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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
5
Announcement warns that Busy Bee Talking machines will be discontinued. Readers are told to arrange purchase or delivery by September 15 to avoid missing out. The offer cites $25 in tickets and $3 cash on delivery and urges prompt action before expiry.
Hatfield and Palmer announce a limited time offer after September 13 for customers who have received their machines. Records for tickets will be provided, and customers are warned not to discard tickets after September 15.
In a friendly circuit ruling Judge Hough ston appoints W L Brown as receiver for the Seating Company plant. Brown will bond, take charge next Monday, and may become owner after the receivership ends. Banks and citizens back the move to expand Cincinnati Seating’s national trade while maintaining payrolls and steady work for about two hundred workers. Federal closure actions also rise in Indiana with M J Carpenter named receiver for Southern Indiana Railway after bond interest defaults.
The piece argues that writing bad checks and planting seed on poor soil yield the same result of no funds or no crops. Armour's Fertiliser is promoted as natural plant food to improve soil quality and crop yield, claiming added interest in soil improvement.
A brief poultry notice lists Walkie Wyandottes and Rhode Reds offered at 75 cents per bird. Buyer guidance and seller name D. Law Wi er, Montgomery appear in the fragment.
A fragment discusses avoiding appendicitis with a note on bowel stimulation. It mentions Foley's Orino Laxative as mild and pleasant but cautions against overstimulation and misuse. The piece includes a brief personal note that Lamm has returned from a visit at Alfordaville.
Notices list public sales at Plainville and Washington area farms with dates in August 1908 and September events. Items include livestock, implements, and household goods for sale with terms, plus local church and Labor Day celebration details and meals. Prominent names: Roscoe McCormick, Thomas Morgan, Fred G. Henson, Stanton Barber, C. M. Ragsdale, Joseph Newkirk.
Coroner Cliff D Bonham of Daviess County Indiana reports an inquest into Gladys Hollen death. The seven year old American girl died Monday August 10 1908 at about 11 am when a wheel of a bar car passed over her waist. The coroner finds no criminal act in the accident and signs the record at Washington Indiana dated August 12 1908 with clerk P A Hastings.
Coroner Cliff O. Bonham of Daviess County Indiana reports an inquest into Eli Washington who died July 11 1908 in the Dosch coal mine. The man 61 years old about six feet tall and 200 pounds was crushed by falling slate at about 1:00 pm. Washington. Indiana.
Notice from Daviess County Indiana announcing a regular annual meeting of the county council at the county auditor’s office on the Sunday in September 1908 and again on the first Tuesday after the first Monday at 9 a.m. to arrange appropriations for 1909 and set the 1908 tax levy. Auditor Thomas Nugent signs the notice.
Notice states county council will meet September 8 1908 at 10 a m to consider an additional appropriation for courthouse repair and other matters requiring special attention for 1907. THOMAS NUGENT Auditor of Daviess County.
Notice that Olly F. Crooke has been appointed administrator of the estate of James M. Crooke deceased in Daviess County Indiana. The estate is described as solvent and the administrator is named for probate administration.
A brief, garbled reminder about remembering rules for authentication and paper handling. It stresses attention to sources and accuracy in processing each newspaper item. No clear event, persons, or organizations are discernible from the readable text.
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