Local society and travel notes from Washington and surrounding towns
Mrs Stella Wycoff of Washington visits Mrs J De Motte. English the Elnora barber was here Thursday. Danlap returns from Newberry. Gantz at Washington. Preaching at M E church tomorrow at 3. Dr De Motte returns from Washington. Viba Webster on business to Linton. Fred Tootle of Elnora here Tuesday. Threshing crop reports and local visits to Worthington. Ada McKee returns to Spencer after visit with Mrs Finn Cooper. W C Rudolph family visit with Dr Libedick. Owen Skemp and Florence visit Greene county. Ford returns to Ragleaville. Levi families visit Worthington. Grant Faith in town from Washington for rock road work. Washington Gazette subscription offer ends in 2 days. Pressman W Miers passes through en route to Bedford. Sommers, Gantz, Cooper families spend Sunday at Elnora. Subscribers urged to read Washington Gaz.
Washington Gazette Odon Journal Offer and Local Notes
Notice lists a price offer for subscriptions and a long string of local news items. Names include John A. Merrifield Eaglesville George Critchlow S.C. Jarvis Keck's Gwartneys Mt Olive festival Roscoe Kutch Mrs Nancy Bechtel John Summerville Curtis Pipher Geo Henderson Ed Hubbard D fd Rural Free Delivery inspector George E. Fox Postmaster Frank Serrit and others. Dates indicate Monday Sunday and Wednesday visits across Washington Odon and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Olive
Roscoe Kutch
Nancy Bechtel
William
Elmore
John Summerville
Martin County
John B. Stotts
Indianapolis
Curtis Pipher
Indian Springs
Geo Henderson
Odon
Jake Summerville
J. M
Farlen
Myrtle Kelsey
Rvin Smiley
Arc Trueblood
van Buren Township
Henry Porter
Sarah
Grandma Gore
Ed Hubbard
Bechtel
A. D. Bechtel
Daween Ogden
North End
Squire ‘Taylor
George E. Fox
Frank Serrit
Washington
G. D. Abraham
Harry Crooke
Nora Makss
Big Four Knickerbocker Special Wreck Injures Fireman Charley Hayes
Charley Hayes, engineer on the Big Four Knickerbocker Special between Cincinnati and Indianapolis, was injured when a broken rail derailed the train. The locomotive plunged into a water tank causing a severe wreck. Hayes suffered a fractured skull, deep forehead gash, back injury, and bruises. He may not be able to fire again, as speeds reach 60 to 70 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley. Hayes
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Charley
Indian Relics Wanted At The Leave It Journal Office
A liberal price will be paid for Indian relics including stone axes flint arrow or spear beads and related items. Send details or bring items to the Leave It Journal office.
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It Journal
Telephone System Proposal Connects 25 Phones Here
The Central Union Telephone Co plans to build a local system with at least twenty five phones and link with adjacent county grids totaling about 2 500 instruments. Additional arrangements with Home Telephone Co could connect about 2 000 more phones. Several locals show willingness to organize a stock company and one man offers to furnish one fourth of the needed amount.
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Central Union Telephone Co
Ifs
Home Telephone Co
Barber and hotel owner in town amid domestic dispute
Edward Roberts and wife faced family troubles as Sam Jerald, a former Plainville barber, visited the Elmira hotel run by the Robers. Roberts found his wife and Jerald together then chased him after Jerald reportedly leaped from a second story window and fled town. Roberts plans to keep the hotel and their daughter while Mrs. Roberts leaves after August.
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Washington
Elnora
Edward Roberts
Sam Jerald
Plainville
Jerald
John Smiley Dies After Long Illness
John Smiley, aged 69, died Thursday night from stomach cancer after years of stomach trouble. Born December 27 1832 in Tuscarawas County Ohio, he moved to this place in 1866 with his first wife Jane Kohr, later remarried Mary Smith, and had children Belden D Cora Ed. He was a harness maker and left behind his wife, several siblings, and a son in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smiley
Mr. Smiley
Tuscaravan County
Ohio
Jane Kohr
Belden D
Jas. Cunningham
Cora
Mary Smith
Union
St. Louis
R. B. ‘Smiley
Kan
Thos. Smiley
Washington
Jas ‘Smiley
N. J. Smley
R. A.susan Itxkin
Kizzie Hostettler
Marshal
Smiley
Plainville Pigeon Case Yields $100 Damages
Frank Burroughs sues neighbor W H Bunch over pigeons and hens feasting in yards. Jury awards Burroughs 100 for damages with total costs and fees about 300. Pigeons valued at roughly 70 cents. First known such case in the county, neighbors in Plainville.
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Frank Burroughe
W. H. Banch
Burroughs
Bunch
Plainville
Steele Township
Murrough
Burrough
Roor Closets Dispute In Yonkers Homes
In Yonkers a homeowner and a visitor quarrel over apartment closets. The owner points out ample storage while the woman criticizes their size, joking about family skeletons.
