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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1869
Page
3
Local weekly notes report quails at 120 per dozen and eggs at 30 cents per dozen. Church services announced at MM E church with items about mining, injuries, temperance lectures, and shop ads. Community notices cover coal mine accidents, road delays, and upcoming railway or navigation ventures.
The first term of our school ends next week with exams for all departments on Thursday and Friday the 23rd and 24th. Citizens and especially parents of pupils are invited to attend the examinations. D. Melytieg. Joere B. Waicat.
An entertainment planned for Christmas evening at the Cumberland Presbyterian church to benefit the Sabbath School features a Christmas tree singing by nine girls with banners and short speeches. Parents are asked to send presents early for display on the tree, and all are invited to attend. Local note promotes Loten's Paint Depot offering Pure White Lead and Linseed Oil at 129 Main Street.
State items report Vincennes plans to sell two hand fire engines and purchase a steam machine. Other notes recount McGaughey of Terre Haute found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to two years, a thief caught in Brasil, and a shooting incident over a veranda dispute. It also covers Gov. Baker granting a respite for John Stevene’s hanging appeal, revival at Ingle Street Methodist Church, and various local notices including taxes, trials, and a Lafay ette liquor traffic petition.
The week’s real estate transfers include Frank Overton selling parcels in sections 4 3 16 21 totaling 87 109 acres for 170 dollars to Reuben Bennington and to John A Everett 87 100 acres for 170 dollars. Margaret Hopkins transfers involve lots in Liverpool and adjacent tracts with amounts 150 100 dollars. Additional deeds list Thomas Butterly C J Smoot and others with farm and lot transfers in Alfordsville Liverpool and West Point totaling several hundred dollars. Names include Overton Hopkins Tomp an Brewer McCord Sullivan Powers Prewitt Smoot Hardin Brackey and others.
A garbled weekly market page lists grain and commodity prices with many misspellings and broken entries. Items include corn, oats, flax, timothy, beef, and refined sugar with erratic values and scattered place names, showing a chaotic inventory snapshot rather than a coherent report.
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