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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
8
The column lists local merchants and amounts including Hamersly Coal Co. and J Carnahan with various figures. notes residents O B Hobson visiting, births, and moves. It mentions a planned telephone system by township farmers, Christmas events at Godwins, hunting trips, hospital work in Indianapolis, property sales, and church meetings concluding with a large Christmas congregation.
Hoaree coughs and colds that may develop into pneumonia overnight are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. It soothes inflamed membranes heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. Bold by Smith and Winton druggists.
Nicholas Gress and family visited in Washington on Tuesday. Amy Palmer came from Washington on Monday. O B Wallace adds to his barn. Miss Pearl Hill from Sandy Hook travels to Columbus. William Bacon visited Washington on Monday. Clergy and neighbors hosted by Mrs Maud Borings on Sunday. Emery Lett and John Grubbe households hosted Perry Singleton and family. Local youths entertained at Lee Bingleton’s Sunday. Mt Olive church plans a series of meetings starting the Saturday before the first Sunday in January.
Homer Wade and George Wilkey traveled to Odon on Tuesday. Mina Mary Cloe visited with Myrtle Wade on Monday. Emery Wade went to Odon on Saturday. Lalie and Ora Wade spent Sunday with Lillie and Mandy Critchlow. Mrs Julie Chanberry of Indianapolis is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Daniel Resler. Frank Critchlow was at Odon on Thursday.
E. E. Hastings the newly elected prosecuting attorney presented his bond for approval to Judge Houghton on Thursday. The bond of five thousand dollars was remade with Josiah G. Allen and other named sureties.
A fragment notes an incident involving a tooth and oats, with imply of a remedy or outcome. No further details are readable to specify persons or organizations involved.
A Monday church ceremony united John Sinclair and Mamie Salers in a quiet wedding. Separate notices mention Helen Lillie and Hubert Philipps planning a Christmas Eve wedding in Mt. Zion Georgia, with Lillie a Washington High School graduate.
A Terre Haute forger cashed a bogus check for $200 by impersonating James McGee a Van Buren township farmer. The check made payable to Myself was signed and endorsed by McGee, who never visited Terre Haute. The fraud was detected when the check reached the First National Bank at Loogootee.
A romance from Julesburg Colorado culminated in an Indiana wedding when James Faddin, a farmer from Ington township, wed Elizabeth Hurst of Julesburg at the First U. B. Church in Terre Haute. The bride arrived by train with her father, secured the marriage license, and the ceremony followed at the pastor’s home.
The administratrix of the estate of Jasper N. Snider will sell at public auction at the deceased's late Glendale area residence on Tuesday January 5 1909 starting 10 o clock. Personal property includes horses cattle sheep hogs farming implements household and kitchen furniture hay corn and more. Terms cash for sums $5 and under and credit for larger amounts with nine months at six percent interest and security note. Rosa Snider Administratrix. Mattingly Myers attorneys.
Rosa Snider is named administratrix of the estate of N. Snider deceased by attorneys Mattingly & Myers. The notice notes the deceased’s estate is current and mentions details about Mr. Jackman’s prior marriage and move to Washington township.
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