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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
1
Death notices for Carl Smiley 20 of Bloomfield and Milo B Holly 69 of Bellingham Wash detail years of injury and hospital surgeries following a rifle accident and stomach cancer. Also reported are Irvin Welton Knox county farmer death from heart disease and a New York death of Zola Cleaver grandson of E A Cleaver. burial in Anacoch cemetery noted.
Mrs Harriet Davis of Mill Street nearly walked onto a B & O Southwestern train last Wednesday between East Seventh and Win streets. The engine crew repeatedly blew the whistle and rang the bell as she stood on the tracks, but the nearly deaf woman did not move until the engineer jumped down and guided her to safety. She praised the crew for their courtesy and quick action.
Justice Mills in the supreme court ruled Harry K. Thaw is insane and ordered commitment to Mattewan hospital for the criminal insane. Thaw collapsed as the decision was read and faces a likely lifelong confinement following his murder conviction for Stanford Waite.
Annual picnic of the congregation of St Michaels Church held Wednesday drew a large crowd with several attendees from Washington noted among the attendees.
Fall practice looms as Coach Fulkerson hopes last year’s stellar eleven can repeat with Karl Smiley’s death leaving a void. The football guide lists few rule changes including field goals counting three points and optional punts after touchbacks to curb risky kicks.
Mrs Hershel Spainhour heard a prowler crossing a plank sidewalk near her home on Wednesday night. She spotted a dark figure crouching along the fence before a man sprang up and fled down Fourth Street. Officer Gibson searched but found no suspect.
The young son of Mrs. Minnie Cochran was burned on the face and hands while playing with powder at the Smead farm northeast of the city. He poured powder from a bottle onto a board and lit it, a spark entering the bottle and causing the blast.
A new Chalmers-Detroit touring car valued at 3000 dollars crashed near St Johns cemetery on a gravel road turn west of Washington. Four passengers and a driver escaped injury except one woman who scraped arms. two women and two men walked to town and were treated by Dr. Vance May. Names of the party could not be obtained. Fire destroyed most of the wreck. no insurance was reported.
In Vigo County superior court two Martin County men, Frank Gilkinson and D M Robins, face contempt charges. Witnesses include Orph Dickey deputy sheriff and Samuel Street constable, plus Squire Thomas W Gibson and E E Hastings. Robins allegedly led a campaign to raid Loogootee saloons led to a still open dispute over a closure injunction.
The case from Martin county was shifted to the Vigo court by the plaintiffs. They argue the restraining order excludes the prosecutor and Rutherford township constable and seek affidavits to close the saloons in place of the men. The raid proved a farce and contempt proceedings followed, with Judge Cox hearing from Hiram McCormick, but the matter may stop at a hearing.
A secret wedding took place Tuesday at 7 30 pm in Washington township as Miss Etta J Blackwell daughter of John W Blackwell and Will R Watt of Princeton exchanged vows at the home of Mrs Winnie Lemon on Bedford road The Westminster Presbyterian church pastor Rev J M Douglass performed the ceremony The couple left for Winona Lake for a brief honeymoon and plan to reside in this city Watt is a son of Mr and Mrs Watt and a relative of Mrs J M Black The bride is described as a popular girl from a prominent family and the event was attended only by close relatives and friends.
Attorney James Wade Emison filed a petition in the Knox circuit court for a major levee project along the Wabash White and Duchee rivers. The 30 mile long flood control system would protect vast lands, create fertile farmland, and involve about 100 signatories.
Richard Megallian trustee announces appointment of teachers for the coming term listing Richardson Elmer York Kent Josephine Watson Herron Cline Freed Good Hope Walter Shafer Bunham OKM Wallick Wallick Minnie Harmon Laughlin Lora Pershing Willow Lick RD McCarter Garten Leoda Inman Taylor Clade Sipes. School opens Monday September 12.
George Holtzclaw and Miss Grave Alford quietly married Wednesday evening at home of Rev. L. B. Johnson south of the city. Holtzclaw is a fireman at the city light plant and is regarded as a promising young man. The bride is a
William H Wood of 708 East Spring Street New Albany is believed drowned Tuesday morning in the Ohio River near State Street. A hat and umbrella found on a Louisville Evansville Packet wharfboat were identified as his. Mrs Wood and daughter Miss Florence Wood confirmed the belongings. Locals describe a feeble man seen near the wharf who carried a similar umbrella. Lifesavers searched the river but did not recover a body. Wood was a Civil War veteran and member of several fraternal orders. He leaves a brother Riley Wood of Washington.
The attractive daughter of James Alford, a well known Washington township farmer, and a host of friends in Washington and vicinity. Mr and Mrs Holtzclaw have moved to housekeeping in a newly furnished home on Center street.
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