Ligonier Banner., Volume 59, Number 42A, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 December 1925 — Page 1

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WS% AT alre & ATy ""'E%i = ?ﬁ‘ ‘} 3 §lg‘ Kadh J-’r [} .‘:‘;::EJ‘ 5 ’l'."t e nTannrniTyY E I ""ﬁ“"‘"’*ﬁ 2 - §EG iLGLt e BUSINESS ¥AN FOUNDATION TP _ON WHICH COMMINITY IS : SAFELY BULLDED Commereial Eunterprise Stands Ahead of All Other Zlements in ¥inniag @ Prosperity : The cuestion is often asked, What, makes o city? ' | Sorie would answer an agzgregation of p2ople. 2 : : l In a sease this is true bit people as people previde only tae population reguirea to.furnisb tke numbers for a legal ineorpor.tion, e , They:do-rel malke a ¢ity without ii:el assistance of laws, schools, churches munieingl officers and above all—The business. man, . ’ Lrentine a city with jaivs. schools ciaurches fraterrai organizations and population is but a pert ci the ends desived. o ' . (Cities ure nct valued alene fo? their rumbers and the advantages enumerated above, , e RBut {or prosperity. | : Cit'eg are pronounced prospegous by ihe' measpres of their materiai vealth and this wesith is created and ohtained by the keen insight and activity oif the busingss minc ; The city with the best force of busigood order are creating direct wealth her neighhors who are not sc equipped. _ ' - Ligonier is a city with sufficient popiieiion to jusiity the -title, . She has her laws. schoois, churches, fraternal organizations municipal of-] ficers and back of it all her live buSiJ pess men. who make fhe community DTCShEercus. - While the mugicinal ofiicers . are administering the laws, the churches advocating christiapity, the schools educating the yeuth and the fraternal crgahizations diffusing benevolence, none of these elements so-essential te beungaxies of Rigonielhpve beon grea! mgmw ommuniiy in . doflers and bR S e et R

oPR EREA R eVRR, W d ~BOUheM n (SHound 10 Femain e “ehtet lagfor in an aspiring community © Or many years past the business men of Digonier have spent their en_ergies time and money in an endeavor | io ¢nhance the interest of this city to eniarge its population, te improve liying conditions and above ail to add to its- wealth. ' o oOf coursc these eiforts have not been wholly unselfish, for as the community presvers so the business man wrospers. but every resident benefits by his efforts in city building and prosperity winning. ¢ , ‘There was a time when Ligonier merchants suffered from sinister propagands put out by rivzis ip otker towns to the eifect that higher prices were demanded for merchangdise here than was justifil by the wholeszale cost. . Happily this fallscy has been dispelled by adyertising, = The trade boundaris of Ligenier bave been great-| ly extended znd people whe came to satisfy their curosity - remained to buy. : Lizonier merchants sell goods as cheoply as the same quality mey he had enywhere and this fact has been impressed. by the market and .other trade davs held during the past year. This big Hnoliday issue of the Barener tesiifies to the enterprise and far-sizhtedness ¢f the ILigoznier business Imail He telis the people +hrouch the <clumns of this paper - what he has to offer and invites aningpection. 7 1

There 45 room for many more people in- Ligonier mnd while the business man is atracting wealth to the city the officers, churches schocls and frater, nal and civic nrganizations are ofiering the guarantees of social well being and spiritual conmteniment to all who come here te find 'a home,. The hojiday sesson will prove an auspicious period to wvisit Ligonier and become acauzinted with her trade and other advantages. = Weorks Bad Check Game, A man giving his name as C. J.,i Carter gave a worthless check for $48.85 in nayment for three and onehalf tons of coal worth $2B ai thd. Ruscel Coal compapy at Elkhart re-v‘ ceiving 320.85 in change and made hig getaway bhefore it was learned the check was fraudulent. o infury Believed Fatal. Rov Montel a farmer living near Pierceton who was injured several weeks ago in an automobile accident has besn found 4o be guffering from 2, fractured vertebra in the neck. Doctors say he cannot recover. .- s Gets 5 Prize. + -~ Mrs. Rodgers of Cromwell held the lucky ticket which enti‘led her to the §5 Market day present offered by the Weir Hardware, :

