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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
2
A student recalls joining a canning club reluctant to meet the fifty quarts target by the cold pack method. She grows to enjoy preserving foods, explains bacteria and methods like drying smoking salt syrups acids and canning, and discusses overcoming underfill by blanching and tighter lids.
A 1919 Girls Canning Club member recalls breaking two cans due to improper tempering, notes ongoing care, and expresses hope the club will continue next year. She mentions a Spencer County Fair award of two first and second premiums for fruits and vegetables, plus a third prize for a local exhibit. The passage shifts to Canadian auto industry data, noting workers, output, wages, and projected production growth in 1920.
Canada becomes the world’s second-largest auto nation, trailing the United States. The Goodyear Bureau shows one in fifteen Americans owning a car and one in twenty three Canadians. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Russia trail with varying ownership ratios. Total cars: U.S. about 7.1 million, Canada 850,000, England 180,000. Canada’s 1919 registrations rose 18 percent, led by Ontario.
Rain returns this Monday aiding tobacco work while corn planting stands at about ten percent. Wheat heads but looks thin. Threshers plan straw piling by drawing straws. Edith Harris and Alice Harvey visited Chrisney. Harry Wilson of Hatfield recovering from a traction line injury. Hassel Arch project by M and P Contract Co. nears completion on the river, a standing monument for Strykers and Ohio township. Florentine Fishback dies at Evansville hospital, a noted southern Indiana business figure. Gone but not forgotten.
Local residents attend services at Little Pigeon church and visit relatives in Rockport Evansville and Owensboro. Among events, Bert Burkhart family visits, a strawberry and ice cream supper is planned at stop 55 on the traction line, and Louis Sanford travels to Indianapolis for a colored high school commencement where granddaughter Margaret Taylor graduates.
Evansville to Rockport daily freight and passenger train times listed with limited train indicators and connections to Owensboro Hatfield and boat services. Merchandise freight car departs Evansville at 5 p.m. daily except Sunday. © G Reller and George Ranes, Evansville and Rockport Indiana. Take The Democrat.
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