Boon township dog attack kills 35 sheep and threats emerge
The Winslow Dispatch notes a Tuesday night dog attack on T. D. Seales’s flock of about 180 sheep killed and maimed 35. Loss appraised at $350, to be paid by the Boon township trustee. Prosecutions may target unpaid dog taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
T. D. Seales
Boon Township
Boonvile
Winslow Disputch
Dale
A. C G. Huff
Joe Bretz
Roeckport
Grandview
George R. Wilson
Jasper
Indianapolis
Wilson
Dubois County Friends
State Board of Review
Ferdinand
Huntingburg
General Assembly of
Indiana
Sth
Gov. Goodrich
Star Spangled Banner in 917 Poem by Y P Lee
A wartime poem urging universal freedom and Allied victory. It condemns autocracies, praises the United States Navy and Army, and envisions a world liberated from tyranny with the Star Spangled Banner over free lands including France and the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key
Belov
Mankind
Heligoland’s Strategic Burden Elevates Small Island
Heligoland, a small North Sea island 34 miles from Cuxhaven, has recently found itself at the center of rising strategic importance as German actions and regional tensions draw international attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heligoland
North Sea
Cuxhaven
Heligoland A Fortified Island and Its Shifting Allegiances
The article recounts Heligoland’s transformation into a fortified naval base by Britain and Germany, and notes lingering debates over the island’s strategic value. It describes its small size and historic claims by Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, its sponging by sea powers, and the rapid removal of civilians at the war’s start, citing the Christian Science Monitor.
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Germany
United Kingdom
Heligoland
Hetha
Mainand
Radbod
St. Willibrod
Sea Rover
Schleswig-Holstein
Joans
Hamburg
England
Hengist
Horsa
Christian Science Monitor
Spencer County Conscription Board Names Precinct Registration Officers
In Rockport Indiana on May 1 1917 the Spencer County Conscription Board appointed precinct registration officers. Named are C E Abshire Horace Hayford W A Sims Ollie Deeg James Fagan Henry Brand James J Rimstidt Chas H Salm Chas F Brown John Huffman Sr and others for Luce Ohio and surrounding precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich
Spencer County Conscription Board
Rockport
Indiana
Spencer County
Luce Township
Richland
C. E. Abshire
Lake
Ind
Ebenezer
Horace
Hayford
Hatfield
W. A. Sims
Eureka
Ollie Deeg
Ohio Township
James Fagan
Henry Brand
James J. Rimstidt
Chas. H. Salm
Silverdale
Chas. F. Brown
Lake Mill
John Huffman Sr
Oak Springs
John
Voter Precincts Listed for May 1917 Registration
The notice names Atkinson Rockport Clay Hi Huff Rockport Floyd Chapman and others with precincts in Grandview Newtonville and St Meinrad urging eligible voters aged 21 to 31 to register at their voting precincts on Tuesday June Sth, registration hours 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Also lists officials S. W. Stuteville Lewis Woolfolk and Floyd Chapman for the May term 1917 and a long ledger of county expenses and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Gentryville
Frank McKasson
Ind
Gerlich
Anthony Bender Jr
Grass Township
Chrisney
E. A. Rhodes
W. Stuteville
Lewis Woolfolk
Ffloyd Chapman
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Cannelton Telephone
Ohio River
France
Y. P. Lee
Atkinson
Clay Hi
John G. Haines
Hammond Township
A. M. Love
John T. White
Newtonville
George Rumpel
Michael D. Casper
Walter D.schroeder
Floyd Chapman
Dem. Fub. Co
Wm. Fieuring
J. M. Killian
J. P. Eigenman
Court House
Rockport Water Works Co
Court House & Jail
Rockport Milling Co
Wilfred Kitchen
Keller Crescent Co
Printing Co
Dem. Pub. Co
Bernice Crooks
A. C. Huff
Bridges
Lewis Woolfelk
A. B. Burkhart
Claud Sanders
Mayhall
HM Rr
C. A. Hartley
Rockport Journal
J. &. Brand
James H. Poole
C. D. Ehrman
S. C. Lang
Louis B. Brizius
Tom Ellis
James Laird
Co. Farm
Southern Tel. Co
John H. Beeler
F. M. Thomas
Dr. L. Brown
Jackson Topoor
Board State Charities
Ind. Tuberculosis Hospital
John T. Ballard
Jno
M. Kohlmeyer
Jno. T. Ballard
Loney Parsley
Niles Rock Road
Bedford Nugent Co
F. J. Scholz
Lincoln Worker
J. L. Meredith
Elbert M. Swan
Wm. C. Mason
Wm. M. Smith
John N. McCoy
James Bartrim
Geo. Haaff
Wilford Kitchen
Baliff
Mat Ice
William Herr
Hazel Crowder
William Ferguson
Harry Krueger
Peth Co
Bobbs Merrill Co
West Pub. Co
Roy Martin
Grand Jury
Bertha Hoch
W. S. Kitchen
C. W. Halbruge Co
Matting Court House
Ed Farquahy
James Parker
Louis Gentry
Alfred Haines
Lawrence Shrode
Af Jobez Stateville
Lawrence Harter
Henry W. Keller
August G. Boehm
Dan Anderson
Francis Purcell
Ted
Ae Geo. Barnett
Charles Stepro
W. F. Ferguson
Thomas H. Axton
Wash Oskins
R. L. McCoy
W. H. Gunn
John White
Ernest Forler
Henry Schnuck
George Goble
Charles Babb
William Lovell
Goodman Harris
John Avalderman
Ben Arnold
John Eigenman
Charles Boyd
A. J. Parker
Elmer Chancellor
Alice Clark
A. Spradlin
Henry Kersteins
the Centaur Company
Natty
York
Ves
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Coats
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