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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
11
West Fork wreck delays B&O Southwestern freight traffic
A westbound extra freight left the track at the West Fork water station between Farmer's and New Vienna Ohio after a steel rail broke. Eleven cars loaded with coal and lumber piled along the embankment with no crew injuries. Wreckage disrupted track and detoured passenger trains 1 and 12. by afternoon track repairs cleared. Pay checks for B and C Southwestern crews due within a day. many once laid off have been rehired amid gradual freight recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fork
Farmer's
New Vienna
Southwestern
Chillicothe
E.R. Scoville
Washington
Greenfield
Washington D. H
Trafic
City council weighs plan for Washington city park
Council in regular session Monday night mulled establishing a city park and appointed a committee to investigate. Councilman Hopkins led the push with a reflective speech on park benefits while colleagues raised financial concerns. The motion to form a committee to study the idea passed, with Mayor Essel naming Hopkins Colbert and How to as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hopkins
First Ward
Hopins
Wise
Johnson
Thier
Essel
Colbert
Ight
Couincil
Counnellmann Hopkins
H. Q. Houghton
C. K. Tharp
W. R Gerdiner
City considers building a public entertainment space on East Fourth and Van Trees
A committee of Hyatt Colbert and Hopkins is to study the city lot at East Fourth and Van Trees for a potential public entertainment building. Debate centers on crossing safety at Van Trees with the Evansville Indianapolis railway and rain muddy conditions. City finances and a planned park project are also discussed as council members critique timing and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Fourth
van Trees Street
van Trebs
Johnson
Workmen On Farm Under Prospecting Direction
A fragment reports on workmen operating on a Harvsler farm near Odon under a directing overseer. Details are partial but indicate on site activity tied to prospecting and maintenance. No dates or firm names are clearly legible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvsler
Odon
Portraits and vanity derail a county chairman candidate
A tale from Washington D C and Vincennes follows Bill FitzGibbon who sought fame via photographs. He arranged two photos in a front window but a group of Evansville girls ridiculed his image. The joke travels as he returns to Vincennes, losing the promised photograph gift and his pleasant mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil
Bourgholtzer
Bill
BIL
Vincennes
Enos Anden Case Reveals False Death Rumors and Divorce
Charles H Hogan returns to Lawrenceburg after twenty years believed dead. His wife, after consulting a fortune teller, remarried and secured a divorce. Hogan recounts working as a cowboy five years, then sheep farming, poverty, and service with the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War. A comrade’s will in Nevada yielded a claim. During his absence, his father and brother died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hogan
Hogan
Lawrenceburg
Rough Riders
Nevada
Local residents noted in visits and travels around Plainville Ep som and Washington
Cornettsville or Todd of Elnora visited Plainville. Frit Courtney attended Plainville Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Myera and Mr. and Mrs. William Eaton were at Washington Saturday and Monday. Walden Eaton and sisters Es sie and Myrtle spent Sunday at Ep som while John Keith of Ep som was there Sunday. Freedly and Harrison Eaton visited Fairview Friday night. Charles Banta visited Steele township Sunday. Rev William Méren returned from Pike County. Henry and Francis Ellis of Plainville spent Sunday with Jorge Sum mitt and family. Mrs Daniel Kilison and daughter Helen spent Saturday and Sunday at Washington. A BN number from this neighborhood attended Lindley’s sale at Albright T. Miss Ida Williams returned from Washington where she had eye treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Todd
Elnora
Frit Courtney
Plainville
Curtis Myera
Washington
William Eaton
Walden Eaton
Essie
Myrtle
Epsom
John Keith
Freedly
Harrison Eaton
William’ Méren
Pike County
Henry
Francis Ellis
Jorge Summitt
Daniel. Kilison
Helen
Lindley
Albright T
Ida Williams
Portraits of loss mark Washington deaths in 1880s obits
