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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
7
The South Bend Times notes summer brings sun and smiles but acknowledges occasional gloom. It urges readers to stay hopeful, work through dark days, and wait patiently for sunny days to return, emphasizing resilience over sourness.
William Samosky of Louisville stole a bicycle to reach Newport for a personal inquiry into social supremacy between Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs Stuyversant Fish. He escaped Tuesday from Lakeland asylum, rode toward Newport, stopped for a cocktail at Beard's station, and was pursued by attendants who captured him. He pleaded for freedom claiming a promise to his Newport hostess to be on time for dinner.
Ellen Risberg, 21, of East Providence Rhode Island, dressed as a boy with two 16 year old companions, Ralph Ordway and James Chase, planned to ride freight to the west for circus work. They were found in a box car early yesterday by East Providence police during a search of hobo cars.
C E O'Dell writes from Odon Indiana Aug 2 1909 asking Republican voters in Daviess County for endorsement to again seek the county clerk nomination He recalls supportive campaigns in 1906 and pledges to serve faithfully if nominated and elected urging party members to consider merit and back his bid for the ticket
The newly issued directory for Shelbyville lists 6,887 residents in the city, suggesting a population total of 13,774 when doubled as the directory firms’ standard method for estimating populations over sixteen years.
The Anderson council passes a rebate of £1000 to thirty five saloon keepers in the city. The refunds are for those who close their saloons in the last week of August though licenses expire later in the year under a ninety day limit.
The woodpecker population ravages telephone and electric poles across the south central United States. Creosoting poles may deter attacks, while stuffing holes with stones proves ineffective, prompting investigation by the forest service into prevention strategies.
John Mahan a well worker from Bridgeport Indiana has been sunstroke victimized this summer at the Old Post in Vincennes. His condition is so serious that an insanity commission has been ordered in his case.
The piece extols waking at daybreak as the ideal in a busy life, describing the pre dawn hush and the gradual rise of color in the eastern sky. It paints the dawn as a grand, musical birth of the day, with nature awakening through dew, leaves, and gold and silver clouds.
A broad campaign announces aggressive action against fraternities and sororities in Chicago public schools. Officials describe a systematic crackdown aiming to remove organized Greek letter groups from campuses.
The record shows force as of July 1 1909 with Class A 7708 Class B 3422 Paid Up and Prepaid 167 total 11190.
WM Heffernan, secretary, advertises a southern Indiana building and loan with 1200+ stockholders. It pledges steady net profits about 10 percent in Class A and 11 4 percent in Class B, loans at fair rates, monthly interest on advanced dues, and stock maturity in five years eleven months for A and ten years five months for B. It invites inquiries at the secretary’s office and asserts safety and openness of its books. The note promises prompt withdrawals and a history of no losses.
Alfred R. Urlen, president of the board of education, warned Monday after a conference with Superintendent Mrs. Ella Flagg Young that secret societies in schools foster class hatred and hold wild orgies in club houses. He called the issue an all out fight when schools reopen in September.
Five year old Helen O'Brien assisted with the family wash on a top floor of a five story building at 151 East Forty third Street. She hung doll dresses on a string after washing them as instructed by her parents.
A small frock blew from a window and during an attempted rescue at St Helen a person fell onto the street and was fatally injured. The incident occurred during a public event, with emergency services called to the scene.
A railroad crossing accident occurred on Front Street between 1 and 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at the E and I rail line noted as one of the city's most dangerous crossings.
A southbound freight struck a mule belonging to Frank Harned near Hyatts station in Steele township. The collision badly injured the animal and it was shot to end its suffering. Harned and his brother Charles were riding home, failed to hear the train, and the driver attempted to move away from the rails but could not. The locomotive struck the mule on the hip, fracturing bones as the train descended a grade at speed. witnesses say the engineer blew a warning. The section ends with an advertisement for Perry Davis' Painkiller for horse strains.
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