Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 306, 23 December 1922 — Page 10
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND.. SATURDAY, DEC. 23, 1922.
BILL BEFORE HOUSE PROVIDES CLEVELAND r WITH NEW HOSPITAL 1 (By Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 23. Cleve
land will have a new and modern marine hospital in the near future, if a bill now pending in congress, providing for th esale of the old hospital,
and land, and the erection of a new
one on a site to te acquired, is passed
Assurances have been received here
that the measure will receive favorable
consideration. I Under the terms of the bill, the hospital will cost more than $1,000,000, and will not be limited to government marine patients. As soon as the bill Is passed, the present site of the marine hospital on lakeside Drive will be disposed of. It is estimated by realty dealers to be worth in the neighborhood of f 1,000,000, and all the money derived from its sale will go into the new institution. A bill -was passed by congress a number of years ago, authorizing its sale, but with the provision that not more than $400,000, of the proceeds could be used on a new hospital. Th government acquired the present marine hospital site in 1837, at a cost of $12,000. The institution was erected nine years later, and now is filled to capacity with 86 patients, more than
half of them disabled veterans of the "World war. The building and grounds
committee of the house recently reported that a new site can be pur
chased for not more than $2o,000.
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HE MADE ONE SPEECH LONDON, Dec. 23, During his campaign in connection with the general election, Harold Stranger, Independent Liberal candidate for Newbury, offered to give $25 to a local charity if any member of his audience could prove i hat General Brown, the Conservative M. P. in the last parliament, had ever
Mr. Winifred Wilton Wilson, the wife of Archibald Stearns Wilson of "Hilltops," Hastmgs-on-Hudson, has just been admitted to the New York bar on motion, a very unusual honor. Mrs. Wilson was a Canadian before her marriage and was the first woman lawyer In Winnipeg. Mrs. Wilson has opened offices in New York city and will devote herself to the case3 of women and children.
Christmas trees adorn the first, sec
ond, third and fourth grade room.". All the rooms are beautifnllv and
tastefully decorated for the holidays. The school closed Friday for the Christmas vacation. A program of songs recitations drills and plays were
presented.
Midterm examinations will be con
ducted Jan. 11 and 12.
The following former Monroe Duoils
are at home from Miami university:
lois Kicnards. Lois ware. Fern Hous
Loree Marshall, Elsie Parks, John and
Grace Blackford, Lowell Penland and sister and Leonard Mininlch. In conversation with Dean Minnich, at Day. ton, a few days ago, we had some splendid reports about Monroe's delegation to Miami university.
un Friday, Dec. 29, the basketball teams will go to Fairhaven and meet the Israel township teams. It would please the young people very much to have a large delegation of rooters go with them. The new books in the library ara eagerly sought and much appreciated by the pupils. If any one has any books which they have read and would donate to the library we will gladly call for them. A telephone message to Mr. Moses Mr. Grasshoff or any of the teachers will brin some one for the books. Miss Brotes' classes in general
scienec are. making reports on outside material and projects which correlate with the course. The interest and enthusiasm shown in the effort marks this method as quite successful. Those of the local schools who at
tended the Monroe Grange Minstrel at West Manchester Friday night were pleasantly entertaied by Charles Laird and his protogees. Mr. Laird is a genius and surely deserves a vote of thanks from every one who had the pleasure of attending the entertainment
Zero weather found Charles McCoy on 'the job last Sunday, when his efforts succeeded in saving the large number of beautiful potted plants in the building. Supt. Moses and family were enter
tained by Wills Marshall and family
last Sunday.
Grace Blackford and Catherine Pen- j land spent Tuesday visiting the schools. Christmas vacation lasts frcm Dec. 22 to Jan. 2. The board of education meets for
re-organization on -Monday Jan. -1, at
12:30 o'clock. The senior class canvassed the school district in te interest of a Lyceum- course at Monroe, last Friday. One hundred and fifty tickets were sold. It will take 50 more tickets to nut it across and the dudUs are
hopeful of reaching the goal. Thej
course consists ot lour numbers including a home talent play. Henry and company come on Jan. 11; The Golden Gate Four, Jan. 29, and The
Twins Feb. 16; home talent play in March. The Farmers' Institute, Corn 6how and school exhibit will be held on Jan. 15 and 16. An illustrated lecture Monday evening, Jan. 15; a home talent play Tuesday evening, Jan. 16. The third and fourth grades are planning a Christmas party for Friday from 12 to 1 o'clock. The basketball schedule at Monroe is as follows: Dec. 29 Israel at Fair Haven. Jan. 5 West Elkton at Wrest Elkton. Jan. 12 Lanier at Lanier. Jan. 19 Lewisburg at Monroe. Jan. 26 Jackson at Monroe.
Feb. 2 Lanier at Monroe. Feb. 9 Open. H Feb. 23 Jackson ct Jackson March 2 Lewisburg at Lewisburg. March 9 County tournament.
A camphor tree with a kasal circumference of 12 feet, will yield nearly three tons of camphor, which, at the present market price, is worth about $5,000.
Peking "Capital Sheet," World's Oldest Paper From Cleveland Plain Dealer The oldest newspaper in the world
is the King-Pau, or "Capital Sheet, published in Peking, China. It was printed first in 911 A. D., and for many years was issued only at ir-, regular intervals. Since 1351 it has been published weekly and in uni
form size. During the present century and perhaps longer the paper has
been released about noon. Until 1882 it confined its news to council and court news. Since then it has been issued in new form and on a new plan. The King-Pau is printed on yellow paper. It sells for 2 cash, something less than a cent. Three editions are printed daily. All issues of the King-Pau are edited by six members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are appointed by the Chinese government. The total number of daily copies is from 13,000 to 14,000.
spoken in the house of commons. A man in the audience rose and declared that General Brown once said! "It's
stuffy in here; please open the windows." Mr. Strange paid up. Incidentally, General Brown was re-elected.
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