Prospects for bumper apple crop in Southern Indiana
Local reports from counties along the Ohio River indicate a likely bumper apple crop after last year’s frosts and rains. Purdue horticulturist Prof. C. G. Woodbury notes excellent bud development and urges growers to prune spray and request his new spraying circular to boost value this season.
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Indiana
Ohio River
C. G. Woodbury
Purdue Experiment Station
Prof. Woodbury
Purdue
Clark
Floyd Harrison
Laughing through life and voter registration in 1912
A mix of aphorisms on laughter and optimism urges readers to face life with cheer. It also outlines 1912 election registration rules: voters must register on May 9 September 6 or October 7, provide name address and birthplace, and register again if moving precincts. Registration boards meet 5:90 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruff Thomas Carlyle
Pension Bill Advances in Congress Setting New Payouts
Conferees agree on a general service pension bill based on the senate text with increased monthly benefits for older veterans and longer service. Payouts range from 18 to 27 dollars monthly depending on age and years of service, with five year cost estimated around 25 million dollars per year.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mrs Elizabeth T Stanley to Speak in English May 11 1912
Mrs Elizabeth T Stanley vice president Indiana Woman's Christian Temperance Union will address English citizens at the M E church Saturday night May 11 1912. A Sunday talk for ladies only is planned at 2 o'clock with all ladies invited. Also an unrelated ad for plant food fertilizers by J T Adkins warns against inferior products.
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Elizabeth T. Stanley
Indiana Woman's Christian Temperance Union
M. E
Stanley
Memorial Day Basket Meeting at Bethany Church
A Memorial Day observance is planned May 1 at Bethany Church in Johnson Township with preaching by Elders J W Goldman and G T Stallings. The event aims to honor soldiers and the dead, encourage grave care, and establish an annual Bethany cemetery observance. Relatives are invited to attend, bring dinner, and partake in the day.
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Bethany Church
Johnson Townshilj
Reader
Bethany
J. W. Goldman
G. T. Stallings
Bethany Church Cemetery
Othello Brown
Ivy Nash
J. H. Armstrong
Rotation of Crops and Soil Nitrogen in Clover Fields
Farm and Fireside explains how clover boosts soil nitrogen through nodules housing bacteria. It describes nitrogen cycles, the harmful acid residue from many crops, and how lime can neutralize the acid to restore bacteria growth and crop vigor.
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Department of Soils
Washington
Large bankruptcy stock sale at Leavenworth store
Hamilton Martin announces a liquidation of the entire E. E. Roberson general store stock at Leavenworth. Dry goods clothing shoes hats caps fruit cans groceries and millinery goods are offered at 50 to 75 percent of wholesale price. Sale starts Saturday April 27 and runs until sold.
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E. E. Roberson
Leavenworth
Hamilton Martin
All Must Register Warns Voters About Registration
Indiana Attorney General Honan warns thousands of voters they must register to vote in November. He says noncompliance will bar their participation at the general election. The law requires registration but not political affiliation.
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Honan
Indiana
The Faithful Dog Compared With Men
A citizen’s act of kindness to a dog is contrasted with human duplicity. The piece praises a dog’s honesty and loyalty, noting the animal’s readiness to die for a master who may mistreat him, while suggesting some men betray friends in trouble. The speaker reflects on dogs as genuinely faithful and truthful beings.
Marengo Area Notes Report Local Visits and Moves
County residents engage in visits to English, Milltown, and Louisville. Notable items include relocations by Lyman Jones Jr to New Albany and Dr J B Blessing moving his dental office to another town, plus marriages and church events in Marengo and English communities.
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J. B. Blessing
Marengo
Dr. Blessing
Magnolia Social and Travel Notes
Rain is plentiful in this section with residents and visitors noted across nearby towns. Names such as Azuba Batman John, Kelly Froman Guy Stephenson Anna Stephenson J P Stephenson Dora Williams Charles Williams Bathsheba Shaw Eliza Dillman Quimby Shaw Perry Mason and family Ethel Hazel Dillman Harley Mills and families are mentioned along with locations English Marengo Leavenworth Burnett Curtis Curby Indianapolis and New Albany as they visit, travel, or attend events.
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Charles Williams
Riddle
Bathsheba
Ela Shaw
Anna Mason
Eliza Dillman
Curby
D. H. Dillman
Perry Mason
Chas. Mason
Ethel
Hazel Dillman
Quimby Shaw
Harley Mills
Ezra Cox
Pearl Ballard
Near Burnett
Azuba Batman
Mary Paris
New Albany
Local Rain Delays and Community Updates in Sulphur
Rain continues in Sulphur with church services by Rev. Sam White on weekend. E G Boyd visited his farm Thursday. James and Rosco Eaton traveled to English last Thursday. Sulphur residents attended Robert Cole’s party in West Fork Friday night. Jobs GC Sharpe of Indianapolis is visiting for a few days.
