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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
7
SLAB TOWN news records Sunday through Monday visits with Grace and Mercedes Horst at Muncie and other local households. Perry Shaw and T J Hartzler own new Fords. Farmers plow corn as Army Worms threaten crops. Georgia Shaw goes to summer school. Paul Stuber visits grandparents in Mexico.
A large audience enjoyed the Sunday evening Children’s Day Service at the Methodist Church in Denver. The program featured the children and is a June tradition. Next Sunday the Baptist Church will observe Children’s Day with the program Garlands of Peace, expected to be well worth hearing.
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood circulating remedy with a $100 promise for uncured cases.
Army worm swarms spread through Miami county with thousands of insects stripping rye fields and damaging hay. County Agent H E Ackerson and Purdue experts assist as trenches surround affected fields to contain the pests. Destruction also reported in Allen township and nearby Fulton county as worms favor low or mucky ground and devastate growing crops.
Practically all townships in Miami County filed petitions under the new county unit law. The list details roads proposed for construction, reflecting broad local interest in upgrading transportation links across the county.
A series of road petitions names multiple rural routes in Jefferson Macy and surrounding townships. Petitioners include Macy, Gilead and Chili Pike areas with proposed road designations such as Bennets Switch and other named routes. Additional petitions cite T M Ginney Whitzel and Bargerhuff as proposers for three more roads.
County Superintendent D H Brown filed a written resignation with County Auditor Wolf to take effect August 15. Elected two years ago for a four year term, he resigns after the county board refused a $860 annual salary increase from his $1 408 pay. Replacement to be chosen by township trustees, likely in July.
United States Railroad Administration announces a Sunday June 22 round trip from Denver for lake city trips to Michigan City Koontz Lake and Rochester with war tax included. Fares listed as SL 67 106 354 and tickets available from the agent.
Notice that the Miami County Board of County Commissioners filed with the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners a petition to issue bonds under the Three Mile Gravel Road Law. The $900 bond would fund highway improvements on Daniel Scott Road in Jefferson Township, Denver, beginning at Flora Pike and Harrison Street, ending at the Union Jefferson boundary line. The hearing is set for Monday June 30, 1919 at 11 o clock in Indianapolis.
Indebted patrons are urged to call and settle balances at once with options for extensions to avoid hunting them down. A two week grace elapsed since notice. most have not responded, yet no excuse remains for delay. Faithfully, O A Phillips.
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