13 Mar 1903
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
1
Local agent T. T. Stites lists Southern Railway trains at English with schedules for No 3 40 p m No West No 2 11 50 p m No 4 16 19 a m No 10 7 18 p m in effect Sunday December 14 1902.
Crawford Circuit Court convened Monday with Judge C. W. Cook presiding. Attending attorneys include Suddarth Weathers Thornbury Luckett and others. Various cases set for trial or disposition with several dismissals, compromises, and divorce actions on the docket.
The article explains Section 12 of the Pike Law limiting bonds for free gravel roads to 4 percent of assessed property value. With English Sterling township at about $500,060.16 in assessable property, the maximum bonds are around $20,000. Taxpayers would pay about 25 cents per $100 of assessed property annually for 20 years, plus interest, covering Pike construction costs. It details oversight, contractor bonds, and taxpayer rights to object and appeal, urging support for majority good.
Ernest H. Eastridge left Sunday night for central Illinois seeking work. J. M. Hayes the photographer left for Manchester Illinois after months here. Prof. C A Robertson and wife attended the golden wedding of his parents at Eckerty on March 10 1903. Several residents, including T H Roberson, John Deich and W C Deich, were in English for court, business, or social duties this week.
Crawford County items report the circuit court schedule changes and grand jury activity, marriage licenses for Edgar Denbo Martha Elliott Bill Knight Anton S Rowlane and others, births to Stites Starr, impending St Patrick's Day, floods in English, a death from peritonitis Della Foreman, and local notices on school terms and road delivery.
A sale notice from A. L. Temple in Temple Indiana offers a choice lot of rare Poland China and Short Horn cattle. Highlights include 5 bears and a Farrow Mos Elk Chief with a very rare strain, priced at $15.00, plus a pure bred Shorthorn bull aged 11 months.
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