Trustees announce township notice schedule
The Luce township trustee will be at his Hatfield office on Tuesdays and Saturdays and handle business on other days when not traveling. Carter Lincoln City trustee holds office Saturdays for official business and may transact township matters else when not on tour. Jackson township trustee appears at his Jackson home on Mondays and in Gentryville on Fridays for township business with further days available off the road. Harrison township trustee will be at his Fulda residence each Tuesday and in St Meinrad on the last Saturday of each month for township matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luce Township
Hatfield
Louis B. Wilkinson
Carter Township
Lincoln City
Jackson Township
Gentryville
Ronan
Harrison Township
Fulda
St. Meinrad
Simon J.oehrlein
Liquor License Renewal Bid From Sebastian Bockting
Sebastian Bockting announces a June 1915 Spencer County Indiana hearing to renew a license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a saloon on Mill Street in St Meinrad with on premise drinking and optional cigars lunches. The building details outline a two story frame structure lot ninety two with rooms and doors facing Mill Street and adjoining storage and yard access. The renewal covers one year with on premises drinking and a lunch option. May 7, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Court House
Said County
St. Meinrad
Mill Street
Sebastian Bockting
Application for liquor license in New Boston Indiana
Undersigned applies to Spencer County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the June 1915 term for a license to sell malt and intoxicating liquor in a quantity less than a quart on the premises. The business is described as the front roof on the two story Frans Building at 82 the north part of lot 22 in New Boston, beginning at the northeast corner and outlining a 24 by 18 foot area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Court House
New Boston
Rockport
Said
Orville Martin
William R. Hynes
Said County
Main Street
Description of Room and Business License Notice
A description of a room with two windows and a north door is provided along with a plan to operate a lunch counter and sell tobacco and cigars starting May 3 1915. The Spencer county Board of Review will meet June 7 1915 at Rockport Indiana to equalize real estate and personal property assessments for 1915. Citizens must attend to state grievances to the board. John T Stevenson Auditor Spencer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L Greulich
Spencer County Board of Review
Rockport
Spencer County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
John T. Stevenson
Petition to Purchase Rockport Liquor License in 1915
James Martin seeks a June 1915 county board ruling to acquire Orville Martin's liquor license for a Rockport front room on Main Street. The request covers sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink in a specified three story brick building, with cigars and lunch to be offered. The notice names the location details and includes the room's dimensions and frontage.
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate Samuel T James
Creditors heirs and legatees of Samuel T James deceased are notified to appear in Spencer Circuit Court at Rockport Indiana on September 6 1915 to show cause why the final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness the Clerk Lewis Woolfolk May 15 1915. L N Savage attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. James
Rockport
Indiana
Lewis Woolfolk
Spencer Circuit Court
L. N. Savage
Public Auction of Moravia Ashby Property in Spencer County
Spencer Circuit Court will sell at public auction at the Rockport courthouse on June 26, 1915, the west half of the southwest quarter of section 33, township 7 south, range 7 west in Spencer County Indiana. Terms: one third cash, one third in 12 months, one third in 18 months with six percent interest notes, the sale subject to court approval and crop and buildings reserved until their respective dates. Commissioner E L Boyd conducts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Circuit Court
Spencer County
Indiana
Moravia Ashby
Dora V. Richardson
Randolph Hall
Ruth Hall
Nannie Hall
Suma Hall
Alfonzo Hall
Robert Hall
Anna Lee
Elsa Rowsey
Mildred Artman
Louise Hall
Gus Bubenzer
Rockport
E.L. Boyd
Notice of Commissioner Sale of Real Estate Indiana 1915
