Tax money ready for corporations in Noblesville area
Noblesville Indiana June 26 1919 Deputy Auditor C C Whits reports semi annual balance and settlement with the state completed and distribution to Township Trustees and school corporations underway. Totals by township and city bodies listed with Carmel Fishers and other districts named. Also notes probate of Margaret E McConnell and court sentences for thefts, soldier discharges, and a mentally unbalanced man picked up near the Manship farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Whits
Clay
Delaware
Carmel
Fishers
Noblesville Township
Washington
Fall Creek
Waryne
White River
Jackson
Adams
Noblesville City School Board
Noblesville City
Westfield Corporation
Peter Gillis
Fred Manship
McCarty
Russ Bader
Hobart
Toledo
Ohio
Review Board Checks Sheridan County Tax Valuations
The Review Board visited Sheridan County Tuesday led by Assessor I A Mosbaugh with Auditor Cottingham Treasurer Austin and Clarence Pickett to inspect local corporations and large firms to determine appropriate tax book valuations amid protests of steep increases this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. Mosbaugh
Cottingham
County Treas
Austin
Clarence Pickett
Board of Review
Sheridan
Bank Buys Union Block Rooms for New Home
The American State Bank bought the two south rooms of the old Union Block from the Sheridan Investment Company for 4250 to secure a 40 foot Main street front with an alley on the south. Construction likely next spring with an estimated building investment around 25060. One room previously sold to the Investment Company in 1911 for 1600 and the other in 1915 for 1700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American State Bank
Union Block
Sheridan Investment Company
The
Investment Company
Former H S Teacher Here
Prof. W H Hill and family of Greeley Colorado are visiting friends here. He taught at Sheridan High School for nine years and later worked in Boulder and Greeley where he now serves as Superintendent of Agricultural work and oversees city school specialty clubs. The Hills plan to attend the Centennary at Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Hill
Greeley
Col
Columbus
Ohio
Busy Fourth Program at Compton’s Park
The official picnic program at Compton's Park runs all day on July 4 starting at 10 A.M. with a pony show followed by athletic stunts and a basket dinner. A bail game, a patriotic address by Judge Cloe, a ladies throwing contest, the Red Men drill, and fireworks at night cap the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton’s Park
Cloe
Mrs Horton's Move Arises From East Eight Street Sale
Mrs. Later Mendenhall sold her east E Hightth Street property to Mrs. Lizzie Horton of Noblesville for 4000 dollars. Mrs. Mendenhall will relocate to her town property on August first. Horton is the widow of former County Auditor W C Horton who died about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Late Mendenhall
Ehightth Street
Lizzie Horton
Noblesville
Henry Faucett Buys 51 Acre Farm Near Sheridan
Henry Faucett purchased the fifty one acre farm of Zeno Davids five miles northwest of Sheridan this week for 225 dollars per acre. Davids has lived on the property for thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Faucett
Zeno Davids
Sheridan
Mr. Davids
Wire Strike Brings Telegraph Service Disruptions
Telegraph workers struck on June 14 prompting a shutdown of telegraph lines. Postal Cablemen led the action and other firms joined in sympathy causing widespread outages affecting Sheridan patrons and their communications.
Hog Gage Finally Gets Into Court
Sheriff McCarty arrested Ray Benson and Len Hutchens on a petit larceny charge in a hog ownership dispute. Hutchens posted 200 bond and the pair denied selling hogs to Charles Goodner of Sheridan, with the case postponed for circuit court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarty
Ray Benson
Len
Windy) Hutchens
Hutchens
Charles Goodner
Sheridan
Goodner
Harvest Threshing Delayed By Machine Shortage
Wheat harvest faced longer threshing times as a shortage of machines collides with record acreages and heavy yields. Threshing crews warn of dangers and delays, noting many years of worn outfits and losses, now leaving a critical gap as equipment is most needed.
Five Men Hold Tent Meeting at Old School Grounds
Five young men from Cleveland Bible School will conduct a two weeks tent meeting at the old school grounds from July 2 to July 13. The group features a quartet two pianists and a soloist, promising fine music. Meetings are interdominational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Bible School
Old School
Anniversary of Frost Hits Farmers hard
One year ago last Monday a killing frost struck the community farmers woke to thousands of dollars in corn damage. The event marked a severe agricultural loss that impacted local livelihoods and market timing.
