The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 14, Number 46, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 March 1922 — Page 1

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■ NEWS ITEMS FROM OOR SURROUNDINGS Contributed Notes on the Happenings in Nearby Communities. Cedar Square Perry Dull spent Saturday forenoon in Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Coy and family took dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Gants- and Mrs. Josephine Woods. Mr. and Mrs. Lew Lemons of Cromwell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moore. Mrs. Fred Harper and son Donovan visited with Mrs. Wilmot Jones last week. Russell Thorn and Theries Doll are busy with work in the sugar camp this week. Mr. and Mrs. Manford Morris and son and Mrs. Sarah Sloan visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moore Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dull and Sherman Coy called at the John Kauffman home Sunday. Mrs. Sarah Sloan visited for several days with Mr. and Mrs. Dora Clingerman. Misses Helen and. Nellie Kauffman visited with Mrs. Perry Dull Friday afternoon. Sherman Coy buzzed wood on Monday. Manford Morris and George and Albert Dull called on John Kauffman Friday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Libbert and son Robert spent the week end visiting relatives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Perry Dull and Wm. C. Gants who were going to Syracuse on the early morning train, searely reached the station before the train but as Luck came their way they were not too late. Better late than never. v Gilberts Paul Warstler was out of school last week with pinkeye. Mrs. Calvin Cooper and daughter Miss Minnie spent the week end near Foracre with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sinning. Miss Martha Berkey is visting her brother, Artie Berkey, and family, east of Goshen. Mrs. Jesse Mellinger, who has been very ill with the la grippe, is slowly improving. Russell Warner spent Monday night with his sister, Mrs. Calvin Cooper, and family. Miss LaVeta Lutes spent Sunday in New Paris with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Myers. Forest and Harold Robinson, who have been on the sick list, are able to be about again. Solomon’s Creek Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.; preaching services following. , Jesse Juday called on his father, John C. Juday, Sunday afternoofl, Some thirty neighbors and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy McDowell Saturday evening to remind Mrs, McDowell of her birthday. It sure was a complete surprise. Lunch was served and a very pleasant evening was spent together. All returned home at a late hour wishing Mrs. McDowell many more happy birthdays. . Mr. and Mrs. Levi Pearman took Sunday dinner with Nathan Long and wife. William Tully is confined to his bed with illness. Harry Hire, who has hal a bad , case of mumps but seemed to be - over, them and was out again, has taken a back set and is very sick again. The ladies* aid met with Mrs. Frank Ju&y Wednesday aftprThe following were entertain- * ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ’< *ank Juday Sunday were Mr. and Mns7 Elmer Drake, Mr. and

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Mrs. Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. John Ettline of South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Juday, Charles Nellons and family and Russell Juday and family of Goshen. ’ Little Marion Juday is on the sick list; also Mrs. Harry Hire is taking the mumps. It surely seems as though the old road supervisors would come in pretty good play again. By the condition of the dirt roads which are almost impossible. Tippecanoe Ralph Scott is on the sick list. Esten Kline called at the J. Garber home Friday afternoon. Little Florence Strieby is ill. Ercell Wright and Tom Nine were Warsaw callers. Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bigler were Warsaw callers Saturday. John Garber has been quite ill this week. Clarence Mock and family took Sunday dinner at the J. L. Kline home. Pete Grubb and family spent Sunday at the Adrian Hahn home. Four Corners Walter Augspurger and Mrs. Shillings were Sunday visitors with friends in Milford, Mrs. Moats of north of Syracuse spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Jenson, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bushong and son Avon Joe of Syracuse spent Sunday with Artie Geyer and family. Ralph Miller and Robert Lepper of Syracuse spent Saturday with Crist Darr, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Callander and three children were Sunday visitors with relatives in MilfordMrs. Edna Jenson is recovering from an attack of the ‘’flu". Rev. and Mrs. Cremean and