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Newspaper
Seymour Daily Tribune
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
2
A note stresses relentless demand to keep Indiana highways in top condition. Officials urge continuous maintenance and timely repairs to prevent deterioration and ensure safe travel for motorists. Community leaders emphasize funding, coordinated projects, and regular inspections across counties.
A state report states 125 000 commercial motor cars operate daily on highways, with thousands more pleasure cars. About half of livestock output moves by 70 000 farmer trucks. 250 bus lines travel 68 800 miles daily, 30 000 trucks serve merchants, and 1 500 traveling salesmen use cars. Public roads now serve commerce and leisure.
Thousands of postal items face delays as two cent postage is required for post cards. In New Orleans 25 000 Thanksgiving greeting cards were undelivered for one cent stamps. During the Christmas season mail volume rises and only government postal cards carry one cent.
Kandahar December 7 The German firm holding most Afghan commercial contracts is reported to have discovered an important copper mine near Herat. Tran also believed found in the same area.
More than 150 attendees at the Seymour Elks home heard M. E. Foley of Indianapolis urge belief in God and Christianity as a remedy for crime. He linked public prayer to Americanism and warned against evolution, calling the eighteenth amendment as vital as the first. An orchestra and vocal numbers accompanied the service.
A biography traces R W Pierce from farm work to Cincinnati medical study, 1862 graduation, and early practice. He moved to Buffalo and founded the World’s Dispensary, selling Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, promoted as blood tonics and digestive aids. Drugstores carried his preparations nationwide.
Secretary of Agriculture W M Jardine reports farmers have a more favorable position than since 1920 with rural out-migration checked and indebtedness reduced. Farm supplies and materials are resuming nationwide, prices improved, and purchasing power rising. Freight rates may need overhaul, but current index remains 58 percent above 1915.
South Bend state senator Bradford is named president of the Indiana division of the Izaak Walton League, based in Elkhart. The appointment elevates Bradford within the conservation group and links his local leadership to statewide efforts.
Chicago December 7 John Cashin arrested after Florence Hood Birmingham Alabama society matron died by her own hand. charges were dismissed.
Albert F. Slagle spent the weekend in Shelbyville visiting friends. Ila cutting 25 and shaving on Saturdays. Bob Bing a specialty. Razors honed 35c. I sharpen household scissors also.
Rev. A Renn of North Vernon a Baptist minister filed with Tribune a Republican nomination bid for representative from Indiana's Fourth Congressional district. He plans a district tour and says if nominated and elected he will support the Coolidge administration.
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