Home Purchasing Seen as Permanent Investment
The article argues that March sales for home needs are not ordinary shopping but a significant permanent investment to be weighed from all angles.
05 Mar 1917
Page 1
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1917
Page
1
The article argues that March sales for home needs are not ordinary shopping but a significant permanent investment to be weighed from all angles.
The remains of John Lockwood, who died Saturday in St. Louis, will be taken to his father’s home in Fort Branch. The funeral will be Monday at General Baptists church at 2 o clock, with burial in Walnut Hill cemetery. Surviving are his wife and three children, his father, two brothers and a sister.
Special Judge Robert Baltzell presides as jurors hear the Moose lodge officers case in a small courtroom after a prior mistrial. In the larger courtroom Adams versus The Mutual Life Insurance Co. remains on trial.
The Loyal Sunbeams class of Gibson Street Methodist church will assemble Tuesday evening with Misses Ruth and Blanche Ballard at their south Gibson street residence.
President Wilson sought a quick legal ruling on arming American merchant ships without congressional approval. The armed neutrality bill failed as the Sixty-fourth Congress adjourned, with twelve senators voting against, preventing a House vote and leaving the measure unresolved.
The board of county commissioners met in regular session Monday and approved claims. Tuesday bids for constructing miles of improved roads will be opened.
The board of the First M. E. Church will hold its regular monthly dinner Monday evening in the church dining room.
The Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist church will meet Tuesday afternoon at the church. Mr and Mrs John Finney entertained a dinner party Sunday at their home in south Race street. Guests included the Rev Co N Wilson and wife Thomas Finney and family. The Standard Bearers of the First Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Miss Irene Templeton at 612 south Seminary street. All members requested to be present.
Gilbert M. Calvert runs in the Democratic ticket for Clerk and urges support at the primary election on Tuesday March 6. He appears with ballot number 14 and asks voters to back his candidacy.
President Wilson in his second inaugural address urges world peace through armament limits and equal rights for all nations while warning the United States may join the great struggle with a broader role. He declares armed neutrality but notes the nation must become a world entity acting with a world spirit.
Voters in Princeton prepare for city elections with a Republican contest marked by renewed infighting and charges between mayoralty candidates. The piece notes new faces but ongoing struggle to control the party and let voters rule, echoing past clashes. Continued on Page Four.
Indiana legislature battles over a bill to legalize Sunday moving picture shows as session closes. The senate rejected amendments, a conference committee was named to seek a compromise with the house, and objections were raised to the bill creating a firm commission. Senter McCray indicated the governor would consider signing if the bill is revised.
President Wilson was sworn in for a second term before thousands in a solemn ceremony marked by war era pageantry. Vice President Marshall also took the oath, delivering a brief inaugural address and administering oaths to new and reelected senators.
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