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CIGONTIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. MONDAY DUICEMBER 7 18925

TAKES ENEORCED JOURNEY Frederick ¥reyherg Is Held Un bY Youths oa Mpin Street and Kid- ' ; ﬁﬁ;md ' Police of Goshen znd Scuth Pend are trying te tirace three youths who forced Frederick Freyberg a Goshen insuranes . dgent to: drive them from Coshen to- South Bend Wednesday night under threats oi wiolence, . | While the affair had been kept quiet ‘[news oi whaf hap’)éned deaked out Ii is thought possible that the trio ‘were part of the gang which terrorized Elkhart recently and which “‘shot up” Cassopolis, Mick., last week, ‘There is 3 nrobability that they wers in Goshen to ‘get a-lay of the land” :n order toscarry out plans to commit rebberies. e According to information received by the Goshen Demoerat Freyi)efg was ecalling om 2 c¢lient who lives on INorth Main street, As hLe went to get

into his machine which was parked along. the curbing hz wag aceocsted by three yourg men. The spokesman told him that they wanted him o drive them to South Bend. - ‘““Ne want to go to Soulh Bend and we want you to take us there. If you lon't do it willingly, we'll force you oor else take vour ear.” = A ' " Frovherg at first thought the youths were joking but when they became mncre aggressive lLie decided to. obev heir eoin hond satbher than fake o chance on losing Lis car or being assaulted, : e After he reached South Bend they zot out of the machine and told him 0 return fo Goshen ang swarned Igainst his felling theyp olice. Hov'ver when he arrived home be riorted «ie happoaings to the guthoriies. He did not recogunize any of the vouthe : : ‘ } CiEe e : Yicted Bad Ulhecks, . Frank H. Reed seli-tyled Florida real ostate salesman who was arrested in Michigan City Tuseday after he

s alleged to have passed frauduient checks, pieaded sguilty to tvo (:11&1';36.3 in city court im Michigan City when lite was arraigned. : - He was bound ogvor to the cirenit ourt under $5,000 bosnd. Several telegrams received by Michigan&Ci’ty‘ police. indicate that. the Chiind o Ml et TR SR 41,000 check and Lonisville on a number of charges. : : ~ Hafe Blowers Get $18:85 Three robbers who early Thursday merning blew a safe in the depot at Lawton, Mich., were being sought by police of Indiana and Michigan Thursday. . - : - According to a report received from the sheriff at Paw Paw Mich., the men blew the safs sl got awayv with $i2.65 in small change. They drove away in an old Ford touring car. Apparently one of them was injured in the safe cracking as blood wasd ‘ound on the floor of the station Thursday merning. e . Have Narrow Escane, . Mrs. C. €. Dußois Mrs, Maude Irvine Mrs. Ora Funk Mrs. Joha Runvan of Warsaw and Mrs. Louise Rosenstock of Los Angeles Calif, escaped serious injuries Thursday winen the Studebaker car in which they were riding skidded off the country road about 4 miles northeast of Warsaw and turned over on iis side in the citch. The occupanfs of the car were unable to make their way out of thae car for some time, but they all escaped without an injury. - Has Arm Torn 9if. ; " Danpiel W. Miller 48 a farmer living southwest of Nappanee was serii susly injured last_week when his arm was caught in & corn siirvedder. The accident occurred on the George Grimm farm seven miles scuthwest of Nappanee, It was found necessary to Fa'mputate the arm. Pneumonia has developed and Mr, Miller is in a critical condition, 2L : A Kind Neighbor Gone. Died at Glendale, Pa., Mrs. Perses E. Noe aged 75 years. She formerly was a near meighbor cf the writer's family at Ligonier and ihere never was a more ccngenial! more tnoughful lady than Mrs. Noe in the vicinity where she resided as to the many Lindness extended to all her {riends.

