Meeting proposed for canning factory investment in English
A meeting will be held Thursday night to discuss a canning factory led by Mr. A H Lytle of New York with the Erie Preserving Company. The speaker touts local benefits, employment, and strong climate for tomatoes and fruits in Crawford County, urging residents to invest before foreign capitalists arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Lytle
New York
Erie Preserving Company
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Dominion of Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Crawford County
Opera House Round-Up and Local Happenings
Local notes report an upcoming show The Folks Up Willow Creek at the Opera House and a grand scenic production tonight. A street fair circus and Royal Amusement Co. street fair entertain, with praise for the colored band and local management by H. H. Tipps. Justice court handled drunks and disorders, rail progress on the Southern extension to French Lick, and farmer optimism for a plenty year amid typhoid weed control urging action.
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Opera House
Tornight
Willow Creek
D. McCracken
Presbyterian Church
Huntingburg
Tom Brown
French Lick
Knorxville
Huntingburg Independent
Royal Amusement Co
H. H. Tipps
All Pull Together for a Fair Next Year
Community members urge early work on a fair for the upcoming season. They warn delaying until spring makes preparations too large, stressing planning now to ensure a successful event next year.
State Auditor Sherrick Resigns Amid Embezzlement Allegations
State Auditor David E. Sherrick resigned at Governor Hanly’s request after an investigation alleged a significant cash shortage. He was arrested on embezzlement charges and bonded for 15,000 dollars. Governor Hanly appointed Warren Bigler to fill the vacancy. the state remains secured by bonds and collateral valued at about 153,000 dollars.
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David E. Sherrick
Hanly
Sherrick
Hanly Atepee
Warren Bigler
Wabash
Indiana
Crawford county sets fresh teacher license fees for 1906
The Crawford county Board of Education requires applicants for all teacher licenses to pay 90 cents for the first exam 65 cents for the second 40 cents for the third and 15 cents for each further exam within the year. Fees fund a County Institute. Township trustees to hire only licensed teachers by August 15 each year. plus local notices about Frank Davidson's Company, millinery, Rory Sisters, and a proverb slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Crawford County
Farmers report mixed Clover seed yield and farm activity
Reports indicate Clover seed threshing has begun with yields not as high as last year, up to about two bushels per acre. Corn is nearly matured, and fall plowing progresses as rains aid ground breaking. Wheat sowing expected around Sept 20 in two weeks. A separate English dispatch notes a dog killed by a car, owned by Lee Smith of Louisville, after a failed week of hunting.
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Lee Smith
Louisville
Smith
Hummer Brown
No Cigarettes For Norfolk Apprentice Sailors
The government bans cigarette use for 1,600 naval apprentices in training at Norfolk Virginia. The rule follows a convicted seaman’s claim that his crime and five year naval prison term resulted from cigarette habit. Sailors may still use tobacco in other forms but may not smoke cigarettes.
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Norfolk
Naval
Boston
Norfolk Naval Station
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A. J. Goodman
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John Key
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Theophelus Longest
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E. W. Henegar
D. D
M.S. Real
O. G
Geo. H. Bunch
Jacob Sappenfield
Geo
W. Sillings
Q. M
Andrew Scott
Q. M.S
Ira Grant
Homestead
Lambdin Temple
Samuel A. Lambdin
Mies Nellie Temple
B. F. Temple
S. D. McCracken
Daniel Lambdin
English Stave Co
Hankins’ Studio
Opera House Pharmacy
F. R. Gobbel
Joseph W. Patton
Frank Davidson
Rory
Joun T, Adkins
New Decater
Ala
R. E. McClarey, & Co
Tennyson, Ind
W. L. Gregory
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