Tangier Plans Citizens Telephone Co Formation
At a mass meeting of Tangier telephone owners held at the school house last Friday, N. B. Clark was chosen president and D. M. Brown secretary. The group organized to form The Citizens Telephone Co. of Tangier with a constitution and by laws adopted by ballot. A five member board was elected: N. B. Clark Jacobson Steven Lindley Wm. Bow sher and D. D. Ray. The new board will install a Western Telephone Manufacturing Co. switch board and secure office space, aiming to provide day and night service including Sundays.
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Tangier
N. B. Clark
D. M. Brown
Citizens Telephone Co
Ind
Pres
J.B. Marks
Sec
Milton Osborn
Treas
Jacobson
Steven Lindley
Wm. Bowsher
D. D. Ray
Clark & Co’s
Western Telephone Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Exchange
C. H. Wilmer
F. S. Cuthbert
W.B. Gillum
Hay Crops Show Declines From Last Year
Figures by Joseph H. Stubbs indicate Timothy and clover hay crops fell short of last year. Timothy acreage and yields dropped, and clover showed lower acreage and yield with a smaller total for both hays. Alfalfa was minimal with 37 650 acres statewide.
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Joseph H. Stubbs
Bureau of Statistics
Fountain County
Glanders in Horses and Its Risks
A summary from Bulletin No. 113 notes glanders is a disease of horses and mules, spread only with close contact, with rare human cases. It describes acute and chronic forms, symptoms such as nasal ulcers, coughing, fever, and the farcy skin form, stressing that it resists treatment and affected animals should be killed to prevent contagion.
Good Corn Husking at Rathbone Lodge Benefit
Anson G Madden of Fountain Circuit Court arranged a corn husking fundraiser for Rathbone lodge. On Tuesday several ladies used a team and wagon to husk 42 bushels in 35 minutes. They sold the corn to Jerry Garden for 40 cents a bushel and placed the proceeds in the lodge treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson G. Madden
Fountain Circuit Court
Rathbone Lodge
Jerry Garden
May Begin Term at Once Judge Schoonover May Take Office
The Attica Ledger reports Judge Schoonover may assume his circuit bench next Monday but the exact moment is uncertain as Milford’s term may expire with the new judge’s qualifications. The attorney general ruled that Sims and Billheimer take office immediately, both governor appointments.
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Attica Ledger
Schoonover
Milford
Judge Schoonover
Sims
Billheimer
Kingman Overpowers Rockville In Local Gridiron Bout
Last Saturday at Maplewood Park Kingman beat Rockville 17 to 5 in a well played game. Rockville was heavier but Kingman showed greater science and speed. The home team, unbeaten except for one early loss at Waveland, may have played its final game this season.
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Kingman and
Rockville
Maplewood Ball Park
Waveland
Local Resident W L Light Moves to Farm East of Town
W L Light arrived yesterday from Sheldon Illinois with his household goods and farming implements. He recently purchased a farm about three miles east of this place and is now a welcomed resident of our community.
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W. L. Light
Sheldon
Ill
Mr. Light
Millikan and Son Hay Buyers Sell Broad Offer
Millikan and Son advertise they will buy loose or baled hay on any day except Sunday, inviting local farmers to haul in their fodder for purchase.
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Millikan & Son
Real estate transfers charted in Fountain county week
A weekly list shows transfers filed for record including Riley Butt taking 28.75 acres in Cain township from the Heslers for 1100 dollars, Gookins and Martin trading 100 acres in Cain for 10 000, and multiple lots in Veedersburg Covington Attica Hillsboro and Kingman. Local notices mention merchants Steinbaugh Jones Wood y s harness shop and Blue Front Restaurant plus social notes from Sheridan Pine Village Fowler and Veedersburg. The Village Vagabond show at the opera house received praise as the season’s best.
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Fountain County
O. S Douglas
Covington
Robert L. Hesler
Riley Butt
A- Cain
Johnie Belles
Wm. H. Bowman
A. Jackson
C. H. Stimson
Nanno Tiddens
J. W. Gookins
Veedersburg
J. M.sowers
W. A. Rector
Kingman
S.J. Purnell
Nancy E. Purnell
W.E. Luker
Jennie Clark
Attica
C. E. Blythe
Charity Young Et al
Coyington
Lavina Simmons
Ira M. Simmons
Peddo
John W. Frazier
John Harper
Hillsboro
John M. Cowan
Subscription push lists multiple city papers for sale
Vorhees Millikan will sell subscriptions to papers including Indianapolis News Terre Haute Star Chicago Record Herald Evening American Morning Examiner Pennsylvania Grit Chicago Blade and Ledger. A list grows with new names while others should join. Mr. and Mrs. Scott E Ratcliff visited near Waveland with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Circle.
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Mrs
Scott E. Ratcliff
Mrs. Ray
Waveland
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. McCord
Indianapolis
Wm. Cowgill
Independence
Kate van Duyn
Rosedale
Friends Church
Hobson
Charles E. Osborn
Veedersburg, Ind
Ethel Towell
Jas L. Hepler
Danville
Star
Shafter
Bakersfield
Cal
Gen. Shafter
Santiago
Valparaiso University
Peary
U. S. Navy
North Pole
United States
E. T. Coleman
Bloomingdale
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Blue Front
J. E. Maris & Son
McNeil & Co
Lon Sleeper
Fowler
Hudler
Pine Village
Avondale Stock Farm
Chester White
Price
W. D Heath
Indiana
Alexander
Cash Grocery
San Felice
Ben West
Pioneer Drug Store
J. M. Cory
Prope
Inlow Bros
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