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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
6
The undersigned trustee will be at his home each Wednesday to transact Hull township business and will handle affairs on other days when available. Joinsbuszer Trustee of Hull township.
The undersigned trustee of Jackson township will be at his home on Mondays and in Gentryville on Fridays for township business. He will transact business on other days when not engaged on herard.
The trustee of Carters town will be in Dare on the third Saturday and at his home in Mariah Hill on all other Saturdays for township business. He will also attend to business on days not specified when not engaged elsewhere.
The Grass township trustee outlines a schedule to be at his office in Chrisney every Saturday to conduct township business and may attend to additional days when engaged elsewhere.
Executor of Elijah Lloyd estate announces sale of real estate in Spencer County by order of Spencer circuit court. Sale begins June 27 1914 at 1 p m at Midway schoolhouse with private offers thereafter until sold. Property description details a portion of section 19 township 6s range 6w and includes a drainage-related boundary. Terms cash. sale subject to court approval. free from liens. Jackson G. Lloyd Executor. Smith and McCullough attorneys.
By execution from Van derburg and Perry courts a public sale is set for Saturday June 20 1914 at 10 am at the Spencer County courthouse. The sale covers rents and profits for up to seven years of undivided half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter in section 28 township 6 south range 7 west, with a second sale of the fee simple if needed. Property belongs to Emma Folsom and Effa Alvey. suit by William M. Walker. Sheriff Isaac L. Kramer. May 28 1914.
An male resident of Indiana and Rockport acts to apply for a liquoor license in the second ward. The notice is issued to inform citizens and provide required eligibility details for the public record and compliance.
At the July 1914 Spencer County Board of Commissioners session in Rockport Indiana Joseph H Hargis and Thomas Priedel seek renewal of licenses to sell intoxicating liquors for one year with on premises drinking privilege. They describe a front room in a two story brick building on Main Street with detailed dimensions and a separate saloon area to also sell cigars tobacco and serve lunch.
The undersigned qualified as executor of the last will and testament of Michael Spayd, deceased, of Spencer County Indiana. The estate is solvent. S. F. Bosler named as Executor with J. L. Boyd as attorney.
Undersigned to apply at the July 1914 Spencer county board of commissioners for a one year license to sell and permit drinking of beer and spirits on premises located at a two story frame house on lot 29 in New Boston Huff township. Description details the building and exact lot lines, Main Street facing room with door and two windows, prepared for license consideration.
An undated notice from an applicant seeking a one year liquor license at a specific ground floor room on lot 129 in St Meinrad, Spencer County Indiana. The detailed premises description includes Brewery Street views, multiple windows and doors, a nine and a half foot ceiling, and on site drinking privileges. The document also includes an unrelated agricultural paragraph about alfalfa versus clover and a note from Wallace's Farmer.
Spencer county Indiana coroner records state Lewis H Mason aged 7 months 6 days, of negro parentage, 2 feet 8 inches tall, found dead June 6 1914 at 806 Fair Street Rockport Ohio Township. Death attributed to lobar pneumonia. he wore a night gown and nothing of value noted. Inquest held June 8 1914.
An Illinois correspondent plans sowing ten acres of alfalfa this fall and asks how it compares with clover. The article notes alfalfa’s advantage as a feed with 2 to 4 more pounds of muscle building components per hundred pounds, estimating alfalfa is about 25 percent worth more than clover.
The Farmer's Home Journal advises beekeepers to feed each colony one quart of thick sugar syrup nightly when bloom is scarce. Use shallow pans if no feeder, add grass to prevent drowning, and expect more feeding if flowers are unavailable. Watch for uncapped honey and ensure sugar is fully dissolved.
Leo E. Gately asserts in the Epitomist that section honey is preferable for many beekeepers. He argues comb honey requires more bees and offers no financial advantage over section honey, which is tastier and safer for consumption. He urges readers to avoid producing both types in the same yard due to poorer profitability.
The text argues a strong queen is essential for bee colonies and notes moth worms rarely destroy a healthy hive. It warns that colonies with defective or no queens will fail without beekeeper aid, comparing bee survival to plants needing sunshine and moisture.
The text claims honey bees are warm blooded and maintain a central brood nest through winter. It contrasts bees with dormant insects and describes bees consuming stored honey to stay warm inside a hive. It warns that starvation and death follow if stores are exhausted before spring bloom.
The passage describes how a swarm after leaving its hive first clusters on a nearby limb or object before flying to a new home. It notes the beekeeper’s role and the process of selecting or finding a hollow tree in the forest for settlement.
A Collier's Weekly excerpt explains how a California mother fattened her bank with prune and dried peach sales to pay her son's college tuition. It notes bees increase by swarming with the old queen departing with the swarm while workers remain to raise a new queen.
The bee travels in search of nectar and uses surrounding objects for bearings. On returning it follows a direct line back to its hive, illustrating instinctive spatial orientation.
The honey bee prefers staying near its hive and will guard the colony from threats, emphasizing fidelity to its home.
The excerpt presents a mix of aphoristic observations about social behavior. It notes dangers in praising cheap people and suggests memory can torment certain individuals. It contrasts diligence with others who sleep while rivals work and hints at expectations for marriage and artistic progress through a shoe and foot analogy.
Quote contrasts a speaker who once believed in early marriage with a cautious stance now. He suggests the adage better late than never may apply to marriage and hints this may extend to other matters as well.
Listings show train numbers 41 201 45 200 42 with times from morning to night and specify connections. No. 41 links Louisville and French Lick, Nos. 201 and 45 connect to French Lick and Monon, Nos. 200 and 42 connect at Lincoln City with Louisville and French Lick trains. W. E. Young.
Bus schedule notes connections from Cannelton Indiana and Owensboro Kentucky to Hatfield. Grandview departures list times from 6:40 a m to 12:26 p m with multiple daily runs and a Grandview connection by boat to Cannelton and other way points.
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