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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
4
Rockport Democrat notes a community song service at the M E church Sunday at 3 p m with Patriotic songs and hymns requested by the Commissioner of Education. No action taken on State highway through Carter and Jackson townships. a special December session may address it.
F G Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia, famed truss expert, will be at the Rudd Hotel in Owensboro Saturday December 15. He promotes the Spermatic Shield for rupture closure without surgery and offers charity examinations, with documents from the U S Government for inspection. All statements verified in federal and state courts.
Tobacco flowed into Rockport markets this week with nonstop activity at the three houses handling sales and shipments. The rapid tempo suggests strong demand and brisk business across the day and night trading cycles.
Wagon loads of the crop sold for 250 to 600 dollars per load depending on kind quality and weight. A barley load brought 600 dollars though one farmer felt ashamed to take money. Spencer county crops will yield the biggest money total for any crop here, though not the largest tonnage. One farmer with a partly frozen crop earned 10 cents a pound.
Dohn Jennings and fellow Rockport hunters returned from a Louisiana trip where they bagged several deer and smaller game. Claud Kincaid shot a doe, claimed it was a dehorned buck, and was excused by the game warden. The group plans to stay south until the 15th inst.
The auditing committee reports cash receipts of 6522.00 and expenditures to National Red Cross 4427.00 with supplies 1563.59 and other costs. balance on hand 444.50. The Mothers organization meets at Red Cross HQ Monday and seeks addresses of boys in cantonments. Local units report donations of pajamas and other items, with emphasis on December membership drive aiming for 4000 Spencer County members. Save scraps of yarn for knitted comfort squares.
Farmers Bank files damages complaint in Spencer County Circuit Court Indiana against Madge Smith Tobin and John W Tobin non residents. Defendants must answer or demur by February 4 1918. case to be heard January term at Rockport Court House. Lewis Woolfolk Clerk Stevenson attorney for plaintiff.
The writer recalls a long Thanksgiving at camp with a massive turkey dinner weighing 276 pounds of dressed turkey. The meal cost over 400 dollars, denting the mess fund, and the group planned a Chattanooga trip but stayed home to dine. They describe drills, receptions, and sending recruits on mounted rides, ending with a note of fatigue and a hope to return home in January.
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