The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 34, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 December 1912 — Page 4

SF7 ... - ■ - ■ Journal INDEPENDENT. GEO. 0. SNYDER, Editor and Pnblishr Published Every Thursday at Syracuse Indiana. One Dollar Per Year. Phones—Office 4—House 117 Entered as second-class matter May 4, i 9 oB, at the post office at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act of Congress oj March 3, 1879. Very Few Towns are as fortunate as we are in the matter of having the future po s t ma s t e rship settled There is a wild scramble in most of the surrounding places, the numder of candidates running all the way from five to ten with new aspirants springing up everyday Local Business conditions are just a little off at the present time. There seems to pe no special reason why this should be so, but nevertheless most of the business men claim that their sales for this December are falling short of those for the same month last year. This is more to be wondred at when it is remembered that the cement plant was closed down last year this time An Unsigned Letter has reached our desk that had something to say in regard to an article in the Journal last week in which we asked if it was known what made othercities better than Syracuse. This “Buy-it-at home” subject is an absorbing one and we publish the letter with the hope that any one who takes another view of it will respond with their ideas. We will gladly throw open our columns to a discussion along this line. Syracuse JournalIn your supplement of last week, we read an issue entitled “Do you know why other cities are better than Syracuse.” In away we may answer this question for you. When you buy something out of town that you could buy here just as well, have you stopped to think that your merchants are at fault with the people? Could they not spend their money in summer time with home boatmen and hotels. An incident I mav mention is this: Several merchants wishing a boat for the evening and later a lunch did not employ a home boat

i J. W. ROTHENBERGER 1 I UNDERTAKER r- I’ Prompt and Efficient Service J! «> Phones 90 and 121 J' :: Cushion tired Ambulance in connection j dfr f-t T T*l -fr -t fl l» X A T~ A A A AAA. AA A AAA AA A AAA 4 BARGAIN LIST OF Tow and Farm Properties FOR SALE BY ' W. G. Connolly Office at Journal Office

TOWN PROPERTY Have a fine 9 room house on So. Huntington street. Will sell at rea sonable price and on liberal terms. Splendid 6 room house on North Huntington street, city water, cellar and wood shed. Cheap at SBOO. Good well built two story 6 room house, wood shed, well, and in good location on Boston street. $950. An fine 6 room hoqse, good cellar, electric lights, well and city water. Fine location. Price $1,650. Elegant 9 room house, good cistern water in house, city water, electric lights, newly painted, fine location. Price $1,600. 6 room cottage on Huntington St. good wood shed and well house, city water, good cemented cellar, a real bargain at $730. • FARM LANDS 60 acres, 4 miles from Syracuse, surface slightly rolling, productive, a splendid large house, good barn. Price $5,000. Have 80 acres with good buildings 2 miles of Limon, Colo., a thriving tow /that I will trade for small farm sell very reasonable. HttCres near Culver, Ind., small Bidings, rich productive soil, level, Hl exchange for town property or Hat a reasonable price. Ho acres 5 miles of Syracuse, on Ad road, good soil, plenty of fruit, ■elegant house, good small bam. HBBce home for some one. $3300. ■ 130 acres 4 % miles of Syracuse. ■ Splendid location, splendid big house ■a good barn and other out buildings. A Farm has been well cared for and is I 29 acres, 3 miles west of Syracuse ■on good gravel'road, goM -fibuse ■and bam and qtbor..out. buildings

nor did they spend any money with home people but gave it to Goshen. Goshen is larger and probably more up to date in some ways but no better a town than Syracuse, still those Goshen men do not drop their money here. Please remember there are two sides to almost every story . Ten Dollar Prize The planting and care of shade trees in our cities has been neglected. The State Board of Forestry is doing aggressive work along this line and in order to encourage a study of local shade trees and their condition is offering four prizes to the school children of the state for the best essay on the subject of “The Street and Roadside Trees of Kosciusko County.” The prizes will be distributed as follows: $20.00 is to be given the country graded schools, SIO.OO to the pupil who sends the best essay from each of the 7th and Bth grades; S2O 00 to the high schools of the State, SIO.OO for the best essay from the freshman ■ and sophomore classes, and SIOOO for the best essay from the junior and senior classes. The essay must be written in ink and is not to exceed 1,500 words. It must be mailed to the Secretary of State Board of Forestry, Indianapolis, Ind., not later than Sept. 1, 1913. Those who enter the contest are advised to write for literature and conditions governing the con-1 test. On Thursday afternoon Dec. sth I the Retta Jones Wawasee Union met at the home of Mrs. Allen Wright, with a good attendance The meeting was very interesting and profitable. Each woman answered to roll call by giving the reason why she was a suffragist. The next meeting will be at the home of ■ Mrs. Milten Woods, Dec. 19th at 1 i o’clock., * After the meeting refreshments were served. t FOLEY A p F ■ 11J Robert Ostler, Frankfort, Ind. writes “I was bothered with kidney trouble and back ache but Foley Kidney Pills cured me. j For sale by F. L. HOCH