She is the last of her family of four, a hushend, son and davghter.—eorge W. Kinnison in Goshen News Times. . Wedding Avnniversary. On Wednesday December 2 Mr. and and Mrs. E. E. Miles ceiebrated their fitty-ninth wedding anniversary. This venerable couple is life long residents of Syracuse. _ | On Vaeation, ' Karl Burie rural mail carrier on reute No. 1 is taking his vacation and ‘his position is being filled by Hascall Crothers. Can a man forget when a woman iies?” See “The Lady Who Lied” and learn to be wiser,

! : SOME BIG ATTRACTIONS. zAH Sferchants Making Fine Displays ; - of Beautitul Boliday i e ageens. . Among the display of holiday goods attracting unusua! attention in Ligo'zﬁer this year are the lines offeied by the dry goods, ready-io-wesr, novelties, ioys, furniture and foptwaar with the jewelry assortments so taste tully presented. The stores miaking special displayvs at the € R, Stansburyls, & Jacobs & Co., J, L. Levy & Son, Guiclius and Haffner 5 and 10 eent stores, B. T, Wilkerson, 4. D, Newion Ed Sisterben and In K. Lepird & Co. shoe stores, W. F. Kliné & Son, Star Grocery, Sack's Bakery, oteiler’'s market and grocery, Kconomy Chaia Grocery, Frank Raubert and Harry Holdernesg are holding up the jewelry end of the precessicn, while Hossingor Bros and Steller are. displaying a fine iine of meats. T‘xl‘e" Carney store and Herman Sack are. Lnic,’«;ing a fine display of clothing and and haberdashery while the Grifith iawue Store is here with 2 full F?De.l ! L€ garages and automocbile dealers havifig many itéms to show the pub-’ g, The banks are inviting niem,be:s “into their Christmas -Savings clubs for 1926. The hardware: ang hattery dealers are Jinviting A'&de! lw’h:’ie the nlumbers, tihners and nmetal workers selicit bisiness, : i A glance through the advertising l columns of thig mamwmoth issue ol t‘i?el sanner will tell the individual :-t{o'r::" lOL‘ almast every nerchent and busi: aess man in lizonier, , ‘0 | ¥he Crystal. Theater, whose an " ounccment wiil be found on next to ne last page is announcing Some of e best attractions that have been almed, . _ L - THere is another line of trade represented ia these wolumns which appeals directly to the children-—confec-tichery. These lines are well reprosented by Smith’s Chocolats Shop and the Philadeiphia Candy Kitfc’:hén.l' in special ines there are Coulter’s Bakery, HBowen's Eleciric Shop and Harry Waiters’ Auto Top Shop, Ged. Koster's .Taxi -Service and the iigo-| aier Telephone Co., Seagly Broihers radio service, the Hawpsatch Co-Oper-ative Creamery company and Lyon & Greenloaf flouring mill. - - = DCWTUINOOTS TTiday - e Evening, -

Friday evening = members of the Perry' Townghipj Farm Bureau and the Home Division hald a fine meeiing in the Cenivalized schoo! building enjoyed a pot-luck . supper, eloctad officers and listensd to an address, readings and vocal music. "The ojeers chiosen are: President—Howard Herald, .‘ Vige President—Bert Stoltz. Secretary—Hascall Crothers. Treasurer—j, Warren Moore. Ths Bursau, Heme Division and many visitors listened to a fine address delivered .by Maynard TUline, of New LaGrange, readings by Miss Sizbaugh and vocal duets by Mesdames Simpson and Curtis Hire. : Post Gificers., $ Members of Stansbury Post G. A, R. met in their hall Satyrday afternoon and elected the following offiCers: : ' : ; _ Commander—John E. Hoffman. Senior Vige—James A. Taylor. Junior Viee Job Sharp. Quartermaster—J. L. Danning. o Adintant—o. 1. Chapman. : Chaplin—A Yorkey. Officer-of-Day-—-John W. Sparrow. The past still has sufiicient mems bers to fill the official positions and that is about all. :

