Old-Time Tramp Printer Remains Only in Memory
A nostalgic portrait of tramp printers who faded with linotype. The piece notes their skill, mobility, alcohol use, and influence on country newspapers, while joking that ghostly printers allegedly haunt misprinted lines and the old trade is gone for good. It mentions Laura Harlan and the Coolidge era as contextual flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos T. McCarty
Martin County Tribune
John Barleycorn
Linotype
Rail crossings safety relies on both railroads and public
Railroads have long aimed to reduce grade crossing accidents with guards, signals, and clear indications at crossings. New layouts consider crossing safety, and all personnel are urged to take caution. Yet railroads cannot prevent accidents alone. pedestrians and drivers must protect themselves at every crossing.
Newberry Man Fatally Injured in Washington Indiana
Henry Ledgerwood about 40, a Big Four railroad worker from Newberry, fell ten to fifteen feet on a post digger handle at work. The tool penetrated his abdomen and punctured his bladder. He was taken to the county hospital at Washington, where Dr. C P Scudder says recovery is not expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ledgerwood
Big
Washington
Ind
C. P. Scudder
Ledgerwood
Newberry
Greensburg painter paints town steeples
INDIANA NEWS reports John Shriver, Greensburg painter, is seen atop his town painting the courthouse steeples. The dispatch also notes a church demolition in Bloomington and a new gas holder project valued at $100,000. Alfred Davis and son in Muncie face a rude call from 25 junk dealers. Isaac Busch near Washington bets on a lightning strike that kills his horse and wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
John Shriver
Court House
Bloomington
West Fourth Street
Muncie
Alfred Davis
Davis Place of Business
Tipton Bathers Persist in Oil Swirl at Gravel Pit
In Tipton, men bathe in the Hopewell gravel pit without clothing until nearby residents intervene. They pour crude oil into the water, Sheriff Louks reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Hopewell
Louks
Roof Fire at 180 Fourth Street Northeast
Fire department responded to Herman Delaisse home at 180 Fourth Street Northeast at 8 10 this morning. Sparks from a chimney set the roof ablaze. The fire was easily controlled and damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Delaisse
Fourth Street
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Suger
Eagle Brand
Just
Boston
Powell & Warner
Prompt Delivery Service
Wakefield’s
South Main Street
Miller Bros
Wrecka
Mutual
Eskew
Tyler
J. B. Shields
Dowagh
Mich
W. Vincennes St
Daily Citizen
Laura Harlan
White House
Coolidge
Miss Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Stromberg
Burton Batterp
Terhune
Bellans
Aaa
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central System
Chicago
Washington, Ind
Indiana News
United Press Dispatch
Isaac Busch
Bluffton
Elmore Sturgis
Fort Wayne
Elizabeth Mabbitt
Luella Mabbitt
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Willard Far
Gerin Sales & Service
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