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Newspaper
Remington Press
Location
Remington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1922
Page
1
Report notes severe fish mortality as the river bed from Schnieder to Shelby is cut to a six mile stretch, leaving thousands of fish stranded in drying bays. About 22 miles of river bed degraded. remaining 18 miles also crowded with fish struggling to move back to the main channel.
The Jolly Club met at the Nichols residence for the first meeting of the new year with new officers and a warm attendance. Warnings of a $10,000 damages suit stem from the Schroeder shooting at the Rensselaer hotel in September 1921. A second damages suit in Benton Circuit Court seeks resolution via venue changes from Newton County. A Chicago marriage on August 24 tied to Mrs Byrne’s family notes a Rensselaer groom employed at the College, and a young bride near seventeen will soon move to a farm with her husband.
A set of keys on a ring was found last week and should be returned to the Press Office. Finder is asked to leave them there for the owner to reclaim.
Samuel Bowman long respected Remington resident dies Monday at home of heart failure aged 72. Born June 17 1849 in Maryland he moved to Remington in 1870 and worked as a blacksmith and brick maker. He leaves a wife Frances Emma Blood two sons Harold and Charles a daughter Ethel six grandchildren and siblings. Funeral held at Christian church with Knights of Pythias present. town’s businesses closed.
For Sale Rare old violins priced from 15 to 45 dollars. 21p P. W. Horton offers piano tuning and repairing in Rensselaer Indiana. Note: loan potential for farm land buyers is mentioned as a financial option.
The article notes plans for Dodge Brothers State Parks in Indiana Michigan and Detroit area with eleven sites along lakes and rivers. It cites Horace Dodge and F. Dodge memorials and aims to provide picnic bathing and recreation for motorists amid public park expansion. It also discusses road safety concerns and a campaign for more road signs and authorizations by the Hoosier Automobile Association and Marion county officials.
A major bank compiled figures showing factory workers now outnumber farm workers for the first time in the United States. Firestone officials warn that rising conveniences and cheaper cars may lure labor away from farms even as the trend becomes clear. A separate note advertises a seven year old cow for sale through H. V. Hensler, phone 61-Rate.
If all PRR freight cars, coaches and engines were placed end to end they would stretch 100 miles of engines, 100 miles of passenger coaches and 2,000 miles of freight cars. Engines and coaches average 60 feet, freight cars 40 feet. There are 8,000 engines in operation.
The piece argues against foreign funding of Europe’s rehabilitation. It says the US did its wartime share and should only pay its portion if others also shoulder theirs. It asserts willingness to help but not beyond the just share. The tone is admonitory and calls for shared responsibility.
The Ladies of the Methodist church announce a bazaar dinner and supper on Thursday October 26. The church and congregation are asked to donate useful or fancy articles for the bazaar without further solicitation.
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