daughter Eileen and Master; George Nathan Miles of Syracuse spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Crist Darr. Elias Wright and daughter, Mrs? Stutsman, were Goshen shoppers Thursday, Frank Maloy and family and Mrs. Mary Strieby of Syracuse were Warsaw shoppers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Artie Geyer and daughter and Mr. and Mrs, Joe Bushong and son of Syracuse called at the home of Henry Geyer Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Flo Darr entertained her Sunday school class at her home on the Stringtown road Monday evening to wiener roast, popcorn and maple wax, Those present were Blanche Connolly, Pauline Holchter, Nellie Sprague, Ruth Lepper, Lucy Freeman and Opal Geyer. A good time was had by those present, White Oak Mrs, Cora Wyland and Mrs. Anna Mathews spent Friday afternoon with Mrs, Della Coy, Mr. and Mrs, James Dewart spent Sunday with Floyd Strieby and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Dewart enjoyed Sunday with their son, Lawrence Dewart and wife. Mrs.- Lesta gtiffler and Mrs. Layina spent Sunday at the Orland Stiffler home. Mr, and Mrs,. Ray RJingaman of Indian Village moved on the Oliver Snavely farm |ast week, We give them a hearty welcome and wish them well, Ernest Mathwe spent Saturday in Syracuse with his brother, Henry Mathews and wife, Mr, and Mrs, Guy Jarrett and children spent Sunday at the Burton Howe home, Edward Workman spent Sunday night in Goshen, Pleasant Ridge William Lavering is visiting at Syracuse. He spent the winter in Culver and Rochester. Miss Minnie Robinson called . on Mrs. Silas Bauer $ed n £Sday. I Ralph Vail js improving slowly. I Mr. and Mrs- Willard Tyler 1 spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, 1 Hugh Bushong. Dale and Lester Darr spent

GRAND HOTEL TO BE REOPENED FIRST OF MAY ' 8. E. Row da ba ugh Beys Building, and Equipment; Repairs to be Made. * S. E. Rowdabaugh of New London, lowa, has purchased the | Grand Hotel building of H. M. Hire, and the equipment and restaurant stock of Dan Mishler. As soon as necessary repairs can be made the hotel will be reopened for business, which will be about May 1. The deals were completed last week. Mr. Rowdabaugh returned to New London to move his family to Syracuse with the intention of getting started with the repairs on the building as soon as possible. His family will occupy the Landis property at the corner of Harrison and Pearl streets this summer. The interior of the building was badly damaged on Nov, 30 by a fire starting with a furnace explosion in the basement, and since that time has been idle. —— Q HOSPITAL POISONING Four deaths at the Lakeside hospital of Kendallville last week are the result of ptomaine poisoning from canned spinach served Saturday noon to the staff and patients, and two other victims are in a serious condition with death momentarily expected, Mrs. Raymand Walter, the first victim, died Sunday night; Mrs, Laura Bishop died early Monday morning; Mrs. Hazel Hossinger died Monday night; Miss Frances Hehner, a hospital nurse, died' Tuesday afternoon, A. B. Switzer of Chicago, representing the U. 8. Bureau of Chemistry, Is in Kendallville conducting an investigation, It is known that the poisoning was caused by canned spinach, * O TRAIN DERAILED Passenger train No, 12 on the Wabash railroad was derailed Wakarusa at about three o'clock last Friday morning, In spite of the fact that every car left the track, no one was injured, It was nearly 12 hours before the track eould be cleared for traffic, Sunday with Harry Coy and family, Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Coy called on Mr, and Mrs, WUlard Tyler Sunday evening. Miss Edna Yoder is still jm-. proving, Rev, 0, H, Warstler and family have moved from Fostoria, Ohio, to their farm, north of Syracuse, Mrs. Esther Brown spent the week end at the home of her brother, Ralph Vail. Raymond Vail returned to school Thursday after being absent fpr some time with pmk e ye. West End Dr. Thpmas of Millersburg called With Dp. FPfd at thg home of Ralph Vail, who has been very ill the past two weeks, Mrs, James Neff of Milford Jot, went Monday t© the Mayo Sfqs. hospital in Minnesota where she will undergo an operation. Miss Lorrain Righhprt of Elkhart spent Sunday evening at the home of Ray Ogle of Goshen, Mrs, Harold Reason of Elkhart was married to C, Gibbson of Elkhart Saturday. Miss Iva Warstler was absent from school with influenza the first of week. Mr. and Mrs. John McGarity were Sunday guests pf Vfey: bright and family-. My, and Mrs-. Donald Weybright of Nappanee were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mrs, Claude Nilas, Mrs. Nathan Insley and little daughter have the in&Mua.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1922.

