Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1911 — Health Board Actions During June Bring Fines of $735.60. [ARTICLE]

Health Board Actions During June Bring Fines of $735.60.

Fines and costs aggregating $735.60 .were assessed in various parts of the state in June on prosecutions brought by the state board of health for violations of the pure food law. Seven cases were brought for selling bad eggs, the first under the new law. Only one case of adulteration was reported in the prosecutions, the others of the total of thirty-two cases having been brought for violations of the sanitary phase of the law, except that four cases for selling ice cream below the standard in fat contents were reported. Fourteen of the cases were brought in Vermillion county, of which nine were in Clinton. Three of the cases were brought in Indianapolis and four in Terre Haute. The prosecutions reported were as follows:

For Selling Bad Eggs—Brill & Daugherty, Plainville; Roscoe McCormick, Washington; Arthur Hacking, Washington; William D. Goad, Petersburg; Ira Richardson, Winslow; W. S. Shelton, Elberfield (two counts). Selling Adulterated Soft Drinks —S. S. Kresge, Indianapolis. Selling Dirty Milk—-John Deniels, Indianapolis; O. Jessup, Indianapolis; James Harding, Ben Davis; Grant Beard, Clinton; J. T. Turberville, Clinton.

Keeping Insanitary Slaughter House —lsaac C. Shew, Clinton. Maintainging Insanitary Refrigerator—John Wesolowski, South Bend. ' Spitting on Floor of Bakery—George Atxom, Newport. Having Dirty Grocery—August Jenks, Newport; L. J. Place, Newport; James Corea, Clinton; James Mansini, Clinton; Albert J. Beard, Dana. Having Bread Uncovered in Transit —J. J. Wilkinson, Clinton. Operating Dirty Bakeries —Paul Rolle, Pete Christintino, Clinton. Having Dirty Restaurant—Ben Carter, Dana. Selling Low Grade Ice Cream — Model Ice Cream Co., Terre Haute, four counts. Offering Uncovered Confectionery For Sale—George Sage, Terre Haute.