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Newspaper
Winchester Journal Herald
Location
Winchester, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
7
Journalists witness a Beasley party under cover as Simeon Peck schemes to expose hypocrisy. Dowden joins a rogue mission to spy on Beasley’s guest list while Beasley hosts in festive secrecy. Miss Apperthwaite reveals she overheard the hallway plan.
Washington reports Taft will be called as a witness in the impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Daugherty. The Lausanne Near East Peace talks are expected to yield a world surprise. Hoover urges Harding renomination to preserve the administration and party strength. Prime Minister King’s Washington visit centers on an Embassy talk. Mrs. Harding dined at the White House on Thanksgiving, aided by a wheeled chair, and is improving. Daugherty counters impeachment charges as a move to shelter prosecutors. Prohibition officials plan drastic steps, including halting bootlegging operations and closing offending breweries. Senator Watson urges a March special session to curb long speeches and speed business. Harding backs a farm credit bill. Watson liaises with the President and Agriculture Secretary on needed legislation. The short session opened at noon. the President’s budget proposal totals 3,078,940,331 for the 1923-24 year, lower than 1922 estimates.
Ordinary laborers in Germany average 100 marks an hour with eight hour day wages 400 to 1,200 marks and monthly pay 9,600 to 31,200. Newspaper editors earn 15,000 to 21,500 marks annually with rising scales. The capital faces rising unemployment as wages strain theater and press workers.
Evansville’s Martin Carl, 17, was accidentally shot by his younger brother on Thanksgiving Day. Greensburg reports a reorganized State bank at Burney with $25,000 capital. Wabash enforces Sunday closing and halts a Christmas card printing run. Portland's four National Guard companies move into a new $50,000 armory. Marion notes Rex Findling, 18, Tipton, dies suddenly from acute dilation of the heart during a Northern Indiana Older Boys conference. Anderson residents face stockings shortages after agent default. Alexandria discusses building a community house but postpones to avoid school construction impact. Terre Haute coal operators refuse to check off a $4 union assessment, risking further strikes.
Queen Marie of Rumani a wore coronation robes and crown for two visiting American women Mrs B Frank Mebane of Spray North Carolina and Mrs Kemble White of Fairmont West Virginia The event took place at the summer palace Sanaia in the Carpathian mountains The queen’s daughter Princess Elizabeth now queen of Greece attended and wore her court dress Mrs Mebane recalled during the summer visit
Postal inspectors in Manchester New Hampshire charged Edmund F Donnelly a clerk with tampering with the mails. They say he could smell money on envelopes and using test letters tore small openings to sniff out bills.
The passage portrays Cupid as a flawed leader who guides people into trouble and then abandons them to resolve it. It notes that money or property often becomes the topic of conversation and suggests selfish motives run beneath the surface of romantic affection.
A New York builder, who says he owes everything to his mother’s teachings, dedicates a cluster of houses to her memory. A shield with an inscription was attached to the cornice.
The Grand Canyon refers to the section of the Colorado River in northern Arizona. It is a gorge about 217 miles long and 4000 to 6000 feet deep with a top width of one to fifteen miles.
Since its founding the Handbook has been a key companion for scouts and a textbook for schools. It features chapters on Woodlore Fire Prevention Health Signaling Radio Patriotism Tracking and more written by subject experts. James E West notes the movement aimed to build strong foundations and achieve the largest organized activity for character building and citizenship.
Columbia University announced a home study course in scoutmastership adding scouting to its extension division offerings. The program, based on official handbooks, provides 12 booklets covering essential factors scouting operations leadership and citizenship goals for nationwide scoutmasters.
A Tacoma scout from Troop 30 declines camp with a heartfelt letter. He explains he must stay loyal to an old widow who relies on his help gathering berries for the winter. He pledges his duty over personal gain.
Scout Norman Gratton of Troop No. 1 North Reading Massachusetts received a silver medal for life saving from the national court of honor. While swimming near his home in August he heard cries and saw two children in deep water. Gratton swam to them and pulled both ashore after a strenuous effort guided by Scoutmaster Orris H. Saxby.
Lord Rosebery, a prominent British statesman and supporter of scouting, envisions a nation of men who have been Boy Scouts and trained in scout theory as the highest ideal for his country, calling it the greatest moral force the world has known.
Reported dust from the Sahara has blown across the Atlantic to ships about 1000 miles from the coast. The item notes widespread dust effects on ocean vessels and the travel conditions caused by the desert bloom.
Lancaster, famed surgeon, loves Emily Cregan and can’t see her rivalry at first. An Indian visitor arrives with a veiled woman poisoned by a cobra bite. In a hurried operation he saves the woman’s life, then unmasks the truth: the veiled figure is Emily Cregan, not the cobra’s victim.
A city youth obtained permission to hunt on a Maine farm. At dusk the farmer teased him that he had luck, but the hunter admitted he had none, then the farmer revealed the morning’s near miss of his best cow.
A reflective snippet argues that religion fails in emergencies and mocks petty marital conflicts. It questions entitlement to services when failing in personal life and suggests social vanity as a minor remedy. The piece contrasts a husband’s quarrel with his wife and the social envy of neighbors.
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