Annual Report Presents County Clerk Findings Across 1908
The county clerk’s annual report notes a drop in civil filings from 1907 to 1908, with 398 new civil cases in 1908 and 627 in 1907. It records 87 new criminal cases in 1908, six felonies, and 115 disposals, plus liquor-law convictions and numerous estates and mortgage actions. Naturalizations include two Russians and a mix of English, Scottish, and continental nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBaun
Michigan City
Jeffersonville
Plainfield
Indiana Bays’ Shool
England
Scotland
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Austria
France
Ireland
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Hunting on horseback and still-hunting on the plains
The essay discusses why horseback hunting with hounds may grow into a national pastime on the western plains and compares it with still-hunting on foot. It recounts tracking deer, signs of deer, and conditions like snow and ground cover, plus a long horseback black-tail hunt in Western Montana with careful guidance on elevation, approach, and shooting at distant targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Missouri
Tian
Aise
Black-Tail
Plains
Montana
Contrtition
Hiu
Fred
Tlay
Paxton Community Notes and Local Visits
Paxton teachers attended a farmers institute in Carlisle on Friday. Mrs. Nesbit improves after a week of illness. Mail carrier William Bennett is sick. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey visited relatives near New Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Boone stayed with the Nesbits. Sloops and Whitmire conducted business in Sullivan and Paxton respectively Friday. Ladson returned from Oaktown. Johnson visited Miss Creager. McCainion did business in Sullivan. Barcus family attended a funeral in Farmershire. Dr. Walters visited the ill child of the Walters family. Link Creager of Evansville spent time with relatives. Alvin McCammon and family visited Artemus Daugherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Carlisle
John Nesbit
William 5. Bennett
W. W. Bailey
New Lebanon
William Boone
Kenry Sloop
Sullivan
John Whitmire
Paxton
Jonas Ladson
Oaktown
Clarence Johnson
NeHe Creager
J. McCainion
Barcus
Farmershire
Walters
Elmer Walters
Link Creager
Mvansville
Alvin McCammon
Artemus Daugherty
Orange cucumber fruit grows from cross pollination experiment
Howard S. Hill of Gardiner raises an orange cucumber or cucumber orange by transferring pollen from orange blossoms to cucumber flowers. The fruit starts round like an infant cucumber, then ripens bright orange with orange bloom scars and cucumber skin. Hill plans to grow more vines, hoping the new fruit becomes established and popular for its blended taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester Cor
New York Times
Howard S. Hill
Gardiner
Hill
Fill
Mgr. Hill
Reeds Florida Letter Arrives After Sullivan Welcome
A Sullivan party meets the Reeds in New Smyrna Florida after a long travel from Chicago. The group includes P McEnenes R O Willard Dir Lisman and Hoke and Davis families with carriages for arrival. The writer notes mild 70 degree weather a Pullman sleeper journey and plans to share more later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
New Smyrna
Florida
P. McEnenes
R. O. Willard
Lisman
Hoke
Davis
Chicago
Nashville
Jacksonville
Smyrna
Castoria Trademark Note Appears in Vintage Ad
An old advertisement fragment references Castoria and a signatore claim, noting a brand name and product association. The readable text hints at familiar soothing remedies and marketing language common to historic children’s tonics.
Hunter Describes Long Range Shot and Noted Buck Kill
The narrator discusses a near-impossible long range hit at four hundred yards and warns against assuming consistency from occasional successes. He recounts a superb black-tail buck killed from a cliff ledge at seventy yards with a perfect center forehead shot, noting the danger of the ascent and the buck’s exceptional size and antlers. A restaurant table cameo adds dialogue about rare steaks from live or slain animals.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nation
S.I. Stansil
S. T. Stansil
G. BR. Stivers
G. R. Stivers
Dle
Die
Tawi
G. P Putnams Sons
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York
London
REEDS
Wen
Mayo’s Medical and Surgical Institute
Delaware St
Indianapolis, Ind
DR. W. R
Mayo
Callon
W. R. Mayo, M. D
W. B. Gillespie
Gen
Mgr
Lam
Wim
Willis
Crowder
Court House
Ind
THE
G. H. Stratton Loan Company
Long & Warren
Sullivan, Indiana
W. H. Hill, JR
Billman
M’bride
America
Glidden & Douthitt, Clothiers
North Side
Sullivan, Ind
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!