; Becomes Operater, Erwin, son of Mr. and Mrs Norman Waae, who' for about two years hags beea a telegraph mesenger for the Westétn Union ecompany, has pfﬁised the reauired examination ang will beccme a telegraph operator on the tvew Yoxk CUentrdl lines January Lst. . His brother, Ralph Wade, who has been a Bapner carrier for a number of years, will take ‘his ‘brother’s place as messenger. ; _ _ ' Fashion Show. o 1 The business men of Fort Wayne} and Shrines neld a fashion show last | weelk at the new temple auditorium which attracted -many thousands of vigitors. Amaong . the Visitorsa irom Ligonier were Mr. and Mrs, Ed Comp ton and daughier, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rex,. Forrect Rex and lady, Mr and Mrs. Dale Barwhart, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Banta. ; 2 ' : A Gentle Leminedr. : - Qorge Greomg sars if the man who fognd a pair. of ruboer ¢-lace shoes ‘with bucksk-n moctasing lost by him near the. Brown funeral home will véturn them io T:is home he will not make a charge for the time the footwear has been worn, Mr. Grooms dislikes the thought of cold feet during the winter menths. ' ‘Mrs, Fred Hardesty was a guest of Churubusco relatives several days llaat week, o 5 : Turn to Weavers Page.

f 't;,-&}, e R 5“ e e liili GUMIC fu ot - ; e Vsw + ] e BEEA o RERAI 10 BUY v Hflle iU LU WEIZ'S HARDWARE ONE OF THE PLOMINENT HOLIDAY SHOW. PLACES IN CitY e 7:‘= ‘ ' ; : Blg Sulesroom and Aexiliaries Pack. - ed With HMerchandise Appropriate ' to the Season : Thay come to see anrd -remain to by o This is the experience in fhe We'r Harcware Store where a great variety of scascnable merchandise is on, displary to delight ths eye and appeal to che purse of visitors, o The store is handsomely decorated !in' tlreyholiday spirit-and many articles are shown which make a Christmas gift. of real and lasting vaiue. - - There are articles on the counters sufficient to supply sifts for oid and youne, from fancy kitchen agrticles tg clegant tableware. o - The gtock of silverware is elaborsie nd complete and n(ﬁ-thing exists whicl coull give more pleasure as a gift in iic slovious haliday season i Ore feature of the displav at Welr's which is atiractine the attention of he ,"(;ai.n;s;«:gers in the juvenite ’P::z.;fk-i arc Twin Six automobile . l . This handsome c';_ixﬁ is to be given away Christmas eve. . ‘ * During the past month the -Weir | stere fO»:“:'::p"lxaf:fs: beesy; giving a tickel with each 25-cent purchase and the holdor of cne of these card Tumbers ill be presented with this smail automolis. - & : . Woir's is but éne of the many seantiftully decorated clores in hig(b-’ ey and many: g 9 window shopping bere each week-gay evening when the show windows are priliiantly lighted by electricity,s . . Ovaershipan Hlestrie Cowpanies, |

During thesfingt half of 1925 electric iight and éngef_'oo;n;ianie‘s in_ the Uritsd States sold more than 2,929,500 shares «of, Aok g ABeir omploveos aud ersamary, rhese shares valged %{%ﬁ'}mﬁﬂm Hccounied oy olre than 25 per cent of all the electric nmitieé{-f}financing during that period. Tcday the sscurities of electric light and power companies are in the hands- of .approximately 275000 investors. A great namber: of these through their ownership of preferred eud common stock, are actudiiy partners in thig great business This wid: ening spread in the ownership of the electrie utlilities among the actual users of light and power has a dollar and cents value for the nresent and prospective bondholders in these conipanies. Wot only does, this spreading nartnership increase the assets of the