GOING THE ROUNDS . I Goin?, Going, Gone! Passenger (after first night on board ship)—“l say, where have al] my clothes vanished to?" Steward did you put them last night?” “I folded them up carefully and put them in that cupboard over there.” “I see no cupboard, sir.” “Are you b§nd, man? I mean that one with the round glass door to it.” “Lor’ bless ’me, sir, that ain’t no cupboard. That’s the porthole.” —(New York Globe. Crepe de Chine? A teacher was reading to her class and rr*»le across the word “unaware”. She asked if anyone know its meaning. One small girl timidly raised her hand and gave the following definition: “ ‘Unaware’ is what you take off the last thing before you put your nightie on." —(Exchange. —o ATWOOD IN STATE TOURNEY With a scdre of 30 to 10 Atwood high school defeated South Whitley high school in the regional basket ball tournament held at Purdue university last Friday Mid Saturday, This gives Atwood the right to play in the State tournament, which will be held tomorrow and Saturday in Indianapolis, The state tournament will open with Atwood meeting Bedford Friday morning, Bedford is considered one of the strongest teams in the state. In the southern regions I tournament, held at Insane university cm Friday and Saturday, Bedford won an easy- over Stony Creek with a score of 42 to 7, —a— INTERESTING TALKS "The Origin and Destiny of Man” was the subject discussed at the regular meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood in the church Thursday evening, Robert Beardsley, O. C, Stoejting and F. H, Cremean delivered -prepared talks before about teir-. ty men who had gathered for the evening, and following them other members engaged in round table remarks, The brotherhood is planning some interesting programs fur forthcoming meetings, which are held on Thursday evening of each week. - - —o — ALUMNI BEATS SCHOOL Tuesday evening the Syracuse High School Alumni played the high, school team a fast and furious game of basket ball, winding up th© season, The oldtimers played the county champs to a standstill, taking the game away from them 26 to 19. Two of the Alumni team were taken out because of too many personal fSViU but they had g9P& rasteriil te fill tee gaps and were net crippled te any great extents PEWH--FENOE Allie Pence of near Benton and Mrs, Fern Pence qf Qqsh©n were quietly married an Munday evening, M a F?h fl. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Adams of Benton, —o— — hake sale The W. C, T, U. wiU hold a pastry sale next Saturday at 10 o’clock in the Osborn & Son hardware store. Pies, cookies, cakes, chickens and noodles, and everything good to eat yill Mr, and Mrs, Ray LeOmt, siding at the Floyd Strieby farm home south of town, are the parents of a 9f-pound boy, born Saturday, Ma»& 4.

