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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
5
For sale a good work horse suitable for daily tasks. Also offered is a young filly described as fine and silk smooth, fit for show and ring. Seller: Frank Cross, R. F. D. Number 5. Contact details unclear.
Citizens sue Harry Frets and mother seeking commitment to a county home claimed as a nuisance. Plaintiffs Walter Morrison Daniel Abraham and Charles Freeman name Harry Blaine Frets and others as defendants in the Davis circuit court. The complaint alleges Frets is an idiotic public menace exposing his person disturbing the neighborhood and unable to care for himself. The case marks a unique action in the local court, heard at the sewer? level, with details of injuries and a fishing? reading unclear.
A negligence suit alleges a missing balustrade on a flight of steps made the company responsible for harm. The case will be heard at the September term of court.
A dynamite charge placed under the kitchen of Mrs Mary McDonald’s Montgomery home caused a two foot square floor hole and a toppled kitchen. Neighbors and bartender George O'Dell responded. Mrs McDonald, age 55 to 60, escaped unharmed though shaken. Investigators wait. motive unclear with rumors of family trouble and a possible relative involvement. Rubber tired buggy tracks led to the State road toward Washington.
Mrs Caroline McCreary died at 5 10 pm Thursday at the home of her son WHI McCreary on the Bixler farm in Washington township after a three week illness. She was 59, born in Marin county and had lived in Davies County most of her life. A Bethel M E Church member, she leaves three sons Robert and Will McCreary of Ashington township and Edward McCreary of Steele township.
The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church records sincere condolences for Samuel H. Ragsdale a longtime member and officer. He served as Sunday school teacher and trusted counselor. the session extends deepest sympathy to his family with prayers for comfort and grace.
New Jersey editor T Lynch of the Philadelphia Post praises Pole and Honey Tar as a superior remedy for coughs and colds, stating in his column that it stands out among many medicated products.
Mrs Gregory Chad dies Friday afternoon. Spouse of Mr Gregory Chad and connected with Gales ry news. Funeral arrangements not specified.
Petersburg native Jodie Veeck married Fred Bollman at noon Thursday in Terre Haute. The bride, daughter of Charles Veeck, has served as deputy postmistress. The couple will move to Indian Territory for the groom’s lucrative position. G H Kilpatrick of Elwood has purchased the Dearmin drug store at Odon and taken charge.
Public notice records a petition by John W. Cottes and others dated August 13 1907 seeking to lay out establish and improve a public highway in Washington township Daviess county Indiana by grading draining and paving with gravel or stone The petition endorsed for presentation to the county board sets September 3 1907 at 2 pm for hearing At the hearing petitioners ask for a 30 foot wide road about 1.5 miles long connecting existing roads and improveable with gravel paving The list of signatories includes numerous local residents and named petitioners with attorneys Grant Faith and others listed.
A notice from Bogard township in Davies County Indiana outlines proposed expenditures totaling 7 262 34 with taxes of 85 cents per 100. It lists ad township tuition and road taxes, a special school tax and poll taxes, and credits from mortgage exemption. Trustee Al Standiford anchors the notice dated August 3 1907 with poll count 2686 and net taxable property 884 540.
O M Allbright and others filed on August 18 1907 a petition to locate grade drain and pave a public highway in Steele township Davie s county Indiana The hearing before the county board of commissioners is set for September 8 1907 at 2 o clock in Washington Indiana with the petition signed by over fifty freeholders and describing a route about one mile long through Steele township and connected to existing roads
David M. Williams swears as one of the petitioners that he is a legal freehold voter of Steele township Daviess county Indiana and that the listed signers are legal freehold voters. The sworn statement is witnessed by Grant Faith notary public with commission expiration in November.
Notice to voters in Montgomery and Barr township Daviess county Indiana that a white male over 21 and township president for 90 days will seek license from the Daviess county board of commissioners. The bar will sell intoxicating liquors in a front room of a two story frame building on the Washington and Little Orleans road with specific lot boundaries described. The business will allow on premises drinking in a space of about fourteen by twenty six feet with front and rear entrances. The hearing begins the first Monday in September 1907 at the Washington Indiana courthouse.
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