Inventor Gatewood's Draft Connection Gains Notice
Carthage resident William Gatewood, a blacksmith, is named inventor since 1946 with U S Patent No 2396063 for a two-wooden-piece Draft Connection used as a wagon tongue. Gatewood and Sons sold over 300 units in multiple states, and the business expanded after a new shop addition.
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Carthage
William Gatewood
U. S
Bill
William Gatewood and Sons
Gatewood and Sons
Charles W
Navy
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers Association
R. R. Reames
Reames
Charles W. Whitefield, Jr
Rushville
East Second St
Charlie
First Steam Thrasher Invented Near Carthage 1856
A long regional note recalls the 1856 Carthage Rush county Indiana origin of steam thrashing machines. Elwood Hillson and Noah Small then built a small upright engine shipped to Carthage, thrashing 350 to 400 bushels daily and influencing national manufacture. The item describes early buyers in Dublin and Rush county and mentions subsequent expansion by Gar Scott & Co and patterns shipped to Richmond.
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Carthage
Lewis G. Rule
Blueriver Township
Hancock County
Rush County
Ind
Elwood Hillson
Noah Small
New York
Troy
Joseph Overman
Jesse Hill
Thoma L.marsh
William Pratt
Greenfield
Huston
Butler W. Morris
Dublin
Indiana
Joseph Small
Rushcount
Vinton & Hassleman
Indianapolis
Small
Gar Scott & Co
Butler’s & Morris
Richmond
Purdue to Sponsor Three Important Farm Events
Rush County farmers and 4H club members will attend three Purdue events including the Annual Crops Field Day and the Annual Swine Day. The Crops Day will showcase 15 years of Purdue research on Indiana soils and new hybrid corn and soybean varieties. Swine Day features hog nutrition tests and disease control updates. Bus tickets are available from local committee members Ertle Price, Lowell Innis, Worth Hudson, Lowell Norris, Gernie Swain, Harvey Arnold, and Fred Goddard.
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Rush County
Purdue
University Swine Farm
West Lafayette
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station
Indiana
C. M. Vestal
Ertle Price
Lowell Innis
Worth Hudson
Lowell Norris
Gernie Swain
Harvey Arnold
Fred Goddard
Cco
Rush County 4H Takes Fourth in Judging at State Fair
Rush County junior livestock judging team placed fourth at the Indiana State Fair Junior Judging Contest, only 21 points behind first. Members Maxine Maple Ora Callahan Donald Creek and Bill Matlock, coached by Ernest E. Privett, finished 4th with 1449 points. Henry County led with 1470.
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Rush County
Walter C. Kolb
Maxine Maple
Jackson Township
Ora Callahan
Posey Township
Donald Creek
Bill Matlock
Rushville
Ernest E. Privett
Henry County
Marion County
LaGrange County
Switzerland County
St. Joseph
Madison
Whitley County
Madison County
Former Fort Worth player visits old friends in town
Logan Foddy Weaver a retired Ft Worth oil worker and first baseman of the Carthage Stars from fifty years ago visited here Wednesday afternoon. The Stars were defeated by Lebanon in a state semi pro championship series. Weaver had been visiting in Muncie and left to attend a night game in Indianapolis.
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Logan
Weaver
Ft. Worth
Texas
Carthage Stars
Lebanon
Community Pitch In Dinner at East Street Church
A pitch-in benefit dinner will be hosted at East Street Christian Church basement this Saturday night September 14. Proceeds support purchasing motion picture equipment for visual aid. Church members are urged to bring vegetables or other suitable foods.
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East Street Christian Church
Indianapolis Banquet Ties Cincinnati Figures to Indiana Group
Robert Dieckbrader of Cincinnati and Howard Windsor attended the Indiana Motor Trucking Association banquet in Indianapolis on Saturday night. Mrs. Dieckbrader and Mrs. Windsor also attended, with the group remaining in Indianapolis until Sunday evening.
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Robert Dieckbrader
Cincinnati
Howard Windsor
Indiana Motor Trucking Association
Indianapolis
Noah Whitaker Dies Suddenly in Knightstown Home
Noah Whitaker 92 a former Carthage resident died suddenly at his daughter Nellie Jessup's Knightstown home. Survivors include Nellie Jessup and Ira Moore of Knights town, Gertrude Woods of Indianapolis and Leona Washington State, and Wilfred Whitaker of Indianapolis. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moore with burial in Moscow cemetery.
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Noah Whittaker
Carthage
Nellie Whittaker Jessup
Knightstown
Jessup
Dougherty Bakery
Ira Moore
Gertrude Woods
Indianapolis
Leona
Washington State
Wilfred Whittaker
Voter Registration Deadlines and Absent Ballot Dates
A voting calendar from the League of Women Voters Indiana details key deadlines for the general election. It lists October 7 as the last day to register or transfer, October 22 to challenge another's registration, and November 5 as Election Day. For civilian absent ballots, dates span October 7 to November 4 for applying, mailing, and voting.
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League of Woman Voters of
Indiana
County Election Board
Tomato blight spreads north as new fungicide saves crops
A new synthetic fungicide called Dithane aids tomato growers facing a devastating blight sweeping from Maryland to Maine. The disease damaged Florida and northern acreages, with some growers salvaging crops after abandoning fields and others reporting large gains thanks to the 1944 innovation.
