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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
7
Local tickets will be honored by this company for round trips. Passenger Association Mileagy plans limited passenger accommodations with trains leaving Westport at 6:00 a.m. and Linton at 6:30 a.m. Information applies to agents of the company or H. H. ROSEMAN, G. B. & T.A., Shedford, Indiana.
A fragmented Evansville time card entry mentions South Rom Indiana and Evansville lines with references to express services. The garbled text includes partial city names, a pastee listing, and scattered notes about daily routes and a special edition.
Fragmentary transit listing includes Illinois Central lines through Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs and connections to Salt Lake City Ogdenland and Sheridan with scattered place names and routes.
Return limit for the reunion is August 31 and may extend to September 20 by depositing a ticket with the Joint Agent at 258 South Clark Street before noon September 2 and paying 50 cents. For information contact local agents or PS F P. Jeffries H R Grisworp GP TJ at Evansville Indiana.
The Illinois Central offers round trip tickets from all stations to Cairo Illinois and Paducah Kentucky with special fares for July 3 9 17 and August 1 7 21. Colorado and Utah routes allow stopovers and return within thirty days. South Dakota Wyoming and Missouri River regions permit stopovers in either direction. Final return deadline noted as October 31 1900.
Missouri Pacific Railway announces Aug 1, 7, and 21 1901 low fare excursions from St Louis to Colorado Utah South Dakota and Wyoming with through service options via Kansas City or Pueblo. Rates include round trip fare and meals on steamship options to Boston and Bethany Park travel increases noted. For details contact A A Gallagher or H G Townsend at 408 Vine St Cincinnati Ohio and St Louis Mo.
The Burlington Northern Pacific Express No 41 departs St Louis at 9 60 am bound for Kansas City St Louis to the Pacific Northwest via the short line through Billings Montana and Puget Sound with through sleepers standard coaches and dining cars. Also the Nebraska Colorado Express from St Louis heads to Nebraska Colorado Utah and the Pacific Coast with service to Denver St Paul Minneapolis and the Northwest via Lincoln and Billings. Written by FM Rugg LW Raxpey T P ajeneers ae nit.
The notice lists excursion fares for travel to Chicago and Washington for the G A R National Encampment August 25 to 29 with return by August 8. It notes extensions to September 30 for a fee of 50 cents if the return portion is deposited with a Central Passenger Association representative. Additional departures include tickets to Bad Wool, Indiana, and Bonis City, Indiana for summer events with specified return windows and fares.
The notice lists multiple rail fare offers and excursion options from Washington to destinations including St. Louis and west, with round trip prices from 31.60 to 3.17 and return deadlines. Special events include Red Men's Pow Wows at Worthington on September 13 with limited return to Sept 1, Harvest Home Picnic at Malleville, and Plainville hot meal picnic rates. Tickets available through agents, dates vary.
Coroner David Fonsid holds inquest on Nellyilla Mo Wood a White unmarried man from Washington Indiana. Findings declare accidental drowning in White River near Rock Dam Reevesburg Dayalerts County Indiana around 6:30 p.m. He was 23, about 5 feet 11 inches, 175 pounds with blue eyes brown hair and light complexion. Coroner C I Peaton reports deceased's legacy and details.
Public sale announced by J A McCord Sheriff of Daviess County Indiana. Under a December 7 court order the property of Joseph A Swart in Washington Indiana area will be sold to satisfy Perry S Horraud pending judgment plus costs. The property includes Lot 60 in Block 8 of Lurers First Addition and Lot 39 in Graham's Place Addition.
Sealed bids will be received at my office until 8 o'clock AM August 23 1900 for construction of a one room brick school house in the bids school district. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
Frayed OCR confirms a notice about business relations with Washington ownership. It lists an office in a Hy building and mentions the city of Washington and a weekly appointment, with a request for fees and a trusted party.
Reports say Frank Jordan formerly of Marion was found dead in a canal near Toledo after disappearing months ago. His body identified by relatives, shipped to New York for burial, leaving family unsure of the cause and prompting a lasting mystery.
May search continues for a stepfather and stepdaughter last seen in Terre Haute after purchasing tickets in Tuscola Illinois. Police follow leads while a funeral service for Senator Voorhees is noted in the Mt. Vernon cemetery scene.
Gov. Alban reports via telegraph from Galveston that dispatches confirm the absolute surrender of rebel forces led by Vargas Santos, Focion Soto, and at San Vincente. General Uribe remains in command nearby amid the Panama depot situation.
The Pragias government issues orders for locomotives and a Legion of Honor commander is honored for service. A narrative fragment mentions a map, cigarettes, and a court case. The text shifts to a personal anecdote about a wife’s long illness and a claimed supreme remedy advertised by a druggist.
In Georgetown Kentucky the jury finds ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers guilty as an accessory before the murder of William ABoebel and sentences him to confinement for life. Powers denounces the ruling as a judicial farce while the court attention shifts to the Youtsey case.
Aug 20 Flora Inc reports Perry Barnard, who killed his wife and shot at a child weeks ago, was captured in Wisconsin. Officers head to Delphi with the prisoner though authorities keep the capture quiet to avoid a lynch mob. The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for sick and nervous headaches, claiming relief with a money back guarantee.
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