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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
5
The clipping lists visiting relatives and friends across Illinois and nearby towns. It mentions Mrs. Ellett Flinn, Mrs. P. M. Hooves, Marion Chandler, Sanford Dipkens, James Wilkey, and a funeral for Mrs. John Myer in Raglesville with attendees including Peart Franklin Hattery and Jessie Chesterton Chandler.
Council approved a anonymous electIon of John Feagans as a councilman and discussed school trustees Spink Greenwood and Russell. A night committee handles art light petition near east Second and John streets. Eastside park annexation to the city was introduced. An appropriation of 77.86 was approved for Flora street improvements. The primary assessment roll for concrete sidewalks was approved. July treasurer’s balance stood at 31 634 80 with warrants of 14 31 37 redeemed leaving 16 803 43. Various small payments listed include gravel, cement, road oil, and city services.
Mrs Bell Chestnut and Earl Kelsey family visited friends in Odon and Plainville. Ethel Franklin and Stella Chestnut traveled to Odon Plainville Terre Haute and Washington. The Byrer family welcomed a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Perry Byrer.
Community notices list travel from Dallas to Indianapolis visitors and multiple families visiting relatives in town. Names include Mrs Sarah Overton, Mesdames Keez Myers Tods and Dyal. mentions of Miss Lola Miller, Lola Ban, and Miss Verda Dyal. Local funeral for Martha McAdams noted. notes on farming activity and spring plowing progress. several residents visiting or returning to Terre Haute and Bedford areas.
The article lists individuals who responded to the call and reports County Treasurer J. Clark receiving blank receipts and forms for the new inheritance tax law. It covers reporting dates, state auditor procedures, payment timing, penalties, and tax classifications based on estate size and relationship to heirs.
I M Walsh will return from the Knights of Columbus national convention and sightseeing tour this Sunday. He is currently in New York City.
The document outlines estate tax rates and exemptions based on total estate value. It lists relatives and broader beneficiaries, including spouses, children, siblings, and distant relatives, plus strangers. Exemptions apply to municipal bequests, educational or charitable transfers, and bequests to widows under ten thousand nine hundred. Different class thresholds set exemptions for smaller estates.
Greta from the dam a late named by Governor O Neal to fill the seat after Senator Jo ortly. He would present credentials. claim Clayton's appointment is irregular and he will not be seated.
An unclear OCR fragment references skyspiece items and a phrase about not merely and sea conditions. The readable text is limited and the overall context remains ambiguous. No definitive names, dates, or places emerge from the readable portion.
The Sunday gathering near Washington Knox County honored a long family history with eighteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren present. A noon dinner was the highlight as many relatives from Bicknell Wheatland Glendale and Washington attended. Mrs Dant’s health declined and she died Friday morning after slipping into unconsciousness. doctors plan an autopsy to determine the cause.
Purdue horticulture official J G Boyle notes Indiana is suited to home potato gardening rather than large scale field production. Emphasis lies on seed quality soil condition cultivation and pest control with varieties suited to early and main crops and guidance on planting spacing mulching and beetle control using arsenate and Bordeaux mixture.
Evansville philanthropist Adolph Melzer withdraws ten offers of $1,000 gifts to states citing slow replies. He proposes a $5,000 gift to Indiana to be invested so that in 211 years it becomes $50,200,000 for animals, with funds placed in a governor named bank and revertible if a future law fails.
Attorney General Thomas Honan states in a written opinion to Justice Ewing that a defendant cannot credit time served toward fines. A prisoner who has been convicted and jailed must pay all fines and costs or serve full time, with one day for each dollar of fine. The opinion notes justice of the peace has no authority to credit jail time to fines.
Governor Ralston issued a proclamation received by A O Falk Jensen directing a uniform high school textbook system statewide. The state board of education, under recent legislation, contracted with publishers for five years and will install next September with exchange options and wholesale returns for unused stock.
Drowned in a river near Bloomfield were Miss Margaret Wolfe eighteen and John Sweeney twenty three while Sweeney taught swimming. The pair were part of a swimming party from Bloomfield and New Albany. Rescue efforts failed as the river claimed both lives.
The report lists per capita coffee consumption by country with Germany second and Great Britain trailing. Holland leads in per capita use at 12 pounds, Belgium next at 10.90 pounds, while South Africa averages seven pounds and Britain about 0.63 pounds per person.
The Union Association of Baptist churches from Sullivan Knox Pike Daviess and Lawrence counties representing thirty three churches will convene in Sullivan for a two day meeting in September. Professor Hamlet Alien of Washington serves as secretary and is arranging the program. Many delegates are expected to attend.
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