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Newspaper
Waynetown Despatch
Location
Waynetown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
4
The Despatch weekly issue for Friday June 13 1913 notes Wayne matter and publishes publisher John W Small information. It lists mail rates and publication details with a brief header about the weekly newspaper.
The newspaper man honors three groups the prompt paying subscribers the people who submit local items and the business manager who delivers ads before press day. Other observers exist but these three form the core in his view.
The dispatch promotes a school edition with boastful claims of reader patronage and club backing. It humorously notes the issue costs little and invites readers to find value, warning minimal local news may reflect reader input.
Citizens weigh the cost of installing and maintaining electric street lighting from Crawfordsville. The town faces a serious decision on securing electric juice to illuminate Waynetown streets, urging thoughtful consideration before voting against the proposition.
A humorous verse urges anger management through walking around the block. It playfully scatters rhymes about turning tempers away and calming nerves by strolling, suggesting peace comes from moving and clearing the mind.
Local editors from Crawfordsville Veedersburg Hillsboro and nearby papers visited our office during the big show week. James Hitchcock C M Berry B J Merrell and W C Bowers joined in discussed newspaper success and shared friendly welcomes promising future travels and a warm reception in town.
Passages urge voting for electric lights and road paving on Main and Vine, promote thrift and moral conduct, and contrast courage with cowardice while praising hopeful, steady living as the town eyes summer and improved town services.
Fountain County schools shifted commencement from the 12th to Tuesday June 17 at Covington fair grounds. Supt Livengood secured Prof W W Parsons president of Indiana State Normal School Terre Haute to deliver the address. Newtown barn will provide music for the exercises under favorable weather conditions. One hundred twenty six graduates.
Crawfordsville to host the sole Montgomery county Fourth of July event with the Elks in charge. Jimmy Ward the world record aviator will perform two or more flights in a Curtiss biplane, ensuring an aerial show. Band music, concerts from morning to night, automobile and motorcycle races, fireworks, and various amusements promise a busy day.
Fire officials report for the first days of June show a total loss of 133200 across 64 fires, nearing May’s near record. For the week ending June 5 including late May, 84 fires caused 165210 in losses with many blazes from adjoining buildings.
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