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A. H. Brown
Marengo
J. P. Culver
Alton
G. T. Stallings
Johnson Township
J. W. Senn
Mifflin
W.D. Rosenbarger
Mabel Blevins
Milltown
Sam Benz
Leavenworth
David Seaton
Pilot
W. L. Goldman
Union Township
James Faulkenburgh
George W. Lamon
E. E. Lamar
Kyana
Florence
Jeff Satterfield
Curby
D. B. Suddarth
Masonic Lodge
W. C. Beals
Alphus Beals
Jennings Township
W. L. Veatch
Wickliffe
Wm. H. H. Goldman
West Fork
Margaret Dodd
Celia Dodd
Sam Dodd
Pilot Knob
O. M. Smith
Indianapolis
R. M. Smith
Riddle
Homer Reed
Sommerset
W. T. Thornbury
Clark Sloan
Liberty Township
John E. Sloan
D. W. Flanigan
Edmond Hostetter
G. F. Dewitt
T. B.sonner
Sonner
Peckinpaugh Harrison & Co
Sam White
E. G. Boyd
James
Rosco Eaton
Robert Cole
Sharpe
Eckerty Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Services
Health is good in Eckerty as Mrs. James Bobbitt visited her daughter Mrs. M G Real. Several locals attended Sunday school and class meeting. Lloyd Ash junior was ill. Rev James Bobbitt preached earlier. rain canceled evening services. Ernest Sturm traveled to French Lic. for work. next Sunday Rev Rowe will lead.
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James Bobbitt
M. G. Real
Maud Noblitt
Edith Ott
Olive Gresham
Mary Real
Lella Ott
Clarence Noblitt
Lee Lynch
Lloyd
Will Ash
Wensville
Dr. Luckett
C. Eckerty
Ernest Sturm
Rowe
Honey
Cape Sandy-Schooner Point Notes and Local Visits
Local notes from Cape Sandy Schooner Point report the river falling and residents traveling to Evansville for medical treatment with improvements noted. Visitors include J B Maher from Big Bend Kentucky W A Brooks from Alton and Clay Chism from Evansville. Families such as Logan Riddle and Floyd Roach with wives, and Lionel Harvey returning from Marengo are listed alongside road work by Joseph East and a local remark about Uncle Sam's Boys surveying activity.
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Abraham Sheckell
Evansville
J. B. Maher
Big Bend
Kentucky
W. A. Brooks
Alton
Clay Chism
Jesse Wiseman
Near
Logan, Riddle
Floyd Roach
Leavenworth
Lionel Harvey
Marengo
Sam
Joseph East
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de. J. F. Gobbel
Birdseye
Chas. F. Baker
Dry Run
John. A. Blevins
Curran Hershman
Ira Littell
M. S. Real
Temple
I. E. Carver
C. J. Tucker
C. C. Osborn
Patoka Township
Russell Brown
Chas. Dewitt
C. E.conn
Hey Mother
J. W. Brown
Stephen Kimmel
Oklahoma
James O. Sloan
Kimmel
Mrs. Kimmel
Nemagpeaty
House
Robert Longest
J.T. Adkins
Sam Tucker
Crawford County State Bank
J. T. Adkins
W. D. Rosenbarger
M. E. Church
Patoka
J. Frank Jenner
Pekin
Horace Jenner
Z. H. Brown
The
English School Board
Willard House
English
Margaret Riley
Nancy Taylor
Harald A. Scott
Royce Davis
Louisville
Kubelik
David Suddarth
Lyman Jones, Jr
Mr Jones
James Byrum
Vincennes
Jim
Old Crawford
Nolan Hammond
Theophilus Key
Valentine Deich
John Luckett
E.R Luckett
M. C. Bushaw
Boonville
Chas, T. Brown
Tilden Gobbel
Marengo Milling Co
W. W. Weathers
Jasper
Lota Roberts
Newton Stewart
Schuter Teaford
Paoli
A. J. Stewart
Harvey Hershman
David Stewart
J. E Sloan
Celena H. Durban
Cave Grove
Ethel Tague
Hannah Veatch
Leonard Stewart
Depauw
Ruth Allen
Ola Bird
Kathleen
Effie Waltz
Will Austin
Newport, Ky
Lizzie Austin
U. B
C. E
Garrett Weathers
Harry Taylor
Sylvia Goetz
Ella Rawlings
Alva Armstrong
Alma Goldman
George Kaiser
Union
Magnolia
Anna Stephenson
Guy
J. P. Stephenson
Dora Williams
New Mexico
Adolphus Shaw
A. J. Leno
Harry Williams
J. P Stephenson
James Allen
August Senn
Johnnie
Cape Sandy
Schooner
Josiah Harvey
Harry
Matilde
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