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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
2
A mixed agricultural market is described with live stock prices and receipts, cattle and calves trading firm, lambs strong, and grain receipts listed. The column also notes local weather, public notices, and community events with names of residents and nearby towns.
The July 1914 mortality and birth data show per-town death rates with figures for specific counties, including Terre Haute and Fort Wayne, and birth totals around 3 to 4 thousand overall. Diphtheria remains widespread with 126 cases across 33 counties, smallpox rare, and infantile paralysis causing several deaths in multiple counties.
Governor Sulzer declares he will fight Tammany Hall and Charles Murphy in the upcoming mayoral race. He says he will vigorously enter the campaign and press for a decisive, transparent explanation in court proceedings, linking political foes to the Blackwell street corruption case.
The Rupp family in Brooklyn faced a clash when Lawrence Rupp ordered his wife to stop her suffrage speeches and return home. She was arrested after a public dispute, but a magistrate reprimanded him. The couple reconciled after agreeing to joint residence and that Mrs. Rupp would cease attending meetings or giving speeches.
Friends are asked to gather Monday August 25 to clean Bethel cemetery. The notice urges participation to maintain the grounds and honor the local burial site.
Public sale announced for any farm on the Pettersburg road three miles south of Washington on Tuesday August 20 starting at 10 a m. Items include five herd horses ages two to twelve years, two brood mares, a mare colt, two fresh milking cows with calves, three yearling steers, two yearling heifers, three Poland China pigs two poland china boars, one Osborn plow, two McCormick mowers and a Buckeye fertilizer.
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