The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-23

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BY Fost C. Scribe

As to freight reductions, when APP
piled to farmers product only as op-
posed to general freight reduction on
all articles, shows a resulting heavy in
crease in the buying power of the far
mer which varies somewhat as to To-
cality. For the Nebraska corn farmer,
the reduction of 10 per cent on the
freight of pillow and the freight on
the corn necessary to pay for it, in
creases the farmers buying power
SS737. A 20 per cent freight reduc-
ton would increase the farmers buy
ing power $6572 on this single tran
Saction. Every traveller has a vital
interest in this question
Dan Dunn, Post o, Anderson, has
tossed his hat in the ring for the office
OF state president, adding another il
lustrlous name to the list of able men
who are willing to serve as officers.
Although Dams name might be proper
ly spelled Done" to harmonic with
t. 2. A. work he has accomplished.
Post c, having little presidential
boomlet of its own, will be unable to
support him.
Post c has a secretary who has no
winter pants, no vest, no coat, all
having been stolen while at moth
ball renovators. Worse yet, and few
days later, while placidly consuming a
pittance of liver and stale bread at a
popular restaurant, his overcoat also
disappeared. The weather is mild but
| not mild enough for pajamas only.
Marcus believes General Sherman s
definition of war, barely covers his
case. The number of the Salvation
Army telephone is 1045.
Harry FrankePs entertainers aug.
mented by two extra instruments and
| artists to usesthem have been brought
| up to the nth degree of perfection
| for the T. P. A. annual dance, Wednes-
day night, Dec. %. The reception
| committee consisting of Raymond
| Nicholson, Ben c. Bartel, Whitney Nc
| CURE, Thos. Tarkelson, W. J. Black
! more, Raymond Mather, Ira c. Wood
| Fred Miller, Eugene Quigg, Ollie P
/ Often, T. c. Harrington, Westcott
| Hanes, Paul James, Alva E. Holmes
| w. Fl. Krone, Charles Z. Roberts. Fred
| Haisley, Roy C. Fry, Scott Morris
! iNODt. W. / HllllpS, ". +. MChee, leo
/ X. Cause, and w. H. Bates will en-
! deavor to see that every one has an
/ enjoyable evening. Light refresh
| ments will be served. Members and
| friends of members are invited.
Just one hundred years after the
! ringing of the Independence bell, a
! bell of another sort, but of vast i'm
portance, rang the first telephone bell
| Both bells are still sounding but how
| little do we realize the astounding pro
gress that has come about under oul
very eyes. In 1877 there were bu
us telephones in the entire world
| Forty years later, 1917, there were
! about twelve million in the United
States alone. Telephones are being in
stalled at the rate of 100000 annually
Indiana began talking through III,
! wire in 1884. In 1902 there were in ust
| one phone for each % persons. Nov
! there is one for each men. women
and children in the state. There ar,
more telephones in this state than OF
the continents of Asia, Africa ad Souti
America. There are more phones il
Indiana than in England, France, Ital,
Spain and Norway combined. In the
United States this public utility OF