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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
3
Laporte will host the state convention of the Indiana Grange in October. Frank L. Jones was elected president of the Indiana Association of Life Underwriters at a meeting in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis Ministerial Association elected Rev. J. D. Garrison, pastor of the North Park Christian Church, to serve as president. He succeeds the former leader and assumes duties immediately.
Delmer Strickland eighteen of Indianapolis was killed when a telephone pole fell at North Vernon. The incident occurred in the city street leaving a fatal accident record for that day. Police investigated and identified the victim.
Otto Cushman aged eighteen was killed at Terre Haute when the motorcar he rode in was struck by a car driven by Ludolph N. Rottman a wholesale tobacco merchant.
Gregg Alyea was found guilty by a Greensburg jury of liquor law violations. He received 120 days at the state penal farm and a $500 fine.
Three cows valued at 1000 dollars were struck and killed by lightning during an electrical storm on the Ed ward Armand farm near Canaan. The cattle were standing under a tree in a pasture when the fatal strike occurred.
Mrs Gladys Iddings of Albion won an $8500 verdict against the New York Central Railroad for the death of her husband Scott who was struck and killed by a train in Kendalville.
Edward L. Patterson was arrested in Indianapolis and charged with manslaughter after a car driven by him struck eight year old Bennie MacInnis as he played in the street. The incident led to his arrest and formal charges.
Ephraim T. McDaniel fifty seven was killed by a fall of rock in the front mine west of Terre Haute Miners found him crushed beneath coal and rock He is survived by a family.
About thirty persons have been employed to assist the grading staff of the manuscript division of the state department of public instruction at Indianapolis because of the extra work caused by changes in the teachers' license law.
Thirty one affidavits were filed in the Porter Circuit court at Valparaiso charging Earl Harris and Russell William and Henry Biggs with stealing chickens and livestock from Porter county farmers.
Curtisville, located four miles north of Elwood, will receive electric service from Union Traction company. The contract covers ten street lights and power for homes and businesses in the town.
Members of the Winchester chapter D A R laid flowers in the beds assigned to them in Goodrich park with help from local school children. Mrs Elizabeth Goodrich, donor of the park, was a charter member of the Winchester D A R chapter.
A metal safety deposit box recovered from the bottom of a pool at Conn's Creek near Waldron links to the recent break in at the Nail general store in St. Paul. The store was entered weeks earlier, the safe opened, and a small sum taken.
Indiana holds 817,788 school age persons this year, up from 772,471 last year, figures by L. B. Job assistant state superintendent of public instruction. Data compiled from official county enumerations, Steuben listed unofficial.
Boy scouts of Winchester troop under Scoutmaster C R Schmitkin and assistant C D Kemp dedicate a new camp on Charles D Wysong farm two miles south of the city. Mr Wysong lends 40 acres of timber land while the Rotary club provides lumber for a two room shack built by J Weldon Huber with help from city school pupils.
A state lab report from Indianapolis states William Weaver fifty three died by his own action after swallowing poison. Weaver long worked as a drug clerk. Enos Cripe fifty six, a Goshen factory employee, died at home after being found unconscious in his car. physicians cited a poisonous intoxicant and chloroform as the cause.
Thrashermen forecast higher charges for this season in Cass county. In Terre Haute Mrs. Harry Dickey has been elected president of the Vigo County League of Women Voters.
S. R. Miles was reappointed to serve two more years as county agricultural agent at Columbus. Miles is a Purdue University man. Horace Coats, formerly with Indianapolis and recently in Chicago, has been named secretary of the Marion retail credit bureau.
Purdue University awarded 598 degrees at the forty ninth annual commencement in Eliza Fowler Hall Lafayette honoring graduates.
The Baptist church at Indian Village four miles northwest of Marion, built in 1860, is under reconstruction and will soon be dedicated as the Indian Village Memorial church.
The Clark county board of commissioners authorized an 18000 dollar bond issue at Jefferson to fund construction of the Harry Bean road in Silver Creek township, at a 5 percent interest rate.
R R Cromwell the principal of Anderson High School for seven years says he will not re contract at the previous salary and his resignation takes effect immediately.
John Humphreys barn near Jasonville burned destroying two horses and severely injuring a third. An automobile harness and feed were burned with total losses estimated at $2,000.
Oscar L. Stanley, a prominent merchant in Martinville, collapsed and died of heart failure while seated in an automobile in the business district. He was conversing with a friend on the curb when the fatal event occurred.
Police court records show 66 defendants answering roll call in Fort Wayne city court. Cases ranged from simple drunkenness to child neglect in a single day lineup.
The Ripley County board of review met at Versailles and appointed Roland Bishop of Franklin township and Elvin Hughes of Johnson township as additional board members alongside the county auditor treasurer and assessor.
One hundred citizens pledge to finance a Chautauqua event free to the public. The donors guarantee the expense so no gate charge will be collected.
Several state officers of the Order of Red Men presented Mineola Tribe of Red Men with a $50 prize at Franklin for the best exemplification of the chief's degree at district meetings. This marked the third consecutive year the Franklin team won the prize.
The Shelbyville high school budget board submitted its annual report and turned over 1400 dollars to the school board treasurer. The funds represent net receipts from athletic events held at the Paul Cross Memorial gym.
White County schools including Monticello and Union Township consolidated schools posted a countywide attendance average of 96.75 for the year per report by A F Galbreth county attendance officer. Plain View in Case Township won best attendance prize while total county enrollment stood at 3 875.