individual enterprise and hence: the security of.the bonds, but it also tends to lessen the possibilities of ‘detrimental legislation and mismanagement, and fo force wider and more enliyrhtening;_p’ubli‘cit:y as to financial are spread in their ownership the are spread in their owneship the stronger they are likely to bhe in the good wili of the publics, And public relations, especially in a business regulated by the public, ofter defermine the success or failure of an enterprise. . g 2 : Loses Fifty Dollars, ‘Anson Kreiger tells the experience he had in Chieago to the KendallvilleNew Suns:s o . : : _L.On & Kreigepg trip to the livestoe’ exposition at Chicago proved rathe: expensive this -week but after summing it all up, “Ans” has come to the .nclusion that it was worth it. In ddition to the traveling and hoiel ex- - enses the trip cost the local man 50 in cold caghy for which he hi : thing to show.: Fhe fact of th: ma ‘or way that he was dhe yictim of a nickpockel thief who relieved him ot his wallet coantaiming $5O in cash, _ “I was riding on a strect car that was crowded to the limit,” said Kreizer, “I had my grip in one hand and ag holding onte thc sirap hanger

.ith .the other hand. 'There. was a undden jam and as the car stopped a big feliow standing mear me apparentiy reached d._own,to?'*pick up a ticket, but I think he lifted my pocketbook and jumped from the car.” 1 .. A Son is Born. Robert Louis is the name given a son ‘born tg Mrs. H&W&l‘d Rosentreter in the Lenec emergelicy hospital I'riday night. Mrs, Rogeatreter left her home in RElkhart Frtﬁay afternoon to =0 to the home of her parentz near Jorth Webster biit was obliged to stop aver in Ligonier and add a native son tothiscity.. . & 2 ' : Finds Lady’s Rubber, » Lem Stage found & lady’s rubber near hig home cormer of Main and Second streets: Whie@mav be had by icalling at the Bannﬁpoﬁxce B J. H. Grisomer was in Churubusco llast week in conneetmf{wlth the settlement of the Gaa@;g%tate of which he is executor. = :

- ELKS MEMOBRIAL = | Uspal Very lmpressive (eremonies Heid at the Home in This Cily 00l Sunday ‘~« Ligownier Elks held an unusunally 'iz;n‘,res_sive. Memorial. Service at their I!tmne in this city Sunday with a very jable address by Herman Haskins of aGrange. The records show that two members of the lodge passed away during the nast yvear, Jack Buckles and Lotis A Palmer. . e . The Memorial Day committee com.pesed of Stuart’P. Carney and Joseph K. Kimmell 'prepared the following prograin: o , - Hegulav ritualistic work by thé ledge oificers composed of 0. O. Schrock, I D. eRx, Don Latta, Harry Jacobs; Hal 1. Green Joeseph K. Kinimell, Lowell Harsh, George E. Green and Haorvey Raub, . Overture - ‘ i ‘ 't)ponin;—; ceremenies lddge officers Vocal solo Mrs, Charles Wagner. | ‘Upsning e - Invocation, Rev, Porter : Address Herman Hasking. = Vocal Solo, AMrs. Wagrer Denediction Rev. Bacheler. @ = - - Mys, Noe Funeral. i The funeral of Mrs. Perces Nee a fornier wetl known re.sidon@ of Ligo—{ nier.who disd at Glenride Pz, was held at ten o'clock Sai_'uxitia}" fl‘omt the Browr JFuneral Home alij the

