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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1926
Page
2
Carthage Lodge 1 C O F 255 meets Tuesday evenings at 7 30 in the Auditorium on East Mill Street Visiting members are always welcome.
A passage quotes Pericles praising fallen heroes whose memory endures not on stone but in the living heart of humanity. It urges taking these men as examples and notes that prosperity belongs to the free, guarded by courage to defend it worldwide.
A Macon Missouri correspondent recalls Memorial Day as soldiers in blue no longer march. Flags, flowers, and quiet streets mark the day as older veterans watch from porches while younger generations reflect on a memorial tradition that has passed.
An unmasked bandit robbed the Henry County Bank in Springport north of New Castle on Saturday forcing cashier Henry Bowers to surrender $400. The thief fled in a car at 50 mph through town narrowly missing pedestrian Harry Estabrook.
In a Sunday baseball clash Carthage Reserves edged New Castle Hoosiers 7–6. Magee doubled and scored on Larrison’s RBI two base hit to cap a late rally as Mathers pitched well for Carthage and Bacon for New Castle.
A 1864 dated poem fragment recalls the Battle of Cold Harbor with lines praising the Union blue and Confederate gray. The memory of undaunted soldiers from North and South is evoked in reverent reflection.
Dwight Davis once said Memorial Day embodies the nation’s life across creeds. He spoke at Washington’s Hebrew cemetery noting Jews Catholics atheists and others serve together for America’s good and national progress in peace and war.
A memorial verse urges carrying flowers for memory of the brave and strewing blooms over each soldier's grave like summer showers.
Last summer in Mexico City I visited a U.S. cemetery near the city. A granite shaft marks 750 American soldiers who died in the Mexican War in 1847 and were buried here by orders. The rumor of a pending congress bill to fund a monument is noted by Joseph de Courcey who traveled with us.
A replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, crafted by a hotel chef, promotes the Sesqui Centennial International Exposition opening June 1 in Philadelphia to mark the 150th anniversary of American independence. The State House sits on a hotel dining room table as a showcase. Other notes include personal notices and travel tales of local residents and visitors on Montana to Chicago paths.
An advertisement promises painless tooth extraction and dental work by E W Wagoner. Social items report Mr and Mrs Walter Phelps visiting Mr and Mrs John Louise and Mr and Mrs Robert Westfall in Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Thompson and daughter Gretchen of Hazelwood visited Forrest Beck and family, with Master Billy Beck joining them.
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