Rockport Fair Improves Grounds Ahead of August Show
The Rockport Fair Company upgrades include Seminary street extension a tile roadway and a levee to keep grounds dry. The track is in fine condition with many horses in training. The fair runs August 17 to 22 with plans for a record breaker. C M Partridge offers premium lists and Soldier's Day invites all veterans and wives.
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Rockport
Rockport Fair Company
Seminary Street
C. M. Partridge
Evansville Railway timetable and freight services
Evansville Railway Company Eastern Division lists passenger schedules from Rockport to Evansville and Hatfield with hourly departures from early morning to night. Connections available to Richland Lake Port. additional Rockport to Evansville freight at 3 45 daily except Sunday. Freight depot at Main and uth streets. Contact numbers Home 229 Cumberland 170.
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Evansville Railway Company
Eastern Division
Main Street
Rockport
Evansville
Hatfield
Richland
Lake P. O
Main
Uth
Cumberland
W. A. Carson
R. F. C. Storton
Plowing by Paraffin Tractor Demonstrated in Lincolnshire
Recent experiments in a Lincolnshire stubble field show paraffin-engine traction can plow six inches deep at an average cost of 60 cents per acre.
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Lincolnshire
England
Origin of Common Word Won t and Pile Remedy Ad
The notice discusses the contraction wont and traces wol not history with Shakespeare. It advertises ManZan Pile Remedy for all forms of piles, claiming soothing, reduced inflammation and itching. Sold by T. C. Basye at 50 cents with guarantee.
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Hamlet
T. C. Basye
Viscount and Viscountess Falkland Move to Grosvenor Street
London society notes report the Viscount and Viscountess Falkland leaving 76 Eaton Square for 26 Upper Grosvenor Street with plans to arrive mid November. The relocation highlights ongoing aristocratic visibility amid urban traffic talk in the capital.
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London
Falkland
Eaton Square
Upper
Grosvenor Street
Excluded Journalists and a Kidney Remedy Ad
The piece notes journalists being barred from a famed trial with one remark about preferring not to be hampered by facts. An advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for back pain and kidney disorders, sold by T. C. Buasye.
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DeWitt
T. C. Buasye
No Harmony in Him
A New York dinner party discussion cites an independent official’s influence on party votes in the approaching election. A woman notes Mayor Blank’s self-satisfied hymns at church with a tune of his own, implying disharmony in leadership.
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New York
Blank
Sunday Magazine
Luce Township Trustee Schedules Office Visits
The Luce township trustee F. W. Dodd will be at nis office in Richland City every Monday and Saturday and at Eureka every Wednesday to transact township business. When on the road he will conduct township business on the days not spent traveling.
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Harrison Township
St. Meinrad
Joseph F. Vial
Harrison Tp
Luce Township
Nis Offce
Richland City
Eureka
Ivy
F. W. Dodd
Executor's Notice for Edward Jeffers Estate
The clerk of the Spencer circuit court Indiana appoints George W. Rumpel as executor of the last will of Edward Jeffers deceased. The estate is deemed solvent. Dated August 1, 1903. Swan Mason Attorneys.
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Spencer Circuit Court
Spencer County
Indiana
Edward Jeffers
George W. Rumpel
Swan & Mason
Attys
Application for liquor license in Spencer County Indiana 1908
Andrew Betz applies at the September 1908 Spencer County Board of Commissioners term for a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors by the drink on premises described as a 19 by 15 feet room facing a public highway in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34 township something west Spencer County Indiana. Also seeks permission to sell cigars and tobacco and serve lunch in connection with the saloon.
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Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Auditor's Office
Southern Railway
Andrew Betz
Rockport saloon license request for Ohio township building room
Zachary T. Crow announces a 1908 application to the Spencer county Board of Commissioners for a one year license to sell spirituous wine and malt liquors in a Rockport town room on Main Street with on premises drinking. He also seeks authority to sell cigars and tobacco and serve lunch in connection with the saloon business with a public auction or hearing at the county courthouse on the first Monday in September 1908.
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Ohio Township
Spencer County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Said County
Rockport
William KR. Hynes
Dain Street
Zachary T. Crow
Quiet Title Notice in Spencer County Court
Notice to non residents in Spencer Circuit Court Indiana No 7045 Amos K Shrodes v Lizzie Mann John Byers Corinne Byers Jesse K Elder Henry T Elder Kate Snyder James Snyder and unknown heirs of Owen Daily and Katherine Byers warning defendants to appear and answer by September 15 1908 or the quiet title complaint will be heard in their absence in Rockport Indiana.
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State of Indiana
Spencer County
Spencer
Spencer Court
Indiana
Inj
Liazle Mann
John Byers
Corinne Byers
Jesse C. Elder
Henry VT. Elder
Kate Snyder
James Snyder
Owen K. Daily
Katheringers
Rockport
Rockport to Accept Bids for Sidewalk Improvements
The Common Council of Rockport Indiana will receive sealed proposals at City Hall by ten o clock A M on August seventeenth 1908 for sidewalk and improvement project resolutions three and four. Bid envelopes must include a certified check of at least 8100 as bid guaranty with contracts and bonds due within ten days of acceptance. The council may reject any or all bids.
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City
Rockport
Indiana
City of
Drainage Petition for Luce Township Open Ditch in Spencer County
Spencer Circuit Court sets September 7 1908 hearing on Ira N Tower petition for drainage of wet lands in Luce township Spencer county Indiana. John Walter named owner not resident. Petition seeks open ditch cleaning deepening and widening from near section 11 7 S 7 W toward highway crossing sections 17 20 to carry all water. Clerk James A Hopkins issues notice via Smith McCullough attorneys August 12 1908.
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State of
Indiana
Spencer
Spencer Circuit Court
Ira N. Tower
James H Ensor
James O. Pattie
William Jones
Luce Township
Smith and McCullough
Spencer County
Said County
Ower
John Walter
Spencer Circuit
Rockport
James A. Hopkins
Smith & McCullough, Attys
Pineules Claim Kidney Relief in 30 Days Trial
Pineules for the kidneys offer a 30 days trial at $1.00 with a money back guarantee. The product claims to act directly on kidneys, relieve backache and rheumatic pains, and purify blood while invigorating the body.
Cruelty and Fear Quote by Balzac
A short quotation attributed to Balzac links cruelty and fear, noting their unsettling coexistence as a human condition.
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Balzac
Rockport Will Practice In All Courts
Rockport Indiana announces it will practice in all courts with offices on the ground floor of the south side of Main Street.
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Rockport
Indiana
Main Street
Rockport Attorney B F Huffman Advertises Practice
B F Huffman attorney at law announces office in the post office building on Main street opposite the court house Rockport Indiana and will practice in all courts.
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Rockport
Indiana
Court House
W. H. Brown
J.J Brown
Brown & Brown Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
F. J. Reinhard
Arch Stevenson
B. F. Huffman
Office over Sargent's Drug Store Corner Main and Third
The notice notes an office location above Sargent's drug store at the Main and Third streets corner, applicable to all courts.
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Sargent’s Drug Store
Main and
Third Streets
Rockport
Indiana
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