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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
2
A stranger in Bedford waits area near the northbound Southern Indiana train tried to embrace a woman passenger. She used a hat pin to fend him off, he fled toward a switch engine and narrowly avoided being run over. Police call him an escaped lunatic.
William C Delacourt a Hamilton reporter was jailed last night on thirteen charges after an offensive article about Mayor Straub and a cuss word filled incident. Newcastle officials ban near beer on fairgrounds saying intoxication dangers outweigh benefits and mayhem. Indiana Young Peoples Reading Circle forwards lists of graded books for elementary to eighth grade students with titles in multiple levels.
Deputy Collector John Robinson of Terre Haute releases July 1909 figures showing spirits tax rose sharply while beer tax fell, with total receipts for July climbing to 1,144,871.40 from 781,652.18 a year earlier, an increase of 363,219.22. He notes beer losing appeal possibly due to local option and calls the month a record.
Mourners gather for Mrs. Lucey Hare’s funeral in Winchester Virginia as the service is postponed due to a delayed coffin. The coffin shipped by W. E. Wallace of Suffolk Virginia, her son-in-law, did not arrive in time for the ceremony.
An August Popular Mechanics feature details a shoe designed to prevent convict escapes during transport. The model uses a heavy leather and a perforated sole featuring a specialized heary Beather gape to hinder foot movement and tampering.
A description of a restraint shoe system attached to a prisoner's foot uses steel spikes and perforations in the leather sole. Crossbars lock in place to prevent walking. when mounted on a train or conveyance, bars release to keep the wearer from moving. The mechanism aims to injure if the person stands or walks, making movement extremely painful.
In Anderson Indiana Homer Retherford a young file worker lost part of his lower lip and the tip of a finger after an early Monday quarrel with Frank Neff of Middletown at the Columbia hotel. Retherford rushed to a physician for treatment. Police seek Neff on mayhem charges.
The passage notes France as the origin and growth center of frog farming with the green frog found abundantly in ponds margins and near rivers across the country. It mentions Popular Mechanics August issue referencing a top outfit for frog raising suitable for this industry.
The text describes shallow ponds or reservoirs filled with water grasses to raise frogs. Water can be drawn off to aid catching. If frogs exist they are protected to propagate. if food is scarce five earthworms may be added. If frogs are absent, they are planted as living specimens or eggs that hatch in warm April water.
In Richmond Indiana on August 3 a rural Lipscomb family welcomes its nineteenth child a girl born to Mrs Wallace Williams age forty nine. The father is fifty six and twelve children remain alive plus ten more births noted totaling nineteen with the latest arrival.
Governor Marshall pledged he could not stop a voter choice for a saloon keeper as mayor while Krueger charges the incumbent tolerates police misrule. The dispute centers on whether the city’s executive is acceptable given alleged saloon ties and public odors.
W. L. Clement, fifty, fled his Indianapolis home yesterday afternoon claiming to be a mayoral candidate. Police are asked to search as relatives note his fixation on politics and his plan to polish his campaign efforts. He evaded relatives who were supervising him.
Fred Freeman, a Bedford saloon keeper, appeared with his attorney before Lawrence county commissioners to renew his license. The board declined to consider the application due to the local option law.
The state board of tax commissioners completed its 1909 sessions Monday. Parks M. Martin, on the board nine years, will retire August 24 and be replaced by Colonel C. C. Matson of Greens Castle who was appointed months ago by Governor Marshall.
John Cutsember, forty, committed death by his own action and was not murdered, coroner testimony submitted to Coroner Blackwell in Indianapolis. Mrs. Nancy Summerville of Rush county, after over three years of total blindness, suddenly regained her eyesight and called her five children to see them. Physicians call it unaccounted for and unprecedented in their experience. Mrs. Summerville, eighty five, is a Rush county pioneer.
The child, Josephine Stump of Union City, pulled a yellow tuft from a patent fly killer, mistaking it for a flower, and died within hours. Her parents, Louis and Mrs. Stump, reported the accident.
Three Indianapolis firemen were nearly suffocated and a young woman badly burned in two fires Monday afternoon. At the E. C. Atkins & Co plant the firemen were overwhelmed by heat. The woman suffered burns from a gasoline stove explosion in her Irvington home. Victims include John W. Wernaing seriously burned, Riley White not seriously injured, Dennis J. Lyons slightly burned all taken to St Vincents hospital and Mrs. George W. Cartmel expected to recover. Henry C. Atkins is named as company president.
Princeton Indiana August 3 F MM Kelly foreman of the Big Four black smith shop at Mt Carmel Ill has gone to Memphis Tenn to face perjury charges connected with a Memphis divorce. Kellys first wife from Louisville later learned of the divorce and charged perjury while Kelly produced a Memphis divorce paper at trial. Wife No 2 remains in Mt Carmel awaiting outcome.
