Petition To Improve Highway In Franklin Township
Auditor of Putnam County announces a petition by Hugh H. Bearcy and others to widen drain and macadamize a two and a half mile highway in Franklin Township. The hearing is set before the Board of Commissioners on September 7, 1914, at the county courthouse.
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Putnam County
Indiana
Hugh H. Bearcy
Franklin Townsip
State of Indiana
D. F. Brothers Et al
Franklin Township
Board of Commissioners
Said County
Rural Scene at Wall Street Soda Fountains With Fresh Eggs
A bucolic vignette near the stock exchange features two soda shops advertising strictly fresh eggs laid by hens kept in a coop beside the fountain. Each shop houses two hens and one rooster of distinct breeds, offering customers a choice in the eggs. A skeptical New Yorker questions whether two hens can supply many customers, highlighting the public’s trust and novelty in the contrivance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Rhode Island Reds
New Yorker
Cows Demand Hats As Mentor Man Recalls Sun-Protection Plan
Mentor Ohio tale recounts James VD Bixford who was kicked from a cow barn while fitting a large hat on two cows Aiud and Daisy. He sought sun protection for livestock, tested Mexican Binford hats, then Daisy bolted, causing him to tumble and injure his legs, explaining his limp.
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Mentor
Ohio
James VD Bixford
Hixford
Daisy
Hicford
Binford
Dalay
Maud
Bisford
Rixford
Ear Reattached After Horse Kicks In San Francisco
In San Francisco a stableman named Jona Coat had his left ear kicked off by a horse. He picked up the severed ear and carried it to a hospital where surgeons attempted reattachment.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jona Coat
Philadelphian Gribbel Reveals Burns Manuscripts Return
John Gribbel, vice president of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, announced he owns the two Glenriddell Burns volumes and will return them to Scotland as a trust gift to the Scotch people. He displayed the volumes at a St Andrew's Society dinner after noting they were sold by the Liverpool Athenaeum and later transferred without rightful title. He consulted Lord Rosebery for guidance on the receiving Scottish institution.
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Philadelphia
Burns
Athenaeum Library
Liverpool
John Gribbel
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Gribbel
St. Andrew's Society
Scotland
Liverpool Athenaeum
Bonnie Jean
Dr Currie
Seoth
Lord Hosebery
Pugilist Turned Preacher Seeks Pulpit in Ford City
Ford City, Pa. Rev Mark Beer a former boxer from Wickboro recently preached his first sermon at Wickboro Brethren in Christ Church after a religious awakening following a Brooklyn bout a year ago He joined revival services at the Ford Cliff Union Church and began reading prayers while studying the Bible He has abstained a local preaching license and now aims to preach in the area.
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Ford City
Mark Beer
Wickboro
Ford Cliff Union Church
Beer
Marty Mew
Brooklyn
New York
Brethren In Christ Church
Elmer Tantlinger
Home Built in Seven Hours for Destitute Family
In Bakersfield California thirty-one tradespeople built a house for the destitute Van Meter family in seven hours. Donated lumber nails fixtures and materials funded the project. The home features electrical wiring plumbing plumbing fixtures connected to water mains and sewer lines.
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Bakersfield
Cal
van Meter
Inventor John Kitty, Cash Register Pioneer, Dies
John Kitty aged 65, credited with inventing the cash register, died at his sister Mrs Thomas Cooper’s home. He conceived the idea while watching distance recording in a boiler room aboard an ocean steamer. Despite the cash register’s wealth, Kitty died in modest circumstances.
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John Kitty
Thomas Cooper
Dayton
Kitty
Church Adds Barber Shop for Choir at St George’s
The St George's Episcopal Church, endowed by J. Pierpont Morgan with $500, installs a barber shop for its choir. The Rev Karl Retland states the move promotes uniform appearance for choir boys and serves as parish appreciation, with barber sessions on Saturday mornings and Sundays before services.
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New York
Hfe
St. George's Episcopal Church
J. Pierpont Morgan
Karl Retland
Boy’s Sleep For Surgery Amid Highland Fling Tune
In Poughkeepsie a 14 year old, Stephen Kanastzky, could not feel anesthetic as he slept to the Highland Fling while Dr John Nasin repaired an artery in his hand. A 10 year old girl played the piano during the scene. In San Diego Lieut H B Post set an army altitude record ascending 10000 feet, over 2000 feet higher than prior.
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Poughkeepsie
Stephen Kanastzky
John Nasin
San Diego
Cal
H. B. Post
The Pond Lily Lass and the Artist of Sound
Kinsey, a New York painter known as the artist of sound, struggles to prove his theory that Adele’s voice can be captured visually. When Van Sythe confronts Kinsey about deception, Kinsey realizes Adele may be involved with her manager, not him. A fire of paper ends the moment, as Kinsey faces the tension between art and truth in romance.
