Ligonier Banner., Volume 62, Number 49B, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 January 1929 — Page 3

| ! We want your business large orsmall. We invite you to call on @s and see our safety .» ‘ f deposit boxies and ,vau‘lt,‘ qne of th’g best made. We will appreciat€'any.f»busit;ess, gﬂiﬁ;\’en to - AMERICAN STATE BANK i | - L iargest Bank in Indiana in a Town the Size of Ligonier G e

t° Challenges Court Authority. » E. A Miles, attarney for Dr. 8. S, Shumaker, ‘superintendent of the In diana Anti-Saloon League, asserted in federal court at Indianapolis that the Indiana supreme court has 1o authority tov take action ina case chargjng a person with indirect ,cor\uﬂm')t' “of court. e : - Miles presented his argument bHetfore Judge Robert C. Baltzell in suppori of ‘Shumaker’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus through which the dry leader seeks to escape serving a 6(\dlay sentence at the state penal farm to which he was recommitted by. thg supreme court Frigay. ‘ , Patient Runs Amuek. Before becoming delirious from 'intlnenza - Clyde Hostetler, 40, knocked two ‘nurses unconscious at the Geod Samaritan hospital atKokomo and locker himself ifi a drug room for half ‘an 116111“,’l)ef0re police could induce him ‘to surrender. - He has been removed to the hospital ward of the Howard oounty jail

A word to the wise is sufficient. I{ you're wise you will make it'a point tg see “The Wise Wife” at Crvstal toy night—Family Night—everyone 14 cents admission.

- I._!{l/ plozc/ena" 1 ’:': , . .:/<\é : The Sixteenf\h\ﬁegular Quarterly Dividand of $1.75 per share on Jan. Ist ' to PREFERRED . {STOCKHOLDERS of - XA - O : lt"‘k 4 By } o 7 { ﬁ

THE AMERICAN STATE BANK is the largest bank in Indiana in a city the size of Ligonier, with nearly TWO MILLON DOLLARS recources. . We want your business and in return will give you a bank that will keep your affairs in STRICT SECRECY. - ._ ~ . o . . At all times our officers will be glad to talk over your private business such as buying of bonds and other securities, making of wills, life insurance, in fact anything you desire in formation on. - . ‘ . , In doing business with the AMERICAN STATE BANK you have these outstanding features: | | - .

1. A BANK of great strength ~ | 2. A BANK conducted by bankers with over '+ 60 years experience . . 347 BANK with more ‘ca’l‘l‘moncey and quick . assets than any bank of its size in the ¢ United States | -

- ®&F Uitk Secres, e ‘_ The high scores for 1928 at the i Todd bowlingéalleys are: . =~ Roy ‘Jore 257, e L : Paul Nom Blon 257 - Vern Fisher 263, 254 . ’ . Ledger Sackett 258, 257, 257, 279. {0 ¥ Wwe 259 i Howard Chiddister 23, 256. : Ted Long 256. o ; Charles Sndlfe 255, . = - | <Ralph Shisler 266, 258, 255, 278, 265, i264,,267,_ 250, 268, 253. 25’{', 269, -

| . Called "Here by Death. ' ’ Ambrose Gowdy, of Montana, and .'(Jharle{s Gowdy of North Dakota, are spending a, week here with relatives; lThey werg called here by the death: of their mother Mrs. Catherine Davig lof Gdshen.t e ~ ' Pastor Killed in California. ’ { * The Rey, Robert Smith, 65, fornier pastor of the First Baptist ehurch ‘of ‘Goshen, was killed Christnras day at Azusa; €alif., when his auid was lst—rﬁek—d;y_a;; internrban car, according to word received: _ : ! Phyllis Haver and Jacqueline Logan in “The Wise Wife” also a Sennett comedy at Crystal - tonight—Family inight. 1 : ? :

