The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-02
Short News Of CITY
sTRAYER's MOTHER DEAD.

LIMB is BROKEN.
l. Miss Mary Van Sickle, Of Richmond,
suffered broken ankle and had sew
eral ligaments in her leg torn as re-
suit of a fall in Centerville Saturday
afternoon. She with Mrs. Levi Mey-
ers. were visiting Mrs. Dina Cleveland
before attending meeting, and it was
rs Miss Van Sickle was leaving the
Cleveland home that she fell. She was
returned to her home after being at
| tended by DR.. Ford.
SEVERAL IN N. Y.
Among Richmond persons listed in
New York hotels last week were Mr..
and Mrs. w. Johnson. r. H. Granger
OF the Granger Mashmeyer company
| also was in New York.
SOCIETIES ENTERTAINED.
Mrs. A. H. Backus entertained dis
! trict superintendent of the Women's
| Foreign Missionary societies of the
Methodist church at her home on
| North Eighth street, Saturday after
| noon. Florence c. Binford, of Green
field. Ind, secretary of the North In
| diana Methodist conference, was pres
| ent.
FRIENDS AT kOkOMO.
A three days Forward Movement
district conference closed in KokomO
Sunday evening, under the leadership
! of the midwest team. The Rev.
Charles Woodman, pastor of the Allen
Jay Memorial church gave the princi-
pal address President David M. Ed
wards, of Earlham college, Charles E.
| Tebbits of the Forward Movement
headquarters, the Rev. Enrol D. Peck
ham of Brooklyn, N. Y, also spoke
at the conference which was consider
| ed very successful.
| 13 INCHES OF SNOW
Approximately Is inches Of snow fell
, in January and succeeded in covering
the streets of Richmond 80 out of the
l31 days of the month. A total of 2.07
inches of rainafall was recorded. The
coolest day was the twelfth when the
mercury dropped to 4 degrees below
zero. The warmest was registered on
the twentieth when the thermometer
read As above.
BAILEY GOES SOUTH
William III. Bailey general manager
of the Home Telephone company left
Sunday for Augusta, Ga, where he
will attend convention of lndepen'
dent Telephone companies OF the
country. Following the conference he
and Mrs. Bailey will spend fortnight
vacation at southern winter resorts.
VISIT ART GALLERY
A number of people visited the
public art gallery exhibit Sunday aft
ernoon. The exhibit of Indiana art
lists is still hanging and will be or
display until next week.
REV. SEMANS is HOME.
The Rev. r. l.. Semans of the First
VI. E. Church has returned from Chi
Icago. where he went to attend con
ference CT the Methodist minute meL
of the Chicago District
WOULD BE COMMISSIONERS
William X. Chessman Of Center
township, county commissioner, made
formal announcement Monday that he
would be a candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for commissioner o.
the middle district at the May pri
marles,
, FINED IN CITY COURT
S. D. Pierson, arrested Sunday eve
ming. was fined 81 and costs in police
court Monday.
DOMESTIC eRAWL
, Harry Jones was arrested Sunda!
, by local police officials because o
;, alleged domestic difficulties. Loca
, officials will consult late Monday aft
ernoon in an effort to determine tn,
, charge to be placed against him. Al
: inquest may be held to determine
E whether the man is sane. He will b.
tried in police court Tuesday morn
ing.
GOFF GIVEN TO AUTHORITIES
? Sheriff Glenn Carr returned Sunda,
from Chicago where he took Clifford
Golf. arrested by local police OF
charges of desertion from the navy
Carr turned him over to authorities a
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
| ton.
MISS ROACH ILL.,
+ Miss Mary Roach is i'll with lagripp'
. at her home on North Sixteenth street
REBEkAH'S TO CELEBRATE.
Evelyn Rebehah Lodge. of Center
>. Vile, will celebrate its thirtieth ami
@ Nersary on Wednesday evening. Feb
! / instead of Feb. 10, as was previous
f " announced. All members of tn
: lodge and their families are invited t,
bring baskets of food
LUCAS IN CITY.
Clint Lucas, Of Harmony, is visitin;
with relatives in the city.
TEACHERS TAKE EXAMS.
/ Fifty-one county school teachers
I took state examination in room 20 il
e the high school building, Saturda,
: morning and afternoon. A number o
y teachers had been teaching durin;
e the past semester without license
J. owing to the shortage of instructor
a in the schools.
: WRECK VICTIMS TO HOMES
David Reinheimer, of New Paris
/ O., and Thurman MattiX, R. r. G.
Richmond, injured in the interurbal
wreck Thursday, were sent to thei
homes from the hospital Sunda y
Others who were injured We're rep
ported to be doing nicely Monda.
afternoon.
| MORE INFLUENZA HERE
4 Eight cases Of influenza were report
: ed 10 City Health Officer George B
I Hunt Monday. Two cases Of pneu
monia were reported and one deatl
: from pneumonia, although it had no
: been preceded by influenza. The sit
D uaton is not yet considered serious.
r TALKS ON DISEASE.
The Rev G. G. Burbanck of ST