Last Two Toll Houses in State Sold in Indiana
New Albany toll house and the Edwardsville toll house on the Corydon pike were ordered sold by the county commissioners yesterday. The moves mark the passing of the last two turnpike toll houses in Indiana and likely the United States, as the county took over the road and made it a free highway in July 1921.
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New Albany
Ind
Edwardsville
Board of County Commissioners
Indiana
United States
Exterminate Rats With Royal Guaranteed Rat-Rate
Terrific crop damage blamed on rats as they rob farmers of millions yearly. Warning to act now with Royal Guaranteed Rat-Rate De Stroys all rats. Sold and guaranteed by Lewis Bros. and E. Tanke and Co.
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Lewis Bros
E. Tanke and Co
Christian Church August Activities Highlight
The church outlines Sunday Bible School and worship schedules with lessons on Mary Magdalene and sermons on Love and Knowledge. It notes officer elections for the Christian Endeavor, a Brotherhood-Sisterhood program, an August 30 picnic, and midweek services led by selected leaders.
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Christian Endeavor
Loyal Workers Bible Class
Brotherhood
Sisterhood
Neighborhood News Dated Readout of Local Visits and Events
Local residents report illnesses and hospitalities with many trips to Anderson and nearby towns. Visitors include families from Oakland, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Russellville, and Chicago. The new Christian church was dedicated debt free with a cash gift from Hooded Klan members and separate evening fundraising.
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Ray Faussett
Anderson
H. C. Rains
John Raymer
W. P. Randall
Turner Jarvis
Berry
Brown County
Logan Hinshaw
John Ludwig
Oaklandon
J. M. Roberts
Osa Woods
Huntsville
Milton Hawthorn
Indianapolis
Dale Cottrell
Seth
Ott Jarrett
Little Rock
Arkansas
Dan Silvers
Mabel Daniels
W. A. Craigs
Earl McCarty
Alice Russell
Lester Flanagan
Winchester
Jacob Bolander
Maude and
Nora Woodall
Russellville
Ind
Smith
John McCallister
Chicago
Alphee Richards
Seattle Wash
M. E
Christian Sunday School
Chester Cambell
Alph Oley
Dortha Moore
Maxine Cook
Irene Roberts
Wilbur Davis
Web Brown
Alma Ginder
Lucile Boyer
Oakland
Fall Creek
New Christian Church
Moyer
Fortville
Thornton
Christian Church
Pendleton
Ku Klux Klan
Rev
Callihan
For Sale Dr Cook's Studebaker Roadster
Classified ad offering a three passenger Studebaker roadster in good condition at a reasonable price. Contact 560 Southerland Ave Indianapolis. The Times reference notes good job printing.
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Times Office
Dr. Cook
Studebaker
Southerland Ave
Indianapolis
Milner Corner Social Notes and Church Event Update
Community notices from Milner Corner detail visits by families to Anderson Knightstown Noblesville and Eden. A Church chicken dinner, Sunday school activities and a baptismal sermon led by Rev. M. S. Bittner are scheduled, with invitations extended to the public.
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Jesse A. Hays
Anderson
Women’s Missionary Society
O. P. Keller
John S. Spurry
Knightstown
H. H. Poole
Rebecca van Zant
Noblesville
Chas. H. Tony
H. R. Sperry
Eden
Ladies Aid
Chas. Jackson
Marion
W. A. Tony
Herbert
Idlewold Park
Cecil Kennedy
Lena Collingwood
Ralph Fisk
Currys Chappel
Cyrus Harlem
M. S. Bittner
Record Wheat Harvest Sets County Yield Benchmark
An eighteen acre field on the Chas. H. Troy farm yielded an average of 35 percent bushels per acre, the heaviest wheat yield reported in Hancock County. Mr. Troy credits the high output to well prepared seed bed, a quality commercial fertilizer, and careful seed selection.
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Chas. H. Troy
Hancock County
Troy
Can Farming Be Made A Stabilized Business
The piece asks if farming can become a stabilized business amid high costs and weak markets. It cites Government Crop Report data on wheat stocks and county yields and notes lower export potential due to war and currency decline, with fertilizer and labor costs rising.
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North
Congress
Ir.tiurs
Fiiary
Indiana Peach Crop Delayed Into August
Indiana peach harvest in Knox County will start about August 15 due to late picking. Expected yield about 20 percent below normal with prices seen from 2.60 to 3.00 per bushel as buyers anticipate strong demand with shortages in Arkansas Illinois and Missouri. Georgia crops unlikely to affect Indiana market.
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Vincennes
Ind
Knox County
Arkansas
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Fewer Farmers Seek Crop Loans This Harvest Season
Washington officials report fewer farmers applying for crop loans, noting lower harvest season credit needs and lighter use of War Finance Corporation funds. In the first twenty-one days of July disbursements reached 3.306 million dollars versus 5.097 million a year earlier, suggesting a county wide improvement and about 40 percent reduction from the harvest start in 1922.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Finance Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Appointment of administratrix for Horace G. Hardy estate
Notice states Florence E. Hardy of Pendleton Indiana is appointed administratrix of Horace G. Hardy deceased in a presumably solvent estate. Filed in Anderson Indiana on July 11 1923 with attorney Lawrence V. Mays listed.
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Horace G. Hardy
Nnderson
Ind
Florence E .Hardy
Pendleton, Ind
Lawrence V. Mays
Times seeks neighborhood news correspondents
The Times calls for a correspondent in every neighborhood and asks readers to notify theEditor if they know someone suitable for news gathering in their area.
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the Times
For Sale A Howard Piano Dark Walnut Case
Piano in dark walnut case offered for 125 dollars cash. Sold at once if purchased at this office.
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