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Newspaper

Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1920

Page

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Dispute Settled Over Seymour Telephone Switching Charges

Seymour and nearby rural mutual lines reached an agreement after a six month dispute with Indiana Public Service Commission over switching charges. Ten rural companies in Jackson County challenged a 24 cent monthly rate per subscriber, claiming lack of notice before the change. The settlement narrows the fighting as farmers largely won their points.

Seymour Mutual Telephone Jackson County Seymour Mutual Telephone Company Seymour Exchange Indiana Public Service Ecommission Indianapolis Interstate Commerce Commission Indiana Ilinois Northwest Federal Building Tixaminer Pattison Interstate Commission Indiana State Chamber of Commerce Indiana Public Service Commission State Board of Accounts Marion County Commissioners County Board of Election Commissioners Woodburn Musson Jackson Carter Anderson E. W. Jackson Ernest Newby W. E. King King Newby Jackson Noblesville City Board of Health Board of Health B. Pettijohlen J. E. Wanna J. W. Klotz Public Service Commission United Brethren Church W E. Cooper Lafayette C. B. Cooper Hillsboro L. W. Cooper Kokomo Franklin M. M. McCaslin Hanover College William McCaslin Columbia City Samuel Secrist Nellie G. Smith Petersburgs Ward Winchester Patoka Ditch Eugene V. Debs United States Atlanta A. J. Hart Richmond John Lewis Elwood Francis Wampler Worthington Mudge Stephens Verre Haute C. Garrison Montpelier Jacob I. Schras der Elkhart Wilbur Sharon Supreme Court Althea Hart Lilith Martin Fifth District Jenry Becker George J. Adams Rosechute St. Sims George Yohe Ernest Mallett Marion George Tille Tavansville Johu Snook Itkhart Swansville Vanderburg County Wayne County Goshen Lake Wawasee Wawasee John E. Boyts C. OM. Dobson Rotary Club Rotary Clubs Fort Warne Warsaw South Bend Wendallville Country Club Indianapolica Indiana Federation of Parmers’ Associations Federation George C. Bryant Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service Department of Atriculture Westinghouse Lamp Company New York City Trenton N. J Newcastle John C. Hardin Greensboro Rachel Charlesworth Goodrich Charles Ziegler Attica State Highway Commission David C. Jenkins Ziegler Alexandria Alexandria Preserving Company Monroe Township The Canning Company Washington, D. C Bureau of the Census Wuntingburg Nappanee Rochester

English Findings on Timber Resistance and Electric Treatment

English scientists report passing electricity through freshly cut timber increases decay resistance against fungus. A tractor drawbar pull can be monitored via a new spring device recording work on a dial. A medical scientist suggests visiting a museum to aid scholars' brain function. Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first woman elected to Sweden's Academy of Letters and the sole woman Nobel laureate in literature.

Selma Lagerlof Swedish Academy of Letters

Evicted Newark Widow Attracts Three Marriage Proposals

Mrs. Margaret Stanton, the first evicted tenant to move into Newark New Jersey's tent colony, has received three marriage proposals from men seeking a wife. They learned of her eviction with four children and her status as a widow and offered homes wealth and hearts.

Margaret Stanton Newark N. J Borth

Redwoods National Park movement and debate noted

Washington sidelight recalls a House resolution directing the secretary of the interior to study creating a California park around Sequoia sempervirens. Discussion clarifies forest reserves vs park jurisdiction as Sequoia National Park expands to Roosevelt, while redwoods face extensive lumbering and a Save the Redwoods League grows nationally.

Eee Oanes House Secretary of the Interior House of Representatives California United States Mrr. Walsh Speaker Lea Department of Agriculture Walsh Massachusetts New England Sequoia National Park Roosevelt Redwoods National Park Save the Redwoods League

Nicknames of U S Senators The Human Side of the Senate

A look at the playful nicknames given to U S senators by Washington correspondents in the senate press gallery highlights how public figures become targets of clever and sometimes bold sobriquets. The piece lists several examples such as Hitchock dubbed Whitehy-Koo and Lodge nicknamed Cabbage, noting the fun and the risk in exposing private quirk.

Washington Ecorrespondents Quince Josiah Quintus Bobb Massylvania Senate Press Gallery Senator Hitchcock Nebraska Senator Lodge Massachusetts Hitchcock Ititehy-Koo Cabot

Old veterans prove age no barrier to achievement

A discussion of pension matters cites letters from John W. Riley and a Dayton veteran, noting Comrade W. Bayne aged 80, ex-speaker Joe Yannon aged 83, and other elderly figures from art, literature, and science. At Pleasant Hill Post 869 the Grand Army of the Republic gathers 17 veterans averaging 81 years nine months, proving the old are capable of high and useful deeds.

Enator Thomas Colorado John W. Riley Dayton W. &. Bayne Grand Army of the Republic Joe’ Yannon Titian Lepanto Michael Angelo Joseph Jefferson Rip van Winkle Whittier and Bryant Humboldt Galileo Commodore Vanderbilt Henry Watterson Pleasant Hill Dan W. Williams Grand Army

Dewey House to Become Store in Rhode Island Avenue

The Dewey house at 1747 Rhode Island Avenue, once given to Admiral George Dewey in 1899, is sold out of the family for conversion into a store. Mrs. Frances Pitney of New Jersey holds the dismantling permit, with ties to John Ballantyne Pitney and Mahlon I. Pitney.

Rhode Island Avenue Admiral George Dewy Francis Pitney New Jersey John Ballantyne Pitney Supreme Court Mahlon I. Pitney Pitney John R Mildred McLean Hazen Admiral Dewey

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