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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
3
An advertisement urges readers to take Father John’s Medicine when feeling run down and weak. It claims the product builds new strength and energy, notes over 68 years of reputation, and emphasizes purity and immediate use.
ClydesSarkhart a 39 year old large landowner and prominent Tippecanoe county citizen died at his Attica home from pneumonia leaving a notable local figure.
Louis Stowe aged 13 died from injuries after a car carrying him and his father overturned over an embankment near Richmond. The youths guardian family resided south of the city.
A fire at the Fred Francis farm north of Hartford City caused about 4000 dollars in damage. A large barn and its contents including hay corn and farming implements were destroyed. Insurance coverage was 2000 dollars.
Ralph Van Landingham twenty four of Terre Haute was killed when the taxicab he drove overturned near Blanford. His head and neck were caught beneath the edge of the car body.
Secretary of State Ed Jackson spoke at Baugo Grange hall three miles southwest of Elkhart to a Baugo Township Company No 120 unit of the National Horse Thief Detectives' association.
Judge James B. Wilson will deliver the annual Decoration Day address in Bloomington. Memorial Day services will be held Sunday morning May 27 at United Presbyterian Church with Rev. J. L. Kelso delivering the address.
Charles P. Carr lay uninjured in a brass bed at Fort Wayne when a bolt of lightning wrecked the room. The bolt tore a hole eleven feet long and three feet wide, splintered the roof and a window sill.
Harold Atkins aged three son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Atkins of Marion died three hours after ingesting several tablets found in his grandparents drawer Each tablet contained one twentieth of a grain of strychnine Authorities investigated the accidental poisoning at the family home with emphasis on safety in households and medication storage.
Reverend A H Pitkin pastor of Greensburg Methodist church addresses Greensburg high school graduates at the annual baccalaureate sermon titled The Tremendous Hour. Peabody Lumber Company of Columbia City announces a second wage increase totaling about 16000 dollars annually for its 100 employees.
City officials estimated twenty thousand people visited Valparaiso for a klan ceremony. A few thousand marchers, many unmasked, paraded through the town center, followed by an initiation. No disturbances were reported.
Eight hours work by 82 neighbors and friends of Elmer F. Pittenger of Desoto rebuilt his destroyed residence. Wives of workers prepared numerous articles needed in the Pittenger home.
Charles Maddox an adult leader of a juvenile thief gang at Marion received a sentence of one to eight years in the Indiana state prison on the charge of receiving stolen property. He pleaded guilty and admitted paying boys sums for stealing.
The general contract goes to L B E Wickersham of Logansport for 78352 dollars. Hipskind Company of Wabash wins heating and plumbing for 28187 dollars. George W Cann of Logansport awarded electrical work for 4200 dollars.
Clyde A. Wald of Lagrange was unanimously chosen chairman of the Republican state committee at a meeting in Indianapolis, succeeding Lawrence E. Lyons who resigned. Lawrence Cartwright of Portland was unanimously elected vice chairman.
In the estate appraisal of John W. Lovett the Madison county assessor at Anderson estimates the estate at about $15000. Two daughters Mrs Nellie Reeve and Mrs Louis Seabury, both of Chicago, are to receive $153289.26. The widow Mrs Pearlie Lovett gets $23616 plus an annuity of 75 dollars weekly.
James B. Starkey state bee inspector discovers foul brood among bee colonies in northeastern Bartholomew county and closes a series of bee demonstrations at Columbus to prevent spread.
John D Williams, director of the state highway department, announced the 4923 program requires ten more engineers twenty more state road inspectors and about thirty additional county road inspectors.
Fire destroyed the Columbus Wood Turning Company factory in Columbus with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. Mrs Jennie E Levering eighty a renowned Terre Haute church worker died at her home. Huntington plans a two acre camping ground on land bought near Memorial Park west of Huntington along Maple Grove road. The Posey homestead near Petersburg on the White River, a relic of prewar days, burned.
One thousand dollars in damage was caused to the roof of the Warsaw court house during a demonstration by a high powered fire engine pumper, according to the board of county commissioners.
