The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 22, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 September 1912 — Page 1

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MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE GROWS •—~ 1 dl ■ New Plan Is To Extend Its Benefits To All The Smaller Towns. The time is coming when no one in this country will be obliged to call at the postoffice Tor his mail. The congress, at its recent session, opened the for universal free delivery. For several years th& people living in the towns that do not have a letter carrier service have been clamoring for legislation that would enable the postoffice department to serve them just as it serves the people in cities, towns that have grown to letter carrier size, and the people living in the country districts. It will probably be several years before the free delivery of mail in towns that are not entitled to letter carrier service under the old law becomes universal. Postmaster General Hitchcock has only SIOO,OOO to use in this way during the coming fiscal year. He will use this sum in experimenting. certain number of towns will be picked in each state and a letb r carrier service established in them. Indiana is particularly interestc d in this final step toward making the free delivery of mail universal, by reason of the fact that there are in the state so many cities and towns of the one thousand, two thousand and three thousand class. There are in* the state 186 postoffices of the second and third class that are not now entitled to free delivery service.' These cities and towns contain, approximately, 400,000 people. It is a matter of a few years until the people of Syracuse may have {.lbeir mail delivered t» the doors of . their horuf vmd place* of business. / Girl Wanted! One with good education and * knowledge of book-keeping preferred, though this last is not essential. Apply at Journal office.

; No Matter How Low The Price ; Is You May Depend on Securing Good Quality Here. : UNDERWEAR ; Not too early to think about it. We have added the fam- * ous Munsing brand for ladies and men in union suits, the * fit does not wash out, ; Ladies union suitssoc, SI.OO & $1.50 ; Mens union suitssl.oo & $1.50 * Boys and girls union suits, infants reuben shirts in wool ’ and cotton. Look here for Underwear, Blankets and Bed J Comforts. Our stock is now ready; look them over. NEW LEATHER BAGS ; Genuine leather liningsl.oo, $1.25 & $1.50 ; New elastic belts, all sizes atsoc ; New hair bow ribbons per yd.lo, 15 & 25c Outing Flannel For Comforts I Light and dark colors, per ydßc * Fancy outing, the very best, per yd 10c > Flannellets in fancy dark patterns, per yd 10 & > Kimona cloth in light and dark pat’ns, yd. 10, 12!4 and 15c > Ladies dressing saques-50 & 59c » Long kimonas9Bc & $1.25 j Outing gownsso, 98c & $1.25 * LAMPS > Rayo lamps, the best kerosene oil lamp on n’t J the market r O ! Bracket lamps with reflectors complete 25c ’ Hand lamps and sewing lamps, each 25c I YOU’RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO LOOK AROUND. BRAINARD S iwt STORE, : Telephone 66

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Wants Interest Revived. Editor Journal: J A few weeks ago there was apeI tition circulated, and quite generally signed by our people, asking for the purchase for park purposes, the five ■ lots on Huntington street now held by our school trustees. We don’t know that the matter ever has been formally presented to our town trustees, but we wish to publicly j approve of this plan. > These lots are centrally located, . contain no buildings, and with little , expense can be made into a nice > little park. Having an outlet through b the channel into the lake makes > them accessible by boat. If a slice off of Ott’s Grove is out of reach of our town dads’ purse, by all means give our people some public ground where they can gather and not feel that they are intruding on private property. Interested One. Large Insurance. Two checks covering the policies held by the late Frank P. Abbott has been received. One check was for $44,925, and represented the face of the $25,000 policy and the accrued dividends in twelve years. The other was for $1,030.51 and represented the amount due on I policy for SI,OOO. Besides this insurance, Mr. Abbott carried SIOO,OOI in the Equitable of New York which will pay his widow SI,OOO ano his children SSOO each as annuities duiiag their lives. Makes Nice Residence. Two or three years ago, Than Altland purchased from the administrators of the Grissom estate, the Grissom property, finely located, but in a dilapidated condition. He has made it into one of the best properties in town —a large roomy house with basement and all spick and span from cellar to garret. He has filled the lot and it is now a veritable flower garden. Such improvements not only adds to the appearance of the locality blit enhance th? value of adjoining properties. * Barnhart Here Monday. H. A. Barnhart will come to Syracuse next Monday and will address the people on political matters.

