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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
3
Charles Weaver from New Castle spent Sunday at home. Thurman Addison and family visited relatives in Arlington Sunday. Isaac Hays of Muncie was here Sunday for a visit.
Miss Florence Fisher of Scarsdale, N Y, says dancing girls in French provinces of North Africa are highly prized as wives. They marry later, often at twenty eight or twenty nine, and bring rich dowries through wealth and jewelry earned in their art.
A Utrecht professor reports cats right themselves after being dropped with fore brain disabled. He concludes keeping right side up is a reflex action below higher brain attention.
A New York World report notes Miss Margaret Irving, the sole woman among London’s vast tea drinkers qualified as a tea expert, joining male tasters who earn large sums for grading and judging tea. It adds that women tea tasters must avoid perfumes soaps and talcum powders to keep senses unbiased.
A New York banker recalls multimillionaire John D. aging at eighty five and cites his retirement remark. He compared a man to an automobile, noting that after mastering strength and work, society calls him old fashioned and a back number, ignored by the young.
Dr George F Butler warns that dozing after waking trains the body toward daily weariness. Rise promptly even if unrefreshed to improve rest later and prevent a sluggish start.
A heated exchange recounts a boxing bout where one fighter was knocked down seven times in a single round. The manager and Sam argue over the fighter’s mindset and the role of psychoanalysis, with the manager boasting of a past as an elevator operator.
The text explains that French is used at diplomatic gatherings due to its general knowledge. It notes Latin was once the language of diplomacy but French rose under Louis XIV. It emphasizes this is a diplomatic custom, not a rule of international law.
Economists note that major conflicts are funded at about five percent interest. After wars, economic stabilization typically brings rates down to around three percent. This pattern aligned with World War I and World War II financing.
The Carthage Indiana Board of Trustees adopts an ordinance restricting itinerant merchants and solicitors. Applicants must file bond of 500 dollars, pay license fees from 15 dollars for one day to 200 dollars for one month, and obtain town clerk approval. Violations incur fines up to 100 dollars per day.
The trustee of Ripley School Township Rush County Indiana schedules two public sales. At 1 PM May 29 1925 the Walnut Ridge School property district 7 real estate and improvements including organ stove pump will be auctioned on the school ground. At 3 PM the Carthage School site offers one double toilet in Carthage. Cash only and bids may be rejected.
Luther Bundy of near Greenfield visited Saturday. Last Thursday marked the final day for black bass and bluegill fishing with the season to reopen June 16. Mr and Mrs Orlando Zimmerman returned Tuesday from a visit with Mr and Mrs Paul Bivens at Bellefontaine, Ohio, joined in Urbana by Mrs Gilbert Miner and daughters for an indefinite stay.
J. V. Moore and Son's Garage on East Mill Street is referenced. William Freeman and Julian Overman work at a York Pennsylvania paper mill. Mrs J. A. Sipe and her daughter Claribel plan to spend the weekend with Miss Dorothy Sipe.
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