Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — WILL REPEAL THE CIRCUS TAX [ARTICLE]

WILL REPEAL THE CIRCUS TAX

Gas Belt Cities Preparing to Reduce the License Fee. The gas belt towns will soon repeal the high license that was recently imposed upon the circuses to keep them from showing during carnivals. The Forepaugh-Sells show is to tour the gas belt in August, and is expected in Indianapolis August 13. It will go to Anderson on the following day. Elwood’s Public Library. The Elwood city council has named George E. Haynes and Dr. M. L. Ploughe as members of a board to select plans and make arrangements for the Carnegie public library. All the conditions imposed by Mr. Carnegie have been met and the $25,000 is to be sent to Elwood at once. Paying State Debt Interest. The state auditor has sent out checks to pay the interest on the state debt. The total amount was $34,695. This met the semi-annual charges on $2,313,000 of 3 per cent bonds. The auditor expects to be able to pay off about $300,000 of the state debt the first of July. Newcastle Wants Parks. A movement is on foot to induce the Newcastle city council to look into the question of establishing public parks. An argument advanced is that with the city’s boom, land should be purchased before it goes any higher. At present there are no parks in the city. G. W. Ingerman Dead. George W. Ingerman died at Noblesville of paralysis after an illness of three years. He was 62 years of age. He was postmaster under the two administrations of Cleveland and chairman of the Democratic county committee for several years. Change of Venue in Davis Suit. The defendants in a suit at Washington, brought by Mrs. Richard C. Davis against Dallas Tyler to set aside a deed to property that he made to his sister, have asked for a change of venue. They claim they cannot get an impartial arial. Ate Toadstools. Thinking they were eating mushrooms, seven glassworkers of Muncie ate toadstools. All were taken deathly sick, but five were soon placed out of danger by a physician. Tugboat Burned at Evansville. The Alice Barr, a tugboat, was burned at Evansville with a loss of about SB,OOO. The insurance was $1,500. Opposed to Unions. The building contractors of Lafayette decline to recognize the trade unions as an allied body, and a general strike is probable. Shot While Playing Soldier. Charles Doctors, 16 years old, was accidentally shot and killed by Ernest Cockerman, while they were playing soldier at Kirklin. Threatens Suit. Wade Murphy says he will sue the town of Van Buren for placing him in smallpox quarantine when he had ivy poison. Medal for Marion Girl. Miss Josephine E. Townsend, of Marion, Ind., won the gold medal at St. Mary’s academy, Windsor, Ont., for excellence. Lived Ninety-three Years. -Henry Schroyer, 93 years old, is dead. He was a business manat Newcastle for sixty-three years. Brickmakers on Strike. Fifty men at the Curtisville brick plant are on strike for an increase of pay and the plant is idle. Verdict of Suicide. The coroner has found that the death of Howard Hendrix, who was found dead at the gate of John F. Lynch at Covington, was caused by suicide. A revolver was found near the body. Train Strikes Buggy. While Mr. and Mrs. JTohn Kane were driving from Sullivan to Linton, their buggy was struck by a freight train, at Bugger. They were thrown out, but escaped serious injury.

Ironing a Shirt Waist. Not Infrequently a young woman finds It necessary to launder a shirt waist at home for some emergency when the laundryman or the home servant cannot do it Hence these directions for Ironing the waist: To iron summer shirt waists so that they will look like new it is needful to have them starched evenly with Defiance starch, then made perfectly smooth and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to bo laid away two or three hours. When ironing have a bowl of water and a clean piece of muslin beside the ironing board. Have your iron hot, but not sufliclently so to scorch, and absolutely clean. Begin by ironing the back, then the front, sides and the sleeves, followed by the neckband and the cuffs. When wrinkles appear apply the damp cloth and remove them Always iron from the top of the waist to the bottom. If there are plaits in the front iron them downward, after first raising each one with a blunt knife, and with the edge of the iron follow every line of stitching to give it distinctness. After the shirt waist is Ironed it should be well aired by the fire or in the sun before it is folded •nd put away, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.