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United States
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Florida
Indiana
Texas
Maine
E L Frazier Opens New Funeral Home in Morristown
E L Frazier announces the opening of the E L Frazier Funeral Home on South Street Morristown. The 24 hour ambulance service and mortuary inspections begin, with his brother Muret M Frazier assisting temporarily. A 1939 graduate of Indiana College of Mortuary Science, Frazier previously worked at L V Hauk Funeral Home and is active in the Christian church and Masonic orders.
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Morristown
E.L. Frazier
E. L. Frazier
Frazier
South Street
Muret M. Frazier
Indiana College of Mortuary Science
Indianapolis
L. V. Hauk Funeral Home
The
Christian Church
Baldwin Commandery No
Knights Templer
Shelbyville
Morristown Lodge
Ferris Names Farm Committees for Indiana Districts
Albert N. Ferris announces the Republican state committee Agricultural Division district chairmen for Indiana eleven districts with offices to open on the seventh floor of the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. District leaders include Wasson, Moesel, Virgil, Sowers, Ewing, Maston, Tomey, Struckman, Hardy, Harvey, and Moort. Ferris, Milton farmer, heads the division after appointment by H C Springer.
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Albert N. Ferris
Republican State Committee
Ferris
Milton Farmer
State Committee
H C. Springer
Ferris Long
Hoosier
Boyd Wasson
Lowell
Alpha Moesel
Kewanna
Albert Virgil
Elkhart
Lusius Sowers
Hoagland
Lon Ewing
Kokomo
Clyde Maston
Coatesville
A. A. Tomey
Washington
Ed. Struckman
Huntingburg
Bruce F. Hardy
Scottsburg
Ralph Harvey
New Castle
Hoyt Moort
Indianapolis
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolia
Tomato growers sued for violating contract
The Ingalls Canning Company of Greenfield filed suits in Hancock circuit court alleging tomato growers with its contracts are selling tomatoes elsewhere. Judge pro tem Harris Avery issued a restraining order against the defendants Earl G. Martin Herbert Alford Myrtle Alford and Daniel Negley. Hearing set for next Monday.
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Ingalls Canning Company of
Greenfield
Hancock Circuit
Harris Avery
Hancock Circuit Court
Earl G. Martin
Herbert Alford
Myrtle Alford
Daniel Negley
Carthage High School Softball Edges In Extra Innings
Carthage High School softball won an exhibition game 8 to 7 in extra innings on Wednesday night. The locals seek revenge after a league loss earlier in the week at Arlington 7 to 6. In local notices, Mr and Mrs Roy Caudill of Carthage announce the birth of a son at City hospital Rushville, as do Mr and Mrs David Fookes for another newborn in the same hospital.
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OPA
CIO
CTO
Washington
Political Action Committee
O Container Corporation
Hamil D
Carthage High School
Arlington
Roy Caudill
Carthage
City Hospital
Rushville
David Fookes
Lions Club Hosts Special Ladies Night in Carthage
Carthage Lions Club held a Ladies Night at the new basement meeting room of the Community Center with 61 attendees. The program featured Mrs. Carr, John Allen Ruby, John Steffy, and District Governor Floyd Farley, along with a talk by Steffy about his Japan service and gifts from his visit. A softball game report noted a 13 11 loss to Knightstown with a rematch scheduled Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the high school diamond.
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Carthage Lions Club
A. J. Carr
John Allen Ruby
John Steffy
Japan
Lions District
Floyd Farley
Speedway City
Lion Ora Clayton
Beverly Berminger
Farley
Knightstown Lions
Carthage Lions
Tomato Show Honors In Rush County Courthouse Corridor
Harold Logan Posey Township Robert E White Ripley Township and Forrest Marlatt Rushville Township won top honors at the 1946 Tomato Potato Show held September 7 in the Court House corridor. Logan White were co champions in the tomato peck entries White displayed the champion plate of five tomatoes Young Marlatt exhibited first place peck of potatoes. Federal inspector grader Harold Frakes praised the tomato exhibits noting 1945 blight hit Rush County growers and that the tomato crop is about 50 percent below normal.
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Harold Logan
Posey
Robert E. White
Ripley Township
Forrest Marlatt
Rushville
Court House
Logan
White
Young Marlatt
Harold Frakes
Rush County
Frakes
Weekend Visits and Local Sports Report from Arlington
Weekend visits spread across Knightstown New Castle and Red Key with multiple families hosting relatives and friends. Arlington Merchants defeated Spiceland 4 to 1 last Sunday and will host Armour Packing Co. from Indianapolis next Sunday in a noted local contrast.
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Russell Parish
Clarence Armstrong
Perigh
Irvin Storie
Vevay
Richard Craig
Knightstown
Craig
Leonard Sullivan
Nelson Cook
Bertha Tomilson
Park Ridge
Dlinois
Vivian Graham
New Castle
David Grocox
Donovan Copher
St. Louis
Copher
Joseph Graff
Blanche Copher
Forrest
Arthur Hayes
Utah
Arlington Merchants
Spiceland
Arlington
Armour Packing Co
Indianapolis
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Lafayette
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R. R. Mulvey
Department of Agronomy
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Mr. Weaver
Muncie
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual
WLW
Noah Whitaker
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