Water franchise approved with 25 year term in Rockport
The Rockport city council passed an ordinance setting water rates for hydrants and private consumers under a 25 year contract with Rockport Waterworks Co. The plan raises hydrant costs and introduces metered private usage with minimum monthly charges, stirring debate on haste and public oversight.
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Rockport Waterworks Co
Frenthet Committee
Edresdat
Econent
Pris
Council
Arep
City Receipts and Disbursements Report for Rockport 1910
City Clerk Darneal reports Rockport receipts for 1910 totaling 14 451 78. Beginning balance and receipts bring total 16 437 99, with expenditures 11 122 36 leaving treasury balance 5 315 63. Bonded debt reduced 1 800 00 for the year, net debt now 5 500 £ 0.
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Darneal
Rockport
Death of Miss Helen Ward at age twenty
Miss Helen Ward daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Ward died at her home last Friday morning at 10 30 tuber culosis. The funeral was from Fred Walker residence on Second Street Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock with Rev W S Biddle from Vincennes and Rev EB Boldrey of this city officiating. Interment followed at Sunset Hill cemetery.
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Helen Ward
Charles Ward
Miss Ward
Indiana Referendum Bill Drafted by Grube and Shively
State Senator Grube and Senator Shively prepare a referendum bill to be introduced in the Indiana legislature. The measure seeks voter approval on a specified issue facing the state. Legal action and legislative process details accompany the draft, indicating potential changes to state policy pending debate.
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Ture
Sitively
Rockpors
Grube
Shively
Indiana Legisla
Jury Finds for Bank in Kinney v Farmers Bank Suit
The circuit court last week tried the case of Alva J. Kinney against Farmers Bank over a $525 check dispute. The jury returned a verdict for the bank, with Kinney reweaving no claim.
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Alva J. Winney
Farmers’ Bank
Kinney
Kinsey
Smith &Cmullough
Kinney Versus Bank Verdict Finds Signature Valid
Kinney and the bank were represented by Ateh Stevenson. After closing arguments Saturday evening the jury returned a verdict Sunday morning at 1 30. The plaintiff claimed the check used by the bank was forged while the bank argued the signature was genuine. The jury ruled the bank was justified in honoring the check and paying the money.
Real estate transfers and multiple mortgages recorded
Rebecca Bowen transfers to Charles H. Cook a northeast quarter of section 47.6. Lizzie G Wright et al to Oscar C. DeWitt describe partial sections and parcels for 4000 dollars. Wm Rimstidt to Lizzie Osking titles in Grandview totaling 350 dollars. Absolom R. Gentry to Thomas Strassell a southwest quarter of section 27.6.40 for 1600 dollars. Six mortgages and eleven releases were recorded during the past week.
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Rebecca Bowen
Charles H. Cook
Lizzie G Wright Et al
Oscar C. DeWitt
Wm. Rimstidt
Lizzie Osking
Grandview
Absolom R. Gentry
Thomas Strassell
Local Marriage Licenses Involving Rockport Residents
William Measure 24 teamster of Rockport weds Anne Gibson 17 of Spencer county. John D Bradley 22 farmer of Maceo Kentucky weds Nannie Kellams 19 of Rockport Estey Dixon 22 farmer of Kentucky weds Bertha Cornett 19 of Kentucky.
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William Measure
Teamster
Rockport
Anne Gibson
Spencer County
Jouhn D. Bradley
Farmer
Maceo
Nannie Kellams
Estey Dixon
Kentucky
Bertha Cornett
Carnegie Mission Funds Pipe Organ Halfway
The Carnegie organization agrees to cover the remaining half of the pipe organ cost for Me Church after the instrument is installed, signaling a compromise on funding and completing the purchase.
Organ Fund Drive Advances Carnegie Gift Plan
Members of the M. E. church plan a pipe organ costing about 1600 dollars with Andrew Carnegie to pay 800 dollars and the church raising 800 more. A mass meeting secured pledges including nine members at fifty dollars each. remaining balance of 1000 dollars to be raised. Also notes on various court actions and a venue change in a railway damage suit.
