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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
6
The trustee of Harrison Township will hold residence meetings near St. Meinrad each Saturday and will conduct township business on other days when not traveling on the road. Joseph Peters, Trustee Harrison Township.
Trustee John Mulzer announces he will be at his home each Wednesday to transact township business and will conduct business on other days when at home. Hud townsbiy.
The undersigned trustees will be at home Mondays and in Gentry Fridays for township business. They will transact township business on other days when not engaged.
The trustee of Carter Township will be in Date on the third Saturday and at his home in Signal Hill on eight other Saturdays for township business. He will also attend to business on other days when not traveling. Paul Enderz, Trustee Carter Township.
The undersigned trustee of Grass township will be at this office in Chrisney each Saturday in the month for township business. The trustee will also transact business on other days when not engaged on the waned sun.
John Friedel applies at the July 1912 Spencer County Board of Commissioners for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in less than a quart on premises located on Main street New Boston Huff township Spencer County Indiana. The saloon room is on the ground floor of a two story frame house at lot 29 with specific interior and exterior dimensions given. He also seeks permission to sell cigars tobacco and serve lunch in connection with the saloon. July 7 1912.
A male inhabitant of Rockport Indiana over twenty one years will file an application in July for a liquor license in the second Ward. The notice appears in the Rockport Indiana records announcing the forthcoming submission.
Joseph Hargis applies on the first Monday in July 1912 for a one year license to sell and permit drinking of spirituous vinous and malt liquors at a Rockport Ohio Township location. The premises occupy part of lot nine with detailed room dimensions and visibility from Main Street. He seeks permission to sell in the described saloon room.
The applicant seeks a one year liquor license for on premises sale of spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a room of twenty by thirty six feet on the ground floor of a building at the northeast corner of lot 129 in St Meinrad Spencer County Indiana. The request includes on premises drinking privileges and the term begins at the July Spencer county term in Rockport at the auditors office.
Petitioners in Ohio Township Spencer County Indiana request Board of Commissioners open grade drain and pave Lake Road to a thirty foot width with nine inch rock center depth and ten ton rollers, plus drainage and bridges. Signed June 12 1912 by Mel Swallow et al. Also notice for Old State Road improvement petition within Ohio Township and a separate bid call for twenty five steel bridges with bonds and affidavits due July 1 1912.
The quezal is hailed as the world’s most beautiful bird, native to Guatemalan mountains above 7000 feet. Its scarlet breast and long green tail, plus royal Mexican Aztec associations, are described along with nesting habits, plumage challenges, and rarity.
A fragmented excerpt hints at a historical chapter involving two Pittsburgh men and a claim. The readable text references money and begging within court history. Further details are unavailable in the surviving passage.
The Kinsey docks case linked Peterman to an inheritance of $200,000 after the claim agency traced his lineage. Theiss in Harper's Weekly notes fortune arriving unexpectedly for Peterman, with the Kinsey docks scene central to the discovery and legal claim.
A gas collector recalls a woman in a flat who protects herself by using the telephone as a silent alert. She keeps the receiver off the hook and leaves the line open so screams can reach headquarters if danger arises. The gas man notes many lone women adopt this plan with satisfaction.
The article notes several hundred miles of road suitable for motor transport in southern Nigeria. European and native users in Lagos show growing vehicle use, Abeokuta's small motor wagon service, and native motor bicycles. A Lagos freight service for warehouse to merchant and railway transfer is seen as the main opportunity for wider motor traction.
She Mary refused five dollar weekly pay and now works for one dollar. He asks what changed. She replies she got married.
Vacation ads promote Western North Carolina escapes in Asheville Hendersonville and Waynesville with Rockport return by July 25 1912. Tickets go on sale July 10 promising delightful outings in the mountains and calls to contact a Southern Railway agent for information.
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