Abuse mail privileges prompt postal crackdown
The post office department reports abuse of rural route mail rules by carriers who accept unmailable items or overweight packages for hire. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw orders inspectors at offices and directs postmasters to refuse carriage of any extraneous items added to mail matter to avoid postage, warning rural carriers not to accept unmailable matter for hire.
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Post Office Department
DeGraw
De-Graw
Birds Protected Law Enforced In Indiana Cities
State authorities announce strict enforcement of the bird protection law across towns and waterways. Killing trapping or destroying nests or eggs is illegal with fines from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs. first offenders may be prosecuted as education. Monetary ad from Union Loan and Trust Company, Sheridan, Ind.
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Indiana
Union Loan and Trust Company
Sheridan
Ind
Diffey Sentenced to Reformatory for Theft and Flight
Theodore Diffy pleaded guilty and was sent to the Jeffersonville reformatory for one to seven years after buying a buggy from Schu Lenberg & Beck then leasing it and attempting to dispose of it. He is nineteen with two prior marriages and a divorce case, and friends seek suspended sentence to aid his family.
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Elliott
Theodore Diffy
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Tipton Advocate
Diffy
Schulenberg & Beck
Court House Column Transfers and Licenses
Transfers reported include George F White to A C Scott and Clifton G White to S A Bright with prices from 50 to 800 dollars. New cases filed list actions by Woodard & Son, First National Bank of Frankfort, and others. A marriage license is noted for Wm H Paskins and Cora A Passwater.
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George F White
A C Scott
Sheridan
J F Richardson
War'h Jessup
Clifton G White
S A Bright
Arcadia
Harriet Conrad
H Newcomer
Jolietville
Jac G McCullough
Grist
Noblesville
Pharoah H Hill
John A Beck
J W Hays
NB Cornelius
Marie Cornelius
Cicero
Naomi Hardy
Sarah J Case
Jackson
Wm. Woodard & Son
Madison Gee
John Thomas
H Boswell
First National Bank of Frankfort
George B. Lanhim
the Tiona Refining Co
Wm. M Echolds
Johnson Coal Mining Co
Lizzie Stroud
HM Gilchrist
Mahlon Cox
George D Roberts
Wm H Paskins
Cora A. Passwater
Kumin and Tan Offer Reduced Prices at Richards
Kumin and C. Tan advertise Patent Leather and Vid Ox ford shoes at lowered prices at Richards shoe store. The message highlights discounted footwear options and stores details.
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Richardson’s Shoe
Cost of Assessing County and Township Settlements
The Hamilton county board settled with township assessors to finish their lists and set salaries. Bonds were signed for Ute Stanley More gravel road in Jackson township totaling 5900 dollars. Assessing costs amounted to 3154.50 with townships receiving partial adjustments. Noblesville, Delaware and Washington saw reductions. Deputy assessors protested pay, while A C Wood disputed deputies’ extra allowances. A divorce case, Gertrude Johnson from Johnson Thomas Johnson, cited abandonment. Board of Review set for June 1 with Auditor Cowgill and officials W N Evans and Milton Hanson.
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Jackson Township
Indiana Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
White River
Delaware
Adams
Noblesville
Jackson
Fall Creek
Washington
Wayne
Washington Townships
J. A. Matthews
Robert Lucas
A. C. Wood
Cowgill
Board of Review
W. N. Evans
Milton Hanson
Messrs
Evans
Hanson
Cloe
Those Broken Ranks and Court Proceedings in 1908
A fragmented 1908 poem notes veteran soldiers and memory, interwoven with court items: Councilman John Thom, Wm Boswell litigation over a $89 note from the nineties, and a county contest over road bond issuance tied to a constitutionality inquiry led by County Attorney Cloe.
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John Thom
H- Boswell
Mr. Thom
T. J. Patterson
S. 10Th Street
Fragments from a 16th Century Document Trace Doom and Doom
Readers see scattered OCR fragments referencing dates and identities from a historical ledger. The lines mention numbers and places in a cryptic fashion, leaving core events and names unclear but indicating archival material.
Fruit Crops Forecast From Horticulturist J M Zion
Clarkshill horticulturist J M Zion says fruit prospects are mixed with disappointment likely. Cherry crops may fall to about one third, plums and pears better, apples expected to be the best in years due to prior warmth shortage during blossoming and pollenization issues.
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J. M. Zion
Clarkshill
Warning on Lottery Schemes Hits Newspapers
Post office officials warn newspapers to avoid publishing guessing contests or any chance schemes tied to lotteries. Violations risk removal from mail service. Advertisers are urged to proceed with caution to comply with the law.
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First National State Bank
U.S
U. S
Pheenabad
Ghana
Total
Hamilton County
Onan
Uncle Sam
Diffey
Court House
Supreme Court
Mr.Cloe
Gertrude Johnson
Johnson Thomas Johnson
Johnson
Lapel
Marion Couthony Smith
Marion C. Smith
the Farmers’ National Bank
National Bank
State of
Hamilton
J. E. Kercheval
John C. Newby
Charles Thistlethwaite
A. W.Y
Mamie Lee
Pearl Martin
Bernith Hickson
Pleta Lanham
Marie Williams
Grace Booker
Nina Gregory
Nora Bennett
Ethel Hardy
Lena Cox
Zion
Gardner's Barber Shop
American Steam
Frankfort
Home Bakery
J. B. Johnson
Prop
IAAT
Sravg
A. M. Stephenson & Co
Real Estate and Loans
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