Stockton township bonds sold for paving three mile road
County Treasurer William H. Radcliffe sold the 74,900 Stockton township bonds to First National Bank of Linton at the par value with premium. Proceeds fund paving of three miles from H and Fifth streets northwest through the city to South Linton, with contracts awarded to Robertson & Son of Terre Haute. Bond terms: 20 years at 5 percent. first bond due May 15, 1926, and successive payments every six months.
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William H. Radcliffe
Stockton Township
Fifth Streets
South
Linton
Robertson & Son
Terre Haute
First National Bank
Fletcher-American Co
Owenote
Fletcher Savings and Trust Co
Indianapolis
J. F. Wild & Co
City Trust Co
Saucerman Acquitted In Greene Circuit Court
Captain H. J. Saucerman of this city was acquitted by a Greene circuit court jury after a trial on the charge of maintaining a liquor nuisance. The trial concluded with a verdict reached at 10 pm and read in open court at 9 am. The case had been appealed from the mayor's court where a all female jury found guilt and imposed a $500 fine and penal farm sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Saucerman
Greene
Indianapolis Markets Report Hog and Cattle Prices May 22
Hog receipts reach 5000 with a gain of 15 to 35 cents per cwt and top hogs at 12.80. Cattle receipts 500 with steadier to higher trends. steers to 11.50, cows and heifers to 11.00. Sheep receipts 250 with tops at 8.00 and lambs near 15.50. Calves 1000 head, market higher with tops at 11.00 and bulk 7.00 to 10.50.
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Indianapolis
Chaffing Practice Noted In English Custom
In some English counties neighbors pour Vosack or two of chaff before an offender’s door to signal that a thrashing has occurred. This practice is called chafing and reflects a local custom tied to past domestic chastisement.
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Xwan
Shoe Making Demands Vast Machine and Hand Work
The article explains that producing a common shoe involves 174 machine operations on 154 machines and 56 hand operations, totaling 210 processes. It notes this requires a proportionate number of workers to match the workload.
Miser Fly King of Balladena
Dave Willetts visits Ben Richway in Green Gulch and discovers Richway, king of millions of Miser-Flies that extract gold from a vat. The two share plans, but a massive granite rock teeters over a precipice as Richway reveals a treasure hoard and jokes with Willetts about wealth and Helen.
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Barney
Dave Willetts
Balladena
Willetts
Sacramento Echo
Old Barney
Wille
Ben Richway
Green Gulch
David Willetts
Helen
Richway
David
Ben
Willets
Ben Riehway
Thiey
Sith
Davy
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Sue i
Kirk
B. C
Meat Department
Poe, Johnson & Fuller Telephone
Marcelling
Marinello Beauty Parlor
Fashion Hat Shoppe
O. H. Wanger
Ucas
Sherwood Service & Sales Co
New Linton Hotel
Stockton
First National Bank of This
City
Saucerman
the Miser Fly King
Short Story Pub. Co
Bonita
D.R. Scott & Co
Carl H. Roach
S. Main St
Armstrong’s
Linoleum Linton Hardware Coo
Worte
Ais
Iglepencilco
New York USA
Ami
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