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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1923
Page
2
The Jackson Township Sunday School association held a convention at the Baptist church in Sardinia six miles south of Greensburg on September 9.
The 1924 tax levy for Franklin city is 1.01 dollars with a budget of 42 938.41 dollars to be raised by taxation. The levy rises by four cents from the 1923 levy.
Mrs Martha Ellen Miller seventy eight longtime Delaware county resident died at home in Muncie from apoplexy She is survived by two sons Earl Miller and Oliver Miller
Watson J. Trowbridge of the Feller and Trowbridge garage in La Grange lost the second finger below the second joint and the tip of his thumb after his left hand was drawn into a tractor fan.
Anderson retail coal dealers filed a complaint with the Indiana State Commerce Commission via the Indiana Coal Merchants' Service Bureau to obtain a reduction in freight rates charged from the West Virginia and Kentucky coal fields.
The Peru based Maami County Council allocates 80000 dollars for charity for the coming year, the largest sum ever set aside. The council also increases the tax levy by three cents for road funding.
Thomas Walter, twenty, suffered severe injuries after a motorcycle accident east of Morristown. He struck an obstacle, was thrown from the bike, and sustained facial injuries including knocked out front teeth and part of the lower jaw, with extensive cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Joseph McMillan and daughter Anna near Azalia killed a seven foot eight inch black snake found coiled around a nest and swallowing young chicks at their home. They used a hoe and mowing scythe to kill the reptile and then measured its length.
Floyd county council at New Albany orders sale of two abandoned toll houses on Corydon pike now State Road No 16. Both buildings were residences for toll collectors before the road became a free county road years ago.
Miss Geraldina Wharton eighteen daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Wharton of Shelbyville was seriously injured when struck by an automobile delivery truck. Her left leg was broken and she suffered numerous cuts and bruises. The accident happened as she alighted from an interurban car.
William Burden, a 62 year old itinerant Black man in Peru, bought denatured alcohol to bathe his feet then drank it mixed with pop to ease his mind. He recalls nothing until a sheriff wakes him 24 hours later at breakfast.
The Decatur County Baptist association met at the Baptist church in Greensburg and completed its formation after being linked with Flatrock Baptist association. Speakers included Rev. G. C. Mitchell district superintendent Dr. O. R. McKay state Sunday school director Dr. H. Hall of Franklin and others.
The Pike Circuit court jury awarded John Burton the remaining estate of David Ramsey after debts. Ramsey died at Burton’s Petersburg home in February, with $4 015 found in Ramsey’s bank account. Burton had cared for Ramsey the last year and claimed 2460 for his services. after debts, Burton receives about 2800.
Ross Martin of West Lafayette high school's vocational agriculture program tops Indiana boy livestock judging. The Dearborn County team wins state honors as champions of the junior judging contest at the Indianapolis State Fair.
Miss Madeline Connor of Corydon has been selected by Purdue University to oversee the home economics exhibit at the Indiana State Fair. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Connor.
City Health Officer Joseph Pierce reports no contagion cases in the past three months. Rev. E E Davis and Mrs Davis return from a 2650 mile motor trip to Washington and New York after visiting the Presbyterian church in Hartford City.
Ernest Van Blaricum, seventeen, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court at Columbus to petit larceny and was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Indiana state reformatory.
The annual meeting of the 14 Baptist churches in Jackson Scott and Jennings counties comprising the Brownstown Baptist association was held at Crothersville.
Jerry Shaw aged thirty five a coal miner died near Terre Haute when slate fell from Bardyke mine roof crushing his head and shoulders in the accident.
For the first time in a decade the Anderson jail received a clean bill from the county board of charities. The current report commends its cleanliness after years of prior condemnations describing the jail as filthy.
The Anderson schools announce changes with D. E. Weidler of Nyack New York named new high school principal. Edmund Carman and Jesse Frances Fair are appointed supervisors.
An automobile driven by Wilbur Matthews of Wabash overturned near Roanoke. Mrs. Matthews and daughter Camilla Matthews suffered broken collar bones and were taken to the county hospital. Mr. Matthews and son Harold were uninjured.