very productive. See me about this farm. SBS per acre. 30 acres Yz mile of Lake Wawasee, good 4-room house and barn, big poultry house, soil is adapted to i raising grain, vegetables and fruit. A good place to raise poultry, vege-1 tables and keep cows for the lake I trade. Price $3,000. 60 acres near Ora, Ind., good | house and barn, about 800 peach trees and a nice young apple orchard. Will sell at reasonable price or wilt exchange for town property. 240 acres 2% miles southwest of Cromwell, an excellent grain and stock farm, some rolling, soil very productive, good buildings and from $2,000 to $2,500 merchantable timber. Will sell this farm at a bargain 160 acres 2| miles from Syracuse, on good road, close to school. A fine big 8 room house new, fair bam and other out buildings Farm is slightly rolling, very productive,‘about 15000 feet white oak saw timber. This is a fine farm. One half cash, easy terms on balance. Price S9O pr acre. 115 acres 3 miles from Syracuse. Good 6 room house, 2 bams, wagon shed and other out buildings; fine orchard, % of farm perfectly level, other half some rolling; no waste land, gravely and black loam soil and in good state of cultivation. This farm is well worth the price, S9O per acre. 100 acres near Syracuse, about 8 acres wood timber, balance under cultivation, farm is level, soil fertile and'very'productive. An elegant nsm'T’room house, close to school. Thrtfvmis hard to ,duplicate* SIOO .per acre, or will s$ $ Writes with house for

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Isen’t there something in the following that you want? Among the practical gifts you will find | | Mantle Clocks, Big Ben Alawn Clocks, Parker Fountain Pens, Detachable Handle Um- | Is brellas, everything in Silverware of the best grade. Hand painted China and Cut Glass, gi N. P. HOFFMAN, The Jeweler.

i , | Gountru News I Lake Papakeechie Miss Zola Hendrickson Fred Greene has left for Fort Wayne I where he will work this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kline were Sunday callers of Wm. Hendrickson. Isaiah Klingaman, the Papakeechie auctioneer reports many large sales for the coming month. Mrs. Ed Knox was to Ligonier Saturday. Again the young people gathered at Breezy Terris Inn last Friday evening and a sociable time was announced from Cromwell. No Webster, Wilmot, Indian Village and Papakeechie. Harvey and Zola Hendrickson called lat the Greene home Sunday afternoon. Mr. Mackinee of Nappanee was a Suni day caller at the Edgell home. Marion Morrison and wife and daughter, Phyllis, took Sunday dinner with Goldie Edgell. * Abe Stump and wife of Nappanee called on Isaiah Klingaman and family Sunday, the former being Mrs. Klingaman’s brother. The voung people are all rejoicing over i Milo Klingaman’s speedy recovery, and I hojie he will soon be with them again. ! “Hurry up Mike.”. ■ Christian Moshel and wife of near Ligonier assisted Joseph Miller to butcher Tuesday. Enoch Knox and Eli Hire visited at Richville over Sunday. Indian Village. Fay B. Mock Meeting closed Sunday night. Hollis Green spent Sunday with Ralph ' Mock. Jesse Stewart and wifeof Belding Mich., nre visiting relatives in Cromwell, Syracuse and Goshen for a few weeks. Oscar Correll and wife, Elden Stoner and wife and Homer Correll and family took dinner Sunday with Samuel Reed. George Feucht, Elias Miller and wife and Francis Hinmont and family took dinner with Warren Hinman and family Sunday. Harry Hinman spent Sunday with Mr. I Stultz and family. Eva Brown spent Sunday afternoon with Opal Aumsbaugh. Robert Bause and family spent Saturday at Ligonier. Mrs. Wm. Stocker spent Sunday with Owen Greider and family of Oak Grove. Ed Stocker and family and Thomas i Smith and family were guests ofWm. | Kohers and family Sunday. Sam Stocker and family spent Sunday I evening with Lawrence Mick of Oak ! Grove. Chas. Iden and family and Rosa Iden ; were Sunday guests of Jim Iden and wife ; of Broadway. t Miss Vance has been spending a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Hershell Miller. Mrs. Gus Snyder spent Sunday afternoon with her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Eagles. Fred Greidir is working for Dora Clingerman. Wm. Cramer returned home from Syracuse last Tuesday. Jesse Lecount and family were Sunday guests of Sam Stiffler and family of near Syracuse. Mrs. George Miller, Etta Galloway, Mrs- Jesse Lecount and daughter, Helen, spent Wednesday with Miss Susan Knepper. / Those that took Sunday dinner with Wm. Knepper and family were Mr. and Mrs. Jeta-Stewart, Wm. Stocker, Susan Knepper and Walter Knepper and family. Solomon’s Creeks Miss Bessie Juday A Christmas Entertainment will be given at this place Christmas Eve, also an old fashioned Christmas tree. Every one is invited to attend, Mrs. Lilda Hapner moved to Benton where she will spend th? winter with her , son, Alonzo and family. Estella Alviue of Syracuse, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Mary Alvine, of Benton. ' David Holtzinger, wife and daughter, . Mary spent Sunday with Hiram Butt and family of near New Paris. Henry Rex and wife spent Sunday with Leonard Rex and family at Syracuse. • Kalnl Juday spent Sunday Nicholi- . Add Peopled spent Sunday *ith hta , daughter, Mrs. Ed Eulick, of Millersburg. -