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Ordinance No. 222. An ordinance to regulate the planting, growing, trimming and maintaining of shade trees and lawns along the streets and m the public grounds of the town ot Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, providing penalties for the violation, repealing all conflicting ordinances and fixing a time for the taking effect of the same. Section i. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the incorporated town of Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana; that wherever in said town of Syracuse any land, lies between the curb line of any street and the lot line of the abutting lots, which land is not actually in use, or required for use, for street or sidewalk* purposes, the owner or owners of any lots, parts of lots or parcels of land immediately abutting upon such unused land may be permitted, under the direction and supervision of the marshal of said town of Syracuse, to sod or seed with grass seed said unused land for the purpose of maintai aing a lawn or grass plot thereon and to plant trees thereon for •shade* ’an# B, or ’‘owners of abutting lots and lands shall maintain and care for such grass plot and shade trees under the supervision of and in a manner satisfactory to the marshal of said town, and shall keep the said lawn or grass plot mowed and trimmed, and shall not allow weeds or thistles to grow thereon, and any owner who shall fail to trim such lawn or grass plot, or who shall permit weeds or thistles to grow thereon, after five (5) days written notice by the marshal of said town, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance and shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter specified; provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any such owner or owners of abutting lots and lands to plant trees of the poplar, birch or cottonwood fairly on said unused land, and further that it shall be unlawful for the owner of any abutting lot or parcel of land to plant any tree in the street less than twentyfour (24) inches from the outside edge of the sidewalk or from the line where a sidewalk might hereafter be constructed. Section 2. That all trees in said town of Syracuse, now growing or which may be hereafter planted, which are situated between the outer edge of the sidewalk and the curb line ot the street, or which are situated upon any lot or parcel of land so near the line of the street that the boughs shall overhang the sidewalk or the street, shall be trimmed and kept trimmed by the owner or owners of the lot or parcel of land abutting on said street where any shade trees may be situated, or of the lot or parcel of land upon which such shade trees may be situated, so that the limbs, branches and foliage thereof do not obstruct or in any manner hinder travel or traffic upon the street or sidewalk, or in any manner obstruct or prevent the light from any public street lamp from falling upon the street or sidewalk in said town; and all trees so situated in said town shall be trimmed by cutting the limbs thereof close to the trunk and in such a manner that the overhanging foliage and branches thereof shall not at any time be less than ten (10) feet above the surface of the ground and sidewalk, and said shade trees shall be so trimmed under and in accordance with the directions of the marshal of said town. Section 3. That in event any person, firm or corporation owning any lot or parcel of land in said town whereon any shade trees are growing, or where shade trees are growing on the unused portion of the street between the curb ana sidewalk abutting on such lot or parcel of land, as described in the preceding sections of this ordinance, shall fail to keep such shade trees trimmed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, or fail or refuse to trim such trees after five (5) days written notice has been given by the marshal of said town, then such marshal shall cause such trees to be trimmed in the manner provided in this ordinance, and the costs, charges and expenses thereof shall be a lien upon the lot or parcel of land and the same shall be collected in the same manner as assess-, uients for street improvements. Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wantonly injure or cause to be injured any public or private shade tree, or any box or protection around the same, or to hitch, tie or fasten any horse, mule or other animal to any shade tree or box protection around the same, or to injure or cause to be injured any lawn or grass plot maintained along the unused portion of the street between the curb and the sidewalk, within the corporate limits of said town of Syracuse. Section 5. Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the pro-

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Is. S. 8. SHAW LECIURES HERE Several Interesting Talks Heard By Our People At Various Churches. Probably no woman on the lecture platform today has any more, pleasing personality, nor forceful eloquence than Mrs. S. B. Shaw, the lady who delivered a senes of talks in-Syracuse last week. She is an expert inathamatician and her arguments are backed by an intelligence that leaves opponents without a reasonable answer. She is not a faddist, but a realist who beleives in her work and does as she preaches. She is a woman doing good work and the coming generation will profit thereby.

visions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than One Dollar nor more than Ten Dollars, and each day’s violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Section 6. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect tern (10) days from and after its passage and one publication in the Syracuse Journal. Passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Syracuse, this 17th day of September, 1912. Abe Hire, President. (Corporate Seal) Sheldon Hark less O. L. Cory. Attest: Otis C. Butt, * Clerk. Good Band Concert. An unusually good band concert was heard Saturday night. One peice especially was liked, “Mississippi Waltzes.’’ The band is showing marked improvement and their weekly concerts are entertaining good crowds. Cromwell Entertains. One of the best small-town celebrations seen in a long tiro® was staged at Cromwell last Friday. We can say with the editor of the Garrett Clipper, that these entertainments in all the towns but ours, is giving us that sinking sensation in the pit of the stomach. Levi Pearman Wins. Levi Pearman was awarded $l5O from Benton township for gravel that the township had removed from his farm against his wishes. The case was heard in Justice Galentinefe court at Goshen. Grain bags for sale.- Jno. Wingard’