William C. Fitts, a veteran of the Civil War and Washington resident, dies after ten weeks of illness at the corner of Harned Avenue and Third Street. Born February 26, 183? in Carolina, he would have turned seventy-two. A painter by trade, he never held office but was active in local Republican circles and community affairs. Funeral was at the M. E. church with burial at Oak Grove. The piece also notes the deaths of Mrs. Mahala Conolly, Joseph Conolly, and Mrs Mary Murphy, marking the township’s sense of loss and noting family connections and church ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Fitts
Washington
Harned Avenue
Carolina
Fitts
Marn
Cincinnati
Fung
Cho
M. E
Oak Grove
Charles Fitts
Indianapolis
William Tileston
Vincennes
Areca
Obituary notices recall deaths in Washington and nearby towns
John Maher of Washington died at Steeltreet Saturday afternoon from heart trouble after years of work at the B. and C. Southwestern shops. He was born in Ireland in 1839 and married Ellen Hughes. survivor children include Mrs. Martin Owey and John Maher. Joseph Conolly, a pioneer of Reeve township, died at his Alfordsville home aged 82 after a long illness. J Frank Leach of Odon died after a week of illness from grip and pneumonia. born 1864 in Floyd county, survived by wife Cynthia Reynolds and five children including Rev. M. B. Leach. Celia Simuel died at 76 while visiting her son Ed Simuel from pneumonia. body shipped to Mason county Kentucky for burial following services led by Rev. Mr. Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahala Conolly
Reeve Township
Alfordsvile
Conolly
Max. Conolly
Joseph Conolly
Tirty
Daviess County
Weary
Sue
Joseph
Roy Wallace
Steeltreet
Chisd
Maher
John Maher
Washington
Emerald Island
Ireland
Ellen Hughes
Martin Owey
B. & C. Southwestern
Mr. Maher
Alfordsville
Mr. Conolly
Indiana
Wallace
J. Frank Leach
Odon
East Odon
Mr. Leach
Floyd County
Cynthia Reynolds
M. B. Leach
Gibson City
Dittle Dyer
Nora Blough
Oma Cooper
Coalmont
Leach
United Brethren Church
Celia Simuel
Ed Simuel
Southside
Simuel
Mason County
Durlal
Edward Simuel
Mr. Russell
Beulah M. E
BLUE GRASS STATE BELLE WEDDING INVITATIONS ISSUED
Invitations issued for the wedding of Leander Hamlingwale a local printer and Miss Maye Salmon of Warsaw Kentucky. Ceremony to be at the bride’s hometown in Warsaw on next Wednesday at 8 o’clock in the Commercial hotel parlors. Rev W L Shearer to officiate with a small circle of immediate friends. After a brief wedding trip the couple will reside in Loogootee at Mr Veale’s home. Salmon described as Kentucky belle and highly educated with deceased parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Hamlingwale
Maye Salmon
Warsaw
Kentucky
W. L. Shearer
Baptist Church of
Veale
Loogootee
The
Gazette and Herald
Charles Thomas
Southside
Mia3
Salmon
Herald Extenda
Benedict Long
Man Shaves Mustache After Twenty-One Years
O M Vance refuses to explain why his mustache was shaved while Hillary Traelove bantered him. Vance had worn a mustache since age twenty one for twenty one years and reportedly shaved it that day. The tale involves Oscar Geyer and Peter Guy for the Bat Bien tm, with local chatter at the Pall y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Vance
Hillary Traelove
Milius
Mr. Vance
Oscar Geyer
Peter Guy
Fat
Wreck Delays No 8 Train. Flemings Incident Reported
No 8 B and O Southwestern passenger train delayed about thirty minutes at Seymour after a freight pulled trucks from a car, dropping the forward section onto the track near the crossing. A separate Flemings wreck damaged rolling stock, toppled cars on a trestle, and delayed all trains for several hours. tolling stock loss estimated in the thousands. Congressman Chaney introduces bill for an appropriation to memorialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & O. Southwestern
Seymour
B. & O. Southwestern Railway Company
Flemings
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Josie
Smoot
Joke Bools
Montoal
National Midole Ty
Cin'ti
Mill
iCo. A
Varney Eltee
Glover Elec
William’ Hobinson
Frank
Denver
Tal
Fostoria Ihe
Electrical Testing Co
Indianapoli Belting
Crescent ™ On Co
George Head
Ebderfield Om’ & Minin
Hide Leather, & Belg Go
Wesco Supply Co
Hetfield & Palmer Co
John Doherty
Spink Milllar Co
Smith & Winton Weet
Wilson Bros
L&w Co
May
Enoch Anden Case
Cornettsville
Eo Township
Mary Murphy
Ainstive
America
Washingtonian
Leander
Blue Grass State Belle
John. c. Chaney
Congress
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