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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
11
Fragments show various people visiting relatives and attending birthdays and family gatherings. Mentions include Elnora, Cincinnati, Miss Battie Cox, Estella Bowl, and multiple friends and kin traveling to see kin. The text implies a casual social bulletin of local individuals.
Akers returns from Brazil as Stella and Misa Lala Gie come back from Cincinnati visits. Rev Omelya of Delial visits friends. Maud Bishop and Misses Laura and Winchell travel from Chicago to Plainville. Odell Barnett back from Arkansas. Mrs GL McMannias and daughter visit Martinsville. Addingen goes to Evansville after a trip to her father. J W Greenwood ill. Ulysses Ariel of Portland and Do s of Wyoming visit Plainville. Zulla Burress returns from Alfordsville. Schubert couple home in Tennessee after visiting city friends.
Several individuals including Clarence Hargon, Bem Herndon, Dan Myers, W H Cornett, Henry Myers, Jacob Markle, Tom Tomey, Rev Oscar Paulheamug, Ross Daina, Miss Ethel Bennett, and others are recorded visiting nearby towns such as Odon Bloomfield Washington Blairville Vermillion County and Plataville. A camping party gathers for fishing trips while residents host and attend social events and church services.
Plainville resident Littell plans a return this Saturday after visiting relatives for several days. Local details note he has been a guest of relatives and will come back to town for a brief period.
The Allen family reunion near Sugarlata Grove drew a large crowd of old settlers and friends for a day of dinner, music, and speeches. Attendees included Carrie Myers, Wiley Honey, John Eada, and many relatives from Algiers, Belmont, and Newton, with total ages around 677 years. The Keith reunion is set for the second Thursday in September.
Miss Maud Godwin visited relatives at Loogootee and nearby towns. Numerous residents including Lafe Cosby, Willie Yokem, C. R. Hobson, Amy and Clare Bartl, and others traveled for business or family visits in the past week. Several births noted, with Mr and Mrs Chandler welcoming a daughter. families such as Webb er and Bundsy marked visits and departures across the area.
The report notes John G. Leming attended the OWA Settlera meeting in Odon with references to Evansville and Marion. Frye and Goodwin pitched for several innings with equally effective work, as the game or gathering continued Wednesday at an age of 100 percent.
Fragmented OCR text discusses the need for facts and knowledge across professions as the country advances toward wealth and power. It references literature, mechanism, and information gathering, mentioning the public as wide awake and hinting at enterprise, though the passage is garbled and missing clear specifics.
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