J. W. ROTHEN BERGER : Undertaker : SYRACUSE, IND.

Missionary Conventions. A series of Missionary meetings are being held in the churches of the Goshen district. October 3, is the date set for Syracuse. W. T. Daly of North Webster, H. Boase of Wakarusa, C. A. Cloud of Milford, and W. F. Buckner of New Paris will speak in the afternoon and Silas L Cates of Nappanee, and D. T. Stephenson of Goshen will address the meeting in the evening. No County Ticket. Seldon Webber of Warsaw, was named as the candidate for joint representative at the convention held by the progressives of Marshall and Kosciusko counties in Warsaw, Tuesday. It was decided not to put a progressive county ticket in the field. There was a good attendance at both meetings. Two Accidents. Walter Newman was painfully scalded at the cement works last Friday. - James Cross got his hand caught in what is known as a ‘ nigger-head” Sunday morning, and had his thumb and two fingers mashed. It will not be necessary to amputate them. Card Os Thanks. We desire to earnestly thank our neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy, and for the beautiful floral offerings, during our bereavement from the loss of our dear husband and father. Mrs. Lydia Wolfe and children. License To Wed. Marriage license were issued Saturday afternoon to Philip A. Egolf of Etna Green and Gladys G. Pittman of Atwood; John D. Foreman and Flossie Mae Kurtz, both residing near Warsaw. Progressive Speaker Coming Clifford J. Jackman, candidate for attorney-general on the Progressive ticket will speak in Syracuse on Oct. 5, one week from Saturday night. Sells Residence*. Emory Kindig has sold his residence on Boston street to S. D. Vortns of Claypool. Mr. Vorhis will move into the propety in a week or two. Foreign Missionary Meeting. The annual meeting of the Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will be held at Leesburg October 24 and 25. Opens October. 10th. The season at the local opera house will open on October 10 th, with “The Royal Slave” company.* —Try our Favorite Toilet Cream, 15c and 25c at the Quality.

Reunion Os The 48th. The thirteenth annual reunion of the 48th was held at Goshen last week. The total enrollment during the war was 1920. of which 75 are living. 62 of this number were present at Goshen last week. The next reunion will be held at Mishawaka and these reunions are always held on September 18, the anniversary of the battle of luka, Mississippi, in which tliis regiment lost 128 killed and 24 captured. Those present from Syracuee were: J. N. Juday, Oliver Cromwell and Henry Tully. Horses Dying In Kansas. An exchange prints a letter from a lady living in Scott county, Kansas, in which she tells of the dread disease that is striking the horses down. The governor has offered a reward of SIOOO to anyone finding cure. She further says, in that county, no plowing is being done and no feed is being cut owing to the epidemic that is killing the and some are afraid that it will be contracted by humans. Write Them Monday. One of our correspondents has enquired if Tuesday will be soon enough to send correspondence. If sent on this day, it does not reach us until Wednesday morning—our press day, and makes us late in getting the paper out. We request that the items be sent in by Monday’s 'rural delivery, so that they reach us Tuesday. Belated Beltings. A party of young people equiped with horns and various other musical (?) instruments made things interesting for several of the young married couples Monday evening. The bellers were somewhat slow however as the marriages have been consumated for six weeks to three months. if Farmers, Attention We will print 100 sale bills in three colors, publish the sale in the Journal, secure you an auctioneer and clerk, all for $3. Come in and talk to us about it. Your choice of auctioneers.

A Display of Beautiful Hats OPENING FRIDAY <g SATURDAY Our customers will be more than pleased with this Season’s showing of beautiful hats that I have for their inspection. Pattern hats of marvelous creation, trimmed and untrimmed hats of the latest and most approved shapes. You can not help but be pleased with them. MISS BLANCHE HANEY. !• WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF EASTMAN CAMERAS KODAKS ' ' - ’""T? ) AND PREMOS PRICES RANGE FROM $2 TO sl2 We have in stock a complete line of Kodak supplies F.L. HOCH Phone 18

DEATH CLAIMS A PIONEER CITIZEN Mrs. William Gamble Dies From The Effects Os Gall Stones. Mrs. Sarah Freet died on Boston street, Sunday evening, from causes traceable to advanced age. She was born in Starr county, Ohio, Febuary 2, 1838, making her age 74 years, 7 months and 20 days. Her marriage to Abraham Freet occurred on November 12, 1856. He died about six years ago. Ten children was born to this union, three daughters and one son are living. 15 grandchildren and three gfeat grandchildren survive her. Mrs. Freet’s maiden name was Grindle. She was a fine old lady and a great number of admirers and friends mourn her loss. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the Dunkard church. Friends of Mrs. Will Gamble here, were grieved to learn of her death which occurred at a hospital in Meadville, Pa., on September 14. The Gamble family moved here from Chicago Junction about a year ago and Mr. Gamble was employed here by the Grace Construction company. About a month ago they moved to Cambridge Springs, Pa., where Mrs. Gamble was stricken with gall stones which caused her death. The sympathy of Syracuse people will go out to the husband and two sons who survive her. Interment was made at Steuben, Ohio. Unfortunate Start. ~ The hook used for catching mail nearly demolished a chest belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gordy, who left for Carthage, N. M., .last Thursday. The chest was on a baggage truck and as the mail car went by, the mail hook shot out and split the chest its full length. Hammer, nails and boards were hastily secured and the damage to the chest repared but how the contents stood the shock is not known,

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