areas and across many states.
Mexico City based Citizen service outlines options for temporary or permanent residents of Carthage to subscribe. Subscribers may start and end service as they move, with choices for three months six months or one year and delivery to any location.
The library loaned 981 books and magazines in April, 119 fewer than March. Evangeline Renwick, RN, of the State Board of Health, spoke on health in the assembly room Tuesday afternoon with higher attendance. The next health lecture is set for Monday May 11 at 7 30 p.m.
Readable notes report a price range for tires 30x3 percent from seven dollars to fourteen dollars at J. V. Moore & Son's Garage. The brief item lists a shop and price movement without additional context.
Outside of City Limits Mr and Mrs Elmer Earnest of Indianapolis spent Sunday with his parents the Earnests. Edgar Ruby and family entertained guests including Mrs Will Coers of Salt Lake City Utah and Dr John Hill and family of Greenfield. Will Eddington of Lafayette visited Frank Binford. Grace Nixon and Josephine Overman of Indianapolis visited Frank Overman and attended the Senior play. Ed Retherford and daughter with Dwight Coffin spent Sunday with Byron Retherford in Indianapolis. Anna Rinner and her mother near Spiceland visited Mrs Retherford. Charles Kennedy and family visited Mr and Mrs Frank Brooks near Milroy.
Rev and Mrs H D Sterret of 303 East Spring Street New Albany observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary on a recent Wednesday. Verne Plummer of Rushville wins Greensburg Gun Club trap shoot with a 94 of 100 in a field of forty seven contestants. James O Coleman of St Louis sends a 1925 Citizen subscription check after reviewing copies, noting his mill supplies production machinery and electric tools business and a connected saw shop with three traveling salesmen.
The Culver Mfg Co of Winchester plans to open a glove factory at Milroy. A series of community auction sales and merchant discounts are planned. Milroy has also secured a corn canning factory.
Closing out sale of all trimmed hats at cost at Nelle Behem’s in Knightstown. Items offered until stock runs out with no added markups. Local shoppers urged to visit and claim remaining hats before inventory ends.
The Remy plant at Anderson may add 200 workers. Earlham commencement set for June 15 with ninety graduates. A Union traction line between Anderson and Middletown to be abandoned. State police report 233 motorist arrests in one week for improper driving. E. W. Greenwood of Washington arrested for mail rifling. A car-train collision near Frankfort killed four and injured two. Keith Yeiser 17 died after falling from a belfry at Columbia City. A Dutch firm will establish narcissus bulb growing in Columbus. A 60 ft bridge west of Centerville collapsed after Cambridge City drivers crossed. Clay O’Hare killed when his tractor ran over him near Greencastle. Seven unmasked bandits robbed Eaton State Bank of 2300 after blowing the safe. Wires cut to delay warning. lights shot out and fires set during the raid.
Rushville High won the field meet with 64 points, edging Greenwood 36. Miller led with five firsts. Herman Phillips of Butler showcased in exhibition events. Knightstown Independent beat Wilkinson 7 to 1. Rushville beat the Illinois Athletic Club 5 to 0 as Shaw homered and A C s tallied three hits.
Miss Claribel Sipe returns home from Waldron schools. Miss Lavonne Carfield a Westville teacher near Valparaiso comes home Friday for summer vacation. Miss Lucile Drysdale whose Auburn school closes May 29 will do special work at Winona Lake this summer.
Orders taken for white or red carnations up to 2 p m Friday. Mrs Mary F Willcutt. Big sale starts Friday. Mr and Mrs Logan Nelson traveled to Urbana Ohio for work. F L Shonkwiler and family visited relatives in Decatur and Monticello Illinois. Mr and Mrs James Everson of New Palestine visited W T Hill and family. Mrs James Wilson and George Hardy of Knightstown were guests Tuesday evening.
Old bearing apple trees can be pruned in winter when weather is mild. Use heavy shears or loppers for up to 1.5 inch limbs and a keyhole style saw for hard-to-reach cuts. Remove dead branches first then thin interior growth, avoid large limb removal, and seal wounds with paint. Fertilize sparingly with barnyard manure or nitrate of soda as needed. total pruning fertilizing cost per tree ranges from one to one and a half dollars.
The bureau of entomology shows progress in studying the camphor scale biology and seasonality. It notes the insect feeds on a variety of hosts, winter conditions of 1928 24, and that nursery stock shipments from infested regions were traced with no new establishments found. Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas and oil spray development aid control for the New Orleans district.
The text explains a three segment tree model with the upper third being the thinnest to allow light to reach the middle and lower thirds. The central third remains moderately dense for light entry, while the bottom third is the densest and yields less fruit due to heavy shade.
Apples are grown worldwide with North America as the leading producer while the fruit originated in southwestern Asia and adjacent Europe. Recently Russian varieties have been tried in colder regions and have proven valuable as parent stock for cultivars such as Alexander Wolf and Bismarck.
Mr and Mrs H. T. Beher spent Tuesday in Indianapolis. Henry Stenger and family of Indianapolis visited area friends over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Lewis Myers and Mr and Mrs W. A. Minor were also noted visitors. Robert Kelleher and family and Mrs Minnie Stenger of Indianapolis called on the Hill family. Charles Kunner of Lewisville visited Frank Bowers. A daughter was born May 3 to Mr and Mrs Joe McClurg. Edgar H. Boone returned to Greenfield to stay with his sister. Mr and Mrs J. J. Anderson of Edinburg spent last weekend with Ed Adkins. Dr. Raymond Stenger of the National Sanitarium at Marion called on Alonzo Kizer in Knights Town.
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