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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
1
New York reports an imminent major roundup of bootleggers and manufacturers amid recent deaths from tainted liquor. Revenue agent Daniel Porter said ten more arrests are expected as the crackdown expands beyond the three already in custody.
January seventh session features speakers Jenkins from Orleans and Moore serving as secretary treasurer. E J Baker and Tara town speakers from Purdue and Missouri join, with organizers from University of Missouri College of Agriculture and the National Swine Breeders Association.
Lewis Taylor secretary of the Farmers Federation calls a state livestock producers meeting in the Claypool hotel assembly room at 10 am Monday. He urges one representative from each affiliated county organization to attend and bring up matters vital to livestock producers.
A county official recalls deep friendship with C. D. Guthrie forged in fraternal and war-board service during World War I era. He notes strong bonds of duty and shared purpose, expresses sadness at parting, and fondly remembers the mutual respect built through government work and wartime service.
Industrial plant announces reopening plan after sustaining an $8,000 loss. Management cites market rebound and new hires as part of the revival strategy. Local officials expect renewed employment and increased production in the coming quarter.
A long running bootlegging case ends with Chief Thomas Martin and a six officer detachment raiding a residence in Oklahoma town. Police seized mash, a large still, and 15 to 20 barrels of whisky awaiting operation, plus related equipment. The raid followed a months long investigation into illicit stills and the old bootlegging trade.
Baltimore and Ohio President Daniel Willard warned that an average wage rise of about seventy percent would raise railroad operating costs by over 1.76 trillion dollars and leave a yearly deficit near 600 million. He cited current rates yielding no surplus and urged rate changes to meet the deficit.
The statement accuses Mrs Ehart of strict responsibility while she claims ignorance of events at her home. Morris and Ehart face federal court before Judge Anderson. Chief Martin will contact District Attorney Slack Ehart, a known figure in Washington from his prior residence.
A state wide poll of 610 Illinois editors shows 546 replying on attitudes toward public ownership of farms. Results include supports for nationalization and questions about private operation efficacy and farm worker profit sharing, with numerous conditional replies noted.
In Shelbyville Indiana on December 29 Mayor Lee B. Hoop announces that beggars are barred from the city while inviting Salvation Army workers and other reputable organizations to operate. The mayor warned that persistent begging would not be tolerated amid preparations for a busy spring season.
Local brief notes weekend robberies in Jackson clothing stores including Johnson and Chenoweth, with several hundred dollars in apparel and merchandise reported stolen. Names and details are fragmented in the OCR but indicate multiple shops targeted over the weekend.
Fragmentary text shows a balance issue described as noft tednes and a unit lacking balance. Limited readable tokens prevent full reconstruction of names, places, or dates.
Trustee Brown announced that Washington township, in Daviess county, is completely out of debt and has current debts paid. The township holds $18 327 54 in banks and previously carried about $5000 in indebtedness before Brown took office.
Paris reports from Dec 27 state the supreme council reviewed initial talks between German and allied experts on enforcing Versailles terms. German transport proposals and Swiss entry conditions drew mixed reactions. In Irkutsk Siberia revolutionary socialists seize the rail hub after Kolchak’s fall, while Indiana politicians map gubernatorial moves and American Legion leadership reshuffles unfold.
Fragmentary note reports deaths from poison booze with scattered phrases about Associated Press and Connecticut towns. Unable to determine a coherent event, date, or victims from the damaged text.
Detroit records show multiple deaths linked to home brewed whisky and denatured alcohol. Cleveland hospitals report nine new wood alcohol poisoning victims, bringing weekly toll to twenty four and monthly fatalities to fourteen. Separately naval awards board action discussed by Secretary Daniels. New Republican HQ to open in Berkley Arcade as Hays staff moves from Fifth Avenue.
R B Russell, head of the General Birike, was convicted today of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to two years imprisonment. In Washington, President Wilson nears his sixty third birthday with plans for a quiet White House day as daughters Catalan McAfoe and Mrs Ayre consider attendance.
Orleans Ind December 47. John Bills age not stated but described as the oldest active railroad conductor in the world. He works the Monon route between Orleans and French Lick a round trip of eighteen miles. Bills has served forty years in Monon service and earlier in the west. He doubles as breakman and sometimes operates as a mixed train crewman riding box cars atop the slowly moving train.
State conservation commission reports compliance with barberry removal orders issued months ago. Entomologist Frag N. Wal lab collaborates with federal and local agencies to eradicate the genus from Indiana due to its role in spreading disease to wheat and other crops. The order requires all common barberry bushes to be removed by December.
An incomplete OCR fragment mentions Buford, deportations, and officials. It references a pay car and Alex man with unclear context and scattered phrases about ship and deglings. The text is garbled with stray letters and lacks coherent narrative.
George Waite about thirty five, unmarried, died after a coal mine accident at Black Oak. Riding a loaded car, he was crushed between the car and a mine rib when a switch threw him. Witness Fallan Raymann reported the incident. Waite died at County Hospital at 12 45 after ambulance transport. He lived with his mother at Sixth and Center streets and was well liked.
A. Ostrander has been selected to judge the second annual Daviess county corn show in Washington on January 2 and 3. He will speak about The Elite Row Method in corn improvement and may discuss fertilization if time permits.
Edward Weaver, sixteen, son of Herman Weaver, drowned in the southern part of the county at Salem while skating across a bar. He fell into water about ten feet deep as spectators watched near Horns Shore. Firemen or bystanders aided but could not save him.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions terms like the E charged and Poe. Details are unclear. readable elements include references to a case or notice involving a hand and weather. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the fragment.
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