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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
6
President Harding and Budget Director Lord announced a billion dollar saving of government revenues through June 20 at a Washington meeting of the government’s business organization. An anticipated deficit was redirected into a surplus of receipts over expenditures for the year.
In Illinois Camp Grant Wrecking Co of Chicago bought 1500 buildings at auction for 205000 with over five hundred bidders present. Six deaths were heat related and one indirect with a 91 degree Chicago heat reading the highest June 18.
A garbled OCR snapshot mentions Sun, cities, and notable events. It references labor issues in Pittsburgh wages, Panama Canal toll records, a Kentucky murder life term for a 16 year old, Sicilian village destruction, Goanese population plight, Turkish tensions, Lenin's improving condition, and Dortmund Ruhr rail control.
Indiana Grange will host its state convention in October in LaPorte. The Indiana Association of Life Underwriters chose Frank L. Jones as president at a meeting in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Ministerial Association elected Rev. J. D. Garrison of North Park Christian Church as president.
Delmer Strickland and Otto Cushman, both eighteen and from Indianapolis, died in separate incidents when a telephone pole fell and when a motorcar was hit by a second vehicle driven by Ludolph X. Jettman. Gregs Alven, on trial for liquor law violations in Greensburg, was found guilty and sentenced to ten days at the state penal farm plus a 500 dollar fine. Three cows valued unknown were killed near Canaan during an electric storm as they sheltered under a tree on a farm owned by Edward Aringsnd.
Mrs Gdudss Jddings of Athton wins a verdict of 700 against the New York Central Railroad for the death of her husband Scott who was struck by a train near Wendalville.
Rever L. Patterson was arrested in Trebanopelis after a car he drove struck eight year old Ben Michas as he played in the street. The accident led to Patterson being charged with manslaughter.
Fragmentary obituary style text references Myparalcs Po Medaniel age fifty seven and a rock related event west of Perre Tate. Surviving relatives or details are unreadable due to garbled OCR but imply an incident or memorial context.
In a sprawling court record a docket notes 31 defendants facing charges in the DPortes Circuit Court over alleged violations tied to teachers licenses and the state license law. The document mentions injuries, electri cal street lighting plans, a park scene in Goodrich, and references to local figures and a General Store incident.
Fragmentary text describes county enumeration staff in Steuben and training or instruction at Tropes. No coherent events or outcomes are readable.
Key seats of the Winchester troop led by Ro Schmitkin and assistant C. D. Kemp dedicated a new camp on the Charles D. Wysong farm two miles south of the city. Wysong donated 40 acres of timber land while the Rotary club supplied lumber for a two room shack built by J. Weldon Huber with help from city pupils.
A state lab report says WiHam Weaver aged 53 died by suicide after swallowing poison. Weaver had been a drug clerk. Enus Cripe aged 56 died at his Goshen home after being found unconscious in his automobile. physicians cited a poisonous intoxicant andchloroform as the cause.
Prices for thrashing grain likely will be increased for this season in Cass County as local thrashermen prepare for harvest. Mrs. Harry Dickey was elected president of Terre Haute’s Vigo County League of Women Voters. S. R. Miles was reappointed county agricultural agent at Columbus and is noted as a Purdue University man. Horace Counts, formerly of Indianapolis and now of Chicago, named secretary of the Marion retail credit bureau. Purdue University awarded five hundred ninety eight degrees at the forty ninth commencement in Eliza Fowler Hall Lafayette. The Indian Village Baptist Church near Marion, erected 1850, is undergoing reconstruction and will be dedicated as the Indian Village Memorial Church.
The Clark county board of commissioners authorizes a 3 percent interest levy to fund the Harcy Bean road project in Silver Creek township, Jer. Fersen securing approval for the issue.
The principal Cromwell of Andersen High School for seven sons faces a salary related dispute and is reported to resign from his post. No final contract details are confirmed and the move appears to hinge on ongoing negotiations.
Fire at the Tamphreys barn near Jasonville destroyed horses and caused one injury. An automobile barn equipment and feed were burned in the blaze. Total loss estimated at six dollars and amount damaged unclear.
Oscar Lo Stanley collapsed while talking with friends in a Martinville business district parking lot and died from heart failure. Authorities describe the incident as an unexpected medical collapse near the street.
In Fort Wayne a city court faced a surge as 64 defendants responded to a rerouted call, ranging from drunken disorder to child neglect cases, creating an overloaded docket in the local court.
The Ripley County board of review adds Roland Bishon of Franklin Township and Elvin Huehe of Johamnsen Township to join the county treasurer and county assessor and the county candidate as members.
One hundred citizens fund a Chautauqua free to the public in Mooresville community. Local Red Men officers attended at Franklin to present Mineola Tribe with an award for best exemplification of chiefs drill at district meetings. This marks the third straight year Franklin teams won the prize.
The Shelbeville high school budget board submitted its seven year financial report and turned over its net receipts from athletic events held at the Paul Cross Memorial gym to the school board treasurer.
The consolidated districts of Montioedte and Uniden cesvne ip posted a record attendance rate around 017 percent for the past year. Total county enrollment figures and per pupil spending are listed, with focus on All traiireth county attendance.
Farmers in Hiatn Maenson Breanne and Tipton report wheat crops well advanced by late June. Experts note good yields with early harvest perceived across Tintern and neighboring counties.
At the annual meeting the Wainwright Trust Company of Noblesville chose directors Cl. Jones J. W. Smith John C. Craig C. Curtis W. O H White Fred Hevlmann R. O Morris Bo Ward and L. B. Tolleman. Officers elected were L. B. Holleman president R. O Morris J. W. Smith and C. Curtis vice presidents Frank Baker secretary Roy Henry assistant secretary and J. E. Owen trust officer.
The Decatur fair running July 24 to 27 will introduce a woman's style show and a large pyrotechnic display. Event features include horse races baseball games live stock exhibition flivver owners day and night shows.
Bessie J Edgeworth Santee of Spring Grove farm seven miles west of Fort Wayne receives a share of 100 900 from the estate of Edward J Leland the Chicago broker who died May 24 at his home in Chicago.
A lesson plan outlines themes from Hebrews 12 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12. It covers favorite stories of the quarter heroes and heroines of the Old Testament and lessons for today from Abraham to Esther with three teaching methods and brief lesson summaries.
A compact aphorism notes Lifeforce, seen as God, continually seeks new outlets and breaks through the mind into a higher state. The line reflects Studdert Kennedy’s spiritual perspective on divine energy expanding beyond ordinary thought.
A brief quotation on pleasing others and self contentment argues amiability equals personal satisfaction and harmony with others, attributed to Gaziitt.
Epictetus states the chief duty of a philosopher is to abandon self conceit. The emphasis is on humility as a foundational trait for true inquiry and moral conduct.
A bold voyage film promotes masculine courage and sea life. Dick Halpin, a boy who becomes a master of men, endures hardship, romance, and loyalty aboard a ship amid brutal conditions at sea.
A woman recalls grabbing what she thought was her purse in a store and discovering she had mistakenly taken another woman's handbag. The incident ends with shock and reflection on the common habit of placing purses on the counter.
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