Benton County Trustees Face Deadlock In Superintendent Race
Trustees unable to elect a superintendent after fifty three ballots at a meeting and seventy five ballots at an earlier session. Charles W. Steele, formerly of the city and Fowler schools superintendent, has four votes in one tally while a rival has five. neither result meets the required majority. Other candidates also received scattered votes as meetings adjourn without a choice.
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Benton County
Charles W. Steele
Fowler
Local notes report teachers to Cook County Normal School
Twenty five years ago local ladies Cra Orton Sallie McKinney Etta Hanawalt Jennie Burns and Edna McCollum were named to attend the Cook County Normal School in Chicago. Other items include harvest slim yields Capt Price on field drives boy killed in Liberty township and community happenings across Monticello Wolcott Sitka Norway and Williamsport with crime sightings and local projects.
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Cook County Normal School
Chicago
Cra Orton
Sallie McKinney
Etta Hanawalt
Jennie Burns
Edna McCollum
Capt. Price
Jasper Benjamin
Silas Benjamin
Liberty Township
Capt. Ward
Ira
Junior League
Phineas Bennett
Will Witz
Wits & Beshear
J. C. Anderson
Oxford
Bessie
Forest Hackenburg
H. Parker
Delphi
Parker
Charlie McKee
Wolcott
George McCollum
Real estate transfers list in Monticello area
Transfers show Jane McCuaig to Lizzie Wells for out lots 7 and 8 in Monticello plus a $5,000 price. Edward W. Irvin to Guy Pay et ux for Lot 24 and out lot 25 Second Addition Wolcott at $2,750. multiple Monticello parcels including Lots 35 Citizens Addition and Lots 29 30 in C P Headlee subdivision. other deeds noting prices, locations, and street references. Round Grove Township 40 acre tract near Benton and Tippecanoe County lines.
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Jane McCuaig
Lizzie Wells
Monticello
McCuaig
Richey, Pierson & Smith Hardware
Edward W. Irvin
Guy Paysons
Wolcott
Burt Street
Anderson Street
Margaret Cornell
Albert Gilmore
Citizens Addition
Turpie
Second Street
Elizabeth Springer
Edward M. Wade
Walnut Street
Frank Erwin
Charles W Herrenetux
C. P. Headlee
Lincoln Street
Jackson Street
Margaret FE. Hawkins
Ernest Merrick Hawkins
Round Grove
Benton County
Tippecanoe
Fred E. Thompson
Richard S. Bird
Davis
Third Street
Jefferson Street
O’connor
Maple Street
Josie
Dowd
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Claims Cure for Kidney Ailments
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a sole remedy for weak kidneys. Mrs Ida Grassmyer testimonials back the product, noting relief from backaches and improved health after using the pills. Also mentions price and distributor details. The text then briefly notes Gregorian calendar adoption timelines in Europe and Britain.
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Dean
Monticello
Ida Grassmyer
W. Jefferson St
Wave to Piece Out Truth in Gossip Riddled Era
A terse reflection argues there is insufficient truth in life to curb constant rumor. The speaker notes gossip thrives when honesty falters and invites readers to draw their own conclusions from this observation.
Growth of Postal System First Boxes Erected in 1858
The first street letter boxes were erected in New York and Boston on August 2 1858. In April 1860 Congress ordered that uncalled for letters be returned to the writer if printed on the envelope. The money order service began in the United States on November 1 1864 and the international money order system followed three years later.
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New York
Boston
Congress
United States
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
An 19th century style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh. It states the liquid medicine acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Druggists carry it and circulars are free from F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Vacation of alley in Monticello Indiana described Hughes Addition
The Common Council of Monticello Indiana adopted a declaratory resolution on June 21 1921 to vacation an alley from Illinois Street to Railroad Street in Hughes Addition bounded by Lots 34 39 north and 33 40 south The council fixed July 19 1921 at 7 30 p m for remonstrances and hearing at City Hall final action to follow Attest City Clerk W S Bushnell Ashley 6 23 21
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Monticello
Indiana
Mlinois
Railroad Street
Hughes
City
Common Council
City OF Monticello
Ind
W. S. Bushnell
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