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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1905
Page
2
Odd column from a Princeton area paper blends humorous local jests about a Middlesboro man trading a wife for a 75 cent accordion with a jail escape by Jimmy McDonald and a nod to poetry and ad copy. Included are calls for good men and a Pine Syrup weathered by harsh times.
Kitchen tip promotes Kiln Dried Buckwheat Flour from Wright's Grocery as purer, grit free, and superior for pancakes. The brief notes the product and quality claim with a casual promotional tone.
Mt Carmel Regis ter reports M A Mundy of that city will introduce a bill detailing rail safety measures. Proposals include no telegraph station neglect without written operator orders, night staff at telegraph equipped stations, and patrols at intervals of not less than fifteen miles. A second bill would publish lists of dead and wounded from railroad accidents in offices along the line.
The Olney Mail announces a holiday week lineup at the Opera House starting Wednesday with Mendger Bower’s production Under Bouth jern Skies. Monday features An Aristocratic Tramp and a new Washington theatre comedy with an automobile explosion scene. Next Tuesday offers Under Southern Skies with Lottie Parker, praised for its tearful, sympathetic old south atmosphere. Local ads note shop goods and services from Washington Iron Works Co. and others.
Illinois and Indiana Republicans discuss the potential impact of John L. Griffiths’s consul general appointment on patronage for loyal party members. Legislative session preps under Gov Durbin with Cantwell, Miller guiding committees. Beveridge to Washington for Congress duties while postmaster prospects in Indianapolis favor H. W. Bennett.
The Rev Reuben A Torrey and Charles M Alexander began the final three weeks of their Liverpool revival crusade with a New Year’s Day broadcast of 259000 red card messages Get right with God. Converts surge as 4000 sign, aiming for 6000 before London crusade in five months.
Walter L. Fetters secretary of the Indiana Rural Mail Carriers association and treasurer of the national group was notified by Postmaster A L Sharpe that the post office department ordered his dismissal for alleged pernicious political activity. The action stems from government probes into the National Association of Letter Carriers role in a recent campaign.
A series of drowning and injury incidents reported across Indiana on January 2 includes Don Patterson fourteen and Walter eleven drowning after breaking ice on a lake near Akron. Alonzo Kelly eleven drowns in Vincennes while skating. Little Beard Finn dies from severe scalding after kettle accident in Muncie. Frederick Klutz loses an arm in Ambridee City when gun fires during fence climb. Charles Minglin, twenty three, brakeman, loses a leg and sustains severe injuries at Trafalgar when he is thrown under a train.
Washington reports Senator Mitchell and Representative Herrmann have been indicted for complicity in land frauds against the government. Secretary Hitchcock said the cases are now with the Department of Justice and that further assistance will be provided in prosecuting those believed guilty.
The Michkin Flyer southbound on the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton collided head on with a northbound freight near Middletown. John D Myers of Cincinnati was killed. Engineer Charles Lingo of Cincinnati was severely injured and expected to die. Brakeman Covis of Cincinnati suffered injuries from a broken leg. Passengers escaped with minor cuts and shock from broken windows.
Chicago January 2 Thousands of hungry distressed men women and children received meals at the Coliseum Annex where 1000 food baskets were distributed to the needy. Crowds filled the hall after doors opened completing the charity event. John Alexander Dowle spoke of plans for a second Zion City to be built in Mexico on a million acre tract with operations expected before January 1 1906.
Fred Sey mour released on two thousand dollar bond after shooting and killing William Crawford at the Santiago saloon in Terre Haute Indiana He escaped to Colorado before returning at his brother’s prompting to surrender to authorities Also mention of New Year’s morning disturbance and a jail detention related to a separate case in the same dispatch
Memphis Tenn Jan 2 General fone a half witted negro is in custody charged with assault and murder of Mattie Mabey at her cabin five miles north of the city. After daylong search the slayer was found in a creek bottom last night and rumors of lynching arose but were not carried out.
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