Kingman notes political candidacy and library cost facts
The item reports a candidate filing for trustee of Mill Creek township and clarifies library funding. It states Carnegie funded the building, local subscription paid site costs, and a tax levy covers maintenance. It also mentions changing interest in the Krogman club and a Farmers Mutual Insurance Co meeting at Crawfordsville on August 25.
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Kingman
Pithead
Andrew Carnegie
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co
Crawfordsville
Firewood Consumption in Indiana and United States
A United States Department of Agriculture report outlines Indiana firewood use totaling 2,687,500 cords valued at 10,827,000 dollars annually with state average 4.03 dollars per cord and 2,687,500 cords on farms and 435,000 cords in cities. Nationwide 85,937,000 cords valued at 250,000,000 dollars, with farms 69,961,000 cords, cities 14,222,000 cords, mines 1,751,000 cords. The farm average is 11 cords per year. The remainder notes subscription renewals at a local business and a Great August Clearance Sale at a department store, plus comment on Sandtown melons.
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Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Blind Boy Records Governor's Speech in Stenotype Feat
Bert Cutting a nineteen year old blind Indianapolis boy recently reported Governor Ralston's Indiana speech using a universal plain-spelling stenotype system. Once sighted, he adapted to the new machine to write legible notes readable by other stenotypists. He became self supporting after typhoid left him blind years earlier.
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Bert Cutting
Indianapolis
Ralston
Indiana
Cutting
Thompson Couple Visit Ties with Local Relatives
Miss Thelma and Eugene Thompson traveled to Hillsboro on Tuesday for a short stay with relatives. Mr and Mrs W H McCord of Veedersburg visited over Sunday with Mr and Mrs F R Jones.
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Miss Thelma
Eugene Thompson
Hillsboro
W. H. McCord
Veedersburg
F. R. Jones
Elizabeth Teegarden
Mecca
Myra
Lois Ford
Mrs Cecil Millikan Visits Indiana Family
Mrs. Cecil Millikan and her daughters traveled from Indiana on Tuesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs E G Towell. A for sale note lists a team of mules aged old weight 2100 pounds by Henry Keer Kiggman lad.
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Cecil Millikan
Indiana
E. G. Towell
Henry Keer
Kiggman
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