Trustees' Notices for Madison Mill Creek Jackson Monroe Floyd Marion Townships
Trustees reveal weekly hours to transact office business. J W Knaur covers Madison on Mondays and Fridays. Ernest Kivett at Mill Creek on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Benjamin Walls in Jackson on Fridays. Oliver Stringer at his residence Tuesdays and Saturdays. D W Etcherson at Bainbridge Wednesdays. Fred Todd at Floyd on Wednesdays. Otto Rector at Marion on Fridays and Fillmore Tuesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Creek Township
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
Floyd Township
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Fillmore
Otto Rector
Expenditures and Tax Levies for the Year 1915
The trustee of Madison township in Putnam county outlines the 1915 budget and tax rates to be levied at the Advisory Board meeting August 1 1914. Items include township and local tuition expenditures, special school and road taxes, poor fund, and total expenditures with a 4 cent tax rate. Includes valuations, polls, and credits as part of the tax base.
Nam County Indiana proposes annual expenditures and taxes
The Advisory Board at its annual meeting on Sept 1 1914 in the trustee's office lays out estimates for the year totaling 6600 dollars in expenditures and 52 cents in tax per hundred. It itemizes township expenditures 800 dollars and 8 cents tax. local tuition 2500 dollars and 15 cents tax. special school tax 2000 dollars and 18 cents tax. poor expenditures 300 dollars and 3 cents tax. other expenditures 1000 dollars and 8 cents tax. Signed Henry M Grimes Trustee dated August 3 1914.
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Nam County
Indiana
Advisory Board
Henry M. Grimes
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Greencastle Township 1915
Trustees of Greencastle Township propose 1915 budgets at September 1 meeting in Greencastle Indiana. Local Tuition 2000 dollars and 10 cent tax. Special School 2000 dollars and 10 cent tax. Library 800 dollars and 4 cent tax. total expenditures 5593.77 and total tax 20 cents per hundred dollars. Net taxable property 1 925 447. polls A. Signed George Landes Trustee.
Expenditures and Tax Levis for the Year 1915 Franklin Township
The trustee calls a September 1 1914 meeting at one o'clock to present estimates for 1915 including township expenditures 860.66 township tax six cents per dollar local tuition expenditures 205.11 tax 16 cents per hundred dollars 25 cents per poll special school tax expenditures 1864.77 tax 14 cents per hundred dollars and 25 cents per poll additional road tax expenditures 286.88 tax two cents per hundred dollars loan expenditures 717.22 and tax mill on the dollar car 125.00 and tax no cents per hundred dollars total expenditures 6024.64 total tax 42 cents per hundred dollars also listing improvements property press and telegraph lines and mortgage exemption with 213 polls signed by Nathan Call trustee dated August 11 1914.
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Madison Township
Putnam County
Franklin Township
Progressive leader dares Republicans to prove Beveridge funding claim
Indianapolis Aug. 6. Progressive State Committee Chairman Toner challenges Republicans to produce any evidence linking Democrats to Progressive campaign funds for Albert Beveridge and other progressives. He invites scrutiny of open books at Progressive headquarters and urges both parties to disclose finances to curb campaign lies and assert Indiana’s battle lines.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tower
Progressive State Committee
Albert J. Beveridge
United States Senate
Indiana
Toner
Progressive
Beveridge
Reclaiming the Farm Orchard
Purdue extension experts tour Indiana orchards to teach pruning spraying and pest control at demonstration meetings. The program shows improved health and higher profits with power sprayers, noting 1913 orchard net averages around 105 per acre though one grove lost 24.40 and another gained 262.40 per acre.
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Horticultural Division
Extension Department
Purdue University
Indiana
Horticultural Department
Wright Buys Crawfordsville Junction Hotel
E. J. Wright of Spencer and former Greencastle resident has purchased the Crawfordsville Junction Hotel and will assume control in a few days. His son Frank Wright works at the Crawford Restaurant opposite the interurban station and may join the new business once possessions are taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Wright
Spencer
Greencastle
Crawfordsville Junction
Crawfordsville
Frank Wright
Crawford
Improvements Doomed the German Wife in Spite of Care
An elderly German woman falls ill and is repeatedly told by doctors she is improving. On day five she dies, prompting the husband to seek solace at a saloon. The bartender asks, and the bereaved man answers that his wife died of improvements. The story ends with a grim pun on medical progress.
The Engineer and the Eggs of Highland Folly
A humorous tale from Harry Lauder about a Scot who travels to the Highlands to work as an engineer. He stays with an elderly landlady who serves him repeated eggs for meals and a poached egg at night. He buys sausages from a butcher and returns with a lesson in frugal breakfast humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
Highlands
Beven
Wife's Cry At Dinner Sparks Fear Of Love
In a humorous exchange two newlyweds confess ignorance about their wives cooking. One praises a dinner, only to be told by the wife that his affection is tied to her cooking, prompting her tears. The husband consoles with the line that she had a cry coming.
