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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
6
A sweeping defense of individualism as the engine of production and rising living standards. The piece argues for greater invention and fair sharing, critiques socialism, and praises capital mobilization, co operatives, and corporate growth while warning against group domination and threats to initiative.
Brief catalog line indicates copyright 1923 by Doubleday Page Co and distribution through Western Newspaper Union.
Mrs Emily Wedgewood president of the state assembly and Dr William Longley honored at the dedication. The Ben Hur Dental Society members from Crawfordsville and nearby towns attended. The event marked the Longley hospital naming at the Odd Fellows home in Greensburg.
Ancient Palmyra or Tadmor stood on the Arabian desert edge 150 miles northeast of Damascus. It flourished as a trade hub in Roman Parthian wars, received favors from Hadrian and Septimius Severus, and ruled by Adaenathus and Zenobia before defeat and captivity. After Christianization it became a bishopric, later falling to Moslems, with ruins like the Sun temple surviving and Wood and Dawkins noting them in 1753.
In apostolic times Cilicia formed a Cilician province on the northern shore of the Mediterranean opposite Cyprus. It linked Syria with central and western parts of the empire. The region bordered Pamphylia to the west, Cappadocia to the north, and Syria to the east, with Jews constituting a substantial portion of the population.
Oliver Ellis, 68, a retired farmer, died by jumping into a well at Oak land City. His widow and five children survive. Lee J. Noble, of Elwood, will move the printing plant to Lapel to edit the Lapel Review, the town's first newspaper in a year.
A kerosene heater explosion in C. H. Knight barber shop at Goshen caused a fire that destroyed the building and its contents.
William R. Griffith, Republican county chairman, appointed patrolman for state highway No. 4, from Versailles to Dillsboro, to enforce traffic laws and protect travelers.
Mrs. William Eis, twenty two, died at home in Gas City after drinking poison during a personal crisis from ill health. Mrs. Ingram Creek of Hartford City was chosen president of the district Rebekah lodge at Geneva sessions.
Alex Porter announces plans to rebuild the Hope lumber yard and continue operations after a recent fire destroyed a large barn on the property. Final damage estimates reach about 90000 dollars.
Four thousand three hundred fifty Gary voters are attached to petitions filed with the city clerk asking the council to call a special election. The vote would let Gary residents decide whether to adopt a city manager form of government.
An ordinance package approved by the city council calls for oiling 29 streets in Shelbyville. In Indianapolis, Booth Tarkington’s ancestral home has been leased for 99 years to junk dealers H. Benjamin and Louis Marks. The Crawford County tuberculosis association elected officers A N Bobbitt president, Mrs Sam Benz vice president, Miss Selah M Austin secretary, L A Helmbrecht treasurer. Henry F Schricker of Starke County Trust will chair the Riley hospital for children campaign and organize volunteers. A still was confiscated by Sheriff Daniels at Lewis Fox’s Pendleton farm. a second story room showed full liquor production equipment.
Dearborn county commissioners at Aurora awarded the Lawrenceburg township gravel road project to McIntyre Hopping Riniger Contracting of Cleveland C for 57 356 50 dollars. The bid was the lowest of five bids filed.
A community chest drive in Richmond raised $46 106.45 toward a $55 000 goal. Seven agencies including the social service bureau Y M C A community service Townsend branch of the community service colored Salvation Army Penny club and Red Cross will be added. In Shelbyville a bronze tablet honoring Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Shelby county was unveiled at the public library. George H. Melke, descendant of one of the men named on the tablet, delivered an address at the ceremony.
Miss Myrtle Armstrong of Shelbyville will travel to France as a Good Will delegate. She represents Boston and the Gilchrist company where she serves as director of education. Armstrong is a charter member of the Mary Mott Green D A R chapter in Shelbyville.
Mr and Mrs Fred Leech report their seventeen year old daughter Maseli left home in Evansville saying she would visit a sister nearby and has not been seen since. Police have been asked to conduct a search.
Crawford county treasurer J Benton Pierson reports bonds for W E Sturgeon road in Sterling township par 17000 with accrued interest sold to J F Wild & Co Indianapolis at a premium of 249. The Indianapolis firm was the highest of five bidders.
The Indiana Supreme Court in Indianapolis struck down the 1921 amendment to the 1917 prohibition law, ruling that possession of intoxicating liquor is not an offense. The decision effectively defeats Prohibition in the state by invalidating the possession ban.
A delegation of the American Legion, the Spanish American War Veterans, and the Grand Army of the Republic presents to the city council a plan to build a Vincennes coliseum as a war memorial at an estimated cost of 150000 dollars.
Plans and specifications prepared for a new Christian church at Etna Green. The brick and stone structure includes a main auditorium with balcony, a Sunday school auditorium, classrooms and a large dining room, with an estimated cost of about $30,000.
Mrs. F H Jett withdrew her name as nominee for re election as president of the Vigo County Parent Teachers association at a special board meeting. She has led the council for three years as about 4000 members are affiliated in Terre Haute and Vigo County.
Buried Liberty bonds totaling 750 dollars found in a field north of the Alfred Isley farm along the Brookville road about five miles east of Irvington. The loot was part of the items taken in the April 1922 hold up of the Alert State bank.
Postmaster General Harry S. New told Indiana Rotary Club and postal workers at a luncheon in Indianapolis that it is his ambition to improve the postal service.
Columbia City plans a movement asking farmers along the Tip Top road from Huntington to Albion and the Michigan line to sign pledges. If land is not given the road will not be taken over as a state highway.
The Central Indiana Gas Company serving Muncie M rton Anderson Elwood Alexandria Hartford City and Fairmount shows 3g gross income for 1922. It can pay interest on debt dividends or stock and carries a year end surplus of 36463.38 dollars per a report filed with the Public Service Commission in Indianapolis.
The Emmett Davisson unit of United Veterans of the Republic at Winchester elected Buford Coats as commander 4 C. Garrett as first vice commander Charles Miller as second vice commander Roscoe Romack as chaplain Wilbur Strahn as officer of the day W G Daily as officer of the guard and Otto Meyer and Everett Dawson as board of governors members.
H C Glick was elected president of the newly organized Farmers Market ing association at Columbus. J C Glick is vice president Ransom D Perry serves as secretary-treasurer Fred H Suhre named manager The new creamery site will be transferred to the body and plant construction will begin immediately The association plans to market poultry and dairy from Bartholomew and neighboring counties financed by 8 percent notes.
A contract to replace the West End school building at Washington was awarded to Klingensmith & Dillon for $46,945. Plumbing, heating, ventilation and drainage go to Logan H. Peek for $14,994.40 and electric wiring to Suduth Electric for $901.40. The brick structure should be ready for the next fall opening.
W. R Duncan & Son of Flora awarded the contract for the nurses' home as part of the Witham Memorial County hospital project in Lebanon. The general contract bid totals 16,550 dollars.
Jacob Stambazze his wife Ida Stam bazze and Tony Caputo were released in Logansport under bond of 1000 dollars each after arrest on charges of manufacture of liquor. Prohibition officers and federal agents conducted raids on their home.
J P Strahl of 6517 88th St Portland reports Tanlac ended stomach trouble and added eighteen pounds. He states he recovered strength, appetite and sleep after two years of ailments and laxative use. Tanlac sold by druggists. over 35 million bottles sold.
A witty remark notes true affection lies in focusing on the girl rather than the taximeter, attributed to Bison. The line frames love as genuine when financial concerns do not overshadow personal connection.
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