Township trustees list weekly residence and business atures
Trustees for Luce Carter Jackson and Harrison townships publish schedules noting where they will conduct township business. Luce Trustee Louis B Wilkinson will be at his residence two miles east of Eureka on other days when not on the road with Tuesday Hatfield and Friday Richland City visits. Carter Township trustee at Lincoln City every Wednesday and off-road days. Jackson Township trustee Anthony Bender will be at his home in Jackson on Mondays and in Gentryville Fridays and other days when not traveling. Harrison Township trustee John Haller will be at his Fulda residence each Tuesday and other days when not on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luceownship
Eureka
Hatfield
Richland City
Carter Township
Lincoln City
Jackson Township
Gentryville
Harrison Township
Fulda
John Haller
Notice to road contractors in Spencer County Indiana
The Spencer County Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals for highway improvement in Carter township by grading draining and paving with rock. Bids due July 2 1917 at 2 pm. Low bid with bond double the bid. Affidavit of noncollusion required. Award based on lowest responsible bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Spencer County
Board of Commissioners
Said County
Court House
Rockport
Carter Township
Wm. Schaaf
Board “of Commissioners
J. Frank Stocking
Notice to Contractors Luce Township Bids June 30 1917
The trustees of Luce township Spencer county Indiana invite bids for contracts to be awarded to the lowest and best responsible bidder. Bids will be received on Saturday June 30 1917 at 2 o'clock p m at Kensington Station on the timetable provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luce Township
Spencer County
Indiana
Kensington Station
John Barnett Drain Bid Notice in Luce Township
The Evansville traction line in Luce township seeks bids to reclean and repair the John Barnett drain to original specifications on file with the township trustee. The right to reject bids is reserved, and bidders must post a double bond for faithful execution per plans and specifications. Dated June 8 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Said
Luce Township
John Barnett
Application for liquor license in Spencer County Indiana
The undersigned will appear at the July term 1917 of the Spencer County Board of Commissioners in Rockport to apply for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a room on the first floor of lot 145 in St Meinrad with a glass front on 3rd street. The license would run to April 2 1918 with on premises drinking and permission to sell cigars tobacco and serve lunch. Dated June 8 1917 Jacob Hollander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Rockport
St. Meinrad
Said
3Rd Street
Indiana Sheriff Sale in Spencer County 1917
Floyd Chapman sheriff announces public auction of rents and profits for up to seven years on a described parcel in Rockport Indiana. If the judgment is not fully realized the fee simple will be offered for sale. Property owned by Anna V Bryant Henry Bryant Eliza Sanders at suit of K L Grigsby. May 22 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Circuit Court
Rockport
Spencer
Indiana
Anna Vi
Bryant Henry Bryant
J. C. Sanders
Eliza Sanders
K. L. Grigsby
Floyd Chapman
Willis S. Thompson
Indianapolis
L. Ert Slack
United States District Attorney
Federal Department of Justice
Indiana Public Service Commission
Council For Defense
Goodrich
Public Service Commission
Application For Liquor License In New Boston Indiana
An application to sell spiritous vinous and malt liquors in a small measure at any time from July 1917 to April 2 1918 at a front room on the ground floor of a two story frame building in New Boston Spencer County Indiana. The room occupies 24 by 18 feet with a nine foot ceiling and a door in the front wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Spencer County
Indiana
Court House
New Boston
Notable Room Description Details for Public Notice
A public notice describes a room measuring seven feet by five feet nine inches with a second similar window on the south side. It notes a door on the north side and an opening to a kitchen, with the interior visible from the street. It also seeks permission to run a lunch counter and sell tobacco and cigars as part of the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busi
Notice to Contractors for Spencer County Bridge Bids 1917
Sealed bids are invited by the Spencer County Commissioners at the auditor’s office for concrete or steel bridges in Spencer County Indiana. Bids due by 2 p m Monday July 2 1917 with bond accompanying. The board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer County
Indiana
Auditor’s
Fairview
A. Sarver
W. Tilley
B. Schoolhouse
G. B. Hesson
C. Bender
Savage
F. Myers
Herman
J. Beeler
J. B Maitingley
L. Waninger
Hawks
Fleischman
Snyder
Liebenhauser
J. Swander
John May
Ash Grove
W. Wagner
T. Larkin
J. Casey
J. Pattie
Clear Creek
Bond
Board of Commissioner
Notice of Administration for Lizzie Swallow II Estate
Appointment of Lizzie Swallow II estate administrator in Spencer County Indiana. The estate is said to be solvent. Swallow Admr, Smith and McCullough attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Circuit
