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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
8
L W Cox cashier of Sare of Indiana County of Hamilton attests that the listed totals for the bank add up to 416 643 84 and that the statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. He signs as cashier.
The Adams Township trustees propose for 1908 expenditures of 12798.94 with a total tax of 70 cents per hundred dollars. Local items include Township 1266.40, Local Tuition 5065.39, Special School 4522.87, Additional Road 1447.35, Poor 496.99. Poll tax 25 cents for Local Tuition and 25 cents for Special School. Signed T. S. Spencer, Trustee, dated July 31, 1908. Valuation 1,809,070. Sheridan office meeting.
Perry and Foster will auction 25 head of milk cows including 18 calves at the Perry and Foster south Livery Barn in Sheridan. The herd, aged 3 to 7 years with Jerseys and Holsteins, belongs to M. Dismore of Scottsburg Indiana and can be viewed after Aug 11. two yearlings and one spring colt draft quality belong to J R Swain. Also E E Phillips offers household goods. Terms: 6 months credit, 3 percent discount for cash, commissions listed.
Court notes list recent transfers new cases and marriage licenses in a compact update. The column records personnel changes and issued licenses with dates and involved parties. Manufacturer names and specific case numbers are not shown in full in the available text.
Drain and road matters and new tax duplicates keep the Auditor and deputy busy. Court convenes in October. Jessie M Stafford seeks divorce from Jean D Stafford with custody of their five year old daughter Helen. The Noblesville Lights sale to Noblesville Heat Light & Power is approved. Various property transfers and court actions are listed. The Spencer threshing ring gathering ends with some illness but recoveries.
Sheridan registered its second shutout of the season Sunday defeating the Coca Colas of India napolis 4 to 0. Newton struck out 15 for Sheridan in a pitchers duel as two unearned runs scored on second baseman errors. A doubleheader with the Iron League Giants of Michigan is slated for Sunday with first game at 2 30.
The Census Bureau reports 20 million horses and 4 million mules in the United States, the highest numbers yet. Including steam and trolley cars, boats, automobiles and airships, the public appetite for travel appears hopeful, with ads urging readers to advertise in the News.
Indiana State Fair races begin September 7 with a rebuilt mile track and a $21,900 total purse. Two half mile races join daily programs featuring vaudeville, band concerts, and livestock parades, with grandstand seating for about twenty thousand spectators.
The Indiana State Fair week of Sept. 7 will host night shows in the livestock pavilion arena seating 10 000. Shows start at 8 15 p m and end in time for visitors from across the state. Prize horses and cattle will parade with exhibitions of fancy turnouts saddle horses big steppers jumpers and other animals. New features include chariot and Roman standing races and twenty thoroughbreds in hippodrome races. Acrobats bears a trained pony the Heras family ten acrobats Madam Schuman with horses and dogs the Bard brothers and the Olivers will perform. Diavie will do a high dive and the Weber band of Cincinnati will provide music.
Chairman Fayne outlines Ways and Means plan to study tariff data during congressional recess. He pledges a quiet, orderly process after the election, culminating in a protective maximum tariff to boost U S prosperity and restore steady markets abroad.
English judge Sir John Charles Day died at eighty two noted as the hooligan's terror during his 19 year tenure on the high court from 1882 to 1901. He earned a reputation for solemn humor and drastic flogging sentences totaling 3,766 strokes for 137 criminals and once tried hard labor on the treadmill during a prison visit.
A compact quotation urges living anywhere as if it were home. It advocates seizing every chance to show kindness speak truth and make a friend. The maxim emphasizes every place deserves genuine care and lasting courtesy.
The Nashville American notes a man designs a hat for his wife costing $1.99, reflecting frugal or practical gift ideas in the time. The brief item highlights simple consumer choices and domestic humor in a local paper snippet.
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