27 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
1
A ponderous aphorism warns that ingratitude corrupts all it touches. The piece contrasts the thief and the ungrateful, noting ingratitude masks as warmth and repays trust with betrayal, finally sealing a soul beyond reform and severing conscience.
Farmers in Orange Crawford Washington and Harrison counties report a near failure of the turkey crop due to a harsh early spring and cold, which killed many young birds. Turkeys raised for markets in Chicago and Indianapolis face a weak year and lower supplies. The piece also notes a social quirk about a poker playing neighbor.
The column notes Corydon hosts the spring meeting of the New Albany Presbytery at Corydon, a $1,000,000 Portland cement plant planned for Marengo, a Milson Sloan barn fire in Liberty township with one horse lost, and a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling on wives as heads of households. It also mentions school attendance emphasis, a Kokomo infant death, staff changes at Home Telephone, a coin trick at the post office, hunting licenses, quail season dates, and a November 10 open season for quarry.
A midseason tomato crop floods the cannery with fruit while many bushes are dumped into a creek. The Opera House hosts The Folks up Willow Creek on October 5 1907 with Frank Davidson leading a strong cast. Local notices report Rev. W H Howerton at the M E Conference in Columbus and the Shafer family obituary.
In Harrison circuit court Judge Cook rules a justice of the peace lacked jurisdiction in cases charging possession of intoxicating liquor for unlawful purposes. Several similar cases are pending and will be dismissed. an appeal to the supreme court is planned. The Marengo region art and cement industry notes follow with details on The Folks up Willow Creek performances and a prospective cement plant near Wiarton Ontario with large capacity and economic impact.
L G Joxys, committeeman of Sterling Township, outlines exhibits in each district to select ten ears for township and county shows. He schedules dates from October to November 1907 at schoolhouses and Alphonso Temple's store, invites pupil essays and declamations, and urges parental participation to boost township representation.
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