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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
6
Creditors heirs and legatees of Ellsworth V Maier deceased are to appear in Spencer Circuit Court Rockport Indiana on September 4 1925 and show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Fletcher Peek May 16 1923.
The Trustee and Advisory Board of Ohio Township will sell at public auction no less than two thirds of appraised value at the north door of the courthouse on June 16 1925. Items include Silverdale Building and land, Fareast Grave Building, Toy Hill Building, Lake Mill Buildings, Claus FHU Building, Payne Building. Sale names two thirds of land per item. Trustees Thos F Seay and Advisory Board members O P Burns J O Cain J L Hamilton.
Notice of survey to run the line between lands owned by Raymond Bretz and George Cisne in sections 34 and 25 Township 6 south Range 6 west Spencer County Indiana. Survey called by Raymond Bretz. Dated May 24 1923. Signed George E Stevenson Surveyor Spencer County.
The Spencer County Indiana Board of Commissioners will receive sealed bids for road work as the notice indicates. Bids are to be submitted in a specified manner to the county office by a set deadline. The document outlines procurement details and required compliance for contractors.
Proposals for grading draining and gravel paving the John M Smith et al road in Jackson Township Spencer County Indiana will be opened July 3 1928 at 2 00 p m The estimated cost is 24454 58 Bids must include bond to cover faithful performance and payment for labor and materials The county reserves the right to reject any or all bids and time for completion to be set after letting The bid process is conducted under Indiana law by the Spencer County Board of Commissioners with RW Richards Jr Auditor and Roberts & Roberts attorneys for petitioners
State Highway Commission invites sealed bids by June 26 1923 at Indianapolis office for construction on routes F A No 34 Sec D F A No 42 Sec A St Meinrad Leavenworth road St Meinrad to Bristow Birdseye Spencer Perry counties Plans and specs available with fees apply bids to be awarded to the lowest bidder with bonds required by law Plans may be viewed at the commission office Indianapolis Indiana J D Williams
Notice to taxpayers declares Spencer County Board of Commissioners will issue bonds totaling 8000 dollars to fund highway improvements in Hammond Township. Bonds issued July 15 1923 under May 1923 ordinance. Attest by Auditor R W Richards Jr and attorney Arch Stevenson.
The Spencer County Board of Commissioners approves issuing bonds totaling 33000 for highway improvement in Ohio Township as petitioned by James A Haines Sr and others. Bonds dated July 15 1923 issued per May 5 1928 ordinance with R W Richards Jr and Arch Stevenson serving as officers and counsel.
The text notes conditions where houseflies trouble residents, ants migrate uphill, horses stretch and sniff the air, floral scents intensify, and ducks quack loudly. These observations hint at weather changes or environmental cues affecting wildlife and scents.
The article outlines the Chicago Drainage Canal project begun in 1892 and opened in 1900. It explains the canal’s twofold purpose to purify Lake Michigan drinking water by diverting sewage to the Des Plaines, and to create a shipping canal to the Gulf of Mexico. It notes the canal’s forty mile length, depths, widths, capacity, and four major construction steps, including widening the Chicago River, digging the canal, diverting the river, and building a race and new channel. Concerns about water rights, health impacts, and interstate effects are discussed alongside anticipated increases in barge traffic and river craft through the Chicago zone.
Reported by the American Bankers Association Savings Bank Division shows first part of the current school year deposits total 4 496 000 with potential yearly total over 7 000 000. Pupil participation on January 31 reaches 1 534 146, rising from 1 271 000 last year and 462 000 in 1920. Balances top 14 090 000 by January 31, up from 6 382 000 in June 1922 and 4 424 000 in June 1921. Teachers and bankers push thrift education as a core aim of school savings programs. The National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations backs thrift instruction.
Agricultural Director D. H. Otis reports the Banker-Farmer Exchange links bankers with farmers to trade purebred livestock and improve crops. In 1922 inquiries reached 12 000 head of dairy cattle, 58 carloads sold valued at 115 575 dollars, with broader interest and repeat orders. the program expands banking support and field men to connect buyers and sellers.
Train cars depart Rockport for Evansville with multiple daily times and limited stops at towns. Evansville departures include morning and afternoon runs with connections to a Hatfield service and boat transfers to Owensboro. Merchandise freight trains run Evansville to Rockport at 6 am daily except Sunday with express service at low rates.
In Arlington National Cemetery the World War veterans buried there receive aid from District of Columbia American Legion members who, in olive drab, raked and trimmed headstones with borrowed tools to ready the grounds for Memorial Day. Officials attribute the long grass to insufficient Congressional funding for upkeep at the nation’s best known burial site for heroes.
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