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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
4
A fragmented grocery ad lists prices for coffee bacon sugar corn and canned goods. Items include Arbuckles coffee 2 cans corn per gallon and various jellies mayonaisse wax jelly and jam while noting special sales and ware at special prices with general store items like glassware and packing.
Numerous residents and visitors are recorded in city notes. Frank Predefiekds and J W Henderson from Olney. Misses Almedtivo of Mitchell. Rev L S McKown of Glendale. Mrs Le B Spaulding of Malgomey. W D Fairhurst from Cornettsville. J A Cannon and others travel to Indianapolis Chicago Evansville Shoals and other places for business visits and family occasions.
A busy flow of visitors and travelers is noted with Mrs. Ww H Canningham and daughter at Petersburg, Mrs. Fred Meyer and Miss Stella Mulholland at Chattanooga, LW Ritter and Hamlet Dillon from Elnora, J H Garten and Hugh Metost from Odon, Arch and Lewis Cunningham from Elmore township, and many others moving through Vincennes and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Ephraim Inman and family returning from Seattle, C C Candler at Martinstar, and Rev T C Danks en route to Lawrenceville, with local acts of travel and hospitality recorded alongside visits to Indianapolis and Bloomington.
An obituary notice details three infant and child deaths. An eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wagoner died Wednesday with interment planned in Knapsville Thursday morning. Harold Foyles, two, of South Meridian street, died Wednesday from whooping cough. funeral at St Sintons church Thursday morning with interment at St Johns cemetery. An ten month old daughter of Sheriff and Mrs J A McCord died Tuesday afternoon at 1 30. illness since Sunday night and burial follows.
Margaret Gooldy by com to Annie Sparks ends lot 46 Liverpool Street 32 751. W I McAdams to Emmad Davis and h wallot 34 Washington Street Dohertys add 3300. Maggie Middleton and h to Davis Building and Loan Ass and lots 2 and 29 Woodlawn Park 350. Franklin Wise and Alanson C Wise wd lot 17 Washington Metegarts 5th add 3500. Nellie Carnahan to Mary Carnahan wd pt lot 7 Grahams add 373 Hillis F Hackedorn to The United Builders 3500.
State B H Assayed tot 55 records list transfers among Washington Geo Hyattsiiadd Columbus R Geabhait and Daniel B Holman with parcel descriptions at 15 Eleanor A Crary and 358 John Whitmd. Wm J McCord transfers to Sebastian T Bartl with West half southwest quarter section 38 lot 2.57 and $300. John F McGuire transfers to Andrew J McGauhy for part of lot 319413 value £7 33250.
The will of the late Mrs Mary McCoy dated July 23 1900 witnessed by James H Garten and Harry H Grooke was admitted to probate Thursday. After debts are paid the testator leaves her husband Hugh McCoy notes totaling 10289 one note 300 to nieces Louise L Butts Edna M McFarland and Mary M Eakin one note 3300 to nephews Lorenzo P and Peter W Thorhas and one note 8350 signed by nephew Walter C Kohr. Two hundred dollars goes to niece Adella Bredon. The balance goes to Walter Koht and Arella Bredon trustee of the Cracked. Bond filed for 2000.
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