Prohibition Officers Locate Stills in Burnettsville White County
Federal officers raided Burnettsville homes of Al Britton and George Andrews in White County near Monon. A twenty-gallon still, forty gallons of mash, and about half a gallon of moonshine whiskey were seized at Britton’s home. Andrews’s place yielded a thirty-gallon still and a small whiskey amount. mash barrels appeared unused. Monon saw no further discoveries.
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White County
Burnettsville
al Britton
George Andrews
Monon
Box Social at Oak Palace in Beaver
Tromer Viers, teacher at Oak Palace School in Beaver Township, invites everyone to a Box Social on Friday evening February 2. All are welcome for a general good time.
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BOX Social
Oak Palace
Beaver
Tromer Viers
Beaver Township
Monticello and Nearby Towns News Highlights
Mrs Lanily Blewitt visits daughter in Parr Indiana. Mrs Lienry Pike visits Medarsville. Phe tarda of Sa Pethian club hosted by Mies Parser. Mrs Raymond Perr visits from Mc Caysburg. Lost fur robe found 3 miles east of Francesville. Mrs Bell Fishvardesty, teacher in eighties, dies in Valparaiso. Royal Sunday School class entertained at Dela mere home. Mrs Wesley Scott returns from Michigan after family deaths. Monticello designated center for sectional basketball tournament White and Carroll counties. Budgets and health trips include John Hudgens in Lafayette. John Fitzpatrick visits St Paul. W S Daniels from Knox visits. supports stricter liquor laws as distilleries > river.
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Monticello
White
Carroll
Clyde Hudgens
Lee Hudgens
Lafayette Sumlay
John Hudgens
Francesville Teams Rally to Take Both Games at Medaryville
Francesville boys and girls defeated Medaryville quintets in a Friday night doubleheader at the Medaryville gym. The boys led 15 10 3 in the first half, then eased up and won by a single point 20 to 19 as Coach Long prepares his squad for the upcoming sectional at Medaryville next month.
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Francesville
Medaryville Gymnasium
Coach Long
Ins Soung Colts
Medaryville
Massachusetts congressman seeks coal embargo to curb exports
A Massachusetts congressman urges an embargo on coal to stop shipments from Pennsylvania mines to Canada where anthracite sells for two to seven dollars less per ton than in the home market. He accuses profiteers of benefiting under the current administration.
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Canada
Christian Church Sunday Schedule and Sermons
Sunday School at 9:30 A M with a sermonette at school end, preaching at 10 45 A M and 7 P M, with vigorous singing and vital subjects. Christian Endeavor at 6 P M extends invitation. Dunkleberger as minister.
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Dunkleberger
Railways Bet on Growth Amid Vast 1923 Investment
The article argues that railroads will spend millions in 1923 on equipment and improvements, insisting such outlays signal expected demand. It maintains strong lines only invest when confident of future use, and blames administration for issues affecting the industry.
Death of T B Hedges in Winamac On Saturday
The well known county resident Tb Hedges died in Winamac on Saturday. The funeral was held there yesterday. Other items note Water works issue, local social visits, and small town happenings including bootleggers fines and musical entertainment at Gifford.
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Tb. Tledges
Wilamac
Indiana Leads Nation in School Attendance Improvement
Indiana ranks ahead of all states in reducing time lost to absence or tardiness under Governor McCray's attendance law. State Superintendent Burris notes more than 20,000 children were returned to school in one year, with 54,670 irregular attendees and losses totaling 3,848,784 days absent and 2,277,670 days late.
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Indiana
McCray
Benjamin J. Burris
Burris
McCrasse
Former State Senator Curtis D Meeker Dies at Monticello
Curtis D Meeker a prominent Monticello and state figure died suddenly last Friday evening at his home 422 North Main Street from a stroke suffered about an hour earlier His health had been declining for three years but he remained active until recently.
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Curtis D. Meeker
North Main Street
Meeker
Monticello
Winamac Firm Makes Matchless Incubators
Leland T. Williams of Winamac has organized a company with $30,000 capital to manufacture Matchless incubators. Incubators have seen growing demand after small quantities were offered for months. The product is noted for a higher hatch rate than competing models.
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Leland T. Williams
Winamac
Knights of Pythias supper draws hometown crowd
Wednesday evening at the Knights of Pythias headquarters there was supper and entertainment. Various local residents visited relatives and guests across nearby towns including Monon Green Castle Cullom Francesville La Crosse Jefferson township.
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The
Knights of Pythias
Petroleum Company of Indiana Buys Six Thousand Acres
The Petroleum Company of Indiana led by Bloomington capitalists has recorded leases on over six thousand acres across Walker Nankahkee Wheatheld and Gillam townships near Wheatfield. J C Martin and Dr Voge J LamBean secured the leases as the firm readies test wells to probe for crude oil deposits.
