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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
5
Incomplete OCR shows scattered place names and destinations including Terre Haute Loogcotes Pethraburg Hays Wheatland and reference to Charles Borders and a hopking journey with unclear sequence and dates.
Names of residents and visitors travel between Plainville Vincennes Martinsville Loogootee and Indianapolis noted. Individuals include James OBrian Ziba Graham Frank Green Charles Burdera A B Foster MB Ledgerwood John O Rourke Joseph Gordon Bella Kocher Bert Millis Henry Steen Mrs Beaverbay John Cannon and daughter Miss Guillia.
A young horse in Plainville slipped on ice near Pearle and Gilliatt causing Slatten to fall and injure his ankle. The wagon hub struck Charles Faust’s head, knocking him unconscious. Allen Chandler fractured his tibia after a fall in Vincennes. All injuries leave the men laid up for weeks.
Squire William Tucker Dickinson, longtime Epsom resident and former postmaster, died at home after weeks of debility and bladder trouble. He served as township official, county commissioner, and schoolteacher. Survived by wife Elizabeth Myers and two children Isaac W. Dickinson and Mrs. Frank Abbott. Political Republican and active community figure.
The Christian Sunday School plans a Christmas cantata in Danner’s opéra hall on Christmas night with twelve young ladies performing and an open invitation to all. Several local residents and visitors are noted in this chronicle including Prof. Mayfield visiting over Sunday and Ed Garten and Dave Hodge visiting from nearby towns.
Local readers report several figures making business rounds. William Dearman visited Elnora on Friday while Hastings from Odon and Bossey Fauat from Washington were noted on Tuesday. A E Myers of Cornetteville and McKittrick in Washington on Thursday also appear in the day’s brief notices.
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