Jeffersonville Ind Aug 3 Prof Levi H Scott of New Albany longtime Floyd county schools superintendent is named principal of the school of letters at the Indiana reformatory He will succeed Prof George B Asbury who resigns and leaves Sept 1 Scott previously ran as the Democratic nominee for state superintendent of public instruction.
Thomas Bump aged sixty of Princeton Indiana killed himself by tying a rope to a stone and leaping into the Wabash River near Crawleyville. His clothes were found, prompting a search and the body was recovered. He leaves a family.
County officials start their yearly task of inventorying offices to determine on hand supplies and what is needed for the next year. The budget is drafted in August and acted on by the county council in September, requiring substantial effort from office holders to prepare their requisitions.
The state board of agriculture will appoint a forty man police unit for the fair paid 2.75 dollars daily. Frank Wilson, ex city police chief, leads the effort to prevent past problems with city officers. Justice of the peace Howell will oversee a peace court above the headquarters in the horse barns.
Anton Hulman of Terre Haute says the Hulman company store will be rebuilt at once after Evansville fire Sunday night caused a $100,000 loss. Investigation shows the blaze began from a lighted cigar left by an employee on Saturday night.
Charles Isenhower thirty year old Martinsville man disappeared ten days ago while walking with his bride toward Keensburg Michigan to visit her parents. He had about 400 dollars with him and is described as handsome. His wife remains with her parents and is frantic.
The text notes two newly married couples in Jacksonville being celebrated with a first degree in holy matrimony. They were escorted down Main Street in an old buggy before the ceremony continued for John Fugerosse and Chester.
The July report from the Muncie board of health shows over half of births were girls and sixty percent of deaths were males. Dr Clarance G Reaj calls it a freak trend and jokes about a coming spinster city as numbers imply more women than men in the population.
Edward Sherlock thirty an employe of the Monon railroad in the Bloomington roundhouse was killed Tuesday afternoon by a train near his name in Harrodsburg south of Bloomington. He had been drinking heavily and it is believed he went to sleep on the track. Sherlock unmarried and from one of Monroe county best homes. Vincennes Commercial notes Captain S F Horrall veteran editor will deliver a principal address at the Knox county soldiery reunion at the fair grounds in Vincennes.
Eloise Taylor age four of Pine Village dies after choking on a nail swallowed in May during illness. Albert Granger six of Wheatland sustains severe facial injuries when kicked by a horse in a barn lot incident. four teeth knocked down his throat after being struck while playing near the animal.
A list shows Indiana officials taking extended absences for travel. Fred Sims and Frank Grubbs plan trips to the Great Lakes and eastern cities. J N Hurty and H E Banard will be away a month. Robert Aley starts county institute visits and will be out until September 10. Colonel John R. Fesler departs for Salt Lake City for two weeks. Oscar Hadley and John C. Billheimer also plan fishing and fishing trips. Charles B. Riley and William J. Wood will be away much of the month. J L Peetz and Mrs Peetz tour the west including Seattle Exposition.
Theodore Hessel dies in Menominee Michigan after a collision that killed former Representative Ole Erickson and his family. Hessel reportedly suffered a rapid mental decline, becoming convinced a passenger train hunted him, and died days after the crash.
Arley Keesee twenty four year old was killed in a hunting accident near Crawfordsville. He was accompanying his brother Walter when the elder Keesee fired at a rabbit and began reloading. After Arley chased a rabbit he heard the gun report and saw his brother fall. He was taken to Culver Thion hospital and died without regaining consciousness. He leaves a widow and a child.
Russell Shelton, a young man from Hell's Neck near Hazelton, steals a horse from William Decker on Sabbath. Justice Charles Glenn and constables pursue to George Harris's farm near Chandler in Warrick county, where Sheriff Scales seizes Shelton. He is held briefly in Vanderburgh jail before transfer to Knox county jail with the horse returned to its owner.
Sullivan suffers typhoid outbreak blamed on rain-swell surface water in wells. Bedford electrician Bert Lynn touched a live power line while trimming trees on Tuesday and was thrown 30 feet, sustaining serious injuries to his head.
Governor Marshall will depart Thursday for the Michigan forests and lakes, leaving deputies, secretaries, and clerks to handle state business through August. He plans summer leisure among the woods and aims to study provisions of the new tariff measure for a forthcoming statement.
Evansville Indiana August 4. Jack Hampton's saloon renewal was vetoed by Chief Brennecke for alleged racial purposes. City council overrode the veto. Mayor Nolan warned Hampton to pay 1235 for license or face revocation after notice expires. Council granted three other licenses despite vetoes. Mayor argues saloons must stay out of politics as he seeks re election.
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