| GRAIN RESERVE IS LOW; LOSS IN FARM VALUER Special Crop Report for Indiana Shows a Decrease of $350,000,006. Indianapolis, March 11.—The i amount of cereal grains in farmj ers’ hands March 1, this year, is ’ considerably less than last year, I according to the monthly report ' of the co-operative crop reporting service for Indiana, issued today. Value of farm lands also show a heavy decrease, the amount for improved lands being $22.00 per acre and for unimproved lands $20.00 per acre. This is a decrease from last year of approximately $350,000,000 on the total acreage of farm lands. The report follows: Reserves of corn on Indiana farms March 1, were 45 percent of the 1921 crop and amount to 76,432,000 bushels and is second only to last year’s reserves. This is due largely to the low prices offered since the crop was harvested. In 1921 the reserves amounted to 99,846,000 bushels and was the largest carry over ever recorded in the state, while in 1920 the carry over amounted to 68,641,000 bushels. The quantity that has been or la to be shipped out of the county where grown is reported at 22 percent of last year’s production and is about the average, although considerably more trading than usual took place among farmers. The quality of the crop is somewhat below average, only 80 percent of it being considered merchantable, Ear worm and mold were the greatest factors contributing to the damage, but chinch bugs and other insects were exceptionally prevalent in some sections of the state. Wheat reserves on Indiana farms March 1, were 17 percent of last year’s crop and amounts to 4,113,000 bushels, which is somewhat less than the average carry over, although the percentage is somewhat larger than usual, Last year’s crop was an unusually small one the quality only fair, The 1921 reserves amounted to 3,741,000 bushels and the 1920 reserves amounted to 5,845,000 bushels. The quantity that has been or will be shipped out of th© county where grown amounts to 56 percent of the total production. The growing crop of wheat in Indiana is not looking as good as it should at this time of the year. Much damage has been done by freezing and thawing weather and insects are prevalent in many localities. Present indications point to a very low conition figure for th© entire country with Kansas and the southwest states in very poor condition. The reserves of oats on Indiana farms on March 1, were 39 percent of last yearns production and amount to. 17,578 t 00Q bushels which is about the average, Last year th© carry over was 33,825,000 bushels and on© of the largest ©ver reported. In 1921 the carry over was 16,240,000 bushels. Last year’s production qne of the smallest ever reported in the state with th© quality also very poor. Th© amount shipped or to be shipped out of the county where grown, is 36 percent of the crop. ConaidwaMy more oats we fed OR farms than usual because of the poor quality and low price. Th© reserves of barley on Indiana farms March 1, were 23 percent of last year’s production and amounts to 284,000, compared with bushels for 192 fl and 333,000 bushels for 1926. The crop produced year was unusually siuaß and of only fair quality, Th© amount shipped or to be shipped out of th© county where grown is 14 percent of the total production, which is about average. A great portion of the barley produced in Indiana is used <sa tipa

, where grown and is confined • principally to a few counties in I the northeastern part of the ! state. Land values in Indiana compared with last year show a decline of approximately $22.00 per acre for land without improvements. Plow lands decreased j abort $24.00 per acre in value. The average value per acre of Indiana farms renting for cash in 1921 was SIOI.OO and the rental $6.00 per acre. The average value of plow lands was $105.00 per acre and the rental $7.00 per acre. Pasture lands were valued at $67.00 per acre and the rental $4.00 per acre. o WELTY-MILES Miss Lucy Welty, daughter of Mrs. Elnora H. Welty of Marion, Ind., and Nelson A. Miles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer P. Miles, were married at St. Joe, Mich., on Saturday, Dec. 24, 1921. The bride is a graduate of Indiana Central college. For the past three years she has been principal of the local high school. The groom was in the Aviation Corps of the U. S. Army during the World war, and since that time he has been identified with the Syracuse Mfg. Co. The newlyweds have & host of friends who are congratulating them. The Journal adds its good wishes for a long and happy married life. o TO PAVE 160 MILES The Indiana State Highway commission announces that it will not depart from its program calling for 117 