Public letter urges road tax support in Indiana towns
A letter from Danville Indiana urges Mt. Vernon readers to back highway bonds and tax plans, arguing the state covers 75 percent of costs while local tax payers cover the rest. The writer compares statewide road funding, cites Hendricks County highway activity, and warns voters to embrace improved roads and employment.
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Danville
Ind
Lgly
Mt. Vernon
Indiana
Old Rockcastle
John D
Sam
Hendricks Co
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Push for road funding and growth spurs old county letter
A letter urges voters to approve a road bond, praising state help and county match of 18 000 per mile to secure 50 percent funding. The author laments tax levels, compares past transport progress, and vows to campaign vigorously for good roads and local benefits, citing the wartime spirit and civic duty.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Penn
Indiana
Rockcastle
Chamberlains Tablets Endorsement From Vermont Innkeeper
George Daniels of the Hardwick Inn in Hardwick Vermont praises Chamberlains Tablets as the best laxative for his sedentary lifestyle. He runs one of New England's model hotels and endorses the product.
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Chamberlain
George
Daniels
Hardwick, Vt
Hardwick Inn
New England
Local Prohibition Rally Fails to Impress Rockcastle County
Reverend A J Pike laments the Mt Vernon mass meeting on February 3 1919 promising to fight whisky traffic bootleggers and crime. He urges court juries and local lawyers to join a Civil League style pledge to refuse defense of whiskey cases and to appoint untainted jurors to ensure convictions.
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Beit
Rockcastle County
Toney
Civil League
Council of Defense
St Vernon
Brodhead
Sileston
John Mullins
Virginia
State Penitentiary
Mt. Vernon
Court House
C.A. Williams
L. W. Bethurum
J. W. Brown
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P. H. Shutts
M. K. Pennington
Kheos
W. Gott&Co
MT. Vernon, KY
Hons Harvey
Helm
Columbus, Miss
Stanford
Johnny
D. Ramsey
A. J. Pike
SRD
Whittier
W.f.baker's
Blue Front
Swift & Company
U.S. A
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