30 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Princeton Daily Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
1
Representative Claude A Smith speaks to the First Baptist church Men's Bible class at 7 30 PM on the topic Men and the Sunday School. The meeting is for men only and refreshments will be served.
Miss Collis Sloan traveled to St Louis to enroll in a business college today.
Will High takes a short layoff. Engine 377 used in yards today. West local returns with long line of empty coal cars. Conductor Dickens made 52s run last night. W E Bates off duty yesterday and went to Birdseye. Yard crane handled scrap at the scrap dock. Chief clerk office improved with new linoleum floor. Supply department laborers moved a carload of coal at transfer tracks. Andy Hart at work again after a short layoff.
Through a further 1 2 cent cut by the Federal Sugar Refining company the granulated sugar price dropped to 13 1 2 cents per pound. It marks the lowest level since government control ended and is about 12 cents below the summer high.
Mrs. Mary Jines and her children Pearl Eunice and Paul from South Stormont Avenue traveled to Wayne City in Newfoundland to visit Mrs. Jines' father Dennis Ralls today.
Miss Edith Mae Ervin becomes Mrs Horace Hitch in a morning ceremony at the Ervin country home attended by family and friends. Rev Morris Watson officiated as relatives and an array of out of town guests observed the event. The couple will reside at 416 West Walnut Street after October 25, honeymooning to Chicago and northern cities.
E L Langstadt travel ing passenger agent for the Burlington route visited the city today on business.
An oblique fragment notes Thomas McRoberts leaving his role at De Mechanical School. Details are unclear in the damaged text, but the item signals a personnel change at the institution.
The chairman of Indiana's new education commission announced an extensive data gathering effort across the state. A large corps of accountants is compiling information from tailors, jobbers, and operators as the panel prepares its margin plan of ten cents.
Fifty highway picnic boosters from Washington visited Evansville after a Washington dinner about good roads and the Hoosier highway. E H Hyman and President Schafer acted as toastmasters. The group toured Lynnville Spurgeon Petersburg and Washington before supper in Petersburg and planned return trips to Boonville or Lynnville.
Louisville fans recalled the 1877 Chicago baseball scandal involving four Louisville NL players Devlin Hall Craver and Nichols. Suspicions of wire dealings led to confessions, suspensions, and a long era without gambling taint in the sport.
In Paris on September 30 M Peiret unveiled a Mexican style white silk velvet hat trimmed with heliotrope ribbon. The designer wore the hat himself during a dull Gordon Bennett aerial race, drawing attention to the new headpiece as it paraded on the grounds.
The grand jury in Chicago revealed confessions by Felsch Cicotte and Jackson that last year’s World Series was fixed. Details trace bribery to gamblers and involve Hal Chase and Magee, with McGraw and Heydler testifying on dropped players and suspected bribe offers.
The American Legion offers assistance to ex servicemen for Victory medal applications. On Saturday at 1 PM volunteers will help fill out the application blanks at the city building.
Gibson county orchardist Judge H. A. Yeager displayed an apple from his Grimes Golden tree showing a near perfect letter Y on its skin. The marking, about one and a quarter inches high, drew laughs as Yeager pocketed the prized fruit.
State compensation board met in the city to hear evidence in the case of Blzle Moore, an employee at the Princeton coal mine, who was injured in a fall from a mine car. The insurer allegedly refused payment claiming Moore was riding on a train of mine cars in disobedience. No decision was announced.
A major blaze on the Galveston waterfront caused extensive damage estimated at 2 million dollars. The fire destroyed three steamships, the Cotton Concentration sheds, and numerous wharfs, with burning chemicals hampering efforts and firemen overcome by fumes. The blaze raged nine hours before coming under control.
Elizabeth Graham six died early yesterday when a truck driven by Henry Wilke thirty one struck her at Second avenue and Bond street as she walked to school. Her father Peter Graham, an invalid, believes the child had a premonition of death and recounted her earlier clinginess and last night’s visit to his bed. Police visited the home to deliver the news with Irene twelve and LeRoy nine, two siblings who witnessed the accident. The family’s financial strain is noted as Mrs. Graham works at St Mary’s hospital while caring for the others.
Mrs Mellie Conover, niece of Dr G C Kendle, died Wednesday night in St Louis from cancer. Her remains will arrive Friday morning and be taken to Mrs Norman Grimm's home at Glark and Hall. Survived by husband John Conover and four daughters plus two brothers. The Conovers had recently moved from Nashville. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Indiana food and fuel commission inspectors report profiteering in coal sales. Dealers bought from mines or jobbers at low prices and resold to consumers at much higher rates, with one dealer charging $4.50 more per ton than a mine price. Hearings consider setting mine and wholesale prices and a cap on retail costs.
Toledo plants of Willys-Overland auto company closed temporarily, releasing about 4,500 workers while a few departments continue producing parts. Clarence E. Barl, vice president, attributed the curtailment to lower demand. normal staffing runs about 14,000, with fewer than 2,000 at work at start of this period.
The circuit court case Patterson vs Patterson estate was decided Wednesday afternoon by a jury in favor of the defendant after a short deliberation.
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