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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
8
Members of the local Woodmen of the World camp gather for tonight’s meeting with interest as officers for the ensuing year will be elected.
Danville notices report Mrs Burt Tewell visiting Lincoln and others attending social events. Skating rink to open at T E Littell building. Kell Ferguson and others returned from Montana while A P Westhafer suffers typhoid. J W Britt moves goods across the street and Thornell relocates restaurant stock.
A damaged line hints at clothing items such as boys suits and skirts priced or displayed at a racket store. Readable fragments suggest a sale or display listing with limited details.
South Dakota visitor F E B Van Winkle arrives in Alfordsville. Residents from Jasper Knox and Indianapolis towns visit, church meetings held, engagements and marriages noted. I C O F lodge installs officers and hosts Saturday gatherings as community life continues.
A. J. Burris and Isaac Hedrick visited Washington on consecutive days while Tom Wilson served as bailiff midweek. Families and neighbors gathered for Thanksgiving visits and a pneumonia case affected Turner Hull's child. Mrs. John Kane died of typhoid, and the Alfordsville farmers institute is set for January 18, 1910 with speakers Marsh and Rainbolt.
The Daviess County Poultry and Pet Stock association announced a four day poultry show from January 12 to 15. Breeders from Daviess and neighboring counties back the event with strong support from local merchants. Six silver cups and many premiums plus cash prizes will be awarded. Premium lists soon available from secretary John B. Stotts of Odon. An expert judge will score using the American Standard of Perfection and explain defects.
Officers of a Christian church and others testified in Bloomfield Thursday as the grand jury considers indicting Rev. Tilburn over alleged misappropriation of church funds. The proceedings aim to determine if Tilburn borrowed or gambled away church assets.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe cut pieces of underwear or related garments gathered at a shop named Hacket. Details are unclear but indicate a sale or display event involving various undergarments.
A lengthy roster notes visits and returns from Glendale Loogootee Vincennes and Indianapolis. Locals include Joan Cochrane and sister in Glendale, Rev George Gillay and family from Loogootee, and many others visiting relatives or traveling for work or study. Expressions of travel span Evansville Springfield St Louis Cincinnati and Portland Oregon with various host families and engagements.
Danville Illinois December 1 W Hayes a Chicago theater man is near death at St Elizabeths hospital from injuries after leaping from a C and E I train at about sixty miles an hour. He was en route from Chicaza to Lafayette and gave no reason for the act. Officials say he had been drinking.
Vincennes reports a car load of the new model E M F cars arriving at the Aldrich garage yesterday and placed in the sales room. Several buyers in the area show interest in this automobile. The skating rink at the fairgrounds is being leveled to a perfect surface by manager Edward Kendall. Mrs S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire praises Foley kidney remedy in a testimonial.
Blaine Prater, night patrolman, is visiting Terre Haute. During his absence, Herb Buzan covers his beat. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as the best safe cough remedy for children, claim it relieves cold symptoms and prevents croup and bronchitis without opiates. Sold by Smith & Wine.
Real estate transfers listed with numerous lot descriptions and grantees including Camp, Berry, Beav er, Gehl, Hushorn, Tolson, Scott, Hedrick, Godwin, Campbell, Brittain, Evans, Wilson, and others. Also lists letters remaining in the Washington post office for week ending November 30, 1909. Postmaster notes advertised charges. several court actions and marriage licenses noted. Prominent names include James Hulty, C M Allen, Wm B Tolson, Ozra C Brittain, Albert F Annen, Emma J Wilson, and Porter Potts. Also advertising notices for new suits and partitions.
In Decker a sudden shingles outbreak among residents of a nearby German community has doctors puzzled as cases rise Monday and a busy influx of calls continues. Independent ad copy mentions Foley's Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy and promotes cut prices on underwear at the Racket.
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