The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-24
Short News Of City
PESSIMIST IN WHEAT

J. A. Squires of Greensboro is
pessimist on the 1920 wheat crop. Be
sides the fly, and the bad winter,
Squires said, several farmers are not
attending to their business as they
should.
TO FIGHT CHlNcH BUG
Richard Lieber, head of the state
conservation department, Tuesday is
sued a call to county agents, including
E. F. Murphy of Wayne county, to
fight the chinch bug. He says the
bug is likely to prove pest unless 1t
is fought hard.
BOYS, PICK 'EM UP
Wireless messages fit back and
forth across Richmond from $3.50 to
10 o'clock each night. They are sent
out by Harvey NJ. Anthony Of the
Muncie high school faculty. who is
state commander of the radio intellig-
ence service commission. The mess
ages are sent for the benefit Of anna
teur wireless operators.
TO CHECK PRICES
A careful check on the prices set
of meat will be kept during Save
Money on Meat" week, which began in
Indiana Saturday, said Stanley Wyck-
state Wednesday, Letters will be
army supplies, such as food, clothing
and hardware, warning them against
profiteering, said Wyckoff.
NUSeAUM PESsIMiSTIC
Lee B. Nusbaum, of Richmond, sec
retary-treasurer of the Indiana Retail
Dry Goods Association, at its session
in Indianapolis Tuesday, said that
there would be no reduction in prices
without the cooperation of labor,
manufacturer, wholesaler and distrb-
utor'. Sentiment along the same line
was expressed by other men.
TWO HURT IN SMASH
Mr.. and Mrs. William Collins and
Miss G]'.'ys Collins met with an &C
cident Sunday night on the National
road west about $50. Their buggy
was struck by a machine said to have
| been driven by Mr.. Evans of Rich
mond, and thrown over a ten-foot en-
bankment. Mrs. Collins received Sc
we're cuts about the face, but her con
dtion is favorable. Gladys Collins Is
suffering from nervous shock.
LAUNDRiES RAISE PRICES
The high cost of cleanliness has ad.
vanced 90 percent in the last three
months, say Richmond laundry pro.
I.prietors. Laundries throughout the
state have been forced to raise prices
recently because of unusually high
wages laundry employees are receiving
and also increased prices in soap
starch, laundry machinery and other
things used in keeping clothes clean
No additional raise is contemplated
however, assure Richmond laundry
owners.
WENTLINGS HAVE SON
| Mr.. and Mrs. Howard P. Venting
are parents of a son, born Wednesday
morning. He will be christened How
ard Paul, Jr.
BAPTIsTs TO MEET
Members of the First Baptist
church will hold their regular congre
! gational meeting Friday at p. m
have a supper at p. m. and the con,
gregational meeting will be held i'm
mediately following the supper
TO MEET HIS WORKERS.
W. L. Stump, Wayne county finan-
cial director of the Inter-church world
movement financial campaign, will!
meet with the different denomination,
al directors of the county in the Rich
mond Y. NJ. C. A. at 100 p. m, We'd.
nesday. Plan of action probably will
be taken up.
HISTORY CLASS TO MEET.
The third Y. NJ. c. A. history and
relationship class will meet in the as.
sociation building at 7 p. m. Wednes-
day This class is under the direc.
ton of j. W. Hansell, first director
| of the Y. NJ C. A. college at Chicago
KARL MEYERS is HURT
Karl Meyers, cashier of the Rich,
mond City Water Works, sustained a
deep cut over his right eye, bad
bruises and torn clothing, late Wed
nesday morning, when thrown from a
water works wagon on which he was
riding. The wheels of the wagon
caught in car track and the sudden
swerve threw Meyers.
RETURNS FROM MEETING.
| c. o. Williams, county superintend
ent. returned from Indianapolis Mon
day night, after attending a session OF
: the Republican County Superintend