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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
7
Tax records show more than ten million dollars in taxable property in Blackford County. Property owners and local officials note steady growth in assessed values across farms homes and commercial parcels as the tax base expands.
The State Tax Board assessment shows Blackford County corporations paying about one fifth of county taxes. Totals include Licking township 500.80, Washington 274,830, Harrison 378,551, Jackson 467,145, Hartford City 124,536, Montpelier 25,885, with main-track values and improvements for lines such as Lake Erie, Panhandle, Indiana Union Traction and several utilities and refiners listed among the larger taxpayers.
A second home coming picnic reunion is planned for the Dundee and Alexander schools at McConkey grove near Roll on Wednesday. Invitations invite all former attendees and supporters to bring baskets and reconnect with old friends and memories.
The tenth annual John McGeath family reunion will be held on Wednesday September 1 at the Montpelier Fair and Driving Park. A big picnic dinner is planned as the day's feature with hundreds expected. John McGeath of Montpelier serves as president. Mrs N B Smith returns from Huntington. Friend and William Baker have been fishing at Lake George and plan to stay in Indiana while Baker goes to Oakland City for oil interests.
A local store displays a large shipment of American wash fabrics in checks plaids and stripes. The fabrics promise color fastness and luster with dress patterns from stock and late fall styles from American Printing Co patterns. Buttons can be made while you wait and Hope bleached muslin and apron checks are offered by the yard.
Sam Millers a well known magnate bought 39 wells at Rising Sun from Co NL Ulsan giving him control over the Rising Sun complex. He will start pulling the wells now and holds about 222 feet of tubing with 400 feet of casing. The price is reported between five and six thousand dollars. Miller also acquired eleven wells west of Montpelier from EL Sinclair in a separate deal.
Heavy rains disrupted the Kelley reunion planned in a grove southwest of Rock. Attendees sought shelter under canvas as a shower interrupted the meal, forcing an adjournment after a forty five minute delay. sixty five people attended, and current officers were reappointed for another term.
Weekend rains brought general benefits to farmers despite some local issues with cats affected. The timely showers are credited with boosting prospects for a bumper corn crop across neighboring counties, aiding a large sector of the countryside.
L. C. Abshire returned home from Martinsville sanitarium where he was with his father C. B. Abshire. C. B. Abshire was taken to Keystone after a period of illness. The elder Abshire remains in poor condition though showing some improvement after weeks of hospital treatment in Muncie.
A Pennille girl and an Albany boy were struck by a streetcar and thrown onto the hard pavement. Rescue crews attended the scene and transported the injured to nearby facilities for treatment.
Southbound Indiana Union tracks collide with a carriage in Montpelier on Sunday afternoon. Four occupants from Pennville and Albans escape with minor injuries as the carriage overturns and both horses run briefly before being halted. Witnesses say the auto was not fast and blame may lie with the horse-drawn rig driver.
Miss Katheryn Monaghan from Bluffton visits and assists in caring for Mrs. Paul Williams of Birmingham, Alabama at the Gutelius home. Mrs. Williams, formerly Miss Mary Gutelius, is well known locally. her husband works as a traveling salesman.
A chaotic report from Perm describes Waddell denying sensational claims about a python escape and death in a zoo. The tale includes misheard phrases and accusations of fakery, with a correspondent from Indianapolis News noting conflicting accounts and odd details surrounding the reptile incident.
This morning the L E W changes round trip fares to Indianapolis 2.95 down from 3.20. Ft Wayne fare drops to 1.36 from 1.60. Bluffton and return 0.60 becomes 0.05, and Munice and return 1.10 to 1.05. No other fares changed and new trains were not introduced.
Jude Larue, once a Montpelier boy and tin mill worker, was laid to rest in Elwood yesterday. He had gone to Granite City Illinois to work in a tin mill during a strike and died of heart trouble after only one day on the new job.
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