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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Ledger
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
3
The packed auditorium hosted the Aggo Club production Daddy Long Legs directed by Miss M. Van Arsdale. Students showcased creditable performances reflecting well on the school and organizers amid Christmas Day 1916 sentiment and charity themes.
A noon luncheon for pastors and laymen discussed progress on the Bulgin revival effort with committee leaders outlining plans. Work on the tabernacle begins Tuesday with erection Wednesday morning. the large barn is to be ready by Thursday night, lumber arriving. ushers number forty with fifty on reserve. sixty cottage prayer meetings will run daily four days a week. Prof Embs leads the revival chorus and seeks prompt payment of his fee.
Attendees described the session as regent in tone with all factions appearing aligned. Participants conveyed confidence that the various sections are moving toward a cohesive direction and expressed satisfaction with overall progress.
The Gwin Motor Sales Company plans to acquire the southeast corner property at East Third and Market, now Lee Grocery, across from Gwin stables. They will erect a two story brick, $25,000 auto garage and sales rooms with modern facilities, tear down part of the old building, and move in within three weeks.
At a Board of Public Works meeting the proposed vacation of Indiana avenue in Fairmont Park again was deferred to allow a meeting with R H Humphreys of R H Humphreys and Company and Monon Railway representatives to discuss a railroad switch before final action. Attorneys for opposing property owners and city law staff attended, with the city clerk directed to arrange the site meeting while the board approved the Center street improvement assessment roll.
Miss Lena MiNer and Elmer Smith, a Louisville couple, were married by Rev. W. H. Howerton at Main Street Methodist parsonage Thursday. Miss Grace Sample of Kansas City, a conservatory student in Cincinnati, is visiting the Misses Barres at 802 Ekin avenue for the holidays.
The piece links Christmas with peaceful ideals across history from Bethlehem to Asia Minor battlefields. It cites angels singing Peace on Earth and Good Will, notes Wilson’s wartime call for meditation, and reflects on soldiers dreaming of home. It portrays peace as core to Christian faith and a hopeful Christmas message.
The Ohio Falls Iron Company and New Albany merchants report a strong Christmas season with full pay for all workers. Mills ramped up operations in the past two weeks to ensure employees receive wages, aiming to boost holiday buying as factories and shops prepare for a busy closing trade this afternoon and tonight.
A fragment of verse envisions Christmas daily with sacred symbols and gifts. The speaker charms with holy imagery while contrasting earthly vanity with faith hope and charity. Santa and shepherds recede as spiritual themes offer enduring gifts.
New Albany Local Barbers Union has elected officers including Edward West as president and Lawrence Davis as vice president. Other roles filled are J. R. Atkins secretary Montford Tucker treasurer and guardian Charles Straub among the leadership and committees.
The Evangelical Brotherhood opened its membership drive on Tuesday with President Ed Zapp naming Ed Sterger and C J Steinhauer captains. A large thermometer will show daily gains at the Sunday school chapel as the drive ends with a banquet on February 22 Washington's birthday. Separately Samuel M Pennington filed suit in Circuit Court seeking 60 dollars from Mathia J Dickenson over a house painting on East Spring Street.
Mrs. Linnett Hinds of Salem is recovering at St. Edward's Hospital after surgeons Dr. Davis Dr. Briscoe and Dr. Tyler removed an abdominal tumor during an operation.
Miss Sarah Hottell of Louisville and Charles Wells of Elizabeth were married by Rev. W H Howerton at Main Street Methodist Episcopal parsonage last night. Also, Miss Ruth Lysinger and Garry Perry of Elisabeth were married in this city yesterday afternoon. Several locals and visitors are mentioned among holiday arrivals and illnesses as others prepare to celebrate Christmas. A youth, named Conrad, was arrested on petit larceny charges for coal theft from River Coal and Supply Company, arraigned and bound to Juvenile Court.
In Seymour residents Mack McHorney and Neal North, engineers and firemen on a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern freight train, suffer injuries at home after fearing a collision in the railroad yards days ago. The Emeralds drop first defeat to the Keystones 25 to 15 in YMJ league play. Guest defeats Comets 10 to 1. Funeral services for Joseph H. Burkhart, former city resident, were held in Hartsville Tennessee with burial in Fairview cemetery.
Arch Garvin was arrested by patrolman Wall on a wife desertion charge filed by his mother in law Mrs Dora Bishop. He appeared before Magistrate Padgett and was held to answer in the Circuit Court. In default of bond he was sent to jail.
The Federal Reserve Board authorizes the Bank of England as a foreign correspondent of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It allows other banks to participate, foreshadowing broader ties with foreign governments such as Bank of France. The move aims to strengthen the United States position as a world banker and keep the dollar as the standard of exchange, with plans to offset foreign banker gold withdrawals after the war.
Railroads show an 11 percent rise in expenses while net income from operations climbs 25 percent. Officials estimate total year income will reach about 1.098 billion dollars, a peak in national railroad prosperity exceeding 1913. Nine month results total 785.6 million dollars, with smaller roads omitted.
Officials report railroads earned a nine month rise of about 67 percent from January to September with monthly income peaking in September. Total operation revenues from all sources reach over 214 million dollars, led by passenger and express components, while expenses grew but lagged receipts. Grace Martin will depart Friday for Detroit to visit her sister, Mrs. Jefferson Conner.
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