Commissioners Allowances Special Team 1905
Attorney notes list of county payments and salaries including bridge repairs jail and poor fund, county farm expenses, and public works. Named individuals and firms appear with amounts for auditors, supervisors, blacksmiths, and mended infrastructure. Also includes entomology notes and farm practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Little
J. M. Wilkey
Robert Savage
J. Loeb
Jail and Poor
Troy
Covington Light and Water Co
I. B. Clawson
County Farm
George A. Law
Expense County Farm
Mean of Him. A Gift for Dobbs
In a humorous exchange, Singleboy asks for a fitting wedding present for Dobbs and Doublemany suggests sending half a dozen Dill tiles as an apt gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbs
Doublemany
Boston Beans Reach Remarkable Consumer Height
In 1904 Boston’s bean market tops thousands of barrels with total sales around 86 million dollars. The city consumes ever more as seasonal demand climbs from Thanksgiving to April, with per capita use about 37 quarts weighing 148 pounds. Two firms now bake beans for restaurants and lunch spots to meet the rising taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States Navy
New Tingland Grocer
Evolution of Earth's Climates Through Dense Vapor Age
Marsden Manson proposes a gradual climate theory from a dense watery vapor atmosphere trapping internal heat to solar influence creating zoned climates. He suggests oceans cooled, vapors thinned, and a glaciation period occurred before sunlight shaped regional zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philosophical Society of
Washington
Marsden Manson
Globe
Earth
Balloon invention notes from French schoolboys
Primary exam essays describe balloon history with errors. A pupil credits the Montgolfier brothers as paper makers and claims they filled a large balloon with pauper to rise. Another piece discusses ballast and how aerostats descend by adding sand and gravel.
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M. Mayer, Jr
Covington
Indiana
Fountain Trust Company
Washington Street
Covington, Ind
Pure New York
Abe
East Main Street
Danville
Illinois
McClure’s
America
Schurz
Baker
McClure
The
Ss. S. McClure Company
East 23d Street
New York
N. Y
McClure’s. Ii
Chicago and
St. Louis
Frisco Road
Cao
LaSalle St
Chicago
St. Louis Union Station
Adonta
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
R. S
W.H. Richardson
John Holland & Co
Frank Swain
Mary Hull
Shoe
Central County
George A. Orphans Coal Co
William Ryan
Spence, Sanity & Spence
Sadler Bridge Repair
Austin Keeling
Sane Atticat Bridge Co
Sane Thornton Levey Co
Harry Wertz
Covington Pride
Ira Bowes
Alfred Parker
James T. Bel
Fountain County
J. B. Lehwin
Attica Ledger
C.e. Bos
M. Williams
Sadler
T. A. Clifton
C. L. Myers
Secretary Board of Health Ooo
W. HH. Lite
Pout
Ella S
Butterworth
Children’s Aid
Guy F
H. (. Randolph
Lee
J. L. Townsley
G. W. Martin
H. E. Longacre
Court House Vo
John Keller Et al
County Farm Co
H. F. Warner
Geo. A. Law
Leo Watrick
the Leader
Frank Stackhouse
Cloom
Guy
David Cates
Merriman é@& Co
Poor Logan
Oven
Liat
Z. T. Starnes
Eeeee TS
Finney
Ed Foster
J. M. Evans
Richland
M. M. Wedges
Wabash
C. M. Coggins
Same
E. S. Baker
Davis Township
Sam Simms
C. V. Welch
Lewis Nebeker
Clint D. Smith
John Powell
George W. Crane
Spence
Smith & Spence
William Coleman
A. L. Spinnings
John Henselman
Poor Troy
Court House
M. Board
Burlington
H. C. Martin & Co
Balloway & Clark
C. Eee Eee Ae
L. M. Green
Melvin Marshall
Fountain Mercantile Co
van Buren Township
John Nelson
J. F. Pearlman
S. J. Ludlow
Glover
W. S. Bannon
F. E. McLain
M. F. Nixon
Hardy Songer
Ludlow & Smith
J. B. Dunkle & Son
D. H. Wallace
W. H. McCord
Ry Bryant
Geo. Cook
EK. A. Gilson
Nebeker
Coun
PH. McGeorge
Dr & Co
Fara
A. J. Po Buckner
Taau
Dr. Stout
H. C. Randolph
T. Ho MeGeorge
Indiana Indestructible Paint Co
M. Rinn
Attica Bridge Co
Eee
Geo. W. Williams
Bridge Repair and Co
Merryman Bros
Montgomery Co. Orphans’ Home
James T. Bell
Auditor
Gossard
Ohio Experiment Station
Wding
Ohio
Dardue
Cardus
Virginia Robson
Loston
Mg. C
Brook Cardus
Cuba
Florida
Gulf Coast
Texas
California
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Southwest
L. C. Schaefer
Indianapolis
Tid
W. LaBeaume
G. Poa
T. A
Anna
C.C.C
St. L.—Big Four
Going Eart
Man
Mailand
Nolé
Matang
Stegka
C. Faufman
Attica
Gony Naeth
Attics
Haya
Bastound
Effeet
Founge South
Fountain
W. Richeson
Agert
Frisco Head
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Vanaville
Danaville
Chiorzo
Wville Junction
Piarortia
Chicago & Evansville
Chicago & Nashville, Limited
Chicago & Florida Limited
Louis
Vouvine
North Buuns
No. Dangl
Junction
Texasapecial
Maassenger
Veederaburg
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Richardson Gen
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