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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1897
Page
3
Readers learn that the Gulf States Mississippi Alabama and Florida offer pleasant winter getaways. The region attracts tourists seeking milder climates during two cold months and enjoys bracing, welcoming weather.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad announces sale of winter tourist tickets at reduced rates for travel to all points north of the Ohio River and to southern winter destinations. Tickets are valid daily until April 30 1897 and limited to June 1 1897 with stopovers allowed south of the Ohio River. For rates and timetables contact railroad agents W B Rowbotham or G Mann and EE Pesoy at their respective offices in St Louis and Mobile.
Tour schedule lists round trip by B and O rail from Wintennes Washington Mitchell Bedford Seymour Vernon and Osgood with fares 1.00 0.75 and 0.60. Departure from Vincentes at 6:00 a.m. and Cincinnati at 7:80 p.m. Includes note of a great base game and rates to intermediate stations.
The readable OCR fragments describe a death scene and an intimate residence incident. It mentions a person named Edgar W and dates around December 18, 1884, with a context implying a domestic event and an end of life. The tone recalls a local obituary and family notes from the era.
A death notice states the child is at Newberry. The wife will be notified. The deceased leaves two parents and seven siblings: John, William, Martha, Benjamin, Charity, Lena, and Lillie.
Indiana enacts new laws at midnight with a three cent streetcar fare rule causing unrest in Indianapolis. A North Indianapolis conductor ejects a woman for refusing to pay more than three cents while others accept the fare. The laws include a State Board of Medical Examiners and a factory inspector act, with a labor commission to appoint two commissioners representing workers and employers.
Brown files a 7000 dollar damages suit in circuit court for false imprisonment against Mayor Spencer, Marshall Robert and others alleging arrest on unlicensed peddling in Terre Haute. He claims conspiracy and vows the case will test city ordinance validity.
On a night in April villagers in West Springfield saw a mysterious airship descend 200 feet away. Two farmers, John Halley and Adolph Wenke, spoke with a bearded man claiming Springfield as the origin and saying the vessel flew from Quincy in thirty minutes. The craft rose after an electric button was pressed and headed north.
A Washington newspaper group faces a libel suit over a harsh editorial attack on local editors. The piece notes potential penalties of 5 to 1000 dollars and up to six months in county jail if found guilty, while mocking editor privileges and subscriber nostalgia and recounting pressures on publishers.
Report from Petersburg Democrat notes the Beteryjurg gas well remains unfinished with high pressure and unknown flow. Drilling issues included rock bridging the hole at depth, equipment failures, and ongoing efforts to anchor and test the well while gas output shows double what it was earlier.
A fragmented Bloomfield notice mentions a court action and a last Saturday event with unclear details. The readable bits reference silver foreign items and a February or January timeframe, with names and places obscured by OCR errors.
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