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA,

[ - Gossard Corsef Sale " | January Clearance Sale oh all “garments in stock Including lacing cor~sets, completes, wraparounds, and bragsiers. All garments will be fitted and altered if necessary.! Don’'t miss \thesé bargains. Come early and ge} 'voiy style and size. . ? Sale begins Saturday Dec. 29 (g 'Jan 3Qth. _ ] e i At DYI and Gordon Millinery Stord ‘Wednesday and Saturday. Ethel M. ‘Black. 48b4t i < i e gt - | To the Public | My patrons and friends desiring kerosene or gasoline will be servegd promptly by cohsultingf me personally or calling telep’glre ‘dﬁumbers 411 or 415. Joe Taylor., . - 48atf i e ot :

| . Steal Cl\\icliﬁem. { | Sheriff Thomas \l\) Long and his —deputies are attempting to find a clue which would lead to t;ile apprehension of one or more “zx\eanrgtj%tﬁimfhv stole five chickens from the farm ‘home of Benjamin l{;axlge}' on the 'Plymouth avenue roagd one mile west f.of.Goshen. The intruders, prior tg _stealing five large ngosters, milked a Guernsey co tehrwas-kept in the barn agd then in zfn inhuman way severely. injured -the/ animal. . F ‘ L‘~;Ligoxnier Births 'and Deaths. { The grim reaper held over the stork in Ligonier during thie mHnth of Des cember. According ]}.o the records in Dr. Lane's office there were but twdg births against six deaths. | Real VWinter Weather. . The heavy snow fall Monday night was followed twenty-four hours later -with -~ extreme cold weather and thg New Year started off true to old time form.

Beats Up His Wife, | . There was an echo of Christmas in city court at Gary when Harry J. Schneider was fined $lOO and costy for beating his-wife when she refused to ‘mail Christmascards for him. - Pt S l Are Flu Vietims : { Jack and Jim Vanderford, Banner carrier boys, always faithful to their trust, were not gn the job Monday, They are flu victims. - ‘ ‘l ~Another Holiday Present. | Mrs. O. V. Borger sends the Banner ifor one year as @ holiday present to {her son Orlo at Chicago. i :

High quality standard milk 10c per qt. Special Jersey milk 12¢ per qt. Watch for the new. Dairy’s truck and try thig mille— -—" - - 49a8¢ “Family night at Crystal tfmﬁgh\t. Evérthe ten cents admissioq. T

' Obituary, : , ‘O. L. Chapman; son of Orfen and ‘Rebecca Gifford Chapman was born ;at Hannibal Center, N.- Y., October 7, §'1843. He passed away at his homeg :'in Ligonier, Indiana, Deeember 27} . 1928; aged ‘B5 years, 2 months and 20 !days.. He moved with his parents ifrom New York state in April 1860 to ja farm east ¢ Ligonier where he livs ied for many years. Finally moving [to Ligonier in 1919. On April 14, 1872 {he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Musser, who precededhim in death April 17, 1921. To this union lw'ere born: three daughters, Mrs. Lalu {Thompson who passed away March 31, :1925; Mrs. John H. Murphy of Pleaslant. Hill and Miss Ina Chapman %t home in Ligonier. He also leaves tq mourn his going two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Bruner —of Long Beach; ‘Calif.;, and Mrs. Abbie Bruner, whom ifor the last few months made her {home with her brother. There alsc <aniain’s ten grand children besides a (host of friends and other relatives. - ’ Mr. .Chapman was a member of iSt_ansbur_v Post, 6. A: R Az far ad tknown he was the last of Indiana soltdiers who was in the Andersonville | TFuneral services were conducted tfrqm ‘his late home Sunday afternoon jwith Rev. M. V. Grisso of the Christ'lian church in charg.e Four remains iing members of Stansbury Post gave !the burial service in, the home. e ! ~ Elkhart Population is . 36,000,

