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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
1
Hon. W. L. Weed of Rensselaer will speak at Kopka Park in a ball game with Med aryville. The address titles The Citizens Make the State and the Nation. A celebration is planned in Imdiama with invites to friends and relatives.
Friday and Saturday showings feature Eugene O'Brien in Channing of the Northwest and a Selznick News. Tuesday and Wednesday present Madiye Kennedy in The Girl With the Jazz Heart. Additional dates include A Wide Open Town and another Selznick News, plus a Big Fourth of July program.
Martin Sanburg of six miles southeast of Francesville near the county line offers oak lumber for sale. Includes bridge lumber and ample 2 by 4s 2 by 6s and 2 by 8s of various lengths.
Mrs. Fred Kruger and relatives visit Lafayette while Mr. and Mrs. John Kruger and sons spend Tuesday in Lafayette. The Methodist Sunday School holds its annual picnic at the Maples. Ray Hudgens visits his parents in Lafayette. Jessie Jentz attends a Christian Endeavor convention in South Bend. Eastern Star Lodge welcomes Mrs. Hartwell Myers and daughter Nina. Lura and Lenore Murray visit friends in Gary. Mrs. Ida Ale and daughter return from Noblesville. Families go to Bass Lake for a Sunday trip. An unusual sight appears on the Wabash River five miles south of Lafayette as a huge uprooted tree stands inverted in the water with a 30 foot root crown.
In Marshall county a record acreage claim for alfalfa is highlighted as boosters tour several localities. At Bremen Park lunching alfalfa greens prepared by German Township women wowed the group and inspired some to plant alfalfa in their own gardens next spring.
The treasury announced a reduction of 51 million dollars in the public debt during May. The total public debt stood at 23,138,830,007 dollars on May 31, down from 23,190,201,356 dollars on April 30.
Strand Theatre Monon features D W Griffiths Dream Street June 26 27 Nazimova A Dolls House June 28 29 and D W Griffiths Love Flower June 30 all at popular prices.
Pulaski County Road Superintendent W A Goble appeals to area farmers and taxpayers to help clear brush and weeds from county roads. He notes limited funds and asks residents to contribute to improving road conditions to resemble neighboring counties.
Francesville residents and neighbors marked a social week with visits from Wilson Timmons of Monticello and Ab Freeman from Winamac. Couples from several towns, including Leon Minnicus, Herbert Huffine, T. M. Wise, Elgie Zellers, Maggie Lee, Earl Reish, and Charles Reish, enjoyed brief gatherings. The Pioneer Club hosted guest day with Ada Shumaker and Dr. W. C. Richardson winning prizes after pink roses and ferns decor. A Duroc livestock sale ad lists 75 registered hogs and two 150 pound males from George H. Hellman of Valparaiso Rural Route.
Jess Myers promotes the Careful Crossing Campaign by the American Railway Association amid frequent railroad crossing deaths. The Monticello Journal discusses the Nor way dam backwater controversy with engineers Kentrick and Freeman, noting financial and legal stakes for New York financiers and local landowners. The LaFayette Epworth League convention at Fowler draws 168 delegates from 28 chapters with Otterbein ahead and next gathering at Rensselaer.
The Chicago General Offices beat Lafayette Car men 9 to 8 at Riverside Park in Rensselaer Sunday afternoon before a small crowd. In Monon Sunday, Indianapolis defeated Monon 7 to 2 with scoring across the third through eighth innings and Monon getting only two-base hits in the eighth.
Pulaski county sent sixteen students to Indiana University this year. From Winamac: Marie Levin Brown, Clara Dillinger, Nevada Estella Finley, Mildred Heston, Allen L. Keller, Stewart Bliss Rees, Eva Shine, Marie Frances Smith, Pearl Stout, Irene M. Walter. From Francesville: Ida A. Hopper and Ira Shafer. From Star City: Agnes Hawkins and J. R. Phillips. Medaryville: Cora Ruth Wacknett. Monterey: C. M. Sennett.
Every voter who expects to vote on November 7 must register in the precinct where he resides with two registration days provided by law. The first is Saturday September 7, fifty nine days before the election, and the second is Monday October 9, twenty nine days before the election. For those unable to appear, mail registration is available.
July 4 events in Francesville include visits by Mrs J C Engle to Medaryville and relatives travel between towns. Winamac lost to Royal Center 5 3 and Medaryville fell to San Pierre 14 11. Francesville Knights defeated Winamac 15 3 at the park with Bird pitching and a ninth inning rally.
Fred Weltzin conducted business in Reynolds Friday while Mrs. GC M Hubbell and Mrs. Herbert Huffine visited Monticello Saturday. Mrs. Mattie Clark traveled to Delphi Tuesday to stay with Mr. and Mrs. L M Pretcher. Miss Gladys Hudgens of Lafayette visited her parents J M Hudgens and Mrs. E H Byrd and Mrs. Margaret Rees were in Monon Thursday with a brief stay for Rees. Alina Wade returned to Las Vegas New Mexico after visiting her parents John Kostér. Harve Buckels and family from Chalmers visited Argos for the day while Ratruck from Detroit is a guest with the Ford motor Comey family.
The imperial council of the Order of the Mystic Shrine chose Washington D C as next meeting place and re elected Freeland Kendrick and Dr Oscar M Landstrum as Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children trustees. James S Mc Candliss was named imperial potentate and will base his headquarters in San Francisco. Conrad V Dykeman was advanced to imperial deputy potentate followed by James Chandler and James C Burger in new posts.
Miss Mabel Werner a student at Indiana University. Garrett Eppley and Howard Nyhart of North Manchester were in town last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Overholser spent days in Rossville visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S A Pufrin and Mrs. Wm Quinton of Connersville visit Dr and Mrs S A Pufrin. Ernest Brandt went to Lafayette to enter St Elizabeth hospital for treatment. Louise Brandt Nurda Brandt and his wife attended. The second annual agricultural and industrial exposition will be held at Brookston September 29 and 30 with gambling stands to be eliminated and many free attractions planned. L W Connaroe was elected president of the exposition organization.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Branch of the Department of the Interior in Ottawa releases a map showing vast Western Canada land awaiting cultivation in Saskatchewan and surrounding areas. Booklets accompany the map with district by district details on soil, farm buildings, rail distance, owner names and addresses. Free distribution available to residents of the United States upon request.
The Monon announces timetable changes effective next Sunday affecting arrivals and departures. The southbound evening train will arrive about 7 00 PM instead of 6 44 PM and depart at 6 00 PM instead of 5 40 PM. Passengers should verify Chicago connections at Monon under the new schedule to avoid missing trains.
A compact note catalogs famous Friday connections from births to battles and events. It notes Washington and Shakespeare born on Friday, the Mayflower voyage, and key battles like Bunker Hill New Orleans Waterloo, plus the Declaration signing and Robinson Crusoe reference.
The Loyal Order of Moose in Monticello announced there will be no Fourth of July celebration this year. The planned event has been called off, ending weeks of anticipation for a local Independence Day gathering.
Miss Lucy Ames traveled to Culver on Monday and will stay there for the summer, while Mrs John Bierman was a passenger to Reynolds on Saturday.
The Christian Workers will meet with Mrs. T. M. Wise Friday afternoon and members are urgently requested to be present. Several Lafayette visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Garrigues and Mr. and Mrs. Thrasher visiting Francesville relatives. R. A. Lowrie of Monticello noted as construction engineer for the city's brick paving project amid Monticello’s new dam, an $85,000 school, and brick streets.
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