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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
8
The U S Department of Agriculture calls sheep owners to save every ewe lamb for breeding and to market only those worthless for breeding. Farmers should find breeding markets via county agents or state colleges as demand remains strong and modest production should prove profitable.
Four yearly Sheridan News subscriptions earn each participating boy a watch. The program promotes readership and rewards young readers with a selection of Overland Watches for those who complete the subscription challenge.
Mendenhall Co removes the old wooden driveway to the dump and fills with dirt and cinders to form a solid foundation. The improvement aims to provide safety and convenience for transporting grain to the elevator and will be ready soon to handle large volumes in an up to date manner.
Pay no rent by purchasing residence lots adjoining a brick street and cement walk on a payment plan. Located in a desirable area these lots are expected to rise in value. Inquiries at the News Office.
Wesleyan Methodist Church notes announce Sunday School at 9 45 A M followed by preaching. Evening services are at 8 o'clock.
Mr and Mrs Laban Haughey spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Fred Cline, enjoying a weekend gathering at their home.
A mixed dispatch reports a prison escape during a train journey from Greencastle to Michigan City with two officers and one prisoner in charge. In Noblesville circuit court Mona Hiatt is granted a divorce from Wellington Hiatt for failure to provide, with custody and visitation terms for their daughter Esther. Other cases involve real estate disputes, county road supervision, a Supreme Court rehearing in the Booker read matter, and a Public Service Commission hearing on gas heating standards and meter testing.
Report of potato prices reaching unprecedented levels in a local growing district. Late seed potatoes commanded high demand with car lot sales above earlier records. Visiting cards offered at 50 cents per hundred at the News Office.
Cheese factories at Arcadia and Westfield shut in recent days as Indiana Condensed Milk Company raises whole milk prices to 2.10 per hundred pounds from 1.35 last year. Milk from the closed plants will be shipped to Sheridan. In other news, Mr and Mrs Sewell Baker welcomed a baby boy born Saturday June 23 and plan a summer visit with Mrs Baker's parents. Wanda and Juanita Spear returned from a week with their sister Mrs Goldie Copeland in Slabtown, and Mr and Mrs Copeland visited the Spear home.
Local notice offers Charngoold Oleomargarine as good as butter with home delivery by Mrs. R A Dick to all city parts and invites sewing service from Emmeline Hickman at phone number 22 red.
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