—The population of Elkhart at the opening of 1929, nine years after the last decennial census, is 36,416, compared with 24,277 in 1820, an increase of 50 per cent, according to a survey just completed by the Newspaper Feature Bureau. The population of the city. and adjacent urban teroritory is estimated at 42,000. ' Parents of Nine Children Dead. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cox, parents of nine children, were killed instantly at Logansport when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Pennsylvania train. None of the children were in the machine at the time. ? ;

" They Name Hoover. Fifteen presidential electors from Indiana assembled at Indianapolig Wednesday to solemnly vote and’ de» clare that the Hoosier commonwealth voted for Herbert Heover at the Novs ember 6th election. - ~ President Mier of the American State Bank reached his office Wednes[day for the first time in a week. Ha was a flu -victim. - : E‘See" your old friend Buck Jones at at Crystal Friday and Saturday. o

4. THE AMERICAN STATE BANK does not own any city property, any farm land or ~ bad papers. Its assets are 1007, good¢ It is one of the few banks in Indiana to make this statement _ ‘_ - 5. THE AMERICAN STATE BANK is large enough to take care of any size loan you ~ may desire at anytime without a delay.

1929 Pontiac at New York Show

The first public showing of the new Pontiac Six for 1929 is schoduled to take place at the opening of the New York Automobile show on Saturday, January sth the Oakland Moter company announced today. - . Following the New York show this newest General Motors car, widely heralded as offering *big car features within the price range of the small six” will be placed on exhibitign at dealer ‘show rooms throughoiit\th»: country as fast as dealers can be Supphied with display models, it was sfats od- \ ‘The new Pontiac will share fuur‘gh place at the New York show with ity companion car, .the new Oakland All: American Six, thus_ indicating the rapid rise of the Oakland Motor Car company to the volume field. ' From twelfth place "in 1927 and eighth place last year, ths Oakland Motor Car company has passed eight competitors in only two years to take fourth place at thel929 show, its ag gregate sales for the year ending lust June having been“egceeded-b? only three other manufacturers. _ The first -of the new Pontiac models rolled off the assembly line the latten part of December, with others following in quick successiof so that all of the 5,000 dealers in the domestic organization of the company may be able to exhibit the new line in thein territories within the next few weeks, Ben Glaser is the Ligonier dealers ang expects to have the new carsg on display in the near future. :

Marjory Fisher, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Fisher of Conners, ville is in a critical condition and her sister, Jean, 3, and her brother James 8, are suffering severe burns sustained when a lantern with which they were playing ignited gascline in a gavaze. . Mrs. Pearl Owen and an infant son are in a critical condition at Marion suffering from burns sustained when Mr‘s. Owen attempted to start a fire with gasoline in a stove in her homa

Gets Six Months® Sentence,

“One hundred dollars and costs and six months at theslndiana state farm,” was the New Year’'s greeting extended by Mayor W. C. Auman at Kendallville to Frank Grimm, 28, in the city court. Grimm was found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor.

" Public and Parochial schools of Ft. Wayne were ordered to remain closed indefinitely by the board of public health because of the continued prevalence of influenzs in that city,

Family night at Crystal tonight Everyone ‘ten cents admission.

Five Burhed Seriously.

Schools Remain (losed,

: : S = oy Home Realty and Investment Co. - ROOMS 3 AND 4 SECOND FLOOR . " . LEVY BLOCK, LIGONIER, IND. e - ~J. L. HENRY Manager City Prdperties and Farms for sale that will appeal to you, especially when you consider the possibility of future prices. . . FARM LOANS 57 FFDERAL LAND BANK FARM LOANSS7 O wtth EXCEPTIONAL Privelege Clause «J/0 . - SHOURIESES - The Securities that we have to offer, are of the highest type. GRAVEL ROAD, SCHOOL, PUBLIC UTILF TY and REAL ESTATE PREFERRED STOCK, all TAX FREE. T . Official Indiana License Branch Automobile, Truck, Chauffeurs License, Cerlificates -of Titles and Transfers. All given special : S attention. .

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