A petition with 1 401 Warsaw residents names is presented to the city council asking to repeal or amend the milk pasteurization ordinance so raw milk may be sold.
Seven farmers drawn for petit juror duty in the Wabash Circuit court were excused by Judge Switzer after reporting they are behind in farm work and cannot secure laborers to cover their duties.
Charles Cox paid an $11 fine for entering a young woman’s home in Anderson despite a smallpox vaccination card. He was arrested on the health board’s complaint after disregarding public health orders.
Prominent Indiana figures attended the funeral of Paul P. Haynes ex member of the public service commission and longtime Anderson attorney held at the First Presbyterian Church in Anderson.
The Henry W. Lawton camp No 35 and the Charles A. Zollinger camp No 36 in Fort Wayne merged into a single large organization at a joint meeting of the two associations.
In Indianapolis the Republican state committee accepted the resignation of Mrs Daisy Barr of Indianapolis as vice chairman after also approving the resignation of Lawrence E Lyons of Brook as state chairman.
John Fields, twelve, of Bedford and several friends rode a train to Mitchell and Salem. He missed his footing on alighting and his right foot was crushed beneath the wheels.
Rollin Gwinn thirty three and Jesse Gwinn thirty two both of Anderson were killed when a car driven by Jesse Gwinn was struck and demolished by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train at Muncie.
Leslie A. Cortner age 28 of Winchester has been appointed superintendent of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' home at Knights town. Cortner is a World War veteran and graduate of Winchester High School and Purdue University.
The Turn Verein Vorwaerts society of Fort Wayne accepts an invitation to entertain the 1924 Midwest organization meeting in Fort Wayne. Represented states include Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Michigan and Ohio with delegates from St. Louis and Louisville.
A head on collision between Lake Erie & Western passenger No. 2 and a freight train occurred near Oakland Ohio between Coldwater and Fort Recovery. It is believed to be caused by the death of George Bassler sixty one of Lima at the throttle of the passenger engine. In Muncie circuit court special judge L A Guthrie forfeited bond of Raymond McKinley one thousand five hundred for failure to appear for trial on robbery charges at Hoover general store Wheeling. McKinley is alleged to be part of a four man band that robbed the store and took over two hundred dollars. The band members are in prison and one was not captured.
In Circuit Court at Frankfort Mrs. Selah Pickard and her husband Ernest Pickard filed a petition for adoption of their two and three year old children born to Mrs. Pickard in a prior marriage.
Rev BE E Moorman of Frankfort was elected president of the Indiana Ministerial Association of the Disciples of Christ by the state convention of Churches of Christ. Moorman serves as pastor of the Frankfort Christian Church.
Greeny the parrot leads a talking parade with macaws at the zoo. The birds compare feather colors, boast about the blue sky, and explain nest habits and rare speech abilities. Greeny, from Central America, claims to be the smartest and explains language learning.
Western Canadian farmers report seeding five to fifteen days earlier than in recent years thanks to favorable weather. Manitoba floods have abated. Saskatchewan and Alberta soils show ideal moisture from snow. Wheat and corn emergence are underway by mid May. farm labor shifts to year-round hires, supporting diversification into dairying and stock raising. Government agents will provide crop-condition updates on request.
A brief quotation emphasizes fidelity as the noblest and most sacred human quality. It frames faithfulness and truth as core endowments of the mind, attributed to Cicero.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without realizing it. Back pain headaches loss of ambition and nervousness may signal kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root offered as a physician prescription obtainable at drug stores. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention the paper.
A brief note advises sending a small coin via mail by attaching it with a narrow strip of adhesive plaster to the paper to ensure safe arrival.
Alice D Davis reports severe back pain weakness and nervousness improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Vegetable Compound Liquid. She says the treatment restored health enabling her to run a rooming house and urges others to try it noting the product helps the body overcome disturbances and serves as a chronic remedy.
In a witty quip the Kansas City Star notes that all four quartet members insist the others cannot sing, and sometimes they turn out to be right.
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