If you are undecided what to buy come in and let us suggest something. We have a larger Chrisrmas stock than we ever before carried. We have both practical and ornamental goods.

i eve will be given at the M. E. Church, Benton. The wedding bells will ring for Christmas bells this year, so we are advised. Anderson Juday and daughters, Belva and Lelia spent Sunday with Bennie R. Juday of Ritchville. Hazel Good is spending this week with her uncle, Ed Good and wife of Benton. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rex of Syracuse s well known at this place are the proud parents of a pound boy, christined, William Henry. M. Heaston and wife spent Sunday with Mrs. Lecock of Benton. Sam Juday and Miss Bessie took dinner Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simpson of Millersburg. Boliver. John Gilbert is confined to his bed with lumbago. Cora James is still on the sick list. George Cable who has been lingering for the past year with heart trouble and ; dropsy, is no better. Mrs. Retta Clayton visited her mother. Mrs. Delilah Strieby and Frank Strieby and family Thursday. The Hann brothers are delivering their fall crop of corn to the Syracuse grain market. David Clayton and wife helped Floyd Strieby butcher, Thursday. Daniel Woggoman sold a valuable calf to Dan Klink, Thursday. Floyd Strieby called on David Ciayton and family, Friday. Arthur Stneby and Carl Gordy of three corners hauled corn fodder for J ohn Gilbert, Thursday. Wm. Strieby and wife, John Bortz and Wm. Starner and wife helped Jasper James butcher Thursday. Jesse Strieby and wife•of Syracuse spent Sunday with Dan Woggoman and family. ;,•> Arthur Strieby spent Saturday and Sunday with his best girl, Alice Stewart at Ligonier and returned home Monday. Adisor James, returned to his old home in Carlton Ohio after spending a couple of weeks with relatives and friends. Bill Goose and Graham Tyler of crooked corner went to Syracuse Monday for a load of coal for Mr. Tyler. Albert Hibner and wife took dinner Sunday with Eliza Strieby and son Miss Audty Mo-’k is visiting relatives and friends in Syracuse. Jacob Atland called on Elizabeth Hines and son in Noble County Sunday. Bill Goose and wife and Shirley Longacre spent Sunday with John Gilbert and family. Frank Drake and wife of Goshen came to Boliver Saturday to visit relatives and friends and returned home Monday. C. W. Strieby husked corn for Frank Morehouse Saturday. Vern Strieby who went to Goshen a couple weeks ago to work in the Goshen Woolen Mills, returned home Monday evening accompanied by Miss Susie Groncox of Ligonier. C. W. and Eliza Strieby, Mrs. Mahala Garrison, Davy Presinger of Gas Ci y, Mrs. Wm. Strieby and Art Strieby butchered for John Gilbert Tuesday. James Juday hulled clover seed for Bill Goose on the Wm. Nice farm at three corners, Monday. ? Ruth Stamates who has been attending schoQl at Warsaw returned home Friday evening to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stamates. Mrs. Mahala and Lewis Garrison. Mrs. Anna Gilbert, Arthur Strieby, Vern Woggoman and Lulu and Marie Gilbert spent Monday evening with Eliza Strieby and son. Jacob Atland, C. W. and Arthur Strieby Vern Woggoman, Lewis and Fr«d Garrison, Vern Strieby and Susie ’Groncox of Ligonier spent Wednesday evening with John Gilbert and family. C. W. Strieby and Lulu Gilbert furnished violin and orgatk music for the guests and Mr. Atland sang a few Dutch songs. All enjoyed a good time. C. W and Arthur Strieby, Mrs. Wm. Strieby, Mrs. Dan Woggoman, Jim Burson and wife, and Mrs. John Gilbert assisted Mrs. Mahala Garrison to butcher Wednesday, Chicken thrives have visited the farm er’s hen roosts quite frequently in this locality in the past few weeks. The laws of Indiana forbid tinting on the sabbath but the boys of this locality Hava been seen quite, frequently hunting on Sunday, A couple of ywng men in this locality have made a practice of shooting in front of the people's houses the last few nights and have caused no little confusion and the farmers are laying for'the parties and will arrest them if they are caught. Protracted meeting commenced at Zion chapel Bunday evening Dec. 15th. Everybody is invited to come and take part in the meeting.

