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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
8
A new pension act effective April 19 raises monthly payments by 4 dollars for 201 051 widows and pensioners earning less than 12. It adds about 2.59 million in new claims expected next year for widows of Civil War veterans and other war beneficiaries, with total appropriation over 162 million dollars, surpassing 1893’s peak.
A public sale at the South Livery Barn in Sheridan Indiana lists stock including horses cattle hogs and sheep plus buggies harness and farm implements. Household furnishings are offered with six months credit and 30 percent cash discount. Commission ranges from two to five percent depending on item type. Also advertising fences by J T Pickett at Sheridan.
Andrew Eagle of Metz Iowa unveils a chemical process turning offal into fertilizer with 33 percent nitrogen. At Evansville Smokeless Fuel & Fertilizer plant the system treats without heat at about $3 per ton and aims to revitalize eastern farmland and curb westward migration. Education and government officials show interest, with contracts for delivery at $10 to $50 per ton depending on grade.
Twenty one damage suits against Lake Erie & Western Railroad over a 1902 Hobbs Station fire were compromised and dismissed. The railroad paid 3000 dollars to the clerk to distribute to plaintiffs, with insurers not included. Also noted are other local legal actions, bridge projects, and probate details from Boone and adjacent counties.
Judgment for 88 dollars rendered in the case of David Haifley against Charles R. Heber. The page also lists transfers, new cases, and marriage licenses with numerous parcel trades and names including Phillip Simmons, Fletcher Jessup, Lewis Himes, Moses C Martz, John Pohlman, CM Gentry, Wayne, Geof Hobbs, Howell Case, Ira Grimes, John Beck, Wm H Thompson, Clifton White, Alma Bray, A L Briles, J N Hackleman, Elizabeth Hartley, Edwin Schineman, Clarence Colip, and Ella Colip. New cases include Baldwin, Eilar, Block, Forsyth, Jenkins. Marriage licenses issued to Edwin F Schineman with Zula Chew and Clarence Colip with Ella Colip.
Owners of dogs who fall behind on the dog tax face action from the prosecutor after the assessor completes the spring canvass. Delinquent payments are handed to the Trustee for collection through the prosecutor. We Print Sale Bills.
Bank invites customers to mail checks from any local bank for credit and receipt. Endorse the check, mail in an envelope to the bank, which will process and credit the account and send a receipt. The notice invites general banking business and convenience.
Mrs. Frank Williams and her children will travel next Tuesday to Washington Louisiana to visit the Thistlethwaites for about six weeks before joining Mr. Williams in Trinidad California. I H McMurtry advertises selling a limited number of Barred Plymouth Rock setting at one dollar per fifteen.
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