William G. Oliver, former Indiana state auditor, hanged himself at his farm home six miles south of Franklin. Elected by Republicans in 1920 and defeated for re election in 1922, he was fifty. Friends cite ill health as the motive for the act.
Prof. J. A. Hoffman of Marion college named dean for a new community training school in Grant county. The institute will train Sunday school teachers and workers and operate like programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
The Madison County Board of Education voted to take no further step toward appointing Jesse Stutsman as county agricultural agent. The Madison County Farmers Federation petitioned for the agent, but the board remained firm on naming a county agent.
Old settlers of Washington County were guests of honor at Salem for the annual Old Settlers day celebration under the Washington County Historical Society. The program featured Missouri Harmony quartet performances, fiddling contests, and informal talks.
Treatment of seed wheat by the hot water method to prevent loose and stinking smut has begun at Shelbyville. Purdue University plant disease specialist T. Gregory visited the treating station as the county reports smut cases this season.
The Hamilton county council sets a new property tax levy at 45 cents per $100, up 2 cents from the prior rate. Noblesville school board lowers city levy from $1.05 to 95 cents, and Noblesville city council reduces from 85 cents to 82 cents.
A local apple producer says the Huntington county crop is going to waste as people fail to prepare fruit for winter by canning. If this condition lasts, orchards may dwindle and native apples could become scarce in the region.
Vanderburgh County council approved 15000 to finish buying the Evansville museum organ once owned by the Methodist Episcopal church. The organ, used at the Methodist centenary in Columbus Colorado in 1920, ends a dispute among Evansville city authorities and Benjamin Bosse estate executor over who bears the debt.
At the Tippecanoe county fair ground in Lafayette a public Ku Klux Klan ceremony initiated 500 men and 200 women. The event drew at least 6,000 attendees and the women joined as auxiliary Queens of the Golden Mask.
Final administration report filed in Terre Haute probate court by Gertrude P Hulman as executrix shows the estate inventory lists Herman Hulman as deceased with Mrs Hulman as sole heir. The heir received 714383.45 dollars.
The Italo Greek dispute over Corfu unsettles the League of Nations as ambassadors press Greece to punish murderers of boundary commissioners. Mussolini complains Greece delays, Albania is drawn in, and Branting and others critique League enforcement while Britain and Italy seek a settlement. A republican committee claims the league’s failure vindicates anti membership and warns of entanglements. Separately Spain faces a military revolt led by Primo Rivera while the government fights to maintain control.
Italy faces potential expansion into conflict with Jugoslavia and Greece amid troop concentrations in Trieste and reports of arms deliveries to Varna. Paris notes possible annexation of Fiume with limited protests. Serbia reorganizes army with French loans, while Romania and Czechoslovakia show neutrality or Rome alignment. Stresemann outlines a German plan for Ruhr reparations via state backed private property mortgages to cash flow payments and Ruhr evacuation conditioned on German sovereignty in the Rhineland.
Delegates of smaller nations grew impatient and dissatisfied during last week's League of Nations meetings, signaling friction and unease among representatives as the talks progressed.
The Japanese home office estimates total deaths exceed 200 000 with casualties well over a million. Japan, aided by global relief including the United States, begins large rebuilding efforts as Red Cross funds pass five million dollars with rapid daily gains and a million dollars wired for immediate relief purchases.
NTHRACITE operators and miners sign a two year agreement granting a 10 percent wage raise and an eight hour day. Dues are now collected collectively and wage rate revisions are planned. Public coal prices will rise 75 cents to $1 per ton unless government action curbs costs. Governor Pinchot advocates a new freight rate and federal findings on profits, with Coolidge backing federal help.
A long battle with female trouble and chronic catarrh ends in a full recovery after taking Peruna from March to August 1914. Mrs. Katie Scheffel reports weight gain, restored appetite, better sleep, and renewed energy, praising the remedy as a gift from Heaven and urging others to try the original reliable catarrh medicine.
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