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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
6
The undersigned trustee of Jackson township will be at his home on Mondays and in the felgentryvibe on Fridays to conduct township business and perform other duties when not engaged.
Sed trustee of Grass township in Curiny each Saturday in the streets for the transaction of township business end will transfer business any other day when not engaged on the road. The undersigned will be at hi e.
Notice by an applicant in Spencer county Indiana to seek a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a ground floor room twenty by thirty six feet at lot 129 in St Meinrad with drinking on premises. He also requests permission to sell sugars tobacco and serve lunch in connection with the saloon. Dated June 6 1913.
The undersigned will apply at the July term 1913 of the Spencer County Board of Commissioners at the courthouse on the first Monday in July 1913 for a license to sell spirituous and vinous liquors.
John Friedel received permission on June 6 1913 to operate a saloon at a two story frame house on lot 29 in New Boston Hulff township Spencer Indiana. The permit covers sale of malt liquors in quantities under a quart for on premises consumption with cigars tobacco and lunch service. The east wall main street front saloon room details the door windows and interior visibility. The location is precisely described with coordinates and room dimensions.
A male resident over 21 applies to the Spencer County Board of Commissioners at the July term 1913 for renewal of a liquor license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors for one year with on premises drinking. The described premises lie in Rockport Ohio Township in a two story brick building on the south end of Lot 9. The room is a front first floor space with specified dimensions and door and window details facing Main Street. The notice continues with further licensing actions.
Local saloon seeks approval to sell cigars and tobacco and to serve lunch in the saloon room. Application filed by Joseph H. Hargis dated June 6, 1918, outlining requested permissions and limits.
Public auction scheduled for June 7 1918 between 10 a m and 4 p m at the Spencer County Courthouse door. Real estate includes southwest quarter of northwest quarter section 36 and adjacent tracts totaling about 193 4 acres in township 6 south range 7 west. Item taken as property of Clarence M Harmon in suit by Daisy Walter. Swan Mason attorneys.
Spencer County Indiana receiver to offer Luce and Ohio Township Telephone Company plant for sale at Rockport courthouse July 7 1913. Property includes plant structures furnishings and equipment across Spencer Perry Dubois Warrick counties with debts records and books excluded. Cash sale with no liens. sale begins 2 PM. John G. Rimstidt, Receiver.
The Spencer County Board of County Commissioners invites sealed proposals on July 7 1918 at 2 PM to grade drain and pave a public highway in Ohio Township Spencer County Indiana. Plans and specifications are on file with the County Auditor for bidder inspection. Proposals awarded to the best responsible bidder but not exceeding the engineer viewe rs estimate. The board reserves the right to reject any bid.
Bidders must submit a bond equal to twice their bid payable to Indiana and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The winner must start within 30 days and finish by January 1, 1914. A contract form is at the county auditor's office in Rockport. Dated June 1913. John T. Stevenson, Auditor.
John V. Atkinson and others petition to improve Eureka Road in Ohio Township Spencer County. Board of Commissioners will accept sealed bids on July 7, 1913 at 2:00 PM in Rockport for grading and draining to meet plans on file with the county auditor. Bids guided by lowest responsible bidder. bonds required. contract form available. right to reject all bids reserved. Dated Rockport June 4, 1913.
Indiana reports May fire losses nearing 1 million dollars. W. E. Longley state fire marshal figures show 58 fires in week four and 331 fires in the first four weeks, with totals and averages revealing early month severity and a deadly lightning fire. Unknown-origin fires lead the classifications.
The record lists fire causes including carelessness with matches and cigars eight times, adjoining fires where one building lights another, stoves three, incendiaries three, defective flues two, ashes and trash one, an explosion one, and sparks from locomotives and chimneys three. An unusual case describes a boy holding a lamp to aid a physician, dropping it during a breakable arm treatment and causing a fire. A painter using a torch to remove paint started a blaze in a house awaiting repaint.
Governor Ralston pressed the button to start the Anderson factory products exposition and a homecoming week. A business committee escorted him aboard the Martha private car from Union Traction Line, with a noon arrival and a Grand hotel luncheon. The procession featured a long manufacturers and automobile parade including over two hundred automobiles.
The article explains that when a check is certified the bank pays it and the signer cannot stop payment. If a holder certifies a check, the bank becomes the liable party to the holder. For ordinary checks, cashing at the issuing bank or depositing for collection within twenty four hours is advised, not transferring to third parties.
Month long summary reports nine real estate transfers in Rockport Chrisney St Meinrad and surrounding areas with parcels including pt lot 25 sw 30 47 80 and other fractions. Transfers list buyers and sellers with prices from 150 to 5500 and include two mortgages and one power of attorney among week’s filings.
The great German scientist Bunsen forgot an invitation and, after dressing for the wrong night, attended the host’s party. He recounted his memory lapse to guests, unaware he was narrating events already past.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts a street exchange where one man teases another with a new conundrum about the difference between a poet and a plumber. The joke ends with a punchline about a plumber saying pipes a lay.
A brief note lists how early words for mother appear in many languages. Examples include em in Hebrew, am in Arabic, mam in Welsh, moder in Anglo-Saxon, madre in Italian, mere in French, and mattir in various tongues, illustrating a near universal maternal term.
Queen Austingilda asks King Goutram to slay and bury the attending physicians with her body. A husband’s will forbids his wife to remarry on pain of haunting her. A woman directs executors to find a “nice good pretty girl” as a second wife for her husband.
The article traces bed evolution from skins in ancient times to rushes and straw in early modern days. It notes Romans credited with feather pillows, Heliogabalus for an air cushion in 218, air beds common in the sixteenth century, and feather beds prevalent under Henry VIII in England.
In a classroom correction moment Bennie Sheridan rushed to the board and changed the sentence from The toast was drank in silence to The toast was ate in silence showing a playful fix to a common error.
A humorous exchange reveals a guest predicting a proposal after noticing a quick exit by the host's mother. The witty remark credits the mother as a keen observer, shaping the playful tone.
Report notes Brown the dog remains the heir to a $1000 bequest from a year ago. The Detroit Free Press highlights the curious case and community reactions to the ongoing fortune.
A humorous quip notes Nip-Bones as speaker at age thirty and contrasts with a line about his wife becoming speaker at twenty-two after marriage.
Henry Ward Beecher states that toescape fierce storms one should ascend the mountainside and rise above them to seek safety and clarity in the higher air and view.
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