Bond sale sets premium for Worth township high school
Worth township trustee Seymour R. Stewart sold a $10,000 school bond issue to J F Wild and Company of Indianapolis for a $68 premium. Other bidders included The Fletcher American Bank, Reed Elliott and Harrison, and Miller and Company. The contract for the new high school building, to be erected on the playground south of the current structure, will be let July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour R. Stewart
Worth Township
J. F. Wild & Company
Indianapolis
Fletcher American Bank
Reed, Elliott and Harrison
Miller and Company
Purdue trustees clash with finance board over state funds
Purdue University trustees and faculty met with Indiana state board of finance to challenge how the 1913 tax levy affects ongoing appropriations for agricultural extension, experiment station, and hog cholera work. Attorney general’s opinion says specific appropriations were repealed, risking program funding. The board defended continued spending from existing acts, while noting mill tax funds may not cover all activities without legislative approvals. The issue hinges on validity of previous acts and could influence other educational funding decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
State Board of Finance
Ralston
Thomas M. Honan
W. E. Stone
University
George Ade
Will R. Wood
Purdue
Addison C. Harris
W. H
Benevolence and the Virtue of a Kind Heart
An exhortation on benevolence as a defining virtue for women and youth. It extols charity, empathy, and active good works, stressing that giving and aiding the sick, oppressed, and needy shapes character and honors motherhood. The piece links benevolence to a godly life and civic virtue, urging practical compassion and gracious, truthful conduct.
Sheridan Boys In Jail For Possessing Stolen Chickens
Four Sheridan youths aged fourteen to seventeen were jailed in Noblesville on charges of receiving stolen goods after officers found about a dozen chickens in an old Sheridan shed. The Lovell boy worked in a furniture factory. others deny involvement. Authorities suspect older planners behind the thefts, with reports of numerous chicken thefts on Sheridan’s 2nd Street since spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Lovell
Cecil Walton
Basil Merrill
Wilbur King
Noblesville
Sheridan
Lovell
2Nd Street
Anti Narcotics Meeting Held at Mrs Hosford Home
The W C I U held its regular Thursday afternoon gathering at Mrs Rena Hosford’s East Pearl street residence with strong attendance. Mrs F L Hardy led the session on Anti Narcotics and refreshments included pineapple cake and lemonade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Hosford
East Pearl Street
F. L. Hardy
Buckskin Ben’s Wild West Show To Feature At Fair Week
Boone County Fair secretary Len Titus announces Vendette family will headline a free act during fair week. The four member family performs gymnastics and entertaining feats, with Titus seeking two more free acts. Buckskin Ben’s outfit seeks terms and offers a touring wild west show with a second educational ship exhibit for the county event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Titus
Boone County Fair
Vendette
Titus
Narrow escape saves Union Traction man on dangerous bridge
E. E. Slick, claim adjuster for Union Traction, barely escaped a fatal plunge after missing a last car and riding a taxi toward a missing bridge span near Pendleton. The taxi halted at the opening, preventing a fall into the creek below. The incident, reported by the Noblesville Ledger via the Anderson Bulletin, underscores the peril of the unlit bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville Ledger
E. E. Slick
Union Traction Company
Anderson Bulletin
Noblesville
Slick
Anderson
Pendleton
Sheriff Silent on Theft Suspect From Huntington
Huntington sheriff seeks Bolaga on theft charges involving $1265. He allegedly wrote to a woman at 608 Winfield Street, Lebanon, described man may be here or arriving soon. Local officers have not seen anyone matching the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McRoberts
Huntington
Bolaga
Winfield Street
Lebanon
Tax refund suits filed by three traction firms in Indianapolis
Three lawsuits to recover taxes paid for 1909 to 1912 were filed in federal court by Indianapolis Street Railway Company, Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction, and Terre Haute Traction and Light. The suits target collectors Kruger and Neal in Indianapolis and Strouse in Terre Haute, arguing the rent paid by lessees, not the owning firms, was taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction
Terre Haute Traction and Light Co
Peter J. Kruger
Elam H. Neal
Terre Haute
Isaac R. Strouse
Internal Revenue
Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Company
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
International Revenue
Commissioner of International Revenue
Anderson
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J.F. Wild & CO
Con
W. W. Stevens
Lebaion Ind
A. Ichild
Heaven
Earth
Tr-City Daily
Florence
Ala
Albany, Ga
Dyersburg
Birmingham
Age Herald
Redpath
Alpena
Mich
Rheinfrank
Battle Creek
Enquirer
Gary
Ind
Chau
M’roberts
Indianapolis & Northern Institutes
U. S
Ping Ping
Masters and
Mitchell
Thompson & Son
Lexington
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