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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
1
Progressive Democrats show mixed support for Machine 13 while opposing Taggart style leadership. Friction grows as internal factions push for reform and accountability within the movement.
The council reduced the cost of commercial electricity from ten to eight cents per kilowatt hour. This rate cut targets businesses across the city, lowering operating costs and encouraging local economic activity.
City council approved a salary ordinance increasing the city clerk to 506 a year and raising firemen police and street workers pay. Firemen and police get 5 a month, street laborers 2 12 cents an hour, light plant staff receive small weekly increases, and most other officers keep current pay. Mayor McCarty has ten days to sign or veto. An amendment to raise firemen and police pay by 10 monthly was defeated. The ordinance was passed despite City Attorney Spencer declaring it illegal. A separate light-rate ordinance for 1944 lowers commercial rates from 10 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour, with other rates set. The streetcar company will pay 1.6 cents per kWh. Christmas salaries are to be paid in December funds.
The text notes the longest night occurs at the winter solstice with the sun setting earlier and then turning northward toward spring and summer. It mentions days shortening into December with sunset around eight minutes later and a reference to the year's end.
A Burns City farmer Grover Cleveland Jackson married Miss Jessie Winklepleck in a Knox Circuit Court ceremony led by Judge J. W. Ozdon. The judge advised the groom to put wedding funds in the bank and declined to have Sudzee Oxydon perform the rite. Jackson, 26, and the bride, who turns 21 December 27, wed Saturday afternoon as the judge joked about Democratic fame. The event occurred in the courtroom amid lighthearted remarks and a firm stance on wedding fees.
The Carnahan factory in Loogootee plans a large addition of 108 by 177 feet to expand carpentry and ship departments. Office quarters will move to the ground floor of the new brick warehouse building. The plant specializes in interior and exterior finishes for buildings and ships veneers, doors, and hardwood finishes, with products reaching all states and some foreign markets.
The Second district Democrats plan a district convention in Vincennes on February 29 to elect a district chairman. County and township delegates are allocated by township, with Washington, Hart, Elmore, and others each receiving seats. Fabe Gwin of Shoals is mentioned as a potential chairman candidate with possible opposition.
GOES TO CINCINNATI JA E Crooke rural carrier en gate 1 out of Odon has been transferred to Cincinnati in a post office role. He will move there about the first of the year. James A Fagle dies at home after five weeks illness from kidney and spinal disease. He was born February 2 1848 in Ips County and died at age 65 years 10 months and 16 days. He married Angeline Bennett and lived in Washington Township before moving to Washington three or four years ago. He leaves eight of nine children including Polly Hart William Jet and Katie Allegree and Terese Owen. He was a Methodist.
T N Vail president of both American Telegraph and Western Union says no merger occurred in the past, describing mutual relations as complimentary and possibly cooperative in the future. He will resign as Western Union president. other directors may also depart.
Fragmentary notes indicate a payment or handover at an opera house involving the Pythias Lodge and a sum of five dollars. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
The Indianapolis News reports in Vineland that Fabius Gwin of Shoats seeks reelection as Second District chairman under a Cullop backed deal to support his renomination. Gwin, a stalwart in the Tom Taggart Crawford Fairbanks faction, faces opposition from Woodrow Wilson Bryan Democrats and a strong anti machine movement within Knox County and the district.
A historic report details machine influence in Vincennes and surrounding counties, noting injuries to county treasurer John St. Clark and the Democratic machine's grip on local politics. It describes candidates George Greene James M. House and divisions among Democrats, Republicans, bull moosers, and socialists across Davies Sullivan Greene Owen Monroe and other counties.
President Wilson signs the Owen currency bill in a formal ceremony with Cabinet members. the bill, praised as a “peace constituted” measure, passes the Senate and moves to the House. The event draws lawmakers, family, and aides as leaders discuss the act’s role in a broader reform agenda.
A fragment mentions Rodney Wright and his mother Mrs Wright with a reference to a Wright school and a location northwest of Figton. The text is incomplete, but indicates a local case or matter connected to Wright and a school.
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