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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
6
Trustees list their offices and days for township business in Luce Carter Jackson and Harrison townships. Bid solicitations open until 10:30 a.m. Monday June 4 1917 for 50 to 60 bridges with separate bids and surety bonds. Board of Commissioners reserves right to reject any or all bids.
By virtue of a decree from the Spencer circuit court the plaintiffs Ezekiel Painter and Henry Sohn and defendants William Snyder Daisy Snyder Briily Hardy Company and the International Harvester Company of America are named. The sheriff will offer rents and profits for up to seven years on the specified Spencer County land on Saturday June 10 1917 between 6 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door. If needed the fee simple estate will be offered to satisfy the decree interest and costs. Dated May 22 1917. Floyd Chapman Sheriff Spencer County Indiana Swan Mason Attys.
Carrie Feigel as administratrix offers estate personal property at public auction in Rockport Indiana on June 19 1917 at 1 PM. Items include corn shelter grinder disc wheat drill 2 row corn planter shoe old mowing machine tobacco sticks Reo auto and household goods. Cash for small sums. credit over five dollars with note at 6 percent interest plus attorney’s fees.
The Spencer County Board of Commissioners Indiana will receive sealed bids for a public works project. Bids must be submitted by the stated deadline and comply with specified specifications and bidding requirements.
An Indiana commissioner's sale announces auction of several Rockport lots and portions in Spencer County. The sale, set for Saturday June 9, 1917 at the courthouse door, covers Wright & Griffiths donation lands and Mosely & Griffiths parcels, with specific lot decriptions and exceptions including a rail line right of way and inlet segments. Carrie Feigel is plaintiff. Philip Feigel and Mary Saucer are defendants in the April 1917 Spencer circuit court case.
Description outlines 100 by 40 foot parcel in Spencer County Indiana with a 64 inlet except 90 feet off the east side. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with 6 percent interest, secured by mortgage. Sale starts 2 PM, Elbert M. Swan, Commissioner.
Public auction to the highest bidder on June 28 1917 at Rockport Indiana for the rents and profits of twenty acres in section 15 township 5S range 6W to satisfy a judgment. If needed the fee simple will be offered the sale date at the courthouse door. Property listed as Anna M Bryant Henry Bryant J C Sanders Eliza Sanders versus EITL Grigsby. Floyd Chapman sheriff.
Spencer county Indiana treasurer announces sale of highway improvement bonds at Rockport courthouse on June 15 1917. Twenty Rimstidt Road bonds at 360 each and twenty Beard Road bonds at 400 each for Ohio and Hammond townships. Bonds dated June 15 1917 bear 4.5 percent interest with semiannual interest May 15 and November 15. Bids at par plus accrued interest. Treasurer James A Haines reserves right to reject any bid.
Undersigned applies at the July term 1917 of Spencer county board of commissioners for a license to sell spiritous vinous and malt liquors in quantities less than a quart at a time from July 1917 to April 2 1918 with on premise drinking. The business is the front room on the ground floor of a two story frame building in the north part of lot 22 in New Boston. Description begins at the northeast corner of the room and runs 24 feet west 18 feet south 24 feet east 18 feet north 9 feet high.
A description of a room with one door three by seven feet and a window five by four feet, plus two south windows of similar size and a north door with a kitchen opening, all visible from the street. Also a request to run a lunch counter and sell tobacco and cigars at the same time and place on June 8, 1917.
Luce township trustee announces June 30 1917 at Kensington Station bids will be received and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder to reclean and repair the John Barnett drain. Bonds double the contract amount required and work to follow original plans on file. Right to reject bids reserved.
The South Carolina state seal shows an erect palm tree commemorating the 1776 repulse of a British fleet at St. Moultrie. About 80 men defended a fortification made of palmetto logs whose wood resisted bullets and closed holes quickly.
The Woman's Home Companion presents Arnold Bennett arguing that dull men lack imagination and empathy. He asserts such men blunder, commit injustices, and are cruel, unable to be charitable toward others.
The article advises that a growing child require foods that build blood and bones such as cereals. It highlights cornmeal and oats as healthy staples, notes the Scotch reputation for good health, and stresses milk in full fat form rather than skimmed milk, urging continued attempts to encourage milk consumption in varied preparations.
The article notes two biblical references to actual snowfall in I Samuel 23 20 and I Macabees 18 22, while allusions to snow abound in poetic books. It states Jerusalem sees snow in January and February, often a foot or more but short lived, and Nazareth experiences more frequent and deeper falls.
A compact emblematic line echoing Longfellow’s meditation on virtue and enduring stature. The verse frames great men as solitary guardians amid a divine urban setting, suggesting moral steadfastness.
Parker and Dalladay describe welding glass for optical instruments tested at the Faraday Society in London. The method uses pressure to achieve optical contact, then heat to a precise temperature below the annealing point to prevent distortion. Soft glasses may distort before harder types reach proper weld temperature.
A clear guide to stewing tart apples. Peel and quarter, remove cores, drop into two inches of cold water, simmer gently until tender, add sugar to melt, then cool before serving.
The article explains that a lump after a blow to the head results from the skull’s resistance and tight scalp, with blood collecting in the surrounding connective tissue. Similar bumps form on the shin where skin and subcutaneous tissue cover the bone, due to capillary damage and serum leakage.
A brief note from the Indianapolis Star reflects on practical jokes. The piece contrasts playful tricks with retaliation, noting how perspective changes whether a joke is seen as harmless or offensive.
Buck Edlby voices objection to a local apartment house, arguing it ruins family privacy and disrupts their quiet life, amid neighborhood concerns reported by the Topeka Capital.
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