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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
5
Versailles native Frank S Jones enters the race for Circuit Judge subject to the Republican Judicial Convention decision. He announces candidacy and outlines intent to pursue the post through party proceedings and selection.
Francis Marion Thompson declares candidacy for Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court subject to GOP convention decision within the circuit.
The Versailles Republican reports mixed responses from Ripley county voters. While some welcomed proposed reform, the majority show indifference. The piece argues reform must be powerful to elevate public virtue and notes the effort may yield results for some, though many remain unconvinced.
Viewers require the pike to remain open during construction. Contractors must clear vegetation to keep a 80 foot right of way. The grade, culverts, stonework, and ballast lay out detailed, with centers and ditches shaped to exact specs and reviewed by the engineer and Board of County Commissioners.
The Supreme Court ruling on nonresident divorce validity contrasts with Judge McMaster in Indiana upholding a legal divorce for nonresidents. The piece questions conflicts across state lines, Ohio residency issues, and potential impacts on legitimacy and inheritance if couples relocate or remarry in different states.
The text advises that the first cold may be mild and respond to early treatment, but a second cold could linger and be more troublesome. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as both preventive and curative and encourages taking it.
The Ripley County Board of Commissioners sets a special election for Laughery Township on May 29 1906 to decide on macadamized road construction per a viewers report and profile filed with the county auditor. Polls open for the voting period required by law in all precincts. Commissioners John Bultman Thos Jh Corbin and Charles Hunger seal the notice. Nicholas Volz is the auditor.
Specifications require a 30 foot clear road, removal of vegetation, and limestone metal for a five mile plus section south of Batesville. Details include station markers, mile posts, and centerline profiles with varying road widths, depths, and banking, finishing with a concrete like fill plan and grading to match street widths in Batesville.
The text details slope grades, ditch dimensions, and culvert specifications for a road improvement. It specifies wall and wing wall sizes, arch culvert dimensions, stone and mortar requirements, wing walls, parapet walls, foundation guidance, and plan control by viewers, engineer, and board of commissioners. Estimated total cost is 818,957.80.
Engineers Jas E Wright Herman Harlemmert and Geo W Schmidt file a supplemental report to the court stating their chief report was submitted to the county auditor for at least ten days before the first Monday in May 1906 and that no damages claims were filed during that period.
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