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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
1
Monticello officials plan Monticello Day at Fountain Park Assembly in Remington with the Harmony Four and local citizens mobilized. The event aims to showcase the city’s size and attract thousands, with banners and cars decorating routes to the assembly.
Last Sunday Monticello beat Yeoman 10 to 2 in a high scoring game as Yeoman had earlier defeated Monticello. The teams have a history of tight contests and will meet again in a decisive tie with Old Settler Day approaching.
The Chautauqua program at the event highlighted timely civic problems requiring citizen attention. Speakers addressed community concerns and urged collective action to seek solutions.
Mrs. with burned clothing sought help after her dress caught fire as she opened a barn door to release a hare among stock. The barn and hay were destroyed and she suffered severe burns to the right side. She was treated by Dr. H B Gable and expected to recover.
Ad copy asserts fashion relevance of oxford shoes for winter and summer wear. Mentions reduced price of 1-3-38 per unit for fast clearance. Claims weather impact and ongoing sale from The Grod Shoe shop with promotional savings.
Fragmentary OCR text references real estate and insurance topics with unclear terms and misread phrases. The readable portions mention insurance of avenues and unactionable names, suggesting a garbled public notice or classified item without clear actions, dates, or parties.
Democratic candidate James M. Cox, acceptance speech in Dayton Ohio, portrays Wilson’s foreign policy as central to the campaign. He denounces Lodge reservations, supports expanding the covenant, and casts Harding as opposed to a sound American basis. The piece contrasts Cox’s stance with Republican opposition and frames the race over League of Nations policy.
The Monon S S from Monon will travel to Monticello for Sunday School at the local M E church next Sunday. Superintendent J H Hibner and committees organize the event. Rev Fred Longwell will speak after the sessions. The crowd plans to attend the corner stone laying for the new Methodist church in town.
A Monticello notice offers the highest market price paid for poultry and advertises a telephone line for orders. It also promotes school dresses for girls priced at THE 13.21, attributed to Wm. R. Harrison.
The first stationary bath tub in Monticello, built with the 1872 house on the A RK Orton property at Hail road and Washington streets, was removed this week by O L Bundy. It served before municipal water and sewer systems, requiring heated water to be carried and drained by hand. The house was built by Sanford Southern, Monticello’s then bank cashier, and the tub’s era ended as modern plumbing replaced it.
Indiana women urged to register for the November election. White County residents instructed to register on September 4 or October 4 to participate in presidential voting, clarifying state eligibility while national amendment considerations loom.
The Reynolds-Cole families plan their annual reunion at City Park in Monticello on Saturday August 21. The event gathers White County's prominent families and ranks among the year's largest family gatherings. The notice accompanies other small ads and product pitches in the same column.
Special prices at the fair promote Bowmen Bros dresses and farm supply items. The ad copy touts Dr Hess Five Chaser to control flies and mentions dates and sales expectations.
A public meeting at Edgewater Club House led to forming the Tippecanoe Country Club. George Ade endorsed the project which aims to build a golf course, tennis courts, croquet grounds, baths, boating, gun clubs, and baseball fields on a riverside site. Membership up to 125, with a $25 initiation and yearly dues of $25. lots to be sold to fund the clubhouse and facilities.
Miss Mary Lawrie, chairwoman of the Republican county central committee, launches a weekly women's column in the Herald edited by a Republican woman worker. It will cover political matters of interest to women county voters as the campaign builds toward November. Republican men voters welcome the organized effort and Herald cooperates to promote an engaging, informative column for women.
Mr Johnson a landscape gardener of ability becomes junior partner in a new firm Jennings and Johnsonsen to run a landscape architect and nursery business in Youngstown Ohio backed by Hobart J Marks of New York. He is a Purdue and Amherst alum and a noted young figure in the community. The couple were guests at the time of a recent surprise announcement by Mr Johnson’s parents.
Business men plan a Friday picnic at City Park August 20 with a baseball match between north and south sides. Committee led by Mayor Tuomason promotes events and games to raise funds for playground equipment and slides. North side manager H L Muller faces south side forces led by Walter Gray in a bid for victory.
In Brookston a doctor tied to Charles Brockway faced a Tippecanoe Circuit Court manslaughter conviction with a new trial motion under appeal. The report references local practice in medicine and notes an active bond status. Also Mentioned are agricultural pricing updates and a local vendor, Van Brunt certilizer, selling wheat drills at 1914 prices.
A dense reading of local notices includes corner stone ceremony details for a church project with speakers from Greencastle and Monticello, promotional pitches for Ginghams at The Fair, and miscellaneous household and hardware items. The piece mentions vendors Bowman Bros and R. Gardner advertising supplies, and a targeted call to action for fall sewing and Quick Meal stoves.
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