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Adele
Kinsey
van Sythe
Bee
van Aythe
Insey
Adel
Russ
Goodby
Nan
Artist of Sound
Good Working Road Drag Illustrates Farmer Built Device
The article describes a road drag or grader built by a South Dakota farmer four years ago and tested to full satisfaction. It explains design details such as a chambered front edge and protective strap, emphasizing dirt crushing and water shedding to improve road quality. It also notes railroads aiding roads, with Northern Pacific offering spur tracks to quarries and turning over abandoned rights of way for state road use.
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South Dakota
Washington
Northern Pacific Railroad
Tamp ing Roller for Compacting Earth Roads
The tamping roller compacts earth or stone to a greater depth than smooth or grooved rollers. It consolidates from the bottom up, using plow, spike harrow, and cultivator to sink the tamper and prevent surface hardening. Final test is no surface quaking from the falling tamper feet.
Marshall urges integrated road and farm drainage cooperation
George W. Marshall of Fond du Lac Wisconsin told the joint legislative committee on Public Roads that road drainage and farm drainage must go hand in hand. He noted road drains often serve farms and farm outlets can help road drainage and urged road authorities and farmers to work together to save time and money.
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George W. Marshall
Fond du Lac
Wis
Joint Legislative Committee On Public Roads
Marshall
Heat as argument for good roads noted in expert opinion
The text argues that proper road design and good grading prove the value of improved highways. It contends that practical driving experience shows roads must be well built for year round use, and that expert roadmakers influence taxpayers to support higher road funding.
Two Basic Propositions on Public Highway Improvement
The question of public highway improvement divides into two propositions. One is securing funds for construction and maintenance of improved roads. The other is expending funds to build the greatest possible mileage of permanent roads at the lowest cost.
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Basle
Good Roads Help Farmer Advancing Community Life
A concise note extols the social and practical benefits of good roads for farmers. Accessible routes ease visiting friends and relatives, and simplify reaching schools and churches, enhancing everyday life and overall well being.
Petition for highway improvement in Franklin Township Indiana
Voters of Franklin Township Putnam County petition the Board of Commissioners to improve a 2 1/2 mile section of highway by grading draining and paving with crushed stone. The plan calls for a 35 foot wide road linking section 28 to the Green Castle and Crawfordsville Gravel Road with no election. Signed by D F Brothers and many local residents on August 13 1914. Herald Aug 15-22.
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Board of Commissioners
Putnam County
Freeholders
Franklin Township
Indiana
Towit
Hugh S. Pearcy
George A. Gowin
Charles A. Edwards
C. F. Crodian
Lb. A. Smith
J. H. Crosby
S. R. Batman
M. C. Edwards
Woodson Batman
W. D. Lovett
Riley Kine
T. D. Brookshire
Nathan Call
Howard J. Rusie
R. C. Smythe
J. E. McCray
T. A. Batman
C. C. Collins
Ernest Thompson
R. P F. Edwards
O. F. Sutherlin
Charley Higgins
C. &. Call
Wt. Allen
L. L. Newell
C. L. Hutchins
MelIntyre
O. A. Shepard
Chas. EB. Gregory
W. H. Chastain
Leo Smith
B. L. Hall
Willard Gough
Mose Riggle
John F. Robinson
C. T. Cochow
Edward Stoner
J. G. Britton
Thos. Harvey, Jr
B. F. Wing
J. \. Burdett
R. L. Blaydes
Wm. Hoona
John J. Wright
J. D. Stover
T. BE. Thrift
Glen Pickel
Woe Trail
M. A. Pickel
John Shilling
Crawfordsville
B. PF. Brothers
Elmer E. Watson
W. F. Davis
John T. Sutherlin
Joseph Everman
D. H. Harshbarger
Robi. Britton
Albert Risk
J. B. Noland
Ea Shuee
Raymond Hays
Frank Hartman
James Hartman
C.T. Coshow
Geo
A. Gowin
Harvey A. Britton
John H. Dodd
Chas. C. Cunningham
John G. Robinson
Ira Hillis
Glen O. Pickel
J. O. Parker
Tom Thrift
Virgil Bridges
C. C. Bridges
T. EF. Bridges
W. L. Hall
John R. Obervhain
Riley King
Jae Linden
Charles Mc Gaughey
J. R. Miller
A. M. Owen
C. N. Stroube
H. D. Anderson
Newt Anderson
C. L. Airhart
Herald
Dentist Office in Bence Building Greencastle Indiana
A dentist office occupies space in the Bence Building on South Vine Street in Greencastle Indiana. The listing notes the location within the town and stable business use.
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Bloomington
Seminary Streets
Evans’ Block
South Jackson Street
Dentist Olice
Bence
South Vine Street
Greencastle
Ind
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Pugdom
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St. George's
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Russel Kinsey
William Leak
Joplin
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Dr. Humphreys
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