Remembering the Hindue cases in a Philadelphia press note
The Philadelphia Press recalls the Hindue cases and praises a man whose proudest boast is never forgetting a kindness. He keeps his deeds in mind and will not let others forget them.
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Philadelphia Press
Banquet Planned at Opera House Thursday Evening
The Democrat banquet will be held at the opera house Thursday evening the 24th with about two hundred covers. Local brethren of the faith and guests from other parts of the county will attend. Toast master W T Alexander will preside. The program lists toasts for Our County Ticket A A Falkerson Our Congressman Hon Eph Inman True Democracy Alvin Padgett Our Present Administrator Lon Robert Miers and speeches by county candidates.
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Democrat
Opera
Brethren of the Faith
Severa
W.T. Alexander
A.A. Falkerson
Eph Inman
True Democracy
Alvin Padgett
Lon
Robert Miers
Idol With Diamond Eyes in Imperial Scepter Legend
A famed gem once the right eye of the idol Serringham was stolen in the early 1700s by a French soldier who feigned conversion. It passed from him for £2000 to a Constantinople banker for £12000, then to the Russian empress in 1774 for £90000 and a life pension. Since then it has remained with the Russian royal family.
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Russia
Orluft
Serringham
Bgrulima
Noted French Revolution Gunfire Tale and Johnstown Anecdote
A tale recalls Lafayette ordering an artillery officer to fire on rioters in Paris with two cannon. The officer persuades by vanity, clearing the crowd. A Johnstown flood survivor’s tale is interrupted by St Peter, who explains the grumbling elder named Nosh is present.
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Paris
Lafayette
Aseless
Johnstown
Paradise
St Peter
Peter
Hia Falling and excuses in Brooklyn Life quip
A fragmentary note from Brooklyn Life mocks a person who always has an excuse ready. It suggests the subject prefers making excuses to facing the need to avoid them, highlighting affectation as poverty’s attempt to look better.
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Brooklyn
Rural mail routes outlined for county service
The article describes three proposed twenty mile routes for a county mail service with starts at Good Hope Willowlick and Elnora among others. Carriers earn $600 yearly and must pass a competitive exam. Plans aim to start mid September or early October with boxes provided by farmers at $1 to $3 each.
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Nail
Aabraham
Harry Five H. Garten
Good Hope
Green County
White Schoolhouse
Furgerson
Pownell
Buckum
Odom
Sam K.malones
Willowlick
McCarter
Burns City
Starlin Sims
Lew Ketchem
St Joe Church
Proof Positive Says Tooney Lacks Judge Of Human Nature
Indianapolis News notes Tooney shows sublime faith in himself and is not a judge of human nature. The quotation frames Tooney as overconfident in personal insight.
Wrexham Church Among Wales Wonders and Yale Ties
A fifteenth century parish church in Wrexham is touted as a Welsh landmark with cathedral-like proportions. It houses a chained Bible and a visitors' book sent by Yale University students. In the churchyard lies Elihu Yale’s tombstone and a soldiers' chapel memorial window honors Welsh fusiliers.
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Wales
Wrexham
Yale University
United States
Yale
Elihu Yale
There Was a Young Man of Ostend on a Flushing Steamboat
Passengers are urged to obtain receipts for all provisions taken on board this steamboat and to retain them. The note echoes an old limerick about holding out until the end, illustrating a long voyage from Ostend toward Dover.
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Ostend
Dover
London Globe
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Indem
Chifren
Stella Wycoff
J. de Motte
Levi Danlap
Newberry
Dan Gantz
M. E Church
Dr. J de Motte
Viba Webster
Linton
Fred Tootle
Es & Cooper
Ra Laughlin
Lon Lane
Worthiggeon
Ada McKee
Spencer Juesday
Finn Cooper
W.C. Rudolph
Jasper
W. 1.Lbediick
Owen Skemp
Miss Florence
Greene County
Ford
Ragleaville
Grant Faith
Rock Roads
Washington Gazette
Odon Journal
Leamon Cooper
Rrell
Pressman
BR. W. Miers
Bedford
Jacob Sommers
Daniel Gantz
Vanday
Guthrie
Wilson Slyera
Jaklepleck
Wash
Sheral
Keck’s
Annett
Miss
Taverett
Staitton
John Q'Dell
J. BL Grrenana
Elmer Hastings
Ralph Hastings
EL Rea
T Rea
Indianapolis Journal
Mr. Keck
Pai
John A. Merrifield
Eaglesville
George Critchlow
S.C. Jarvis
Kenora
Cooper
Gwartneys
Keck
Isaac Fulkerson
Town
A. Jolliff & Co
H. V. Merrill
Gwartney
Gwartney’s
Cami Vewremnere
Mireles Dieléndort
Reni
Og Wee
Chas. Hayes
Tee Prey
Yonkers- Statesman
Wearly
Indiana
WFAS
Hayes & Pickett
9Baha
Odowin
Gazette
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