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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
4
Local notice outlines terms for one year in the county and one year out of the county if not prepaid. It lists Bingle Copies at 81.00 and 1.28 in unclear formatting, indicating ancillary charges or changes. The fragment confirms a payment deadline and rate structure for the publication.
The rains push forward pastures and timothy meadows while warm days improve corn color. Overall corn stands are uneven with many fields under good stand. Clover hay fails due to white top. Wheat shows both good and bad areas with smut and poor fields. Oats look only fair and farm trade remains dull as merchants note distressing business.
The Illinois State Board of Agriculture will award bronze medals to every G. A. R. veteran visiting the state fair on Old Soldiers day, Tuesday September 17. A committee including Sid Conger, William A. Ketchum, J. R. Fesler, and Harry C. Adams will design the medal and select the Indiana veteran to adorn it.
Fishermen and game wardens report a late spring in northern Indiana. Bass spawning, normally in May, has begun about a month late, with lily pads and water weeds slow to grow. Anglers over the past week found bass less responsive as they root the sand for eggs along the slow-growing shores.
Decatur County is free from indebtedness after paying the last 1907 bond of the 1893 issue. On June 20 1907 the final $3180 bond fell due and was paid by a warrant from the county auditor to the treasurer, clearing the county of all debt.
An advertorial blurb promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for dangerous deadlock of liver and bowels. It claims guaranteed money back satisfaction and markets at F. M. Henry & Co.'s drug store for 25 cents per bottle.
Sandusky and surrounding residents will observe Independence Day with an entertaining program. Rev. W. W. Tevis of Rushville and local orator J. W. Turner will speak. All are invited to attend and enjoy a lively event.
The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Co announces July 1 1907 fare revisions to cover local limited and children rates. Old single tickets are replaced by age specific tickets valid one year, with a ten percent discount shown on each ticket and no conductor sales. Passenger baggage limits, child fares, and discontinuation of the Interchangeable Coupon Book are included in the overhaul.
The scene at Bethany Sunday School in Philadelphia features John Wanamaker answering a child’s playful inquiry about the price of large wax dolls in his window. A separate item notes a southern Illinois woman winning one cent in a kiss case, then reflects on the playful value of a dollar forty nine cents.
The alleged Indiana tomato trust formed in fall 1900 is fading, according to packers. A small shipment from Indiana disposed of the last trust holdings in the region, and with market scarcity and weak 1907 prospects, packers expect tomato prices to soar to new highs in the coming month.
Indiana allows a thousand dollar liquor license though only railroads traversing the state may sell liquor on trains with cafe or dining car services. A ten thousand dollar sum was turned over to the state treasury by Auditor John C. Billheimer as money aid from railroads operating in the state. A law from the last legislature requires railroads selling liquor on trains to pay an annual fee of thirty one thousand dollars.
A man visits a local dealer to buy a buggy and offers $65. The dealer shows a catalog photo priced at 45.75 from Chicago. He counters with an upstairs version at 45.27 and insists the buyer take it sight unseen to save freight.
A Greenfield area woman, Mrs. Frank Binney, placed a teaspoon on a telephone box during a call and forgot to remove it. The spoon bridged the battery poles causing a short circuit that paralyzed the Greenfield to Westland line and disabled more than fifty instruments. Electricians took two days to locate and fix the fault.
The State Board of Agriculture funds and builds a large livestock hall at the state fairgrounds for the annual September show. An act allowed a 100000 bond issue to construct a 170 by 100 foot exhibit ring seating 8000. Mayor Bookwalter pushes for a Hoosier homecoming day at the fair to boost pride.
An advertisement urges readers to treat common ailments at home using Chamberlain remedies. It highlights Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy, Cough Remedy, Paine lm liniment, Stomach and Liver Tablets, and Salve. Five bottles cost $1.25. sold at Batterton's drug store.
Notice reminds readers that hunting licenses are required for any hunter harming game. Licenses are not issued by the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game this year but by circus clerks in each county except Marion. Blank applications available from the circuit clerk in each county.
In Rush, Shelby, and Decatur counties a peculiar chicken with speaking ability shocks readers. The bird, reportedly six legged at times, utters phrases including good morning Clint and a three syllable curse. Owner Willis refused 2000 dollars, aiming to breed a better creed.
Thread prices jump nationwide from five to six cents per spool and seventy cents a dozen, marking the first six cent retail rate in about twenty years. The note recalls bread once sold at four cents a spool, with wartime peaks around fifteen cents. Prices shifted during and after the rebellion era.
A brief health note urges immediate care for a child’s loose bowels and recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil. Sold at Batterton's drug store.
Sticky and poison fly paper advertised at Bat Terton's Drug Store draws attention for pest control. The item highlights afresh a household remedy with noted effectiveness and availability in town.
A coroner questions a surgeon about where a person was struck by an automobile. The surgeon specifies the injury at the junction of the dorsal and cervical vertebrae and is asked to mark the location on a map hanging on the wall.
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