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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
4
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Corning residents attended dances, visits, and gatherings over the weekend and week. Notable events include St Patrick’s picnic planning, charity and refreshment stands, and preparations for a district fair institute with local volunteers and committees.
Bethel notes include visits by Miss Pearl McNanny and Miss Stella Odonnell, Levi Gilley of Alfordaville, and Tom Downey with wife. An ice cream festival is planned at Bethel M E church on September 11 and 12. A public sale attracted many attendees and local farmers traveled to quiet the bridge area.
The item lists visits by Mrs J C Fairhbret near Boki and Ruth Thompson returning from Kentucky. It mentions Ruth Fairhurst and G E Cdx making a business trip to Washington on May 21 with a musical afternoon. References to Bettsville schoolhouse invite and plans for gatherings appear, along with a farm note on acreage estimates and a Sunday outing.
Washington reports a breakthrough in talks with China on tariff treaties as Secretary Hay’s pick for Tariff affairs, Mr. Shayretts, prepares to sail to the United States on the steamship. The move aims to open China’s interior to foreign trade and mirror British concessions that abolish the chin tax, boosting foreign commerce via the empire’s vast markets.
In France on August 16 Mr and Mrs Charles Fair and Miss Virginia Fair died when their car crashed into a tree fifteen miles from Evreux. The high speed collision followed a tire burst. chauffeur injured. The couple were heirs to a vast estate estimated at millions. Two other notices from the era report separate tragedies including a house fire in Geering, Nebraska, killing several and leaving others injured, and a fatal blaze in Jamestown Jordan.
After weeks of inquiry, authorities doubt the murdered woman’s identity in the Minnie Mitchell case. Three men are held on bond while coroner and physicians weigh the corpse found near State and LaSalle. An inquest resumes as William Bartholin is questioned for possible matricide and involvement with the fiancé’s death.
A preliminary hearing in Fordsville Kentucky held yesterday before Magistrate Evans on charges of conspiracy to defraud American Express out of 900. Boatner and Schlugbaum were held to answer by a jury for 20 dollars bond. Anit had charges dismissed and released. Boatner and Schlugbaum later moved to Hartford, Kentucky.
Obituary notes report the death of Mrs Margaret Brow and Mrs Maefret Brown along with funeral arrangements. Details cover family ties, church affiliations, and burial at Oak Grove cemetery. Also included are brief notices of the passing of Mrs Florence Comparios and a note about a Washington cigar business trip ending in Illinois.
Local interest notes campaigns and party strife as editors report on Democratic persuasion efforts. Populists in Sullivan County rally with Thomas Wadgworth presiding. calls for free silver rise. Henry Wattgroom declares he will not seek Kentucky governor, citing machine politics and disdain for party machinery.
Fragmentary 19th century text recounts a chaotic episode with a merchant’s capture and escape near Washington and Illinois sheriff blame. The piece hints at a dramatic chase, deputies, and a shared drink that precedes a vanished prisoner.
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