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The notice lists five lines or less at 26 cents per insertion and charges per line for entries over five lines. It appears as a traditional display of local classifieds pricing.
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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
4
The notice lists five lines or less at 26 cents per insertion and charges per line for entries over five lines. It appears as a traditional display of local classifieds pricing.
The Golden Rule Hatcheries in Rushville Indiana offers baby chicks every Monday and Thursday. Available breeds include Bar red White and Buff Rocks Rhode Island Reds New Hampshire Reds White Wyandots Buff Orpingtons and light Brahmas. Call 2516 for started chicks.
White Rocks day old chicks available at 12 50 per 100 from W W Zike Hatchery Morristown. Some stock already hatched. Greenfield contact number 102.
Advert asks readers to mail for free formulas to improve hogs poultry and sheep health. Claims include pigs with butterball coats turkeys of 30 lb and White Rocks 4 lb and no worms or ticks in livestock. Encourages farmers to use home grains and create ration plans with a money back guarantee.
Golden Rule Hatcheries in Rushville offers baby chicks at 10 dollars per 100 and sells standard breeds. Build your own electric brooder with automatic heaters and controls. Call 2516 for details.
The GCOCIETY notes Mrs Lon Earnest hosted a Friendship class gathering Tuesday evening. President Mrs Nelle White led the business session and devotional, with a discussion on Miscellaneous Subjects followed by a general discussion and post-meeting contests.
Laura Benson in charge. Two new names were added to the membership, Mrs Katherine Truitt and Mrs Ella Nelson. The Lafalot club postponed to Friday April 28. Ed Beaver and children of Greenfield were guests of Mr and Mrs George Jackson. Mr Beaver heads to the armed service. Trustees honor Mr and Mrs Randolph Reames after the oratorical contest with lace table cloth. Walnut Ridge Friends Missionary meeting held with 10 members 2 guests. seed and plant exchange featured. Visitors include Emelia Davis and David Binford. others move residences or travel for service. Marjorie Freeman joins Bell Telephone Indianapolis from Carthage.
The notice lists inspection intervals for commercial vehicles at six months or 5000 miles. Fuel oil period 4 and 5 coupons expire September 30 with values including 10 and 50 gallon units and 250 gallon blocks. All change-making and reserve coupons are valid. Consumers should have used at most 97 percent of rations by April 15, 1944. Stoves for home use across coal, wood, oil, kerosene, gasoline, and gas are rationed and require certificates from the local board.
The guide lists blue stamps A8 through K8 and others in book 4 worth 10 points, with meats and fats each 10 points. sugar and canning sugar stamps for five pounds. shoe stamp 18 for one pair. airplane stamp for one pair. book rules require presenting Book 1 or 3. It notes gas and tire rules, endorsing stamps with vehicle numbers.
A guidance note suggests that about half of households have at least two workers. It urges readers to calculate how much beyond ten percent of their family income they can allocate to War Bonds from every payday.
Ourch Wes and Carthage churches list Sunday school at 9:30 and service at 10:30. Prayer meetings Thursday and Wednesday at 7:30, East St. Christian Church lists Geo. B. Moore as superintendent and Cecil Pike as assistant. Methodist Church notes Sunday school at 9:30 and worship at 10:30 led by Hubert Hunt.
Church notices report a Sept service at 10 30 A M for Carthage Friends with J A Reynolds leading worship and fellowship events announced for the community.
Rev Otro Kennerly invites Sunday worship with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 10:45 a.m. worship. The lesson covers Paul becoming a missionary and advancing Christianity. Attendance rose 40 percent above average. Men’s choir and orchestra practice are Tuesday night. volunteers urged to help keep church spirit alive for returning boys.
Indiana taxpayers are reminded by Gilbert K. Hewitt that the final day for filing the first quarterly 1944 returns without penalty is April 30. Any taxpayer with tax over 10 dollars per quarter must file and pay under the Gross Income Tax Act. For example, if the tax on gross receipts for January February and March 1944 exceeds 10 dollars.
The notice outlines tax filing requirements for Indiana gross income tax with forms available statewide. Returns must be sent to the Gross Income Tax Division in Indianapolis, with penalties for filing after April 30. Federal excise taxes on certain activities are not deductible from gross income.
The text notes that certain Federal excise taxes including admissions transportation and communications are deductible. It highlights how tax policy allows deduction for specific excise charges and references related guidance.
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