25 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
1
The Clarion-News notes the fire alarm system malfunction and public information aim. It reports attempts to test the big bell, unsuccessful registration, and arrival of copper battery replacements. The piece suggests replacing wet storage batteries at the fire station to improve reliability and service.
The article describes New on trial for the alleged murder with depositions read by the defense opposing the charges. A witness says New faced threats from a Mexican traveler and Captain Mieespywen notes New’s quick response at the draw. The court’s session opens with a bail issue and rumors of perjury charges against Mrs Berger New’s mother surface.
A brief, garbled note reports Ford Motor Company president Fusil Ford commenting on rumors of a new eight dollar per dig fee at the Ford plant. Secretary A. L. Lepyne echoed that it is news to him, leaving the matter unclear.
A garbled California scene describes a day near Los Angeles with fleeting references to wine, oysters, and dining under southern skies. It mentions Imperial Valley, tourism, hotels, tennis, and a festive outdoors atmosphere with unclear details and scattered imagery.
Business men of Portland note trade is rising with an estimated 20 to 35 percent increase over half the season. The overall sentiment stresses a strong local economy and brighter prospects for shoppers and merchants along the coast.
The Gibson County enumerators for the Fourteenth Decennial census have been appointed by Supervisor Baird of Evansville. Vacancies remain in several areas including parts of Patoka, Union, Princeton ward 1, and Washington townships. The list includes Harley W. Wilson, Chas W. Wirth, Ross B. Dowgen, Chas E. Wallace, George Harper, Fred A. Heese, Chas W. Martin, William Nudier, Claude Montgomery, Clyde Dyke, Minnie Foren, Mrs. Alice Finnes, Ada Ro Simpson, Mrs. W. E. Martin, Orsie BD. Roberts, Frank J. Or Neil, John O. Robb, Lee J. White, among others.
Washington Dec 25 A meeting of the president's tribunal on the coral industry will be held here next Monday. It will be a preliminary session and the full work of the tribunal is not expected to begin until after the new year.
Editors note a booming toy trade as war years drive sales in department stores. Consumers buy a range of items from toy soldiers to games reflecting the conflict while retailers report high demand and inventories thinning amid the wartime surge in American households.
United Charities reports sixty thousand poor fed and given gifts during a citywide Christmas celebration in Chicago. Trees with child gifts were in community houses across neighborhoods as magnates and judges backed planning for a record holiday aid.
A ragged coal dust faced child with coins and candy is mocked by a stranger as a Christmas Eve scene unfolds. The crowd contemplates charity and the phrase Light the child Christ on this way echoes amid despair and pity on Christmas Eve.
This afternoon children of the city, white at 1 50 and colored at 2 35, will go to the Elks Home for a Christmas treat after a Noble theatre show. Red Cross stamps accompany each package, and the Mike lodge members are asked to assist. Mothers are urged to send their children for a safe, enjoyable afternoon.
Cecil B. DeMille Artcraft photoplay Dont Change Your Husband will be shown tonight and tomorrow at the Noble Theatre. The film explores reasons wives leave their husbands and seek divorce, revealing a seldom discussed motive.
Theda Bara lights up the Empress Theatre in La Belle Russe a Fox photoplay shown yesterday. The room of mirrors sets a striking scene with Bara from many angles and the production is praised for photography and her emotional performance.
Galatia Mo. editor Wesley L Robinson of the Galatia Democrat was murdered. City clerk Hugh Tarwater of Galatia was jailed in St Joseph Mo to escape mob violence. Tarwater had filed libel suit against the Democrat.
Washington December 5 1917 Secretary of State Lansing ordered revocation of all outstanding licenses for sending arms and ammunition to Mexico effective January 1. No reason was given for the action.
The Fike Annual Charity ball will be given Friday night at the Odd Fellows hall. Grand march at 9 o'clock with music by the Schrieders five piece orchestra of Eversville.
A five pound pygmy hippopotamus born yesterday at the Bronx Zoo becomes the sixth specimen of its species in captivity and the first born behind bars. Veterinarian Dr. K Reed presented the healthy youngster to the Liberian parents valued at $15,000 as I Angelo Hillman from Ft Worth, Texas, visits New York.
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