17 May 1907
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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
1
A local listing announces a Family Liquor Store linked to a retail liquor business offering Whisky Brandy Wines at lower prices, claiming quality meets or exceeds prior offers and promising price lists below.
The weather bureau reports that April just ended was the coldest in 26 years and within one degree of the department’s all time low. The month’s readings mark a notable chill across the region, aligning with historic cold trends observed by meteorologists.
The treasury department states the country’s per capita circulation is $34.16, the highest on record, compared with $33.96 in February. The figure uses a population base of 85,586,000.
A guidance address urges a young man to bring a fair-haired damsel to the commencement. It suggests the talk may grant courage to propose and that street music's charm could help her respond.
The Vandevere variety apple tree at Jasonville, Indiana is described as the most remarkable in the state. It measures 112 inches in circumference and 63 feet across the tips of its branches, yielding a fine annual crop. Last autumn ten apples in a row measured 36 inches.
John Mitchell president of the miners union shows marked improvement after a surgical operation. He is at home in Spring Valley Illinois and will be notified to headquarters by letters instead of daily telegrams. Reports of a serious condition are not believed at his office.
St Bernice reports a quiet week with birthdays and visits. Sunday marked the Y P C U's 17th birthday at the U B church with a full program. Residents include Mrs T N Lownsdale visiting Clay City and Oscar Anderson from Rosedale stopping by.
A roll of quips and verse from a bygone era on manners weather and marriage. Bits about modest Boston girls Wyoming couples to weddings grief over in law and spring crocuses mix with a humorous legal joke and a schoolboy Solomon tale.
A list of civil actions includes divorces, quiet title suits, foreclosures, and real estate sales. Plaintiffs include D H Pawley Fannie Hess and Wallie O Page versus Joseph Page James W Hinds versus Peter Cossey and Clarissa Salyards versus Wm D Criswold among others with various attorneys named.
Mrs Joan Nelson Beveridge wife of Robert Beveridge died suddenly on Monday born in Scotland January 27 1838 married in 1914 moved to the United States about twenty years later She was mother of nine with three survivors along with her husband Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 PM at the house conducted by Rev C E Fowler and interment was Riverside cemetery Also notes of local moving and visiting persons appear in this issue
A male resident of Clinton township Vermilion county Indiana will apply to the Board of Commissioners at the June term 1907 for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in small quantities with on premise consumption. The location is the east room of a one story frame building at the southwest corner of Knowles Heights lot 39 fronts Oak street with glass doors and windows. Dominick Strazabosco.
Matt Rodegherio, a Clinton Township resident and business owner, applies to Vermillion County Commissioners at the June term 1907 for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous malt and intoxicating liquors in a retail shop on Main Street Clinton. The sale would permit consumption on the premises in a two story brick building with a ground floor front hall and a specified lot description.
In Vermillion county Indiana the first ward citizen applies for a one year retail license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other beverages for on premises consumption in a south room of a frame building on lot 5 block 1 Bogart and Anderson subdivision Clinton. The location fronts on 9th street and is fully visible from the street. JOHN PESAVENTO.
Citizens of Geneva in Vermillion county Indiana receive notice of a proposed liquor license at June 1907 Vermillion County term. A bona fide resident and owner seeks retail sale of vinous malt and intoxicants for on premise drinking in a one story frame building on land described by metes and bounds with two front glass windows on Feather Creek Free Gravel Road.
The reader recalls cows returning from a clover field as evening bells tinkle. Names of cows Phyllis Rosabel Buttercup Bess Daisy Pansy Daffodil Nell are listed, with scents and music of summer filling the air. The poem views manhood fading while listening to distant cow bells.
Clinton township resident aged over twenty one will apply at the June 1907 Vermillion county commissioners term for a one year license to sell intoxicants in quantities less than a quart with on premises drinking. The premises occupy a specified five acre tract on the southwest corner of section 33 in township 14 north range 9 west. a single room on the ground floor fronts the public highway with two glass windows for visibility.
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