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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
7
Detroit Automobile Club members at the Hotel Tuller discuss next summers car trips. Men share plans to map tours with logs of routes and read about destinations before traveling, aiming to enjoy the journey with open eyes.
A vintage laundry advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for dazzling baby dresses and urges shoppers at all good grocers to try the product themselves.
A fragment from the Boston Evening Transcript quotes stage directions for Dear Brutus by J M Barrie. The exchange mocks gendered lines and chivalry as a narrator jokes about pronouncing ry as w and being called Robert.
A concise maxim notes that decisive quick work outpaces lengthy discussion. It emphasizes pragmatism by valuing immediate effort over prolonged planning. The saying elevates tangible results and steady execution.
A reflective note contrasts managing negative expressions with attempting to impose cheer, suggesting genuine mood shifts resist coercion and require authentic feeling rather than forced optimism.
Oliver Francis Gray, three year old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Gray, died in Terre Haute from burns suffered when he fell over a teakettle Friday and was scalded.
Arthur Shaw aged seventeen was fatally injured and three others were hurt when the car they rode in was struck by a Monon freight train after stalling on a grade crossing at Delphi.
Mrs Roscoe Slusher aged 37 died at the county hospital in Bluffton four hours after she was burned in a kerosene explosion at her home five miles south of Warren.
Miss Rosamond Greenlee of Clifford won the annual discus contest held in Hope. All Bartholomew County high schools were represented in the event near Columbus.
Morris Claussen age five son of Mr and Mrs Gust Claussen was killed when the bicycle he rode with another boy struck a rut and overturned throwing him under a delivery truck at Valparaiso.
Governor McCray announced Eph Dailey of Fort Wayne to a four year term on the state industrial board at four thousand dollars a year. Dailey succeeds Kenneth Dresser of Peru whose term has expired. Dailey begins immediately. Both men are Republicans.
Fort Wayne report shows a marked labor shortage with 340 open men’s jobs but only 290 placements last week. Of placements 289 were for common laborers. Women’s department logged 74 calls with 41 positions filled.
Northern Indiana farmers report severe farm labor shortage near La Porte with workers scarce even at high wages. Laborers now earn 30 to 40 dollars a month including board room and washing as migration of farm boys to cities and factories reduces supply.
Walter Caplinger of Madison presided at a Franklin gathering of Fourth district clothing dealers. Attendees included representatives from Madison Greensburg Seymour Columbus North Vernon and Edinburg. A. L. Taylor of the Franklin chamber of commerce gave the welcome address.
City council seeks a special zoning ordinance for the area around Indiana State Normal school at Munice to block new buildings except homes and private garages within defined distances of the campus. In Clark county Jeffersonville court two men Utica were found guilty and sentenced to six months at Indiana state farm plus a $50 fine and a four year disenfranchisement for allegedly stealing two dams valued at $10 from Edward Clappeart Utica township.
A jury of architects including Milton Bennett Medary Jr of Philadelphia Henry Bacon and Charles Adams Platt of New York selected a plan for the Indiana World War Memorial from 26 entries in a competition held by the Indiana War Memorial trustees to design the development of the memorial plaza in Indianapolis. Laurel Welch and Harry Buckley of Shelburn, convicted of robbing a filling station by a Sullivan circuit court jury, were sentenced by Judge W F Wood to 10 to 21 years in the Indiana reformatory. They have posted $10 000 each for appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court and were released from prison.
Harry F. Miller, principal of Rochester High School, named to head Roosevelt Junior High at Highhart starting September, succeeding Frank McGeath who died March 2. Indiana news notes financial improvement amid a state securities analysis of 251 companies submitted to Maurice Mendenhall by John B. Powell.
Stenographer Miss Kate Irwin was seriously injured when struck by an automobile driven by a young girl in Columbus. She suffered severe cuts and bruises with a badly lacerated scalp. A Shelbyville conference discussed plans to organize a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association.
Mrs William Delcamp aged fifty and her seven year old niece Electa Hardesty were burned to death as the family home at the edge of Goshen burned. William Delcamp aged fifty suffered serious burns.
Deputy state game wardens with Jackson County Fish Game and Forest Protective Association launched a campaign to enforce protection laws. Several arrests were made near Sermon for illegal possession of series and nets.
Sheriff Mile Maley and deputies confiscated about 20 gallons of whisky and a large amount of rye mash from Mrs Ora Lightner's farm home near Crystal Lake. Harvey Spencer, a farm worker, was arrested.
Two new pastors join Wa bash county Episcopal churches Rev H L Liddle arrives at Middle Street Wa bash from Arcadia and Rev E B Megenity moves from Fairmount to Lafontaine to assume duties.
The Wabash Valley Electric company petitions the Public Service Commission in Indianapolis for authority to buy Putnam Electric Cayuga Electric Martinsville Gas and Electric Spencer Light Power and Water Gosport Electric Morgan County Light and Power and Roachdale Electric.
Indianapolis officials study Indiana Supreme Court ruling that mere possession of intoxicating liquor is not a state law violation and consider urging a special legislative session if further probes confirm the prohibition statute is seriously weakened.
Seventeen residents signed a remonstrance against the 17th street road bond issue in Logansport. The county commissioners let the contract for the road construction for 80000 dollars a few days ago. The remonstrance claims the improvement is not a public necessity. Hearing date not announced.
At a meeting of Muncie Elwood and Anderson cantons of the Patriarchs Militant Odd Fellows in Anderson the Third battalion 1st regiment Indiana was formed with E F Spracley of Muncie president Charles Benbow of Anderson vice president and J C Sipe of Muncie adjutant Colonel H T Moore of Terre Haute addressed the gathering.
County Auditor Harry Hardle announced state tax board approval of a petition to issue 52500 in bonds for the Cather paved road west of Anderson. Bonds will be offered for sale by the county treasurer. Madison County Construction Co. has won the road contract, ending a long dispute over funding amid high taxes.
Labor Temple as sociation plans to exercise a 60 day option on the Phoenix club building at Fifth and Walnut streets within weeks. They seek to sell the lot at Eighth and Cherry streets and use proceeds plus on hand funds to pay for the property. Indiana Hydro Electric Power Co gets bridge and road repair permit after dispute with farmers ends. The company will cover all costs.
C H Hurd of Indianapolis has signed a contract with Seymour city council to survey a new drainage system at an estimated cost near $100,000. Federal revenue officers, aided by Franklin deputies, raided the Kruz farm in Hensley township near Morgantown, uncovering a 200 gallon still and arresting 58 year old William Haskell on charges of operating the still.
A Straddle Ridge resident recalls Clapboard Springs news shows older residents dying off, youths growing up, Uncle Riley Rickadoo’s new Pipe, a man injured on a roof with his head jammed in an iron kettle, and locals Claib Slade and Bud Rucker shooting at each other.
A man on a rushed business trip travels south and, seeking lighter clothing, sends his wife a coded telegram reading S-0-S-B-V-D-P-D-Q.
A brief humorous remark notes that a man recounting being bunkled stirs more curiosity than pity. The line highlights audience reaction to odd misfortune and miscommunication in a lighthearted way.
In a whimsical caption style exchange, Uncle Hiram and Aunt Hannah quip about the British empire and sunsets, as a judge moderates the playful banter. The dialogue mimics a domestic scene with imperial reference and light humor.
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