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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
2
The trustee will be in Dale on the third Saturday and at his home in Mariah Hullton on other Saturdays to conduct township business and will attend to business on days not spent traveling.
The undersigned trustee of Grass township will be at his office in Chrispey each Saturday for township business and may transact on other days when not engaged on the wood away.
The notice announces July 1912 license applications in Spencer County Indiana for selling spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart with on premises consumption and cigars, tobacco, and lunches. descriptions include New Boston Huff Township and Rockport Rockport, with specific room and street details. Separate entrant Joseph Hargis and John Friedel file renewals for Rockport and Rockport licenses at the same July term.
An Indiana male over 21 applies at the July term 1912 of Spencer county commissioners to obtain a liquor license. The hearing will be at the Rockport courthouse.
A nondescribed applicant petitions the Spencer County Board of Commissioners at Rockport to grant a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors in a room on the ground floor of a 20 by 20 foot unit on lot 129 in St Meinrad. The filing includes detailed premises description and on site features with doors and windows facing Grewery street and a yard.
List of allowances and expenses for Spencer County Commissioners and various officials including farm assessments, registration and inspection costs, and janitorial and coroner fees. Names include F. M. Thomas, John Wardteman, S. Wiener & Sons, Robt Richardson, and Isaac L. Kramer among others with amounts ranging from a few dollars to several hundred.
The article details spring arrivals like the bluebird and meadow lark as heralds of April, noting migration patterns from the Arctic to the Gulf Coast. It lists birds such as robin, phoebe, kingfisher, swallows, purple finches, and martins, with timing from late April to June and return migrations in fall and wintering ranges. It also briefly mentions leap year privileges for women.
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