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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
12
A historic note records the Mooresville Times as second class matter with the January 16, 1905 post office designation in Mooresville Indiana under federal law.
Address all communications to W. W. Sage, Publisher. Office phone 89 and residence 136 in Mooresville Indiana.
Friday June 25 1920 Camby items include Priscilla Club meeting with Mrs Wilson Furnas next at home of Mrs Allen Routon. Mrs Horn suffered a toe bone fracture from a broken ladder. Mr and Mrs Chapin Wagner of Indianapolis planned a visit. Miss Tiller from Louisville spent a week with Aunt Mrs A E Wilson. Local references mention the Routon family and Mooresville visits along with many names and events in Camby Indiana active social roundups.
An illegible OCR text fragment mentions a family, a Sunday visit, a forehead cut, stitches, and a relative named Charlie Sawvers. Unable to confirm full names, dates, or locations due to damaged wording.
Farmers facing cut worm damage to clover seed crops can apply a poison bait mix. Combine 25 pounds dry bran 2 pounds white arsenic 2 gallons water 2 quarts molasses to form a stiff mash. broadcast 5 to 6 pounds per acre in late afternoon or early evening. The mix kills 60 to 90 percent of worms but can poison birds and other animals.
The Show Shop begins a four week run at Murat as the fifth season attraction by the Stuart Walker Company. James Forbes writer of The Traveling Salesman and The Chorus Lady. The plot centers on Mrs Dean and her daughter Bettina who seeks Broadway fame while Bettina falls for Jerry Belden.
The Morgan County Farm Bureau mails livestock reporting blanks to all members. Gregg township reports bids for fertilizer pricing and orders about forty tons, aiming for lower fall prices. A committee studies coal sourcing, with next July meeting set. Wool bags ordered for Morgan county wool pool members at 70 cents per bag. Indianapolis.
State farmers are urged to declare war on chinch bugs invading wheat areas and likely to migrate to corn. The Department recommends a barrier of straw soaked in readh around affected zones, six inches wide and four inches high, to trap the insects for crushing or pesticide application.
Memorial notice for Cora Woods Torr dated June 25, 1916. Parents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Woods and Jean submit a daughter’s verse about enduring faith. The poem portrays a rose growing beyond a wall, symbolizing hope, light, and fragrance that persists after death.
Madison township and Adams township transfers include Sarah A. MePiks by administrator to Samuel G. Burns for lot 2 block 12 Henders ons addition Martinsville. Lewis Sarrer and wife to Geo W Boman part out lot 18 org plat Martinsville. Wim J. Sheetz to John D. Keller lot 8 block Cunninghams first addition Martinsville. Sophrona Stewart et al to Scott Trees tract in Prown two 1800. John R. Mannan to Chas F. Scott part of lot 9 org plat Martinsville. Wm D. Morgan to Frank Herron 40 acres in Madison two 4490. Susannah Kenworthy to Wm S. Homer Enxr s deed to 22 acres Ralph Arnold o Schuer Arnold und sdved 1-2 interest in 14.95 A in Adams two 980. Lucretia Watson to B E Hall lot in Martinsville 3500. Hattie Pennington to Miles H. Rar iden to 25 Trogdon add Moores well oery 1009. James A M Pryor to Harry E Petro 50 acres in Jefferson two 1. Jessie F Sadler et al to Harry E Petro lots 34 and 40 and pt 41 Martinsville.
The late Betlato Tone explains how a butyrate, with a shaggy forehead, must walk right then left to view surroundings and avoid ambush. They defend the herd by day and night, paddling through swamps when stuck, facing storms, and sleeping with humps shielding them from wind.
The article discusses importing ready made garments from Japan, not kimonos, but Western tailored pieces. It envisions blouses and fabrics designed in Japanese style and workmanship, appealing to American tastes for delicate georgette garments with oriental flair.
English pottery ex hibited in London sparks hope that Kentish pottery industry long dormant may be revived. Local clay is reportedly available nearby and the shown basins jugs cups bowls and salt cellars are simple attractive and inexpensive. With rising utensil prices a village craft venture could prove financially viable.
N L Carey of the Olympic national forest reports discovering what may be the world’s largest spruce. The tree measures 16 feet in diameter at ground level and rises about 150 feet with the top broken off 40 feet above the ground on the Solduck river’s south bank.
A spectacled tourist quips that every poor man owns a worthless dog. Gap Johnson from Rumpus Ridge counters that no dog is worthless and a poor man cannot own a coed dog, in a rowdy exchange cited by the Kansas City Star.
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