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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
1
No days of grace will be allowed for taxes as county funds must be deposited nightly under the public depository law. Taxpayers who delayed payments risk delinquency and penalties once offices close for spring tax collection. Also contains obituary for Geraldine Gregory born 1905 died 1908 with verse tribute.
The Crawford circuit court sits this week with Judge C. W. Cook on the bench and several distant attorneys in attendance. An orderly docket is noted. readers must settle old accounts promptly to allow time for list revisions before April. Dr. G B Hammond recovers to return to his office with Dr. Fred R Goble continuing practice.
Obituary details Shelby Ross son of Joseph and Sarah Ross born 1849 near Unionville Orange County. Married Sarah E Bates 1872 and Alma E Conn 1888. Clerk of the county two terms, farmer, Mason, known as a peacemaker. Died Feb 15 1908 at 11 15 p m with family present.
Frank and Louis Hoffer wholesalers doing business as Hoffer Brothers filed for voluntary bankruptcy Tuesday afternoon in the clerk’s office. Assets are listed at 31 341 62 with liabilities at 8 166 93. Creditors are mainly wholesale liquor dealers in Louisville Cincinnati and Peoria. The firm operated many years with their father and cites poor collections as the cause.
Albany Ledger notes tax issues for the year with reporters noting delinquent poll taxes among young men and the need for counties to share delinquent lists with prosecutors. Obituary: Elijah Roperson, 66, died in Great Bend Kansas of stomach catarrh. funeral held at Hamilton Cemetery. The editor asks readers to share hometown news for distant subscribers.
An assortment of classified items includes a jeweler ad offering watch and clock repair at Hankins Photo Gallery. Also listed are a 20 horsepower portable saw mill, five head of horses, and land offerings with details on acreage fruit trees wheat and clover in Crawford County near West Fork and Sulphur with contact from Crawford County Real Estate Co. English Indiana.
The Southern Railway offers round trip homeseekers tickets at very low rates to points in the west northwest and southwest on February 4 18 March 8 17 1908. For details apply at the ticket office English Indiane O D Longest Agent.
An announcement lists Dante 8 Fields as a candidate for Johnson township trustee, subject to the Republican primary decision. The filing signals a bid tied to party processes and local governance.
Effective March 1 to April 90, 1908 the Southern Railway will offer one way second class colonist tickets to the Northwest and California at very low rates. For details contact or write a ticket agent, English Ind.
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