Lizzie Swallow II
Spencer County
Ind
Swallow,Admr
Smith & McCullough
Boy recounts Sunday school and song mix up
A boy recalls attending Sunday school for the first time and misunderstanding the singing. He tells his mother he sang along with what he heard, mentioning the familiar tune Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cited For Cough Relief
A Bentonville Arkansas reader endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for lingering coughs chest tightness and wheeze claiming the product cured a years long cough once thought to be consumption. The testimonial appears in an Adv. from T. C. Basye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Glazier
Bentonville
Ark
Foley
T. C.basye
Adv
Have a Heart At Central Indiana Wedding
In a central Indiana city a wedding ceremony drew society leaders to the church. The pale bride moved toward the altar while her sisters sat nearby and one whispered Have a heart kid have a heart, revealing the tense moment as the event unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Forethought saves large expenses with simple remedies
E. W. Archer of Caldwell Ohio notes his family has used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and takes it on extended visits. The ad claims the product is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Archer
Caldwell
Ohio
Chamberlain
Bottled Tears In Persian Remedy Tradition
Persian priests collect sorrow tears in sponges and store them in bottles as remedies for chronic diseases. The practice, tied to antiquity, is noted in Psalms 56 8, signaling a biblical precedent for the custom.
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Persia
Incubation in Ancient Egypt Aided by Fermenting Manure
The article notes that early Egyptians practiced artificial incubation of eggs using ovens heated with fermenting manure, an ancient method outlining early poultry management.
Democratic push to secure Greathouse as Indiana party chair
Indiana editors praise Charles A. Greathouse for Democratic leadership. The piece notes Greathouse’s record as superintendent and his role in advancing vocational education as the party seeks a strong state chairman amid coal price scrutiny and war-related reforms.
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Charles A. Greathouse
Fort Wayne Journal- Gazette
Greathouse
Woodrow Wilson
Indiana
Life Preserver of Sheet Metal Proposed for Swimmers
A Life Preserver of sheet metal uses two tin pie plates soldered faces to form a dead air chamber. It resists rot and rust, does not require inflation, weighs about three pounds, and keeps arms free. Three plates joined with a web band and shoulder strap provide front and back support.
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Popular Science Monthly
Legendary scribes churn out words in bursts
The piece notes authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and R. L. Stevenson writing long works from their desks or in short bursts. It cites W. W. Jacobs, J. M. Barrie, H. G. Wells, Mrs. L. T. Meade, Andrew Lang, and S. R. Crockett with impressive daily word counts or rapid completions, illustrating varied writing tempos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Jacobs
Arthur Conan Doyle
R. L. Stevenson
Hall Caine
Cole
S. R. Crockett
London
Potato Gulls and Dried Vegetable Stock From Culls
Potato culls injured in digging, about ten percent of the crop, are dried and made into potato flour. A pond of dried mixed vegetables including carrots, turnips, onions, cabbage and potatoes makes soup for sixty plus adults. A 100 pound barrel of the mix yields soup stock for nearly 6,000 people. Raw vegetables for the mix weigh about 13,500 pounds across thirty barrels.
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Popular Science Monthly
How to Tell Malleable Iron
The break shows two colors with white center and black outer ring in malleable iron. The black ring extends into the cast ing from one sixteenth to one fourth inch. Malleable will spark lightly indicating non cast iron which does not spark at all.
Evansville Railways Schedules and Connections
timetable lists car leaves from Evansville Richland Hatfield Yankee town Newburgh Henderson Mt. Vernon and Grandview with multiple morning and afternoon departures. Connections from Cannelton and Owensboro detailed. Ends with a musical proverb about following a band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Richland
Hatfield
Yankeetown
Newburgh
Henderson
Mt. Vernon
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Louis B. Wilkinson
Anthony Bender
Jacob Hollander
Sheriff's Sale
State of Indiana
Ness
Thomas.Friedel
Castoria
Fon
Louisville
Bell
Lew Shank
Dick Miller
and Childrens Shoes
White Shoe F.f.dalley, CO. OF New York Inc
Buffalo
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Proprietor
Main St
San Francisco
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
The
Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance CO
Cat Hamilton & Co
Rockport, Ind
Southern Railway
N. Westerman
St Louis
Cannelton
Owensboro
Grandview
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