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Newspaper
Seymour Daily Tribune
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
5
Weekly Seymour gasoline sales reveal drivers average 18 miles per gallon across 14 curb and four drive in stations, costing nearly 5000 dollars. Tourists travel State Roads 1 and 4 fueling local pride as Seymour gains fame as the City of Courteous Tank Fillers.
Five dollars in gold will be awarded at Majestic Theatre after the first show Friday night. The prize is promised to a patron in attendance at the conclusion of the opening performance.
The Jackson County Loan and Trust Company and Buhner Fertilizer Company of Seymour announce through H. C. Henderson that prizes will fund a trip to the Boys and Girls Club Roundup at Purdue next May for county contest winners in Corn Poultry and Potato clubs. Full prize coverage is promised.
The First Methodist Episcopal church plans a corner stone laying at 2 50 Saturday with a full church ritual. Senator James Watson will lay the stone on the southwest corner, as Ewing street clears of debris to allow hundreds to witness the event and hear the address by the speaker.
A conference was held in Indianapolis between Governor Jackson Adjutant General Kershner and General Dwight BE Aultman to draft national guard participation in the Defense Day celebration on July 4. Aultman indicated Indiana cities may coordinate their own units in the exercises.
The Ku Klux Klan announced an all week circus and conclave in Michigan City starting June 29 to raise funds for a hospital. They offered a wedding ring a marriage license a minister and fee plus complete household equipment to any couple agreeing to be married in a public Klan ceremony.
The Roxana Petroleum Corporation has purchased a White gasoline truck for operation from its Seymour headquarters and stations at the corner of Third and Chestnut streets.
Brownstown Association holds a 7 15 PM meeting at the Baptist gymnasium with Lewis Crafton Indianapolis state president of the B Y P U as principal speaker. Local members from Scott Washington and Jackson counties expected to attend and officers to be elected from nominees. Everett C Foster Seymour area president presides with C C Studebaker Scottsburg Southeast district VP listed as another speaker. The group aims to boost interest in the national convention in Indianapolis July 8 to 12.
W. K. O Neill superintendent of the Seymour district of the Indiana State Highway Commission announced this morning that about 60 junction signs have been completed in the district and will be erected. The signs will be at each intersection of state highways with about twelve in Jackson county. They are large enough to be seen from a distance and help motorists avoid taking the wrong road.
R A Brown leader announces the Seymour Concert band will begin summer weeknight concerts in Shields park tonight. The series will run each Thursday and Sunday programs continue, with potential performances in Gaiser park and other city venues if the city council approves.
In Kokomo Indiana police recovered the bodies of Dale Osborne 15 and Frank Mc Farland 14 from a gravel pit where they were drowned while bathing and fishing the previous day.
Several thousand bushels of 1924 crop soy beans available for sale while they last. Price is $1.65 per bushel in customers sacks. Contact Woodstock Mills at phone 355.
Captain Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth with four companions are reported safe at King's Bay Spitzbergen after a May 21 start in two planes. Their plan was to reach the pole and return within forty eight hours with emergency supplies for a month.
Unofficial word reached New York on June 18 that Raul Amundsen, missing since May 21 during the north pole expedition with Lincoln Ellsworth, is safe. Vernon Prentice, Ellsworth’s brother-in-law and Amundsen aide, said the update came via a news agency involved in promoting the flight.
Strike leaders seek to halt all ocean shipping and tie up wharves as 3000 lightermen and 20000 wharf coolies walk out. American Dollar Line unaffected. negotiations proceed but radicals push for all demands including abolition of extraterritoriality. British consul evacuated as tensions rise in Chungking.
Sealed bids for a $2,000,000 six month loan were received in Indianapolis today by state auditor W. L. Bowman. Bids will be opened June 30 to refinance a similar loan. Indiana's state debt stands at $3,240,000 now and is projected to drop to $1,040,000 by year end 1925.
Chicago witnesses say William De Shepherd asked for bacteria tubes from a lab and discussed culture media and germ methods. Dr. Charles Faiman testified Shepherd visited the lab, sought cultures, and asked how germs enter the body and are detected as part of the criminal case.
C H Phillips science teacher at Medora high school and former Shields high school science head will serve as Chicago Telegraph Institute field agent in Seymour this summer. The institute trains youths in radio railroad and commercial telegraphy and offersCourses with pay and job placement after completion.
Governor Jackson announces Seymour will not take part in the July 4 Defense Day test due to insufficient prep time and no War Department word. Local reserve officers await guidance while the post office is urged to register home units if a parade or demonstration occurs.
An old classified style notice for Tip Richardson offering regular taxi service to Pauley's Cabin with contact numbers Phone 447 for residence and Phone 335 for taxi service. The ad uses abbreviated details and a simple delivery with location and phone contacts.
Washington news reports the death of Robert La Follette at age 70 from heart disease with bronchial asthma and pneumonia complications. The Wisconsin governor and three-term U.S. senator, known as Fighting Bob, leaves a legacy as independent Republican reformer and perennial presidential candidate.
A large wooden silo on Raymond Vaughn’s farm four miles east of Seymour collapsed in Tuesday afternoon rain and wind. It fell away from other structures and did not injure any livestock.
The bail hearing for D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klinek, and Earl Gentry in the Madge Oberneltzer murder case ends. judge to rule on admission to bail after arguments resume tomorrow morning. The defense challenged the dying statement as irrelevant but the motion was overruled.
Aboard the Polar Ship Peary, Donald MacMillan steps ashore from Boston after refueling. The Peary and Bowdoin take on gear and plan to depart Saturday for the first northern objective, Utah and Greenland.
The Lackawanna railroad wreck near Hackettstown New Jersey raised the death list to 44 with Clemens Schmidt a 47 year old Chicago man among the dead. Twenty four remain in hospitals as investigators continue work on the disaster site.
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