Lane highway bids sought for summer completion
Commissioners report a part of the Lane highway usable only in dry weather. They will solicit new bids to finish the project so work can be completed this summer.
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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
1
Commissioners report a part of the Lane highway usable only in dry weather. They will solicit new bids to finish the project so work can be completed this summer.
A fragment notes Joseph Shepherd was in a Sullivan vehicle Friday handling Rice District business. The wording is unclear but indicates a local business matter involving rice distribution. Further details are not resolved in the readable text.
Carlisle and Haddon township citizens vote to postpone indefinitely a July 4th welcome home celebration for World War I veterans. Committees remain intact and a later date is planned, with Thanksgiving suggested to ensure all service members return. War Mothers and Exempted Mens groups expected to participate.
The Sullivan County Board of Review began a sixty day session at the Sullivan courthouse to adjust taxable property as assessments are raised to true cash value. Members include Republican John W. Cooper and Democrat Robert Calvert, with ex officio William Williamson county assessor Frank M. Daniels county auditor and Ed P. Snow county treasurer.
Carlisle Lodge No 185 Orde Eastern Stars held a regular meeting Friday night initiating a class of two candidates. Logan was named among those welcomed into the group.
On Sullivan road near the Chicago Carlisle Coal Company nine, two autos collided with one a Buick sustaining severe damage while the other Flivver remained operable. Drivers Bill Engle Tommy Russell and Slim Hancock survived with minor injuries claimed equal fault. A separate crash north of Carlisle at Griffith corner involved Charles Asher driving a Willys and William McDonald in a closed cab buggy. McDonald was bruised but not seriously hurt while Asher received a forehead cut.
John Piel references David Matter and Sullivan Mek in a legal notice involving a dispute. The document lists individuals connected to the case and outlines proceedings and pertinent dates.
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