miles of hard surface roads during the year. Onehalf of the mileage will go to the oW National pike near Terre Haute. The Lincoln highway is to receive about 20 miles in Lake and Porter counties. • o WILL COST 20 CENTS LESS Geography text books will cost pupils of Indiana schools 20 cents less in the future, according to announcement made by representatives of Ginn & Co., of New York, appearing before the board of education at Indianapolis. . o CLUB PRESIDENT HERE Mrs. Omer Neff of Milford, president of the Kosciusko county federation of women’s clubs, met with the Wednesday Afternoon club here yesterday. o HOTELS GETTING READY Proprietors of the various hotels and boarding houses about the lake are all busy getting in readiness for an exceptionally busy seasqp. o DRINK PARLOR SOLD Dwyid Bents, proprietor of the Oakland Theater, has purchased the soft drink business of S. J. Rasor. PARAGRAPHIC BITS Frank Warbel and little son William of New Paris were l» Syracuse Monday visiting with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Dan Warbel, Guy Jarrett and family of Dixon, 111., have been spending some time here at the home of Mrs. Jarrett’s mother, Mrs. Ann Crow. Mrs. A, R, Strock was at Auburn from Thursday until Satur--1 day of last week at the home of her son, Kenneth, She reports that her new grandson is getting aha® flne. Mrs. Alpha Benson, widow of the late Dr. W. O. Benson of Milford, died at the home of her brother in Chicago Friday. She had taught for the past six years in the Milford high school, but had to leave her work two WoQth» ago because of UJ. berftk

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WGMIC BUS ABOUT HOME FOLKS Motes of the Week os the Comin? and Goiag of People You Know. Chauncey Cory is on the sick list. Miss Margaret Drew is ill with a severe cold. Miss Eloise Mabie is ill with heart trouble. A. A. Pfingst made a business trip to Sout,h Bend Monday. A. H. Smith of Cromwell was in Syracuse Saturday on business. Wm. F. Kindig and son Joe, who have been sick with influenza, are improving. Thomas Phe/ps, who has been ill for some time, is showing only slight improvement. Mrs. Ella McPherson i& improving from her illness of the past several days. Mrs. Arnold Pfingst and son Kingsley spent Monday with Mrs. B. H. Doll of Goshen. The Wednesday Afternoon Club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Rothenberger. If the coal strike has to be, well, we can be thankful the winter is almost fagged out. Allen Wallaee, who has gone to Elkhart to work, will move his family there in the near future. Mrs. Ellen Bortz has gone to Leesburg, where she will retnaiu for some time with Mrs. Grover. Mrs. Ernest Smith and little sons, Jack and Paul, came borne yesterdy alter spending two at Cromwell. James lobertsnas been on the sick list since Sunday, his illness having begun with lung trouble, but he is now improving.' Mr. and* Mrs. Dan Warbel, who spent the i winter at Avilla with their daug|hter, Mrs. Walter Rex, returned ihome last week. , Mrs. Am -mdaOtt waasUßßOMmed to Garret /esterdaat 6? a ' 9 *' count of the Mftous’illness ofa*'*’ member of her son’s family. S. E. Rowdabaugh, who has been visiting here for some time, returned to his home in Nev? London, lowa, last Thursday, Misses Mary and Ardeana Cory are here spending the week from Wisconsin with their Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Cory, Mrs. R, E. Thornburg has been seriously ill for the past several days with pneumonia. At thia is written she is much Dewey McPherson, who haa been working in Detroit for the past several months, came home last week to spend some time with his moth®’’. Mrs. Elhk McPherson, who has been ill. Hopeful Hank asked us the other day if the word ‘pants’ is singular oor plural. We explained that when a man wears them it is plural, but if h® does not it is singular. Dan Mishler received word last week of the death of his son, Noble J. Mishler, at Casper, Wyoming. His death was the result of an accident, particulars of which were not given; he leaves a .wife and a year-old daughter. Samuel Baker, 80 years old, a resident of Warsaw for many years, was found dead in hip chair at his home Friday evening by neighbors. He had not been seen after Tuesday noon and the neighbors investigated. It is fiot known when he died. The Selma, Ala.. Timea-Jounud says: In response to an appeal from the Alabama Peanut Growers association, Governor Kilby designated December as “peanut month.” We do not know exactly what form our observance is expected to take, but have been a warm the lowly pemiut aAd are wffitog to db our bit, ff 14 to us.

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