Maori witch-doctor’s challenge on water ends in doubt
Sir Joseph Ward reports in St James Budget that Maori Rua claims power to walk on water. He asks followers if he can, they cry yes, then he declines and leaves the crowd awed on the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ward
New Zealand
St. James's
Rua
M ©Gic
Second Anyway Phrase Sparks Gossip About His Wife
A cryptic exchange hints at a second wife claim about a club member. The quote suggests uncertainty over a marital status while implying a later marriage.
Looked That Way
A short dialogue depicts Bobby and his mother as she bathes him. Bobby stammers that she is trying to rule him out, while she reassures him she does not intend to push him away. The scene conveys a tense moment of miscommunication between mother and son.
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Bobby
He Was Thankful for His Firet Pants
A short, childlike prayer recalls Willie’s pride in his new pants and his gratitude to God for having a pair. The mispronunciations capture a tender, domestic moment.
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Willie
London Ghost Story Delights High Society
A Kensington vicar is drawn to a mansion by a mysterious agitated lady claiming a dying man wishes to see him. The tale ends with the master’s wife, long dead, appearing as a portrait on the eve of his death, leaving the vicar and butler stunned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Express
Kensington
Wadman
Oldest Brooklyn coachman recalls automobile era shock
Nicholas McConnell once drove horse drawn coaches in Brooklyn and laments the rise of autos. He recounts sleeping in a stable, losing family, and taking odd jobs after taxicabs and motor hearses ended his career. He longs to work as a chauffeur but remains unemployed and hungry.
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New York
Nicholas McConnell
Brooklyn
St Columbkille
McConnell
St. Columbkille
Ireland
Wildcat Killed by Farmer Near Lake Linden
A forty pound wildcat that had terrorized local farms weighing in at about forty pounds was killed by farmer Joseph Fountain with a pitchfork after it ventured into Lake Linden Michigan. The beast had preyed on farm animals for several weeks before its death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Linden
Mich
Joseph Fountain
High-Priced Chicken May Be Saved
Farmers' Review argues against treating sick high priced fowls and warns that cured birds often lack value. It suggests culling unless the bird’s eggs for hatching justify care. Emphasizes good food, surroundings, native vigor, and sunshine for recovery.
Killing Vermin in Poultry Houses Through Cleanliness
Proper poultry care reduces insect problems in fowls and their nests. Clean houses with movable furniture and roosts. outside kerosene treatment, whitewash inside, periodic sulfur dusting, insect powder blown into nests, and floor surface removal with sand or porous earth. Multiple applications needed for a full finish.
Standard Golden Wyandottes Brighten Poultry Show
Description of the Standard Golden Wyandottes highlights as one of the handsomest Wyandotte breeds noted for the show and exhibition appeal.
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Standard Golden Wyandottes
Raising Pigeons Knowledge for Selecting Mating Birds
A section on pigeon flock management stresses that the best mating results come from pairing birds with many similar good points and few faults. It notes desirable traits can be introduced by careful selection and mating, and that birds should be in peak condition for mating.
Preventing Egg Eating in Fall Nesting Protectors
Guidance to stop egg-eating by hens. Prepare nests in fall and hide eggs from owls by slitted dark cloth curtains. Exposed nests invite eye-worming hens to peck eggs. curtains deter this habit and keep eggs hidden during laying.
Successful Poultry Farmer Develops Laying Strain
A poultry raiser began as an experiment with several heavy bird varieties and kept detailed records from hatching to laying. He tracked egg production and, after trial, discarded all but one breed, creating a well-developed laying strain and progressing in his business.
Sheriff Sale Notice in Putnam County Indiana
Public auction set for August 22 1914 in Greencastle Indiana to sell rents and profits of sixty acres in Putnam County as needed to satisfy a decree against Aeing Life Insurance Company and others. Administrator appointed for John G Sweeney estate also listed for filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
Aeing Life Insurance Company
John H. Ronk
Martha
Greencastle
Putnam
Towit
Theodore Boes
Hays & Murphy
State of
John (. Sweeney
Special Meeting Notice of Putnam County Council
Putnam County Council schedules a special meeting at the courthouse in Greencastle on Wednesday August 12 1914 at 10 00 am Auditor L Airhart issues the notice asking attendance without fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Council
Greencastle
L. Airhart
Putnam County
The Twenty Year Test by Geo W Brock
Geo W Brock, publisher of the Enterprise in Aberdeen Maryland, testifies he used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for twenty years as a quick safe cure for diarrhoea He trusts it and recommends it to others It continues to be sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Geo. W. Brock
Herdeen
Trap Nests for Testing Nest Boxes and Hatching
A brief guide recommends placing a few trap nests to test the best bullets for trapping. Use the exes for hatching next spring to begin improving the flock.
Poultry Seller Urges Diversified Offerings in Local Market
A local merchant counsels sellers to expand beyond poultry and avoid following the crowd. The message stresses smart business moves for shops facing stiff competition.
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J. W. Knauer
Ernest Kivett
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
D. W. Etcheson
Slate
J J. W. Knauer
Russell Township
Greencastle Township
Acm
George Landes
Nathan Call
The
Herald
Lauder
Nolding
Andrew J. Sweeney
W. M. Sutherlin
Atty
St Wkly
Jones, Stevens Co
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