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Cromwell. 1 The Fourth Institute was held Saturday. The Secretary reports a good attendance. The Basket Ball teams played at Wawaka Friday night Both games were won by the Wawaka teams. Geo. Myers of Long Branch, Wash., is visiting relatives here. John Filker and Howard Smithjif Cambridge Springs, Pa., were the terSunday guests at the J. F. Moore home. The teachers of our school were royally entertained at the home of K. F. Mullin, Sunday. ’ / Jacob Green and wife have gone to Florida to spend the winter. ; The Bazar held by the Ladies Aid was a success. Don’t forget the Christmas entertainment at the Luthern church, Wednesday evening, Dec. 25. The Freshmen Class party was held at ! the home of Russel Hoak, Saturday evening. Everybody reports a good time. Chas. Bates was at. Warsaw, Friday, i Hazel Harper spent Saturday at the home of Wilbur Eagles. Gilberts. -Mrs. Calvin Cooper Michael Renter and wife visited with their parents, Edwin Berkey and wife Thursday. Guy Morehouse and family spent Sui - day with Solomon Rodabaugh and wife. Quite a number from our vicinity areattending the revival meeting at Millo d. The meetings are being conducted by Rev. Geo. Flory of Covington, Ohio. J. W. Rodabaugh and wife visited with relatives in Goshen Sunday. Geo. C. Berkey and family and Ed Keene and wife of Elkhart visited with Edwin Berkey and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cooper and son, Russel spent Sunday with M. L. Wan er and wife and Russel Warner and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Gable and daughter Romaine visited with Otis Clayand family, Sunday. Bert Stiner and wifq are the proud parents of a baby girl born Sunday morniKg Milt Rensbergerand wife, O. D. Cooper and wife visited with Arthur Holler and family, Sunday. Mrs. Matilda Drukamiller and Mrs Stevenson were the guests of Joe Irvin and Mrs. Ed Archiabe of Leesburg, Sat urday. Wawasee. Ed Knox and family spent Saturday in Ligonier. Lew Hire, wife and daughter, Vera, of Vawter Park, were guests of J. E. Rarick Sunday. The W. C. T. U will meet with their president, Mrs. Milton Woods on Thursday afternoon, of this week. Little John Farthing, who has made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Wm. Garver, since the death of his mother, when he was three \ ears old, was taken by his father to Attica, Ind., Sunday, to make his home with h ; iu. Mr. and Mrs. Garver are much grieved over the loss of Little John 4s in the three years he has lived with them He had become as one of their own children. State of Ohio, City of Toledo i Lucas County,; J ‘ Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ON E HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in i my presence, this 6th day of December, < A. D. 18X6. A. W. GLEASON, ; [Seal] Notary Public. , Hall’s datarrh Cure is taken internally > and acts irectly on the blood and mucous J surfaces of the system. Send for testi- , monials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO. < Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. , Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipa- > tion.

■■•'■* j£ - r FOR SALEII A BARGAIN Six-room cottage on N. Harrison St. Practically new, with good cellar and gne Well of water under cover. Barn with cement floor, having room for buggies and three horses; good phjcken house with cement floor and park room for 500 chickens. 1 acre of ground ( with some fruit. Will be sold at a bargain if taken soon. ! y if

The Holiday Season will soon come again So you would like to remember : :: your friends with some little re- : :; membrance. Now listen we have ■ : • sonfe nice Silverware, Baking and : | Chafing Dishes, Coffee Percola- : | tors and Aluminum Ware. ■; yy HY not make a Christmas present this year that will ! “ bring enjoyment to the entire household^ for years and ! years to come? Why not give the woman who presides ■ [ over your home a present that will decrease her worry a ; ■ 1 a hundred fold? Such a sensible, practical present is the ; MONARCH MALLEABLE RANGE - - ' < j; Most Men like a nice sharp pocket knife, ■ :• so remember we have them. :: Many other articles that are use- ;: «• ful the twelve months, that would <: ■: please the receiver. Boys and Girls will enjoy a sled or skates. : - .'"i! 1 ™ - < Now in the next two weeks is ;; i: the time for a choice, and would : be pleased if you will come to see ■ • what we have. We will please :: : you, so come. IE. E. STRiEBy iiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiinnMiliiiiiiuiijiiHiiiliilM*

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