29 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1920
Page
1
The notice invites shoppers to buy for themselves with year end bargains offering many items at half or less than former prices. Limited quantities mean early visits, with merchandise including coats suits shoes hosiery undergarments sweaters dress goods silks bedding blankets sheeting and cottons. Stylish BISCHOF outfits for young women advertised at substantial reductions.
The Princeton Law and Order League has started a $1,000 emergency fund and a membership drive. Five hundred dollars has been subscribed and twenty-five new members enrolled at a Tuesday meeting at the General Baptist church. A Sunday meeting on Jan 9 may feature an out-of-town speaker, possibly a juvenile court judge, as the group plans to press the city to re-establish the curfew.
Mrs Bitz and Miss Hulda Romershausen visited Ed Hasselb iuck and family Tuesday. Arthur Woods and family visited Mrs John Keifer and family last Saturday. Will Young and family from Daylight Indiana visited George Wilhite Saturday and Sunday. Steve Wilder went to Augusta Indiana to visit his mother Mary Wilder who is very ill. Mr and Mrs Henry Romershausen and Miss Olive and Margaret Romershausen Ora Martin and John Graper visited Ott Harbinson and family Sunday. John Bilderback and family moved to their new home on the Robert Heize farm.
The public library will be closed all day Saturday in observance of New Year’s Day. No services will resume until Monday morning.
Marion Ohio reports tensions over the League of Nations as supporters urge the President-elect to push for a new world peace framework. Oscar Strauss argues for accepting the league in some form, while Senator McCumber favors independent arbitration treaties and a disarmament pact as steps toward global peace.
Himer Montgomery road supervisor and Miss Emma Hunt were united in marriage at Mt Carmel on December 16. The couple are living in the B M A and they announced the wedding to friends through Mrs Robert Hunt, sister of the bride.
Mrs Ruth Skelton of East State Street announces the marriage of her daughter Marjorie Elien to G Pulsford Caines of Montreal Canada The bride has taught in Cadiline Bask Canada and is a graduate of McGilt University He is connected with the dominion government at Montreal and the couple will reside there Miss Ninabelle and Glenora Lithlerland of Mount Carmel are visiting along with Miss Doris Bankani in South Seminary Street
A Indiana state legislature survey shows lawmakers largely agree on need for more funding while costs fall. Many seek higher appropriations despite calls for restraint as House Ways and Means and Senate panels shape next year’s budget. Attention centers on leadership, personnel, and key figures like Emmet Branch guiding committee appointments.
A list of fiction and non fiction titles available at the library including That Affair at S J Peters Courage of Marge O Doone All Wool Morrison Bars of Irons Book of Susan firskine Dale Pioneer House Rownd the Corner Girl a Horse and a Dog Further Chronicles of Avonlea Barriet and the Piper No Defense Hand in the Dark Prairie Mother Autobiography of 4 Race Horse Age of Innocence News Fiction Future of South America Short History of the American Labor Movement American Women in Civic Work Making the Farm Pay Aye Your Government Jee Breakers Steeplejack Now It Can Be Told Our Economic and Other Problems Things Eternal Experiences of God in Modern Life Automobile Ignition Bible Types of Modern Women Youth of James Whitcomb Riley White Shadows in the South Seas New Frontiers of Freedon Leaders of the Great War
Columbus chapter will confer degrees on Harding. The event marks his entry into the Bottish Rite Masonry. Historical note recalls Presidents Garfield and McKinley as former Columbus lodge members.
Hartford City Indiana December 29. Tees Null grocer owner whose store has been robbed twice this winter plans to quit after a recent night attempt. A holdup man slipped a revolver through the rear door and demanded money as Null screamed, intensifying the pressure on the nervous merchant.
The article states that while seven cabinet possibilities are named, decisions on most posts may take weeks. Secretary of State and Treasury picks are expected within days, with one or two other definite selections possibly announced soon. Other names like Joseph Dixon, Charles D. Hilles, and A T Hert are cited as potential candidates in background speculation.
Beewee Pierce visits Louisville while E Johnson and A Dickens tour St. Louis on business. Otts and Lennis Fisher visit Duff Indiana. Earl Marshall improves after a broken army cranking incident. Graetz and Wiggs chase and kill three rabbits. Buli Pfohl hosts Harry Care from Mt. Vernon Illinois. Ellis visits Stay TM with relatives. Troop One registers for 1921 1922 year.
Fragmentary OCR lists names Lee Buckles Mary Bénon Henry Corria Dorothy Youngblood James Browning Lottie Scott Harry Lee Livingston Mable Newkirk Mackey as individuals connected to a marriage license notice in Vincennes and Princeton areas without complete details or dates.
A damaged snippet mentions a baby girl and parents Dee and Arnett with Mower, indicating a developing family situation and unsettled details. The text is incomplete and cannot confirm names or events.
A bank robbery in Knox Indiana ended after a violent exchanges with armed citizens. Three alleged gang members were wounded or captured while two accomplices fled in a car as shots rang out. Victims Jake S and Jerome Ketchell were seriously hurt. police believe about 10000 dollars were seized.
Unofficial report says Ford Motor Co. Highland Park plant will remain closed for an undetermined period after inventory from December 24 to January 3. Officials cite general financial and business conditions as the cause and warn the shutdown is not an official company statement.
Co. C. Yelc aged 29 chief lineman for Princeton Light Power Company was injured when a pole broke while he stood atop it about 15 to 18 feet high. The pole fell across his body in the 900 block of South Minary Street. he was removed to the hospital.
Indications point to the First Methodist Church as the first to install and exhibit motion pictures. The church committee will meet again at the church for a demonstration of a motion picture machine brought by a representative of the manufacturing concern.
24 year old twin brothers Jacob and Joseph Scott carried out a railroad robbery on the Illinois Central at Greenville near Kankakee. A railroad detective fatally shot Jacob, while Joseph was jailed. The brothers demanded cash and valuables, netting about $2000 before the capture. Their father runs a small auto shop. parents are heartbroken.
The Wabash college basketball squad coached by Pete Vaughn arrived by train Wednesday with ten players. Alumni guided tours and a home reception preceded a 12:38 p.m. departure after last night’s 46 to 16 victory over Evansville Y M C A.
Mrs Joseph Spauer and her children of Chicago are visiting her sister Mrs Herman McGregor.
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