Local tax and bridge project ledger items listed
A detailed financial ledger shows numerous payments and reimbursements for county projects. Names like Allen Ratcliff and Myers appear with road and bridge work on Smith road and Thompson road. Numerous suppliers, clerks, and officials are listed with amounts ranging from a few dollars to several thousand, including repairs, salaries, and supplies for the county farm and Emmons group, along with a paid advertisement for a witch hazel salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen& Ratcliff
CP Conta
W Glover
Caing
Alies
H Smith Road
David Myers
Alien
TJ Allen
Smith Ra
John Johnsen
Martin Bros
Ristine
Bants & Alien
Coata
Sopt Coats
Joe Williama
Bridge
Vetersby Handle Co
Sjng
Rancuiff
Atty Galloway
Frenk Waymore
A Rrepaire
Conover & Tabor
Emmons
J Loeb
Maintenance Co
Blab
Rion
Das Merryman
Same
W Williame
Serzog
Attica Bridge Co
Hughes Bridge
Zickmire Bridge
Miler
Geo P Schwin
Stationery Court House
Ascock
Betray
Supplies Co Farm
PJ McMahon
Hn Philpott
Thamesbig
Sam Simms
Repres
JR Aurdesty
Foreign Prie
Mayer
Philip Hauk
Biddle& Osborn
Lick Branch
Tndianapolia News
Ady Sale
McGeorge
Machinery Cofm
Philpott
Philpott Gr
Cras
Coste
Coatsgr
Thomas Lodge
JH Shalty
Mack Irvie
J B Schwin
Advocates
Circuit Court Allowances and Payments Listed
The record itemizes court allowances forBobbe Merrall & Co law books totaling 12.70 plus five grand jury mileage payments. It lists fees for Albert H Cook Geo W Clem Hunt Parrett and others with amounts ranging from 2.40 to 9.40. Also noted are docket printing costs and reporting fees with several names and small sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Difleaderfer& Phebus
Reed
Eniah Bari
Eeteneer
Lewis
Stearns
Albert
Philpott
Stebase
Wa Jones
John. W. Enerie
Schuyler LaTourette
NC Yan‘orn
Same
John DeHaven
Iya L Clair
Seaee
Tf Livengood
W McDonald
G Madden
Alvah DeHaven
Jacob Yerkes
Loura Hardesty
John BR Hardesty
Aeee
Simé
Bobbe-Merrall & Co
Easee
Pitman
Albert H Cook
Geo W Clem
Eame
Parrett
Geo Willame
Iva LeCisit
Poontata Tel Ca
Jas T Bell
Petit Soret
Oliver Beard
Watkins line salesman to visit Covington area
P G Leming announces purchase of Watkins business from L A Litsey Veedersburg and plans regular visits to Fountain County homes. He promises savings on Watkins products including extracts liniment cough cure salve stock tonic and poultry tonics and asks residents to save his visit and place orders. He lists phone 216 Covington Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
L.A. Litsey
Veedersburg
P.G. Leming
Covington, Ind
Rheumatic Remedy Promises Fast Blood Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Shop's Rheumatic Remedy as a fast blood purifier for rheumatism. It claims a test distinguishes forms and offers tablet or liquid versions sold by Hedge Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Hedges Drug Co
Homes for Dependent Children Seek Local Homes
Board of State Charities urges Indianapolis residents to adopt homeless children and provide loving homes. The appeal notes many children remain available and invites inquiries at the State House, Indianapolis. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised for quick relief in bronchial troubles and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of State Charities
State House
Indianapolis
Ind
Hedges Drug Ca
First Solid Steel Railway Car On Display
In the Machinery and Transportation building the first solid steel railway car is shown. Not a single inch of wood is used, making it impossible to meet death in an accident by fire or splintering of the car.
Election Notice for Covington Lodge Hall Meeting
Election notice indicates a lodge meeting to be held at Lodge Hall in Covington on a Tuesday evening in September 1908. Details incomplete but confirms organized vote event by Retember Ltd with venue and timing reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covlington
Retember” Ltd
Bamboo Forest Fire Reduces prairie to ash
A Washington Post report explains bamboo forest fires in Cambodia. Dry bamboo can self ignite and burn at speeds over a mile per minute, with flame sheets leaping overhead and bamboo joints exploding like cannon. The fires spread rapidly along rivers and across plains, leaving charred ground and dangerous travel conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambodia
Washington Post
An Aquatic Outfielder
A ship at Boca Grande observed a dolphin chase a fish toward the vessel. The dolphin leapt, caught the fish on a curved descent just as it neared the water, passing under and then up beside the ship near the foremast. Punta Gorda Herald reports the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boca Grande
Punta Gorda
The Lissoo Crossbows and Poisoned Arrows Described
George Forrest records the Lissoo people of the Salwin region as always armed with dual crossbows for hunting and war. Crossbows eight fully five feet long with thirty five pound pulls, poison tipped arrows from aconitum tubers, and bamboo leaf fletching define their warfare and daily life. Children play with miniature bows and men never travel without their weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Forrest
Chengka
Porter Fired in New York Warehouse Over Lost Parcel
A Greenwich street porter was discharged for drunkenness and losing a valuable parcel. He vowed sobriety but pleaded for reinstatement in vain. After days of searching he became heavily drunk, recollected the parcel’s whereabouts, and recovered it, his twenty years of honesty not questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greenwich Street
New York Times
Missing Willie. well incident reported in Constitution
At dinner a professor clues Mrs Chopsticks to Willie’s disappearance after he mentions seeing Willie fall down a well at about 10 o'clock, raising concern about the boy’s fate. The exchange hints at a past memory tied to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Willie
Atlanta Constitution
Sympathy For the Orphans Fable Turned Modern Tale
An elephant inadvertently crushes a mother bird and then shelters the nestlings, declaring care and warmth. The scene, cited as George T Lanigan's fable The Kindly Hearted She Elephant, is paired with a garbled modern fragment about Aladdin and a pressed schedule, lacking clear cohesion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T
Lanigan
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Lemp
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the Prather Carriage Works
Prather Carrigge Works
Covington
G. W. Martin
Liberty and 4Th Sts
Seld
Fountain Co
Luray
Old Dominion
Hedges Drag Co
Cantorta
King
Mike
Litto “of the ‘Ghosseow
Willie
Aladdin
Geare
Washington
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