Covington Fair Seeks Record Exhibit Reach This Year
The Covington Fair runs September 16 to 19 with over $2,000 in cash premiums and a no entry fee plan for most departments. Entries encouraged from Fountain, Warren and Vermillion counties, with a large race program including 1 mile heats open to all and 0.5 mile Tri County races limited to locally owned horses. Admission 25 cents adults, 15 cents children under 14.
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Covington
Geo
Sedwin
Ind
Fountain
Warren
Vermillion Counties
Covington Fair
Fly Extermination Campaign Urged In Homes Towns And Schools
An extended plea urges immediate anti fly campaigns led by housewives, schools, and civic groups. It urges cleaning breeding grounds, proper waste management, screened houses, and the starvation method, plus statewide cleanup days and community signage to boost participation.
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The
American Civic Association
State Health Department
Boards of Trade
Women's Clubs
State Health Service
Herms
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Claims Worms Harm Children
An advertisement for Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer as a cure for worms in children. It lists signs of worm infestation and claims the product improves appetite and digestion, with a price of 25 cents and availability by mail or at druggists in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
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Kickapco Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Butler’s Grid of Red and Green Lights for Ships
General Benjamin F. Butler introduced red and green side lights for vessels after their first use on the Hudson River in 1862. He supported a factory that produced the navigation lights, influencing maritime signaling practice.
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Gen. Butler
Hudson River
Benjamin F. Butler
Apples to brighten women complexions says Grant Border
Baltimore executive Grant Border told the International Shippers' Association in Chicago that apples will improve complexions more than remedies. He predicted U.S. apple production would top 100,000,000 barrels in five years, offering affordable, steady color for women nationwide.
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Jennie
Grant Border
Baltimore
International Shippers’ Association
Chicago
United States
Boy Tours Coast by Riding on Car Rear
Twelve year old Henry Wheeling of Crawfordsville Indiana rode the length of the coast on the rear of a transcontinental auto after hitching a ride at Pomona. He traveled two months without spending a cent and was provided dinner and a comfortable return journey after being discovered.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Wheeling
Crawfordsville
Ind
Pomona
Here
Lobsters and Crabs Chew With Stomachs Not Mouths
The article explains lobsters and crabs have stomach teeth and chew unfinished food in their stomachs. They grab one item with claws and begin partial mastication before continuing in the stomachs.
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Nature
Romans Emperors and a Shorthand Legacy
The text notes a Roman shorthand system taught in schools and claims Emperor Titus was an expert, implying a link between imperial status and mastery of the method.
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Titus
Sale of Millcreek School Building in Fountain County
Notice from Henry Lawson Trustee announces sale of the District 5 frame school building in Millcreek Township on a date and time to be set. The sale, cash only, requires bids no less than two thirds of appraised value, bidder risk rejection of all bids.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
All Drugziste
Hall
Millcreek Township
Fountain County
Indiana
Trustee to Sell Frame School Building at Day School House
Trustee Henry Lawron will sell the frame school building in District 13 on Samuel B Day land at 1 pm in the township school building. Bids must reach two thirds of appraised value and be cash. Trustee may reject all bids. Sw. May 13.
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P. Mu
Samuel B. Day
Day
Henry Lawron
Expenditures and Tax Levies for the Year 1914
Trustee of Millcreeks Township Mountain County presents estimates for 1914 at the advisors board meeting. Items include township expenditures 1500 tax 15c per dollar local tuition 2500 tax 20c school tax 50c road expenditures 2000 tax 20c additional road 500 tax 10c library 2000 tax 5c poor expenditures 100 tax 1c. Net taxables 147.
Expenditures and Tax Levies for the Year 1914
The Vintee of Paceson Township Fountain County Indiana holds its 1913 annual meeting at the office in Wallice on September 2 at 2 pm to set expenditures and levies for 1914. It lists township and special school expenditures with their taxes and polls, road taxes, and total valuations used for the levy.
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Paceson Township
Fountain County
Indiana
Advisory Board
Wallice
Mortgage exemption account credit figures listed
The document notes two figures for mortgage exemption credits: 795,840 dollars and 314,770 dollars. No further context provided.
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Erlo
Tri-County
Lee
Odgers T. Gurnee
Fiv
Colorado
Texas
St. Johnsbury
Edward Hatch, Jr
University of California
California
Spencer
Weleus
Insects
Science
Henry Smith Williams
Tts
American Press Association
BOY Scouts
Nellie Hir
National, Accident Society
Broadway
New York
Melek
Chhar
W. R. Ratcliff
Henry Lawson
Millcreeks'Towmship
Mountain County
Armountiat
Towatsdep
Lawson
Priast
John C. Goodin
Jackson Township
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