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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
8
Otis Cox of the Scirclevilles neighborhood is jailed in Tipton on a forgery charge for a check of eight dollars and forty cents. Police traced him after he fled and hid in the woods overnight. He is 27 and unmarried.
The Indiana Condensed Milk company reports strong growth driven by customer satisfaction. Milk intake at the Lebanon plant has risen 30 percent in a year, with 416 new patrons since April 12, totaling 1152 and expected to reach 1450 by July. Daily milk supply targets 75,000 pounds as new supply stations near Danville Frankfort Crawfordsville begin. Milk from Coatsville travels 35 miles south. 4 percent milk now pays $2 per hundred, up 54 percent from last year. A 12,000 square foot, three story warehouse addition is under construction, expanding the factory to 208 by 73 feet to handle increased business.
At Indianapolis on June 12 the third annual convention will consider advertising. Dry goods stores cite unreliable mediums outside local papers as worthless. A session will focus on limiting advertising to local papers and eliminating other media.
Infertile eggs stay best and marketable in summer heat while fertile eggs spoil quickly. Keeping male birds after the hatching season reduces blood rings and losses, as the rooster only fertilizes not aids laying. Follow farm rules: clean nests for four hens each, gather twice daily, store cool and dry, market weekly, and remove males after hatching.
Sabbath school begins at 9 30 at Red Men's Hall. A dialogue Thanksgiving Ann by young people follows. Missionary Sunday seeks to meet a 15 dollar challenge. Pastoral preaching at 10 45. Epworth League at 6 30 at Christian church. joint service with Christian church at 7 30 with Rev Barbie preaching. E S Riley pastor.
Next Sunday features a united Bible school and morning service with no sermon. Children Day program follows a short study period and then communion. The Methodist church will join Sunday evening with a choir and the pastor delivering the Prodigal Son sermon The Prodigal's Father. Woman's Missionary Society meets Mrs Kercheval Friday afternoon for a special meeting. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening. Scraps of meat or fish can be mixed with cereal for nourishment.
The announcement notes visiting cards available at the News Office priced at 50 cents for a hundred cards.
Carmel residents pursue a will dispute with executor W. J. Ward as the estate of Caity Cook is settled including life insurance. A Pendleton Pike auto crash suits plaintiff Edward Jacobs heirs claim fifteen thousand dollars. Cora Caylor wins two thousand damages against Shannon and Layton over contract security and real estate settlements.
Russel Williams and Paul Richardson intend to enter the Great Western track and field meet in Chicago on Saturday. All schools may send representatives and winners are declared champions of the west. Williams is the main threat, with Richardson a strong contender if fit, and another shooter may challenge Williams in the shot put. Here's hoping for good showing.
The Purdue Experiment Station urges Indiana dairy cattle, about 700000 head, to remain central to the country during the food crisis. It argues dairying supports milk production, calf rearing, and national supply, with price adjustments benefiting producers and warns against converting dairy cattle to meat.
Hamilton County timber businesses support Allied forces with walnut lumber. Noblesville firm ships thirty car loads for aerial warfare while Sheridan yards have already supplied large quantities of the same material.
Sheridan contributed about 100 dollars to the Army Y M C A fund but most remains uncollected. The campaign lasted only an hour and relatively few people were solicited.
H H Newby and Lone Higbee traveled to Flint Michigan Wednesday evening to deliver new Buicks for the local agency.
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