Mare Breeding Stock Offered at Barder Farm
L W Barder offers breeding stock including a registered Pereberon stallion 1800 pounds service fee 12.00 and a Wilkins stallion 18 hands high 1200 pounds service fee 10.00 plus two black jacks each with service fee 10.00. Visit to see horses move before breeding. location Washington Indiana 1908 notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont
Maple Valley Horse Company
Tom
Jackson Carnahan
Harley
Jackson
Washington
Petersburg Road
Jlothe
L. W. Bar- der
Wandering Street Venders and TheirQuick Fix Tricks
An old piece catalogs various itinerant tradesmen operating from private cars. It describes mush fixers who mend or barter items from chimneys and razors to gas mantels, enamelers, ink sellers, and repairers who travel from house to house collecting orders, often earning small sums by rapid one day repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atteach House
Cimney
Mit
Wonderful Fish Tales From a County Trip
A fragmentary note recalls a noble trout tale during a two day county trip in Pennsylvania. The writer frames the trout as self sacrificing and contrasts it with a day of ordinary luck, mentioning a count of forty fish and a hopeful, expectant mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
County
Pennsylvania
Finleter
Trout and human folly haunt a fishing tale
A long anecdote opens with a man raising a trout in captivity then showing it as prize catch each season. Critics debate trout jumping and aging as legends grow, while a tale of Noah and Jonah tags surfaces. A separate crime vignette recounts Wood buying a pistol then attempting suicide after failed wind up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raberger
Meehan
Hornbéreer
George Gratam
Lock Haven
Philadelphia
James Considine
Tyrone
Noah
Jonah
Mit
Enekal Cooley
Washington, Dry
United States
New Ruralization Bureau
Corianet
Feieee
Lents Woods
Nisi
Hecanta
iWooda
Woods
Theoole
Delaware court upholds three mile road law decision
Judge Lemer of the Delaware circuit court declares the three mile road law valid. The measure lets counties fund and build roads up to three miles long with free gravel or macadam surfaces, financed by the township. Some counties and farmers object to the broad state impact and expense. The test case arose after county commissioners denied a tobacco road project and an appeal nears higher courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemer
Delaware Eiranit Court
Three Mile Road
Patitlaxers
Circuit Court
Spe
Wehall
Fu Daviess. County
Land Transfers and Writings in Washington Area
Historical deed records show multiple transfers and warrants in the Washington area. Transactions involve Emery H Smith, Emma Steinfield, Abe Hart, and others conveying plots in Woodlawn and surrounding wards, with references to blocks, lots, and tracts, dated in the 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae H., Wilson
Susan Ea
Washington
Tranter
Rose Wa
Emma Steinfield
Joseph Swain
Frank
Swann
Abe Hart
Harrison Thomas
Last of Letters Remaining in Washington Post Office
Week ending April 31, 1908 lists unclaimed ladies letters for Mrs Jennie Coltert and Mrs Esther Shepherd and unclaimed gentlemen letters for George Allen J W Evans Jesse Fry Emiel Henry N H Kern Miles Mutchmore Albert Pett Chas Powell Joe R Scott Matthew Steele and Wm Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington’ Post
Mre
Jennie Coltert
Esther Shepherd
George Allen
J. W. ‘Evans
Jesse Fry
Emiel Henry
N. H. Kern
Miles Mutchmore
Albert Pett
Chas. Powell
Joe R. Scott
Matthew Steele
Wm. Walker
Birth Announcements From Southernland McCord and Morton Families
Southerland couple welcomes a son on Sunday. McCord couple announces a daughter. Morton family reports a son for Mrs Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southerland
Ticy Southerland
M’cord
Arthur McCord
Morton
Charles Morton
Foreclosure suit filings list Crooke and Burton defendants
New cases include Crooke versus Wilgus and Allen versus Creager with foreclosure actions. Attorneys Heffernan Mattingly represent the plaintiff in Crooke case. Henry Bordinee for Allen versus Creager. O Neall and O Neall for Burton versus Heater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooke
Marriage Licenses and Liquor Vote Rulings Weaken State Control
The notice lists multiple marriage licenses including Kinnaman Burton Smith Hunter Cleary Cline Anderson Chadd McClellan and notes a court ruling allowing counties to regulate liquor within their borders, affecting towns and villages. It highlights a major recent Supreme Court decision with statewide interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinnaman - Burton
Albert
W. Kinnaman
Bessie M. Burton
Smith - Hunter
Simeon
B. Smith
Bertha B. Hunter
Seal. Cleary
Louis
Leak
Frances Etha Cleary
Cline - Anderson
Joseph A. Cline
Artie M. Anderson
Chadd - M’clellan
Samuel
Chadd
Hattie McClellan
Supreme Court
May Interest Ad Promises Kidney Cure
An aged newspaper fragment promotes Foley Kidney Cure claiming to stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder troubles not beyond medicine. It mentions Sola by Builth and Winton with oblique references to parsonage and ages like Elnora and Elnora Yots 1 and 3 Dobbs.
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Builth
Winton
B. Morris
Tras
D. EB
Elnora
Lst
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Harley M. Jackson
F. Graham
Joancop County
White Dent
Owens
East Man Street
Indiana Veterinary
Hatfield & Palmer
A. Jack
Wcke
Stzinkas
Cy Washington
Tnd
Sis Ting
Atdapwa
Eegal
Lette
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