Assessor reports itemized Hamilton County property values 1923
Noblesville Indiana May 31 1923 county itemized assessment shows Sheridan Adams and county totals. Autos and trucks lead in value. household goods and notes vary. Foreclosure and road contract cases noted. divorce suit filed. court actions include Gant arrest and pending trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Wnship
Coun- Assessor
Wheeler
State Board of Tax Comissioners
Sheridan
Noblesville
Adams Evachin
Adams
Survey to assess hog numbers for fall market
A rural survey by the Department of Agriculture, aided by postmasters, aims to count hogs on farms to help farmers plan production. Blank cards will be distributed by postmasters like C. V. Norman to about ten rural carriers each, with results sent to Washington and a July summary posted locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
C. V. Norman
Sheridan lad in auto accident near Range Line and Lafayette pikes
James Sims, a Sheridan lad, was involved in an auto crash Sunday afternoon on Range Line road near a bridge. He attempted to pass a truck in a narrow space, both vehicles pulled back into the road and collided. Sims’ car suffered rear wheel and fender damage. no injuries reported. The truck was undamaged. Authorities noted both drivers were driving fast about a mile south of the Range Line Lafayette pikes intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Jimmy) Sims
Sheridan
Range Line
Sims
Au Bridge
Lafayette Pikes
Farmers Replant Eighty Percent of Planted Corn
Local farmers estimate eighty percent of corn planted before heavy rains must be replanted while corn that already Neath ground remains in fair condition. They say seasons are changing and early springs are no longer reliable. Oats crop looks very fine per reports.
Doyle Mullen Wins Oratorical Contest at Butler College
Doyle Mullen formerly of Sheridan won first honors and a fifteen dollar prize in the annual extemporaneous oratorical contest at Butler College last Monday afternoon. Eleven contestants competed. Mullen plans for ministerial work and is in his third year of college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Mullen
Sheridan
Butler College
Mullen
Committees Meet Saturday Night for Centennial Plans
Adams township committees appointed to organize the Hamilton County Centennial event on August 30 and 31 will convene Saturday night at eight in the library. Correction notes Mrs Stella Hodson named on the arrangements committee, not Mrs Priscilla Hutchens. A Noblesville county meeting last night invited public participation to boost the Centennial project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Township
Hamilton County
Priscilla Hutchens
Stella Hodson
Noblesville
Abundance plum branch signals bumper fruit crop
A Cap Moore from his farm delivered an eighteen inch branch with 160 Abundance plums. The variety sizes up to about half an egg when ripe. Local fruit trees are heavily loaded and a large crop is expected barring hindrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Moore
Bus line starts Logansport to Indianapolis for Sheridan
A new bus line from Logansport to Indianapolis has begun service with its first run this week. Three cars will operate daily with trips to and from Sheridan. A fixed schedule will be announced after drivers determine travel time. The service offers Sheridan residents convenient day trips to Indianapolis at a lower fare than the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Indianapolis
Sheridan
Auto Skids and overturns near Westfield
A Ford driven by Mrs Audie Mace Myers skidded and overturned south of Westfield Sunday afternoon. Her father Clark Mace Hayes and Mace Remsen were with her. Mr Mace sustained minor injuries. no bones were broken. The vehicle belonged to Mace Remsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audie Mace Myers
Westfield
Hortonville youth arrested in auto theft incident
Fay Briles, youngest son of Joel Briles of near Horton, was arrested after driving a borrowed car from Michigan to pick up a friend. The Allen boy rode along, then returned home as Briles headed east and was caught in Westfield. No decision on charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Briles
Joel Briles
Horton
Michigan
Charles Allen
Allen
Allen Lad
Briles
Fay
Westfield
Pedestrians Hit by Auto Near East Town
Mrs. Wm Shull and Mr and Mrs Merrit Hadley with their small son were knocked from the cement road east of town Saturday night by an automobile driven by Raymond Nagle of Arcadia. Mrs Shull suffered the most injuries though not serious. The Hadleys suffered only bruises and uncertainty remains whether they were struck by the car or by Mrs Shull.
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Wm. Shull
Merrit Hadley
Small Son
Raymond Nagle
Arcadia
Shull
Victim of Accident Buried at Pickard
Noble Brown of Putnam County was killed in an automobile crash near his home last week. His body arrived in Sheridan Saturday and was taken to his grandmother’s residence two and a half miles west of Pickard. He was 33, survived by his wife and five children. Funeral services were held Sunday at Lookout church at 2 PM with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Brown
Putnam County
Sheridan
Pickard
Brown
Lookout Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Southard Child Hurt as Marker Strikes Head
Ruth Anna Southard, six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Spencer Southard, sustained a deep head wound when a corn planter marker struck her after the guide wire snapped. Three stitches were needed to close the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Anna
Spencer Southard
Immense Crowd Witnesses Sheridan Ku Klux Klan Parade
A large crowd watched a Klan procession in Sheridan on Saturday night with about five hundred members traveling on foot, horses, and autos. Three crosses were burned at Main and Fourth, Main and Second, and Main and Sixth as delegations from nearby towns joined the orderly event despite rain and thunder threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Main Street
Main
Fourth
Second
Sixth Street
Wlansmen
Compton’s Park
Danville
Lebanon
Noblesville
Frankfort
Arcadia
Cicero
Tipton
Harvest er Factory Makes Good Start
H B Johnson inventor of the soy bean harvester has made a definite start toward manufacture. He has received ten bona fide orders and with six local backers will fill them before this year's crop. Delegations from bean regions including Sullivan Indiana and Wapella Illinois visited for inspections. University of Illinois agronomy department officials also toured the plant aiming to obtain one for use in their work. Retail price set at about 350 dollars. First ten units to be built in a vacant Johnson farm garage with some machines to be used locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
L. D. Seass
Sullivan
Indiana
Wapella
Illinois
R. I. Watson
Watson
Soy Bean Growers Association of
Department of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Hackleman
Johnson
Johnson Farm
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Gates
Hines
Miller
Franklin
Johnson County
Fred Edwards
Fred Edwards & Comny
James Frazee
Thomas L. Hancock
Paul Binford
Mr. Hughes
Greenfield
London and Lancashire Indemnity Company
E. G. Gant
Charles E. Davis
Milo Richardson
Carmel
Davis
Thomas New
Hancock County
London & Lancashire Indemnity Co
Gant
Marion County
Indianapolis Pike
Nellie Leap
Phil J. Fariss
Circuit Court
Lester Leap
Leap
Robert
Darrell
Urban C. Stover
Richard R. Haster
Sherrick
Dr. Cuiterson
White
Finley
James Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Gause
Newcastle
Sheridan Lad
Hortonville
AUTO
Southard
Acto Klan
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