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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
5
A local notice announces the opening of a Family Liquor Store connected to a retail liquor business. It offers whiskies brandies wines and other items at lower prices than previously available, inviting customers to compare prices and quality.
Weather bureau notes April just past was the coldest in 26 years and within one degree of the department’s all time low. The report marks a notably frigid month for the period, reflecting unusually cold conditions across the region.
St Bernice reports a turnout for the Y P C U birthday at the U B church with a full program. Town progress noted in Sisserville as it gains a store barber shop blacksmith drug store and halter factory. Various residents and visitors mentioned including Dr T N Lownsdale Oscar Anderson William Bright Adolphus Dumpley and others.
The treasury department reports per capita circulation at 834.16, the highest on record, surpassing February’s 833.96. Population cited as 85,886, oud.
The speaker urges a young man to bring a fair-haired damsel to the commencement to gain courage for proposing and to rely on music to help her respond affirmatively.
A local account describes an outstanding Vandevere apple tree near Jasonville Indiana. Estimates claim the tree stands seventy six peat or feet in spread, with branches reaching GB feet end to end. Last autumn ten apples laid in a row measured about sixty inches in length.
Reports say John Mitchell, president of the miners union, is improving after a surgical operation at his Spring Valley home Til. Letters will replace telegrams to notify headquarters of his condition, though his office disputes earlier serious-condition rumors.
Multiple cases filed including Pawley vs Hess for invechanics. Sunkei for Page divorce. Hinds vs Cossey quiet title. estate sale petition by Giles estate. Sesen Coutts quiet title. Evans vs Smith foreclosure of mechanic's lien. Salyards vs Criswold quiet title. Slater vs Arrasmith quiet title. Kadivnik divorce. Attorneys named for each action.
A collage of humorous aphorisms on modesty shoes and prayers, a Wyoming couple’s fifth marriage, a man grieving his mother in law, odd legal tales, a girl seeking a provider, and a Sunday school anecdote about Solomon. It closes with a playful springtime verse praising crocuses and warm breezes amid lingering winter wit.
Mrs. Joan Nelson Beveridge died suddenly on Monday born January 27 1838 in Scotland She married Robert Beveridge in 1504 and moved to the United States about twenty years later She was mother to nine with three surviving along with her husband Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 oclock at the house led by Rev E Fowler and interment followed in Riverside cemetery Other notes mention Jeff Haase relocating to Clinton and Sue Nebaker visiting Dana then returning to Collins Colorado and a real estate ad closing the segment
Dominick Strazabosco announces a planned June 1907 hearing before the Vermillion County Board of Commissioners to secure a one year retail license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors for on premises consumption in Clinton Indiana. The location is the east room of a frame building on Knowles Heights Lot 39 fronting Oak Street with visible glass doors and windows.
Matt Rodegherio applies to Vermillion County commissioners at the June 1907 term for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors in a Clinton township shop on Main street. The license covers spirits wine malt and intoxicants for on premise consumption in a two story brick building at the described lot, with ownership stated as a male resident over 21.
John Pesavento applies to Vermillion county Indiana Board for a liquor license for on premises sale and drinking in a south room of a one story frame building in Bogart & Anderson subdivision Clinton This notice details residence qualifications and precise property description in section 16 township 14 north range 9 west with a glass front location on South street.
Vermilion county authorities at the June 1907 term consider a license request from a bona fide resident for selling vinious and malt liquor at retail. The proposed one room on the ground floor of a single story frame building on a tract described by precise metes and bounds near Feather Creek Free Gravel Road, with two front glass windows allowing full interior visibility from the road.
A lyrical scene of cows returning from the clover pasture to be milked. Names of cows Phyllis Rosabel Buttercup Bess Daisy Pansy Daffodil Nell are listed as they trooped home. The speaker recalls summer scents, distant cow bells, and the soothing evening chorus as manhood fades in memory.
Angelo Perona of Clinton township Vermillion county Indiana applies to the Board of Commissioners at the June 1907 term for a one year license to sell spirits wine malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than a quart with on premise consumption. The premises consist of a separate ground floor room on the southwest corner of a tract described as 27 rods south of a corner in section 33 township 14 north range 9 west, area about five acres, with a glass front.
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