Scircleville Boy Dies at 16 in Lebanon Hospital
Herman L. Scott of near Scircleville died at Williams hospital Lebanon Saturday from peritonitis. He was 16 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman L. Scott
Scirclesville
Williams Hospital
Lebanon
Crops Suffer Hailstorm Damages Local Farms
Considerable damage to wheat and corn occurred in the locality last Thursday afternoon as a narrow hail belt struck fields. Chas Ringer reports his wheat may lose eight to ten dollars per acre. Wind also caused damage in other areas and the electrical storm knocked out phones and forced electric light customers to buy replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Ringer
Sheridan
Stolen Ford 13 Recovered Here
Two Indianapolis men identified a stolen Ford 13 here Wednesday evening after Marshal Wisher seized the car at noon. The owner, from Brownsburg, was contacted and said the vehicle had been sold to William Ricketts, an insurance solicitor at the Terminal Hotel in Indianapolis. The suspects took the car back with them as the thief headed toward Kirklin on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marshal Wisher
Kirklin
Steam Laundry Moves to Opera House Block in Covington
Cecil Louks and Paul Scott, new buyers of a Covington steam laundry, plan to relocate the plant to the opera house block and open around the first of the month. Blaine Staley of Fame Laundry, Indianapolis, will supervise the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Louks
Paul Scott
Covington
Opera House
Blaine Staley
Fame Laundry
Indianapolis
Country Store Changes Hands Near Sheridan
The general store at Little New York seven miles north of Sheridan was sold this week by Ted McKinney who owned it about a year to Jesse Davids township assessor. Mr Davids took charge Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little New York
Sheridan
Ted McKinney
Jesse Davids
Mr. Davids
James Laughlin Dies of Heart Trouble at Home
James W. Laughlin, 63, died suddenly at his East Fourth Street home around 3 a.m. Wednesday of heart trouble. He leaves a wife, three children Lula Orin and William, a grandchild Velda, and a brother in Indianapolis. Funeral at the M E church Friday at 2 36 p m after arrangements due to absent daughter Lula and son Orin in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Laughlin
East Fourth Street
Mr. Laughlin
Lula
Orim
William
Velda Laughlin
Indianapolis
Danville
Ind
Orin
U. S. Navy
Germany
Laughlin
Sheridan
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
M. E
Real Estate Is Active
Last week a flurry of land sales occurred around Sheridan Carmel and surrounding areas. A M Padgett sold 187 acres on Michigan Road to Noel and J G Antrim for 200 per acre. Archie Cox’s 180 acres near Carmel went to Maurice Green for 180 per acre. Steele heirs land of 24 acres part of John Burton farm sold to Clarence Walker for 225 per acre. M S Parr sold 80 acres southwest of Sheridan to Harley Hudson for 200 per acre. John Snyder’s 40 acres sold to Willard Binford for 253 per acre. Joel T Hill’s 73 acres southwest of Sheridan sold to John Hiatt for 225 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox and Cooper
Michigan Road
Slabtown
A. M. Padgett
Sheridan
Noel
J. G. Antrim
Archie Cox
Carmel
Maurice Green
Kirklin
Steele
John Burton
Clarence Walker
M. S. Parr
Harley Hudson
John Snyder
Willard Binford
Crawfordsville
Joel T. Hill
John Hiatt
News Office Hours Announced for July and August
The News Office will close at 5 P.M. daily during the months of July and August.
Army worms invade Spicewood area and surrounding farms
The army worm has appeared on several farms around Spicewood and across Jackson township and Tipton County near Kempton. Experts note this as the worst central Indiana infestation in memory, with three summer broods and worms feeding on grass and small grain crops before wintering in the pupal stage. A display jar at the Golden Rule store shows the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spicewood
Clint Kercheval
C. B. Jones
Rollie Kellam
Kercheval
Jackson Township
Tipton County
Kempton
Indiana
Golden Rule
Back From Service Abroad Two Local Veterans Return Home
Clarence Ray and Monroe McMath returned Saturday after a year overseas and discharge from Camp Taylor. After Purdue motor training they supported combat from August 6 through the armistice, serving in Metz, the Argonne, and St Mehiel with the motor ammunition train. Fred Lanham, who left Sheridan with them, lies in a Colorado hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ray
Monroe McMath
Camp Taylor
Purdue
Metz
Argonne
St. Mehiel
Fred Lanham
Sheridan
Colorado
Marines Are Enroute Home
Clifford Carr and Lowell Pettijohn two Sheridan brothers who served about a year have arrived in the United States Lowell landed in New York City and was sent to Quantico from which camp the Marines departed He entered the service last July Clifford landed at Newport News
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Carr
Lowell Pettijohn
Sheridan
States
Lowell
New York City
Quantico
Newport News
Use For Sparrow Against Cot tonies In Sheridan
A note claims the English Sparrow can fight the cottony scale that is damaging maple trees in Sheridan. The article presents the sparrow as a deadly enemy of the pest and suggests practical use of the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Sheridan farmer sells 160 acre Marion township farm
J. O. Parr of Sheridan sold his 160 acre Marion township farm in Boone county to neighbor Robert M. Cox for 36000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Parr
Sheridan
Marion
Boone County
Robert M. Cox
John Mitchhell Returns for Discharge From Camp Taylor
John Mitchhell landed Friday June 20 at Newport News and is en route to Camp Taylor to receive his discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchhell
Newport News
Camp Taylor
News Office Closed All Day Friday July Fourth
The News office will be closed all day Friday July 4th, with no regular operations or publishing. Staff observe the holiday and will resume normal service the following business day.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheridan Town and School
Carmel Corporation
Fishers Corporation
Cicero Corporation
Arcadia Corporation
Atlanta Corporation
Sheridan Corporation
Margaret E. McConnell
J. G. Foulke
E. F. George
Claude Parsley
Bert Colip
Henry Gipe
Correction Department
Perry Carroll
State Board of Accounts
France
Review Board
BANK
Allo
H. S
Mrs. Horton
Hog Gage
Len Hutchens
Scircleville
James Laughlin
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