Township Trustees Schedule Local Office Visits Across Townships
Legal advertisement lists Luce Carter Jackson Harris townships trustees and their weekly locations for official business. It notes Eureka Hatfield Richland City Lincoln City Fulda Gentryville Rockport and Rockport courthouse property with sale details for a brick building and donation lots. Purchasers may pay in cash or in installments with notes secured by approved sureties. The board reserves the right to reject any bids.
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Luce Township
Eureka
Hatfield
Richland City
Carter Township
Lincoln City
Hynes
Rockport
Board of County Commissioners
Board O County Commissioners
Spencer County Divorce Case Filed Against Martin R Jackson
Arvina Jackson files for divorce in Spencer County Indiana no 9194 with complaint dated November 7 1917. Defendant not Indiana resident is urged to appear January 7 1918 at Rockport court to answer or demur otherwise the case will proceed in his absence. Lewis Woolfolk Clerk. Smith and MacCullough Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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State of Indiana
Spencer County
Circuit Court
Indiana
Arvina Jackson
Martin R. Jackson
Rockport
Lewis Woolfolk
Smith & MacCullough
Notice to heirs and creditors in Eva Kramer estate
In Spencer circuit court January term 1948 the administrator filed final settlement for Eva Kramer deceased and will appear for examination on January 7 1918 at Rockport Indiana. Heirs creditors legatees and interested parties must attend to approve account and prove heirship. Isaac L Kramer administrator.
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Eva Kramer
Spencer Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Rockport
Indiana
Isaac L. Kramer
Notice Sale of Spencer County Property
County commissioners of Spencer county Indiana will sell at public auction February 4 1918 at the county auditor's office Rockport Indiana two frame dwelling houses and a brick building now used as a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Rockport
Cut This Out Adv Seeks Mail Order Trial Package
An antique advertisement invites readers to send in a slip with their name and address along with a 5 cent payment to Foley & Co. in Chicago. A trial package offers Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
T. C. Basye
Plowing to Control Pests in Cornfields
The article explains fall and winter plowing as the best method to manage corn rootworm wireworm and root louse infestations. It notes rootlouse eggs in ant nests and that winter plowing destroys eggs and insects, while crop rotation aids control. It advises plowing sod fields in late fall to reduce spring infestations.
Insect Kill Method for Stored Grain
Instructions recommend using carbon bisulphide at five to eight pounds per 1000 cubic feet to destroy insects in stored grain. Bins must be air tight with temperatures above 70 degrees. Burlap sacks or cotton waste saturated with liquid may be inserted into the grain, or the gas may be sprayed in through a small side opening. The gas kills all weevils within 36 hours.
Plum Pudding Plot Brings Two Families Together
In Bradley Harry Tilston leaves college to learn plum pudding making from his mother. A hired girl Molly reveals she is Mary Louise Juxtonbury, daughter of a powerful baker, who sought to learn the recipe and win him honestly. The romance culminates in marriage as he proves his enterprise is built on trust.
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Harry Tilston
Drake
Harry
Genevieve
Harriette
Mildred
Laura
Bradley
Harry Tilson
Mildred Brewer
Laura Stevens
Warry
Focal Grocer
Mr. Tilston
Molly
Big City
Mrs. Tilston
Hemlocks
Mary Louise Juxtonbury
Juxtonbury
Sol
McClure
Practical at home egg tester for quality control
A Wisconsin Agriculturist description outlines an affordable egg tester made from a cheese box and a few parts. It uses an oil lamp or electric light to illuminate eggs and reveal defects. Construction involves a 20d spike, reflector, leather seal, and a light hole, with a chimney option for faster processing.
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F. W. Crumb
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Winter Garden In Cellars For Winter Freshness
During winter, garden vegetables can be grown in cellars to supply fresh produce. Rhubarb and asparagus roots can be forced by lifting before freezing and storing in earth boxes at about 50 degrees. East and south facing cellar windows can grow lettuce begun outside, parsley roots sustain winter garnish, and chives plus spearmint thrive.
Suggestions on Best Feed for Stock Feeders
The notice advises dumping corn for cattle is costly laziness. It recommends an open shed with a well drained dirt floor and troughs as essential stock feeding equipment. As horses require less hard work, reduce their feed accordingly.
Keeping Pastures Free of Injurious Weeds
During rainy seasons weeds grow rank in pastures. Mowing occasionally helps keep weeds down and allows grass to grow. Weeds impart undesirable flavor to milk and should not be allowed to grow in pastures.
Fattening Food For Ducks In Daily Rations
A duck fattening regimen uses three parts cornmeal, one part wheat bran, and one part high grade beef scraps mixed with milk or water fed at morning and noon. Evening feed is cracked corn. Do not exceed what ducks will finish at each meal and remove troughs after eating.
Teach Colt to Like Grain for Weaning and Beyond
Instruction on training a young colt to eat grain before weaning and to receive ample roughage after weaning. Suggested feed includes alfalfa or clover hay with corn fodder kafir fodder cane hay and straw as available.
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Colt
Lace and steel facts from historical notes
The City of Many Mills notes Sheffield as home to 400 steel manufacturing concerns. It states gold lace as the earliest form of lace and the precursor to later thread lace developments.
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Sheffield
Rail schedule for Evansville lines and connections
Evansville Railway Company lists car departures for Richland Hatfield Yankee town Newburgh Evansville Henderson Mt Vernon and Grandview with times from early morning to late evening. Connections from Cannelton Indiana Owensboro Kentucky and a Grandview boat link are noted along with Rockport service and multiple daily departures.
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Richland
Hatfield
Yankeetown
Newburgh
Evansville
Henderson
Mt. Vernon
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Rustee
Louis B. Wilkinson
Truste
A. J. Rhodes
Jackson Township
Gentryville
Edwand
Die Luan
Anthony Bender
Harris
Fulda
John Halley
Harrison Township
State of
County of
Spencer
Walter Collins
Willa Blaine
Fletcher
Hae Uy
Progress Dry Cleaners
A. L. Robinson
Main St
Mr. Farmer
Huntingburg, Ind
Southern Railway System
B. H. Dodd
Louisville, Ky
the Democrat
Evansville Railways Company
Cannelton
Ind
Owensboro
Grandview
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