Registration Day for Conscription Services Next Tuesday
Local notes report registration day for army and navy conscription next Tuesday June 5th. Home grown strawberries enter markets amid best quality in years, though yield is less prolific. Steamfitters from Evansville overhaul the furnace at James Hopkins residence. Chas Crow relocates to Princeton with new garage. County Sept J W Strassell holds teachers’ exam with fifty applicants. Three auto loads depart Rockport. John Biggs family moves to Baumgaertner block Williamson street. Powers occupy old Brown property. Roy Giles returns from Mexico to California and plans summer visit. Mrs A B Langley suffers serious injuries from a fall. leg fracture and toe broken.
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County
J. W. Strassell
Daleast
Rockport
John Biggs
Clyde Brown
Main Street
Baumgaertner
W.jiamson Street
Gus Powers
Brown
Decora tion day closures and local fair notes
The city closed for Decoration day while the Valley Belle towed the Sunny South showboat to the lower landing from Lewisport. Cattle and horses graze at the fair grounds as mules are scarce and not for sale. Lightning killed two yearling calves in Grass township. Feigel Brothers garage shows new double doors. Methodist Brotherhood to meet at the M E church with a chalk talk by Rev M O Robbins. Pythias memorial services were held in Henderson with J J Brown delivering the principal address. Rockport Fair officials plan a bigger, better fall event. Rural Route Carriers Association met in Evansville with Spencer county representation.
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Rockport Fair Association
Henry Hoch
City Visitors Flood Local Belongings and Meetings
A long list of residents and guests visited the city this week including Sam Haats Dale John Herr Grass township and many others from Indiana Kentucky and Oklahoma. Notable arrivals include Mrs C E Travis and Mrs L M John visiting Owensboro friends and Misses Goldin Ethel Young Indianapolis visiting relatives. Local trips included Henry Biedenkopf in Louisville and J T Travis Owensboro while John W Minor Indianapolis conferred with the board of registration.
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Sam
Haats
Grass Township
John Herr
Dale
Robert Richards
Chrisney
James B. Nunn
Richland City
Balthias Vetter
Newtonville
C. E. Travis
L. M. John
Owensboro
David F. Kennedy
Clay Township
James M. Simms
Luce Township
Chris W
Wm. Selzer
Goldin
Ethel Young
Indianapolis
Vesta White
Grandview
Mary Guard Kellams
Strom
St. John Lutheran Church
New Boston
John Mulzer
Olivia
Lamar
Evansville
Margaret R. Armstrong
Mary Hartman
Marysville
Tenn
Mary Lou Gore
Thos, Biedenkopf
East Elm Street
W. S. Richards
Chickasha
Okla
Academy
Ferdinand
Kitty Tennemacher
Francis Hanser
Willie Hanser
Otto Poelline
Santa Claus
Bettie Lee
Nannie
Jennie Hardin
Clara Hardin
Hopewell
J. W. Strassell
John W. Minor
Board of Registration
Sentinel Printing Company
Margaret Sargent
J. A. Sargent
Chicago
C. N.S. P. E. Camps
Saugatuck
Michigan
John M. Gwaltney
Midway
E. J. Wright
Jackson Township
S. F. Basler
Raymond Basler
Robert Payton
Marion Ella Cook
Jeanette Hackleman
Thomas H. Axton
John H. Waninger
Huff
Court House
Wm. F. Adams
Gentryville
Ernest Raahe
Terre Haute
Carrie
Emma Feigel
Joseph Goefrich
St. Bernard‘s Catholic Church
Owen Deeg
George Deeg
Eureka
Harvey Mulhall
Margaret Ann
Mt. Carmel
Ill
W. T. Chinn
Lincoln City
Mary Romine
Romine
No preaching at Lutheran church Sunday due to pastor’s absence
A Lutheran church will not hold a sermon Sunday because the pastor is absent. Members are advised to attend other services or retreats as offered in the interim.
Charities and Corrections May 17 1917 Spencer county
James Taylor Anna Wright and Nannie Beeler of the Spencer county board of charities toured the county jail noting one inmate considered insane and a clean facility. They reported on the county farm with five male inmates and livestock and said the new building contract may be let June 1. At the orphan's home twenty two children nine boys thirteen girls faced a scarlet fever quarantine with a furnace needed.
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James Taylor
Anna Wright
Nannie Beeler
Spencer County Board of Charities
Toke
Orphan’s Home
Real Estate Transfers Highlight Local Property Movements
Joe Brown transfers to Edward Wedeking two parcels and two partial plots totaling 21 5 6 41 acres for 800 dollars. A busy week sees twelve mortgages and four releases recorded. Farmers focus on corn for the Allies rather than trading in Gentryville and nearby towns.
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Brown Joe
Edward Wedeking
Gentryville
Chrisney
Card of Thanks by Jas. C. Veatch Post No 128
At their May 20 1917 meeting the post unanimously resolves to express heartfelt thanks to the M E G A society for their splendid and delightful entertainment on May 15 and for prior entertainments where veterans were honored guests.
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Jas. C. Veatch
Department of Indiana
Tne M. E. GC. A. Society
Thanking Friends for Support During Sickness and Death
A personal note of gratitude expresses thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and passing of the writer's beloved wife.
Timber Investment Se curities offers side work to teachers
A Indianapolis based firm seeks school teachers in each county for easy extra income during vacations. Teachers are asked to write or call with their current school name and address Timber Investment and Securities Company 803 8 K of P Building Indianapolis Indiana invites inquiries and promises flexible work and investment requirements.
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Timber Investment & Securities Company
K. of P. Building
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ice Cream Supper to Benefit Piano Fund at Hatfield
An ice cream supper will be held at Hatfield on Saturday night June 2. Everyone is invited and proceeds go to the piano fund.
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Hatfield
Family members thank friends for burial aid
The undersigned desire in this way to cordially thank their friends and neighbors and also Rev J H Diehl for their kindness and assistance in the burial of their brother J F Selzer. Chris Selzer. William Selzer.
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J. H. Diehl
J. F. Selzer
Real Estate For Sale By Henry Hoch
Good farms and town property available for sale or rent. Buy, sell, or lease options listed. Contact Henry Hoch for details and pricing.
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Henry Hoch
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