Local Happenings In Hanover And Nearby Areas
Property transfer in Hanover as Charles Tub deeds land to Leander Gorden for 1400 dollars. Mrs Clara Finnegan travels to Memphis to visit daughter. Community notices include health updates, inaugurations plans, and local social events. Obituary notes James F West dies at 69 near Scottsburg. Rewards offered for information on attack near Jeffersonville. Local birthdays celebrated and marriage licenses issued. World War era references and church guild meeting details conclude the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Finnegan
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Baker
G.W. Pearce
Pearce
Ainess
Third Street
Hazel Crother
Burress
Dupont
Cty
Ralph Rietve
King’s Daughters Hospital
Valley City Laundry Change of Ownership
Mr. Brainard McKay who ran Valley City Laundry since last October has sold the business to Mr. Leo Wolf. McKay and his family plan to move to Springfield Massachusetts next Saturday. Wolf a prominent Pleasant Ridge resident comes to the post with many local friends wishing him success.
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Clark County
the Heald
Brainard McKay
Valley City
F. L. Peck
Leo Wolf
McKay
Springfield
Mass
Wolfe
Pleasant Ridge
Syracuse Lodge K of P Installs Officers for Year
Syracuse Lodge K of P installs officers for the ensuing year led by C C Conrad Heck N C Carl Grossman Prelate David A Falley M of W W C Torrance K of R S W J Schmidt M of F Louis Layton M of E Louis Cohen M of A Charles A Nichols I G Jacob Hass O G Gilbert Jenkins The second and third ranks were conferred by Madison and Monroe Lodges on William Finn followed by a banquet and smoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Lodge
C. C
Conrad Heck
N. C
Carl Grossman
David A. Falley
Gilbert Jenkins
Madison
Monroe
William Finn
Indiana inaugurates Warren McCray as governor
Warren T. McCray of Kentland is inaugurated governor of Indiana in a simple ceremony as James P. Goodrich retires. Emmet F. Branch becomes lieutenant governor with brief speeches. the legislature convenes for the oath and inaugural events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet F. Branch
Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Kentland
Indiana
James Putnam Goodrich
Covernor
C. S. Taylor
Goodrich
General Assembly
Edgar D. Bush
Court News Courthouse: continuance in Lovall assault case
In Circuit Court the State of Indiana versus John Lovall for assault and battery with intent was continued due to absent defense witnesses. Administrator filings include Louis P. Scheik for Lydia Reynolds, final report by Mrs. Laura Rector in Rector guardianship, and Miller estate settlement. Ditigen estates real estate sale approved. three deeds recorded. Aurora Public Service Commission case continued to next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
John Lovall
Trail
Louis P. Scheik
Lydia W. Reynolds
E. S. Roberts
Laura Rector
Fifield Becomes Republican Floor Leader in House
Indianapolis jan 11 the first session bills include a stiff robbery by force provision with life for a second conviction. Fifield named chairman of the house ways and means committee and republican floor leader with a $100000 appropriation bill for legislative expenses. Cravens sits on finance judiciary B insurance rules soldiers monument and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Senate
English
Fifield
House
Ways and Means
Finance
Duncan
Judiciary
A Kiper
W. Tague
Public
Representative Wineburg
A. Davis
Jay
B. Smith
Cravens
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Madisonians respond to Hoover central europe famine appeal
Indianapolis January 11 1921 Mrs M C Garber Madison Indiana and Caleb S Denny state chairman urge Madisonians to back a Hoover famine luncheon for 3 500 000 starving children in Central Europe. Guests pledge ten lives saved for a $100 gift with county donors mailed by Thursday for admission cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
M. C. Garber
Madison
Ind
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Dennison Hotel
Caleb S. Denny
J. Sandy Young
Daniels urges world disarmament or naval buildup
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the United States must join immediately a worldwide disarmament agreement or launch a naval building program to make the American navy the equal to or greater than any other. He dismissed the idea of a naval holiday as a pointless compromise and warned against half measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
England
Daniels
House Naval Affairs Committee
Jefferson County Tobacco Growers Meet Sets Cuts and Transit