remains were laid in the family lot Gk Park cemiery. .. - She was the widow of the late Wallace Noe g ifoviner freight agent and later engineer of the Ligonier water works. . Mrs, Noe was the last member of her faniily and lsaves many old iriends in Noble county. : o 2C. 6f 4. Meeting Tonichi. indications point to a good attendance at the Chamber of Commerce mecting tenight at six o’clock to be held at Hatel dizonier. . , ‘ - Abaut 23 vigitbrs are expectad fo ettend the meeting alonz with the forty members, to eénjoy the dipner and ;.i.e:tei: to. an’ address by George g Messer of i:lLlizl{lL{}jO}i-s, o ~ Ligonier Defoated, ' The Ligonfer H. S basket: ball ‘emm jourpey 2 way over to the city of.Jidne Peidar everiag 1o be decentst there hyn ndcrd af 69 to 10 'he next game scheduled is with jutler. Friday evening, Dec. 11, in hat town. . ; . - . Vas Very Successful. | Birs, -Charles @reen, who had .e: of tne financial ené o’*"flhe socinl Hour hazaar and supver at the resbytarian chureh iast week reorts the total receiots at $269. The bheantiful quilt to be given away - by the organization will be cwarded Saturday, Decémber I§, : : Fertune in 9il - .+ W. O. Steenberg who lives a mile .nd a half west of South Bend took ock to Chicage by motor truck two rums of peppermint oil valued at 22000, The two drums contained 850 sunds -of oil, which is now selling of ‘about $27 a pound. . L Aute Driver Fined. : .oulius Schroder of Elkhart was .ped $5O and agreed to settle a damige claim of 's2s when arraigned beore Mavor sjudge Rimpler in Goshen. fe was charged with driving his auto ‘hile intoxicated on Oct. 31 and aleaded guilty. e . . Editor Carried Gun, George Dale Muncie publisher was ‘ned $BO in circuit court for carrying »oncealed weapons, The charge has jeen pending since Nov. 1922 when he “vas arrested by Sheriff Hoffman at 1 polling. place in that city. = . Gaby Atiends Meeting. - Lounty Chairman. Gaby of the demo “atic central cofmmittee attended a istiict meeting held at the Jefferson "dlub in Fort Wayje last Thursday. uch interest was shown in the pro~eedings. '

Big Rabbit Hunt, Tuesday December 8 the merchants £ Tapeka will divide into two’squads wnd rabbit Aum. The squad to bagl he least number of bunnies will tre_ati he others to a supper. : 1 Shepard Buys Interest. Harry Shepard, of South Bend, has urchased an interest in the C. S. Turnock cirgar store and pool room nd will come .to Ligonier to make lis home. . : ‘. . Te Give Banguet. : Ligcnier Post, American Legion will give a banguet in the post hall ywer the Fx'ank Miller grocery Tuesday evening, Dscember 15. . Dies af County Farm. Dewit Hiller aged 72 years was buried from the Noble couaty infirmary Tuesday where he' passed away two days previous 0 o ‘ ‘ Crothers Buys Farm. - Lafe Crothers has purchased the Jack Ritter farm in York Township and will take possession the first of January. : :

f, - CHICACO BOMNB Q{?EEN_' i Fermer Indlana Woman &;\bd::'ildns Family to Join Un With Chicago , © :Gangsters e l‘ ol ena Sr-h_r(;ck thed anghrer of a';'_-l_:s.x_v( (abiding and respectable vfarme_r-;‘an-{!_ fi}_is wife who lived until a s‘.hor;.“v_hi;e ago near Shipshewana is fumiliar to ’many Ligonier residents. Unt.‘il',;hr,ee years ago Lena Schrock lived in Goshen. as Mrs. -Lena Rice ‘wife of Arehie U, Riee, - o In the archives of the elerk of lcourt’s officé in the county . &court house there is a record of a .divorce petition. filed on October 9 1923 hy lena Rice asking that she be given her freedom from Archie L. Rice. She chavged cruelty and non-support The petition sets forth that the couple had fivé children the oldest Harry C., hes ing 10 years of age and thé youngest. ons year:: . ~ On December 17, 1923 the Elkhart circuit court ordered Rite to pay $2O a week fo- rthe support-of the five chilcéren. In March 1924, ihrvough his attorney Rice filed an exception to the support allowance- saying that he couil not afiord to pay "_v,he'»amouns_. because Liis earnings as a fireman on the Big Wour did not permit. Subsequertly the amount was ci;nngc}d to $3O every two weeks and later to 96

