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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
3
Winona Lake Indiana will launch the season with Bachmans Million Dollar Band June 28 29 and 30. The event marks a strong start for a long program run through August 16 featuring top artists Josef Shevinne on July 27 and Tito Schipa on August 16.
Market notes show grains fluctuating in a narrow range with a sharp drop after the TOse. Wheat and corn fall on liquidation while soy and stocks show mixed movements. Chicago cash prices list No 2 red winter wheat 1.34, No 2 hard winter wheat 1.28, corn futures at 31.07 and 31 declined. hogs gain pressure with price ranges and beef steers inch higher. Property transfers include several Monticello and Monon parcels and Lake Drive Subdivision lots in Union Township and Monticello.
Real estate transfers listed for Schofield Une J Charles E Portteus to Luella 95 6 S300 103.66 acres in Round Grove Township near Walcott. Noah A Shigley et ux to John Rowe 120s acres in Big Creek Township near Chalmers. Lodge No 1971 O O F to Hattie Wilkerson West Add Riverside Cem. McGuire to Otis A King eighty acres in Cass Township near Headlee. Bushnell to McCouch twenty eight acres near Monticello. Bushnell to Dennis Teeter lots 23 74 75 Monon. Union Township eighty four acres near Monticello. English to Genevieve English undivided two thirds in Sec 10 27 6 and Sec 3 27 6. 240 acres in Princeton Township two miles west three miles north from Walcott. Monticello Lodge No 107 O O F to Estella Scot West Add Riverside Cem. No plat on record. Clayton to Grugel forty acres in Honey Creek Township near Monon. Jessie English et ux to Fern English undivided two thirds in Sec 10 27 6 and two thirds of Sec 3 27 6. 240 acres in Princeton Township near Wolcott. Grugel to Clayton forty acres in Honey Creek Township near Monon.
In Calabria a girl’s dowry tradition involves planting poplar trees at birth whose woods fund her marriage dowry at seventeen. The article notes Calabria’s historic sites such as Solia and proximity to Sicily across the Messina Strait, with mythic figures like Scylla and Charybdis and legendary brigands shaping regional lore.
Plutarch argues that hunger should be satisfied but not indulged, and rare dishes should be declined for honor and decorum. He cites Socrates and Simonides to emphasize restraint, advising to guide appetite toward simpler, familiar foods and avoid excess even when attractive dishes appear.
Mrs George Shafer of 1927 Beech Street Terre Haute Indiana hails Tanlac for curing stomach trouble headaches nervousness and weak sleep after a neighbor urged her to try the remedy She calls Tanlac wonderful and says it restored her strength and ability to work Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold and advertises Tanlac Vegetable Pills as a Nature’s remedy for constipation for sale everywhere.
An old advertisement warns that fatigue after meals signals poisons in the body and impaired digestion. It claims buckthorn bark and glycerine mixed in Adlerika expel poisons and gas from both bowels, remove stale matter, and guard against appendicitis, selling legal blanks at Monticello Drug Co.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of White County Indiana announces the appointment of Robert W Lawrie as administrator of the estate of Robert A Lawrie late of White County deceased. The estate is presumed solvent. June 2 1928.
Notice from the White County Board of Commissioners Indiana announces sealed bids due July 3 1923 at 1 00 a m for fuel supplying the court house jail and county farm. Specifications include Anthracite furnace coal per ton for court house stove coal per ton for jail and Pittsburg soft coal and domestic lump or nut coal for the county farm car lots. The board may reject all bids. Auditor Hebretd rt and others sign.
Emblems and pictures served as early advertising in literacy scarce days. The pawnbroker sign of three golden balls links to legends of St Nicholas and a nobleman’s daughter and to coats of arms of Lombard moneylenders in London. The Lombards gave their name to Lombard Street. pawnbroking is among the oldest trades.
Official notice for the drainage project in Ambrose T Brown et al White County Indiana. Bid date set for the Saturday in June 1923 at ten oclock at the County Surveyor office Monticello courthouse bids to be opened for the Main ditch and branches with a 1000 dollar bid bond required. The commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
White County Treasurer announces sale of twenty highway improvement bonds dated April 15 1923. Bonds bear interest semiannually from April 15 1923 at a set rate, mature every six months starting May 1 1924, with bids due June 11 1923 at 10 AM in Meelo. The county reserves the right to reject all bids.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of White Circuit Court as administrator of the estate of John F Steichborn, late of White County deceased. Lawrence A Stellhorn, June 16, 1825. Ralph C McClurg, attorney for estate.
The treasurer of White County Indiana announces a public sale of 24 highway improvement bonds with face value 8400 dollars total. Bonds dated May 1 1923 bear 5 percent interest payable semi annually May 15 and November 13. Sale set for 14 am June 27 2828 at the county courthouse Monticello Indiana to fund county line works by Floyd Miller et al.
The City of Monticello Indiana seeks sealed bids for additions and changes in the Pump Room of Municipal Water Works. Plans cost 3274 dollars. bids due June 25 at City Council chambers. Each bid requires a five percent check and non collision affidavit.
City of Monticello Indiana invites sealed bids June 25 1923 at 10 A M for twenty five 1000 bonds at 5 percent interest to finance water works improvements. Bonds payable at Monticello Treasurer with par value and accrued interest. bid as whole or partial and endorse bidder details.
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