Commissioner Eugene L Hall and Mary Bennett seek sale of real estate in Spencer County Indiana on June 26 1915 at 2 PM by public auction at the Rockport courthouse. Property includes sixteen acres in southeast quarter section 32 township 7 south range 7 west and the west half of lot 4 in Williamson addition Rockport plus a 60 acre tract in section 23. Terms: one third cash one third in twelve months and one third in eighteen months with notes bearing 6 interest and mortgage security. Sale subject to a prior right of way and crop removal until 1916. Commissioner Elbert M Swan and Swan Mason attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Circuit Court
Spencer County
Indiana
Eugene L. Hall
Mary Bennett
Dora V. Richardson
Randolph Hall
Ruth Hall
Nannie Hall
Suma Hall
Alfonzo Hall
Robert Hall
Anna Lee
Elza Rowsey
Mildred Artman
Gus Rubenzer
Court House
Rockport
Martha J. Thomas
Williamson
E. L. Boyd
Elbert M. Swan
Swan Mason
Commissioner's Sale of Real Estate in Spencer County Indiana
A commissioner named by the Spencer Circuit Court at its April Term 1915 prepared to auction real estate in a pending Mintie Reynolds et al vs Minnie Davis et al case. The plaintiffs include Mary Florence Hodges Estelle J Reynolds Thomas P Reynolds and others. Defendants listed include John W Hall Beulah Gaines Augustus Hall William Gaines Mable Gaines Drury Hall Queen Beeler Johnson Ernest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Circuit Court
Spencer County
Indiana
Mintie Reynolds
Mary Florence Hodges
Ida. A. Hodges
Emily FR. Fraize
Estelle J. Reynolds
Hariwan
McLain Reynolds
Thomas P. Reynolds
Leonidas Reynslis
William Nathaniel Reynolds
Guy Buca Reynolds
Howard N. Reynolds
Wesley Hall
Lois S. Turner
Russians Read Paradise Lost in War Time
Maurice Baring recalls Russian soldiers in World War I who knew Milton's epic well. A Tambov schoolmaster called Paradise Lost the village library’s most popular book and Moscow fair stalls offered many illustrated editions. A moujik urged Baring to buy it, saying it makes one laugh and cry. The London Graphic reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Baring
Russia
Tambov
Moscow
London Graphic
Making the Ghost Visible on Stage Past and Present
A reminiscence by Robert Man tells how stage lighting in his era gave a ghost scene a fragile setup. He recalls the lamps often failing and the stage manager sending a crew to relight as the ghost’s funeral lines were delivered in darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mantell
Bia
Falls of Pedendima Near Bogota and the Inconongo Bridge
The text notes famous falls near Bogota Colombia where the Bogota River cascades through a 36 foot wide cleft and drops about six hundred feet into a rocky chasm. Nearby stands the natural bridge of Inconongo over three hundred feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
United States
Colombia
Inconongo
Thou Art the Man King David and the path to repentance
The lesson analyzes King David’s sin of adultery with Bathsheba, Uriah’s murder, and Nathan’s confrontation. It argues divine justice and forgiveness coexist, that repentance yields mercy yet carries consequences, and cites Psalm 51 as a model of contrition. The piece ends with a newsroom aside about misquoted quotes in Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Uriab
Uriah
Nathan
God
Anti-Suffrage Viewpoint Quips Spark Debate
A humorous exchange from Puck features Gaylor defending a claim about a wife while Fair Companion asserts that a woman's place is in the home. The dialogue satirizes early 20th century gender roles and reflects anti-suffrage sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylor
Dangant
Puck
Time CardSouthern Railway Schedule Changes 1915
Effective May 2 1915 several changes will be made in the schedule for Southern Railway trains east and westbound. Daily departures include No 41 at 7 30 a m No 43 at 10 50 a m No 20 16 00 p m except Sunday and No 45 at 6 25 p m Sunday only. Arrival times show No 42 at 10 10 a m No 200 at 3 15 p m and No 44 at 9 40 p m. F N Westerman ASGPA St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Southern
N. Westerman
ASG. P. A
St. Louis
Evansville Railways Company Cars and Routes
Evansville Railway schedule notes car assignments for Richland Hatfield Yankee town Newburgh Evansville Henderson and Mt Vernon with time stamps 6:27 24 3:25 89:24 10:324 and other figures 224 2:24 3:24 4:24 5:24 251724 9:24 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Richland
Hatfield
Yankeetown
Newburghy
Henderson
Mt. Vernon
le Yes
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. J. Rhodes
Aease
Anthony Bender
Board OF Review
James Martin
Mitchell Tribune
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hale
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Hopkins
F.M. Westerman
Samuel Li
Psalm
Nathen Eprowing
King David
the Prophet Nathan
Cannelton
Owensboro
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!