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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
2
County figures reveal 1908 current taxes due and collected through May amount to 120 781 69 with 235 791 08 current taxes due in 1908 for 1907 plus 14 720 29 delinquent. Treasurer collected 5 178 03 of old delinquents and 1100 in auditor assessments.
J. E. Scott Cap Shop on South Jefferson employs five men and is praised as a steady growing Montpelier factory. It makes oil cups from hard sole leather, expanded to 1500 dyes, and recently added a Scott drop brass part. A new 12 horse boiler and steam engine will boost power as production rises.
Judge Sturgis granted an appeal to the supreme court in the 220000 damage suit of Tenora Horn against her brother Grant Lup ton of Hartford City and G F Gem mall of Portland. Judge Sturgis had ruled for the defendants Tuesday and taxed costs against the plaintiff. Mrs Horn’s attorney, Judge W A Thompson of Muncie, prepared for appeal. costs already exceed 400 and are expected to rise.
The South Side Coal Co. owned by Glen Ayers R. D. George and Frank McDonald prepares for coal shipments by building 150 feet of new bins 18 feet wide along the steel mill switch. They will maintain a full line of coal and add a 22 foot Howe platform scale to weigh team and wagon during deliveries.
Reports say Secretary of War Taft will resign from the cabinet on July 1 with the President already selecting a successor. The move follows campaign needs and differs from other political retirements. potential successors are not in public life, ruling out several named officials.
A Naples Maine resident Lester M Nelson writes that Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life after years of coughs and colds. The letter extols the remedy as essential for throat and lung complaints and notes its long standing reputation as a pneumonia preventive and lung healer. Sold at Pioneer Drug Store 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
The state board revoked the medical licenses of Dr. W. P. Hacker of Bloomington and Dr. McKendree Green of Pleasant Lake for selling prescriptions for whiskey to nonpatients. Hacker defaulted at trial. Green’s case saw evidence including a pastor’s testimony of bottles delivered to a barn and prescriptions tied to two gallons sold to Arthur Koons and others. The anti saloon league representative and minister testified in the proceedings.
The board of review will meet next Monday in the county auditor's office to review township assessments and equalize them. The panel includes County Treasurer Laurent Auditor Daugherty County Assessor Buckles and C O Fleming of Hartford City and William Neal of Montpelier.
L. E. W. railroad officials arrived Friday at 11 00 AM and spent a half hour in Montpelier inspecting yards and the station. They urged installing a drinking fountain in the passenger waiting room and noted planned seating upgrades long sought by locals.
Mr. Frank Conlan of 436 Houston St New York extols Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia liver issues and for back and kidney weakness. The tonic purports to regulate digestion purify blood and restore vigor for both sexes sold under guarantee at Pioneer drug store 5c. am
Patriot citizens fill Lucerne events as G A R and allied orders honor veterans. A four-square procession from S O O F cemetery to Woodlawn features bands, schools, and fraternal groups. Ex Senator W L Ball, speaking at the hall, praises Civil War defenders and national unity.
The passage depicts a hush filled scene where Haedius commands utmost silence as he leads votaries through a ritual space. The narrative details disinfection, strange equipment, and a sequence culminating in a dramatic, possibly sacrificial, rite as observers await a read from Mr. Witham and the city marshal Reynold.
B F Ayscue of Ingleside N C credits Dr Kings New Life Pills with curing chronic indigestion after 15 years and over two hundred dollars spent. Advertising copy notes the pills as the best ever sold and offers them at 25 cents with a guarantee.
Gach of Georgia writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a bad foot sore after trying other remedies. A 95 cent box proved effective under its guarantee at Pioneer drug store. D A Bryson returned from Oklahoma and Indian Territory with successful oil-field collections while Mrs. Bryson stayed in Kansas City. TD A notes Western prospects drawing Montpelier alumni fortunes.
The Matamoras Specials beat Eaton 5-1 at Riverside Park Sunday afternoon. They trailed 1-0 until the seventh inning when five runs came with two outs, after Browning of Muncie pitched for Eaton and Fink and Bates pitched for the Specials. A return game is scheduled for the Fourth of July.
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