2 week. The divorce case is still peacing.” Rice it is sdnd is living iul Wabash. . o During her residence in- Coshen the “hombers’ .queen’” was oftimes re-'l‘er-‘:'é.d-:‘:0 as that “d.ena Rice woman.” Residents of Queen and North Main streets remember her; She was then about 21 or 22 years of age. » e - ulirE. Rice was. arrested with Fred. Wemanist said to hayve bee&theﬁguid'- | ing hand of the gang son after a Chicago barber shop was bombed saverzl nights age. After filing for her| divorce in Goshen, Mrs. Rice went to Baitle "Creek where. she met Wamguist. ‘The woman has an aunt living east of Goshen and several other relatives i nthis vicinity, . - Her fathir was Harry Schrock a farmer of near Shipshewana. Farm lifo never appealed to Lenas and she) came to Goshen, She and Rice were merried’ when she was a girt in her i AMGEG SR RkS S s Tadas W 7 7, > o = Iy

early teens. Those acquainted .with fhe family say that “Leua was the wild ‘qne the blagk sheep’ ’ They were always locking for uer to be a figure! in some escapade. ; ; v e 7 | Tearist (Comes to Gricl. - ‘ W. H. Kirchoff giving his home at New York wasg arrested for speecding Friday by Highway Gfiicer Dorover and was fined with the co:;f.{ &ih in Meyor Denning’s court. . The man was caught speeding on the Blazed Trail east of Ligonier and admitted his. guilt when arraigned. The local. officers arve 'joming the traffic ¢ous i an effort to stop speeding .on the stréet and highways. , o o et o : Mogdy Bible Institvte. Every Sunday evening from 6:30 to 7:40, the Moody ®lhle Institute of Chicago 'broadeasts : program- of sacred music, songs ¢ . an pianc violin and cornet numbers, . ich is attraet-| ing much attention. Tie lustitute ex-~ pects soon to have it own station, ‘but for: the present by (he conrtesy .of the Coyne Elecétrical school it is broad casting through WGES, 250 meters.

~ $2,500 In Prizes, S $2.500 in prizes is being offered to exhibitors in the Indiana Potate Show the most complete of iis kind in the corn helt which is to be held at Purdue University January 11 fo 16, the week of the annual Agricultural Conference. Any potato grower is eli+ gible to compete in t'h;e Purdue show, as entries are already coming in for the event. : . : LR e ; Mrs, Taylor Married. . The marriage .of Mrs. Emma Gants Tayler formerly, -of Ligonier to A. B. Newman of Queers L. 1., took: place Thursday evening Nov 25. Mr, Newman_is an interior decorator having been engaged in.busiess in Brooklynp New York for the past Forty five years. : o i ~ Able te Be About. : ‘Mrs. Grzham Lyon who recently returned from a Fort Wayne hosoital where ‘she had been taking treatmient is now able to be ont. She attended the Social Hour supper at the Presbyterian church Friday evening. :

. Finds Portiolio, . Leo Schlotterback Saturday found a leather portfolio coftaining American Legion doecuments near the Freed Ball Park and left it at the Banner office for the owner to reclaim.. : Gradually Regovering, Ollie Wolf is gradunlly iriproving: in Goshen hospital. Ske suffor; t‘romji stomach and gal! derangement ond has | been quite sick: = In Serious Condition, . Guy Hieber always frail is very ilf and his condition is regarded as most serious, - i c el e There’s a light that lies in a woman’s eyes. See Lewis Stone Virginig Valle and Nita Naldi at Crystal this ‘week. : fee :