Jefferson county growers met at the courthouse with George Sherlock chairing and Joe Luckett as secretary. They voted to cut the 1921 crop and to hold on all Burley markets for 90 days, sending three representatives to Lexington, Kentucky, for a January 13 meeting to decide the 1920 crop disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Court House
George Sherlock
Joe Luckett
Sherlock
Vrowers
W. W. Walkver
Ed. Stanton
CO. E. Buchanan
J. L. Carlisle
AL Ayler
Lexington
James Miles
Daniel Rogers
Conference Between Loose Leaf Warehousemen To Meet In Louisville
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports a conference between the loose leaf warehousemen committee and Louisville warehousemen will be held tomorrow. Committee members include James C Stone of Lexington as president, Dan Peed of Paris, and Harry Snook of Madison Indiana. Sergeant Harrie C. Sylvester of the Indianapolis recruiting station arrives to recruit for any branch of the military, with headquarters at the post office and also at the Central Hotel. He has served since 1899 in foreign possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal of Today
Loose Leaf Warehousemen’s Committee
Louisville Warehousemen
Loose Leaf Warehousemen
James C Stone
Lexington
Dan Peed
Paris
Harry Snook
Madison
Ind
Harrie C. Sylvester
Indianapolis
Post Office
Central Hotel
Sergt. Sylvester
Balloonists Reach Canadian North in Harsh Winter
International News Service correspondent reports American naval balloonists Lieutenants Hinton Klor and Farrell are safe in Mattice Ontario after a treacherous trek. They camped on Skunk Island twenty miles from town and planned to arrive tonight. They weathered a storm and survived on pigeons and melted snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattice
Ontario
Hinton
Klor
Farrell
America
Skunk Island
Agapit Clermont
International News Service
Apapit Clermont
Hudson Bay Post
Tobacco plan from Farmers Warehouse chief on pricing and markets
C G Crawford of Farmers Warehouse explains a tobacco strategy to Lexington growers and the Resolutions Committee. The plan calls for a complete cutout this year with limited production next year, open markets for one week, and grading reform to move lower grades into bonded storage while preserving good grades to sustain profits. He urges cooperation with companies and notes regional differences and current stock concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Presswich
Kentucky
Dion
Deportation Sought for Cork Lord Mayor
Acting Secretary Davis asked Secretary Wilson to deport Dan O Callaghan Lord Mayor of Cork who entered the United States as a stowaway. State Department says passport rules cannot be waived and the request is effectively an order. Wilson will appeal to President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Labor
Wilson
Dan O'Callaghan
Cork
United States
State Department
O'Callaghan
President Elect Harding Seems To Favor No Inaugural Celebration
Washington reports the inaugural committee will likely cancel planned festivities. Citizens plan an unofficial celebration with a ball inviting President-elect and Mrs. Harding.
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National Chrift
Harding
Washington
Jan
Hampton Cracker Company Elects Directors and Expands Board
Stockholders met January 4 1921 at the Hampton Cracker Company on West Main Street electing W L Hampton M J Hampton and S Davis Hughes as directors and adding John H Green and Mary E Hampton to the board. The three person board is expanded to five. The factory was inspected and praised for management and product quality as contracts were secured and prospects improved.
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Hampton Cracker Company
West Main Streeet
Elmer E. Scott
S. Davis Hughes
S. A. Whitsitt
Frank A. Joyce
H. M. Hampton
John H. Green
W. L. Hampton
M. J. Hampton
Mary E. Hampton
California Area Vastly Outranks Massachusetts
The text notes California’s land area is eighteen times that of Massachusetts and observes a statistic that an average American buys three pairs of shoes annually.
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California
Massachusetts
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Tub
Hanover
Leander Gorden
James F. West
Scottsburg
Mr. West
Laura Palmer Vail
Westminister Guild
Floyd Eaglin
South East Street
Guy Hamilton
China
Valley City Laundry
Syracuse Lodge, K. of P
House of Representatives
Capitol
Indiana Society of Chicago
Warren McCray
McCray
Court News
Madisonians
Central
House Naval Committee
Tobacco Growers Committee
Louisville
Firet
Canada
C. G. Crawford
Columbia Records
Hampton Cracker Co
Elect Directere Fine Prespecte
Chicago
Wm. M. Scholl
C.a.stanton
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