Central Indiana farmers in Hamilton Madison Boone Tipton Howard and Clinton counties report wheat is healthy but will not mature in time for an early harvest. They expect little wheat cut before July first.
Stockholders at Noblesville annual meeting chose nine directors J C Jones J W Smith John C Craig C C Curtis W H White Fred Heylmann R O Morris C B Ward and L B Holleman. Officers elected include L B Holleman president R O Morris J W Smith and C C Curtis vice presidents Frank Baker secretary Roy Henry assistant secretary and J B Owen trust officer.
The Decatur fair runs July 24 to 27 and will include a woman’s style show and large fireworks. Races, baseball, livestock exhibits, flivver owners day, and night shows are also on the program.
Bessie J Edgeworth Santee residing on Spring Grove farm seven miles west of Fort Wayne benefits $100000 in the estate of Edward J Leland a wealthy broker who died at his home in Chicago May 24.
Shenandoah residents report Clifford Solon twenty four and four months married received an unconditional pardon from Governor Kendall after his bride urged clemency. An inadvertent tip to authorities about a ten year sentence followed his clean war record and parole compliance since a Riverton store robbery. The bride quit a bank job in Omaha to campaign for Solon with influence from Page County figures. the tipster remains unidentified.
In Columbia Missouri a 70 year old man J R Sapps and 69 year old Mary Smith, both totally blind, wed after a 46 year courtship. They studied at a St Louis blind school and had kept up correspondence for 64 years. Miss Smith traveled from Coffee Missouri to marry.
John Oberg arrives in Salem Oregon after a 39 year wandering voyage sending a letter to his Jamestown New York postmaster. He learns his parents are dead and his siblings dispersed.
Officer W. GC Harris, newly appointed, chased a thief for half a mile in St Louis and collapsed dead while making his first arrest. The incident underscores the risks of duty and marks a tragic end to a new police career.
Scranton Ohio? Correction: Scranton, Pa. Dayton Ellis, high school principal, collapsed and died from heart disease before leading morning exercises in front of about 600 pupils.
D Harris of Petersburg Indiana reported his fox hound went missing during fox hunting. A week later he located the dog trapped in a fence and nearly starved. A veterinarian amputated the dog’s leg to save its life.
York Pa Thomas Baird cashier of City bank is under arrest on embezzlement charges. Detectives say he maintained three love nests funded by stolen funds and received letters from women in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. A York manicurist is also linked. About $10000 recovered turned over by Mrs. Baird.
In Central Islip a train carrying over 100 passengers ran wild after Engineer George B. Cunningham collapsed from a heart attack and died in the cab. Conductor John J. McKeever applied the emergency brake to halt the speeding train, averting disaster. Fireman Matthew Carranza noticed the stop after the engine faltered.
In Lancaster Mass Mrs William Dexter a bride of half an hour calmly hosted guests in her new home while her husband battled a roof fire. Firemen contained the flames after causing appreciable damage and many guests learned of the blaze only when the fire department arrived.
Mary Seurot aged thirteen attempted to burn a spider with a lit match and set fire to the home of Israel Segal in Montreal Dan. She was making beds when she saw the spider and followed it into a clothes closet where the blaze began.
Six youths three men and three women drowned in the Mississippi River near Rock Island Illinois after leaping from a railroad trestle to avoid an approaching train. They were returning from a dance when trapped by the train.
An eight-year-old boy named Peter Martina was among 16 arrested in Akron, Ohio during a narcotics raid. He said he carried dope from his home to his father’s soft drink saloon and disclosed the drugs’ hiding place to police.
In Grand Rapids Michigan two thirteen year olds Donald Crampton and Ralph Bosch confessed to setting fires that damaged four business buildings with total losses near $500,000. They stated the acts were done for fun.
A horse along a curb seized seven year old Katherine Taragiino by the hair. A policeman pried the animal’s mouth open and freed the girl. Her scalp sustained a laceration.
June lesson guide presents favorite stories and great characters from the Old Testament. It outlines three study methods: weekly character essays, brief summaries, and a character study approach featuring Abraham Moses Isaiah Samuel David Nehemiah Elijah Jeremiah Esther Ruth Joseph Jesus. It affirms a purpose for every life and links lessons to modern guidance.
A concise meditation on life-force as divine energy breaking through thought toward a higher state, attributed to G. A. Studdert Kennedy. The text presents a spiritual view of God seeking new avenues of expression beyond human cognition.
Brief aphorism noting that pleasing others begins with personal satisfaction. Quote by Pazlitt on amiability as contentment with self and others.
A concise philosopher’s remark notes the need to shed self conceit as the initial duty. It emphasizes humility as foundational for thoughtful inquiry and moral conduct.
Jesse Lasky recalls postwar travel woes when an American in Paris complains about hotel beer costing $2 and expresses it as 8,000 francs a week. He notes the irony of quarters, replying that “quarters” means eighths in his hotel stay.
For your daughter's sake this advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the secret to a dainty well groomed appearance. It markets a laundry product aimed at producing admired neatness and freshness.
A New York Sun note tells how Smivers, fond of a relic wristwatch from his overseas days, buys a new alarm clock to keep a promised meeting with a wealthy uncle. The clock reads eight while the old watch showed eight thirty, making him late and souring the uncle.
In New York Gen George A Wingate denounces mistreatment of war invalids and invokes a Mrs Malaprop reference. A church sociable scene features Mrs Mala props wit transformation with a joking line about electrocuting a daughter to finish her off.
A brief quotation from Robert Ingersoll on happiness emphasizing the present moment and making others happy as the path to personal joy.
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