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£ : o . e CHafL yARTARID oUME ADVARTAZED | & Fla JUGJ RE _uﬂ‘rﬁ o I WHAT LIGONIER MERCHANTS i HAYE TO 6FFER TEE PUBLIC . s, . AP CURISTHMAS TIME < L% e e o |Banner Issues ¥Mammoth - Edition - Beoaring Spepinl Wessages From , - ~ . Enterprising Business Men ' This holiday edition of the Banmer is'an’ issae of which‘the advertiser as well as the publishers and the people of Lizonisr have a righ! to take pride. It;_."arr_i@:%. & ﬁiemﬁin; nmessase to the puhbliz f’roi:_z the live and énterprising. merchants-and business men of«this eity and is one of thel argect ever issued .in° Noble ‘county. = e . Aside from ;x,"eafi*}zi;zg eVery ‘xmrltm in Ligenier the paper will be mailed Lous on. twenty-twa rural routes. incliding the four ont of thix city.. The i’ou:si'}é :"1111“&? ~"out_es' coverad are Topeka, Millersburg, Syrocuse Albion Cromwell, Kimmell, Wawala Brimticid and Rome (itv. . Each route requires ,‘_l‘ol‘, ;‘,;;j.m s bt : “This means that every home within t‘.i,'-;*_'l‘-."'»o- miles of Ligonier will peceive a f:'o";_:'-_ cf- the holiday edition :air‘;i this nmeans that the advertisemerts of the merchants and. business men will be pe-used- by thousands. No.medium is| ;}_:3'l&_2 to the local paper-as a mes-

| SA5e bearer as it {akes into the home ©ot enly the current news o interest but it takes.the an_noun(".emint-of‘ the person who has something to sell the people want. - , ' It is the only medns the merchant has to taik to custemers and to those in prospect. s - - Ligonjer menchanis .have ‘won a Vrle'f;ut‘aﬁ@n :f(;;l‘ carrying f!'.igh grade £oods in their:stores. and these zoods ave sold as cheaplv as the same auality is. retailed anvwhere, - : _dt was throuch ths enterprise and foresight of Ligonier business men that .paved highways leading into the city have heen nrovided for Giosp who live on the farms or reside in nearby tovms. These raads v ere paid 301{'1)7/: thie tazpayers -of the city and towid. 2ip and will vrove a lastive peuefit to those wko come here to sell their roduefs and to purchase goods, Ligonier - provides a good market ‘ol everything. nroduced on the farm 1 the way of grains, seeds, live stock vrgetables and what is known as producg. o : . divery dollar invested in thig -city adds an additienal value to farm property of this comimunity. The value of farm lands is regulafed to 2 large extent by the nearesi and best market placg. And gmood reads leading from the farm to the market are ccnsideratzioﬁs" hot to he. }‘;?;nﬂreg. L - ";’N.ese‘impmved, highways are ameng the inducements for trading in this eity’ The¥ wili have an influence in bringing customers from a distance to Ligonier to make their bholiday purchowe. . . - It will e found profitable for those receiving ‘a copy of this issue of the Banner to read ail the'adfertisements,

Among the many offerings there will be some items of which the reader will .feel the need, and he will find it in this city af g price which cannot be matched elsewhere. sy “Christmas the happy buyfpg season i3’ put two weeks distant aad among the many items listed by Ligonier merchants there will be found ths ones most desired ny the buying public. ; i : ' "~ Come in and look the goods over and select what is desired for holiday time. e ' . . Pestmastar’s Tips, Written ~matter in the nature of) personal® cerrespondence cannot be inclosed in parcels, : : ~ Communications attached {o parcels: A leiter placed in an envelope addressed to correspond with the ads dress on the parcel and fully prepaid at the first-class rate may be tied ‘on or otherwise securely attached to the outside of the parcele in such manner as to prevent separation therefrom and not obsecure the address on the parcel. G

Cold in the South . - L. M. Stage is in reciept of a letter from Mr. and Mrs. George B. Teal wh'.) some weeks ago went to Green 7 ville, Mississippi. The Iletter stateg that there is frost and cocld weathay, in that portion of the south, the f}oi% ers being killed; ' ‘ New Issue of Postage Stamps. Two new postage stamps bearing the likeness of Woodrow Wilson anad Benjamin Harrison will be placed on sale by the post office department the Wilson stamp being of 17 cents denomination and the Harrison, of 13 cents. ' (e ’ Working On Sink Hole, : ~ The sink hole near the H. G. Earnhart home in Yor ktownship which has been ‘almost impassible for soma time is again being repaired by coun'ty workmen, T