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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
2
Carthage Lodge I O O F No 255 meets Tuesday evenings at 7 30 in a room over White and Sons Hardware on Mai Street visiting members welcome Rush Lodge No 580 F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Wednesday of each month open to members and the public
The message notes Knightstown anticipates a steady Miami boom once local oil wells commence production. It urges cooperation for a productive school year and arranges visits for those who missed Shenandoah, with a call to see the State Fair.
The Citizen announces housing options for rent in the local listings. It notes rooms or houses available for occupancy, inviting interested residents to check the classified section for details and contact information.
Albert Hill and Mr and Mrs Charles Benson attend a reunion in Kokomo. Numerous excerpts list visits by Emma Overman Mary O Hill Louisa Coffin Sarah E Newby and others to Indianapolis Madison and Turkey Run. Knightstown Greenfield and Richmond residents join relatives at several events and trips including fairs races and a Yearly Meeting in Richmond.
A bank teller exposed a forged check not by the signature but by a date error, showing that simple, unembellished signatures are harder to forge than ornate ones. Forger concentrates on flourishes, assuming identification by style rather than name, but genuine patterns reveal deception.
A historical explanation of trade winds notes that intense heating near the equator drives rising air while cooler air rushes in from higher latitudes. The Earth's faster equatorial rotation deflects these air currents, creating two lines of regular winds with a calm belt at the equator.
A test in Norway compared 27 house models 60 feet square 8 feet high to measure electricity use for maintaining a constant temperature. Lumber built walls with hollow spaces filled with sawdust proved most economical to heat, provided the sawdust is dry and damp proof. Hollow walls outperformed solid walls as insulators.
London court records show 2834 divorces in 1923 with 1266 from childless marriages. The report notes nearly half of the divorces stemmed from childless unions, highlighting social and legal trends of the era.
Bert Miller of Leavenworth Kansas visited Ft Francis Ontario last week reporting cold weather there. Alonzo Sohn of Knightstown visited relatives in Remington. Fred Sohn and family visited Libertyville Illinois. Mrs Margaret E Morton of Winona Lake returned to Rushville to resume teaching. L E Dyer, Paragon principal, moved to 801 W Seventh Street Bloomington to become Fairview school principal. Jesse Kizer and family visited Tennessee and Lake City Florida. 189 miles traveled that day. Jesse Butler family drove 250 miles in desert heat to Los Angeles arriving Friday. Rupert H Stanley family attended the Shantung Students Summer Conference at Tsingtao China and Y M C A Camp in August. The Evening Bulletin describes Paul Gordon home near Friends Select School, a 125-year-old log cabin, renovated as a teacher’s dwelling.
Miss Joyce Kennedy expected home Saturday from Chicago Illinois. Mrs Rebecca Lett returned to Tipton Friday after a two months visit with her brother John Tarbet. James Tarbet of Indianapolis spent Sunday with his parents John Smith and family and Mrs Harry Shuneman near Kennard and Charles Smith near Milroy visited Sunday with Mrs Almira Smith and family. Indiana license plates for next year will be white figures on a green background. Wayne Linscott went to Indianapolis Tuesday and took a job as attendant at a Pure Oil station. Mr and Mrs John C Henley of Indianapolis called on relatives and friends here Wednesday. Mrs Nell Peele and daughter of Lewisville spent last week end with Mrs Ola Stevens.
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