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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1923
Page
2
Joseph Taylor, one of the last Indians near Pipestone Minnesota, carries on the art of stone pipe making which will soon pass into oblivion. Soft red clay abounds in the region and Indians long ago traveled to obtain material for pipes. The stone is cut, filed with a coarse file, and polished with flannel.
Bertha Levine was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail after a bootlegging conviction in Fort Wayne. A farm sale near North Manchester fetched a coon dog for 102 dollars and 50 cents and a gray draft horse for 109 dollars. Fire damaged the Masonic hall and H E Richards store in Roanoke with 5000 dollars in losses. Indiana sheep entered in the International Livestock exposition in Chicago December 1 to 8. The International Rubber Company held a stockholders meeting in Anderson approving a 30000 dollar bond issue to retire debt and fund plant operations.
Methodist ministers from Warrick Perry Posey Vanderburg Spencer Dubois and Gibson counties met in Princeton on November 12 to discuss Evangelism. Dr John S Ward superintendent of the Evansville district presided.
Flames engulf the Chester Thomas country residence causing rapid spread and forcing the family to flee with little clothing. a three year old son was saved by the father as the roof collapsed. Local events mention a Sheridan farmers short course on Nov 30 and Dec 1 with speeches by A J Mobley R R Robertson and Grace Mariam Smith. A Woman's Home Missionary group meeting in Monticello with Mrs C H Ehrmann as principal speaker is noted.
Wilber Pell receiver for Hun Gate Wholesale of Fountain Town asks court to appoint an expert accountant to audit the firm. He seeks to determine how funds from stock sales, amounting to 100000, were spent as assets now total under 2000.
A central creamery shipping station will be established at New Albany under the state farm bureau. The plan emerged after a conference between C. R. George, director of dairy and produce marketing for the bureau, and county agricultural agents from Floyd Clark Harrison Scott Crawford and Washington counties.
Noel R. Mitchell thirty two a law maker pleaded guilty to arson before Judge Charles A Lowe in Dearborn county circuit court Lawrenceburg. He was fined $100 plus costs and given an indeterminate sentence of from two to fourteen years in Indiana State Prison at Michigan City. Officials allege he set fire to the bedroom of Mrs Evelyn Brooks Goodpastor while drinking lemon extract where he had been rooming.
World war veteran Riley Bishop of Fairland was declared of unsound mind by a local commission. He had been confined in Shelby county jail before arrangements by the American Legion post secured his commitment to the government hospital for disabled soldiers in Marion. Bishop was shell shocked and wounded at Chateau-Thierry St Mihiel and the Argonne.
Fred B. Jennings foreman at National Home and Chain Co in New Albany lost his right hand when his arm was severed three inches above the wrist while operating a planer.
After fifty three years as road bed supervisor section fore man and crossing watchman John Foley of Edinburg retired and placed on the pension roll of the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
E Dial and Mike Cassidy of Carlisle drowned when their car plunged off a Hazleton ferry. J O Dudley of Carlisle was uninjured. Madison County marked its 100th birthday with a centennial program at the Universalist church in Pendleton, birthplace of the county.
Irwin W. Berkey of Hammond was found dead in bed, grieving over his wife who perished in a fire days earlier. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of his death.
Miss Selah M. Austin chairwoman announces in English that there will be no personal solicitation during the 1923 Christmas seal sale in Crawford County. East Chicago Mayor Frank Callahan orders police to padlock every soft drink parlor tied to liquor law violations after a wave of violations.
Charles M. Wright assistant cashier of the Edwardsport bank in northern Knox county was killed when two men attempted to rob the bank. Decatur business men plan a country club and golf course. two meetings have been held and a location committee reviews several sites.
At Oliver Summers demonstration farm near Milltown 189 hens averaged a labor income of 2.53 per hen for the year ended October 31 1923. The figure tops the Indiana poultry demonstration farm average by 8 cents marking a local lead.
George Carlisle Shelby county treasurer announced $483 107 63 was paid at his office for full tax installments and $6 736 63 was permitted to become delinquent, detailing the period’s collections and delinquencies.
Indiana corn leaders L. M. Vogler and R. L. Heilman along with Bartholomew county farmers J. D. Hull and Dewitt Klipsch plan exhibits at the annual international livestock and grain show in Chicago from December 1 to 8.
Two year old Bart Stinson Jr drank coal oil from a floor glass after a kitchen fire was started by his father in Petersburg. Physicians worked about two hours to save the child.
Vanderburg county and nearby areas report a shortage of workers to harvest the corn. Farmers along the Ohio river near Evansville fear delays as the river and its tributaries rise with the coming fall.
E S Griffin administrator of Leon Demeer’s estate files in Madison circuit court at Anderson a $10000 damages suit against Union Traction Company of Indiana. Demeer and four others were killed in a wreck on the Union Traction line near Elwood on September 30. Demeer left a widow and four children.
Shelbyville lodge No 457 B P O E Ellis organizes the 25th anniversary events for the lodge with December celebrations. Albert DePrez named chairman to arrange the meeting. The lodge also holds its annual memorial services at the city building in Shelbyville on Sunday afternoon December 2.
Paul O Moyer post of the American Legion at Hartford City has elected officers for the coming year with Chester Brandt as Commander Luther Schmidt first vice commander Paul Brickley second vice commander Dallas Gray adjutant Grover Smith treasurer Ernest Cook chaplain Ben DeWees sergeant at arms Marvin Coons and district trustee James Emschiller. The eastern division science hall at Indiana State Normal School in Muncie will not be ready for occupancy for months due to a fire that destroyed building materials and damaged a nearby lumber yard in New Castle several weeks ago.
Construction started on the first unit of the Wabash Valley Refining company at Terre Haute on the former Ball Brothers glass plant site. The lubricants plant is expected to begin operations within five weeks. About fifty Franklin Chamber of Commerce members and Bergersville businessmen attended a dinner at Center Grove High School gymnasium in White River township.
A lighthearted exchange suggests a taller trombone player could improve sightlines in crowded orchestral seating. The joke centers on space constraints and the idea of a musician who can project over colleagues ahead.
A brief editorial urges support for public officials when they fulfill duties and deserve encouragement from the community. It argues positive reinforcement strengthens governance and civic engagement.
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