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M. E
Andrew Carnegie
al. Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Court actions and scheduling in Indiana cases
The docket includes Ray vs Kinney confess judgment offered for 25 and service notice filed. Drainage petitions before commissioners Huffman Widmer Boyd with Huffman named third commissioner. Indiana cases Burns Bennett Gasa way set for hearings February 4 31. Railroad remonstrance against drainage report Hoch. Florentine Fish back drainage continued to January 30. Judge W D Robinson presiding. special judge Rosco Kiper to handle cases in last week. Assigned hearings include Evansville Electric Railway Bird rights of way Bird Mattie Bird, Biedenkopf Hostetter quiet title Maffenbeier Koenig note suit.
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Siinnie C Young
James H. Young
Mary
Stockwell
Evansville
James H. Parker
Isaac L. Kramer
John H. Kramer
The
Home Missionary Society
Cynthia A. Dawson
John Ruble
Lon Parr
Ollie E. Ray
Alva J
William Kinney
W. D Robinson
Rosco Kiper
Roberts
Kiper
Evansville & Eastern Electric Railway
Margaret Bird
Mattie Bird
John Biedenkopf
Hostetter
Will
Mary W. Cotton
Dello Bennett
Martin Maffenbeier
John Koenig
Licenses Exams Rules and Rockport Meetings Set
Applicants for sixty month licenses are not divided into two exams. Four thirty six month licenses allow one exam in high school subjects the same year. All high school license applicants must pass Science of Education. First exam of year at Rockport January 28 191. County spelling contest at Rockport January 21 at the high school building with three representatives per school. Frang Brenner to retire and return to Rockport Milling Company next week.
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Rockport
Ockport
Eizrth
Iuim Nach
Schuul Corporation
Lindsay
Tobago Season Brings Grop i togbago
Early Monday morning at American Factory loads rose as tobago season brings grop i more than a hundred wagons.
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Tobago
Tobacco trade and textbook law in early Rockport notes
In Rockport the American Tobacco Company handles about 60,000 pounds of tobacco weekly, mostly burley, with prices from 14 to 4 dollars and some dark tobacco at 9 to 3 dollars. Separate buyers operate nearby, but American remains dominant. Indiana text book law faces repeal threats. State Supt Greathouse cites uniform costs and statewide supervision advantages. Rural free delivery underlines need for good roads, with postmasters to report road conditions and encourage boxed mail labeling.
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Rockport
American Tobacco House
Sth Street House
American
Tobaccco Company
C. P. McClary & Co
Boonville
Kitchen
Southern Depot
James 4. Jones
Dan Eskew
Peckinpunugh House
Upper Landing
Vackport
Wentuck
Teak Trust
Indiana
State Board of Education
Book Trust
Greathouse
Air
DeGraw
R. F. D. News
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw Takes Role
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw has assumed the duties of his new position. He brings experience from prior roles in the postal department and will oversee key administrative functions.
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DeGraw
Home Orchards Made to Pay at Evensville Short Course
Indiana framed as ideal for fruit, with a week long Evensville course Jun 23 28 offering a complete program on reclaiming and curing home orchards. It covers pruning, cultivation, pest and disease remedies, spray machinery, and making spray mixtures. sessions assist new orchard plantings.
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Indiana
Evensville
Indiana horticulture course to boost orchard yield
A course on nursery stock care pruning tree planting and orchard cultivation led by Prof M W Richards of Purdue aims to teach Indiana farmers how to raise fruit for home use and reduce reliance on imported apples. The piece notes fruit production declined from 32 992 180 bushels in 1881 to 987 800 in 1908 due to neglect. W T Smith of Grandview visited town Thursday.
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Indiana
M. W. Richards
Purdue University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clerk Marts
Ola Haines
Censes
Carnegie
Henry C. Simple
Otto Bautigaertner
Mary V. Herrell
Luce and Ohio Township Telephone Company
Warrick County
Louis Herrell
Alva J. Kinney
Farmers’Bank
David A. Davidson
Ernest E. Noblester
Gibson
Circuit Court
John C. Haines
John M. Huffman
Robert Widmer
Wm. T. Boyd
Mr. Huffman
Opal Beauclossom
Csunty Sperlling Cont
Frang Brenner
Rockport Milling Company
Tillie Greulich
St. Meinrad
W. T. Smith
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