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Petroleum Company of
Inediana
Bloomington
Wheatfield
Poole
Walker
Nankahkee
Wheatheld
Gillam
J. C. Martin
Voge J. LamBean
Com. Ae
Jessie
Rensselaer Publican
Tl Petroleum Company
Indi@y
Jasper County
Wheatfield Bank Sues for Public Funds Deposit
Bank of Wheatfield petitions Gillam Township court to appoint it as public funds depository. It alleges the township deposited funds with two Medaryville banks outside Jasper County after its application and bond of 30000. The plaintiff seeks court order directing the deposits be placed in its care.
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Bank of Wheatfield
Gillam Township
Jasper County
Notable Residents and Guests Visit Nearby Towns
Dr Tharcy Gray of Guiney Law and Oto Tlooker visited Rensselaer and Indianapolis on business. Judson Fitzpatrick hosted in Michigan City with Edward J Fowarty, warden of the northern Indiana state prison. The Odd Bellows banquet hosted families. The piece notes a growing American Indian population of 340 000, up 73 000 in twenty years, countering the idea of decline.
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Judson Fitzpatrick
Michigan City
Edward J. Fowarty
Northern
Indiana State Prison
Adverse Sentiment Grows Against County Unit School Plan
Opinion piece argues against county unit plans to centralize school control under a county superintendent. It notes lack of public familiarity, warns of forceful lobbyists, and questions loss of local trustee authority while urging debate and warning against fast legislative passage.
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County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Corey
Monticello Journal
Journal
Indianapolis
White County
Kretschman
State University
Purdue
White County banks show loans rise and deposits fall
Figures compiled from the December 29 call list banks in White County report loans at 379,433.00 with deposits of 1,274,964.08. Between September 15 and December 20 1922 deposits decreased by 820 328.61 while loans rose by 114. W703.
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White County
Bath
Monticello
Ourhal
State Bank of
First National Pank Ssg
SSPE
White Col. & Frust Co
Pinghiees State Bank
Bank Care Pe
Farmers Bank, An
ENS Ebank
Chalmers
State Bank
FOL
Citizens State Bank
Ay Alcott
Chevrolet shipments set record on winter orders
Friday, January 16, the Chevrolet Motor Company shipped from many plants, excluding the Canadian plant, twenty one hundred cars, a record shipping day driven by unprecedented winter orders.
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Chevrolet
Phriday
Chevrolet Myptor Company
Local Social Notes From Winame and Nearby Areas
Miss Orpha Blowe of Winame guests at the Graftons on Monday. Buckels of Chalmers visit Simdas Coes. Mary Zard in Lafayette with daughter Myrtle Leaf. Harold Delamore hosts Sunday school class. Young Ladies Missionary Society meets at Dariseltra's. Smallfelt travels to Logansport and Lafayette. Educator note cites waste losses in bucket shops. Rice Porter family guests of Porter and Fitzpatrick in Goodland. Tosh family Lafayette visitors last Friday.
Monon Independent Backs Local Five In Friday Night Game
The Monon Independent basketball team will visit the local five at the High School Gym on Friday January 26. Admission is 25 cents. Tipoff is at 8 00 p m and fans are urged to root for the home squad.
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Monon
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Water Works
Lanily Blewitt
Mrs
Charles Caster
Parr
Ind
Phe Tarda
Sa Pethian Club
Mies
Raymond Perr
McCaysburg, Ind
Peter Huguet
Louis Huguet
Pulaski Road
Co-Operative Elevator
Geo. Pugh
Bell Fish Tfardesty
Pulic
Valparaiso
Aoman
Mast
Tarial
Sor
Histian Church
Miro
Wesley Scott
Michigan
Fred Mohler
John Fitzpatrick
William Fitzpatrick
Mr. Fitzpatrick
St. Paul
Livestock Commission
W.S. Daniels
Knnox
Mrr. Damiels
Starke County
Kankakee River
T. B. Hedges
WOR Rtowatt
Frank Nopkey
Charles Uhttbhard
Pioneer Club
Whursday
Charles Kale
Westville
Feth. Weaver
Clyde Myers
Cabery
Fred Shumacker
Ada Shumacker
T. J. Tomlinson
Mallon’s Department Store
Nina Myers
Wayne Myers
Russell Bird
Gifford
Winamac Firm
TW. Blubbell
Manon
Whelma Beesley
Greencastle
J. L. Beesley
F. Puam
J. Burson
J. Ro Mkire
Bert Overman
Walt Netheroff
Cullom
Aml
Robert Render
Andrew Baughman
Lacrosse
Clarence Riggs
Jaughman
Board of County Commissioners
Jefferson Township
the Petroleum Company of Indiana
Wheatfield Bank
Tharcy Gray
Guiney, Law
Oto Tlooker
Rensselaer
Odd Bellows
von Velet Lumber Prince
This Place
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Orpha Blowe
Winame
Mrs. Prank Grafton
Clarve Buckels
Simdas
Mrr
John Coes
Mary Zard
Lafayette
Myrtle Leaf
Llarold Delamore
Youn Ladies’ Missionary Society
Dariseltra
William “Smallfelt
Logansport
Wednesda
Sloover Committee On National Waste
Rice Porter
Darwin
Goodland
Boyd Porter
Wm. Fitzpatrick
Will
Stephen Tosh
Ive Lash
Salem Evangelical Church
G. A. Firgau
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