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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
2
A reader notes enjoying Arbuckles ARIOSA coffee in top hotels and restaurants while claiming broad belief in its excellence. The piece quotes a lady praising the product as evidence that “the most American people” prefer Arbuckles.
Archibald Yazel and his wife Ella Yatel are named defendants in a foreclosure action filed Monday by Padgett & Padgett for James T. Pope and Olive Stoops. Yazel owes four notes totaling $100 with six percent interest, secured by a Griffiths addition mortgage in El-nora. judgment for $300 sought. Yazel is longtime county figure, already jailed in Fort Leavenworth for liquor-law violations.
An explosion under the front porch of Mrs. Mattie Brown’s Sullivan home blew away the front end and hurled occupants including Mrs. Brown, her daughter Mrs. Wash Deckard, and a man into partitions. All survived with minor injuries. A week earlier twenty pounds of dynamite was found in a deserted room in Sullivan woolen mill. Detectives link the dynamite to the blast and note a history of incendiary fires involving Mrs. Deckard and her ex-husband.
The report notes Deputy Marshal Herndon placing the first prisoner behind bars for Sheriff Fielding Colbert in 1908, marking the inaugural arrest under the new county leadership amid a weathered historical account.
Twenty eight members of Odon court 147 Tribe 1 of Ben Hur in Odon led by W. T. Alexander established a new lodge in Elnora Wednesday. Elnora court No. 302 now has thirty one members and five social members with officers led by Chief John Weaver and Judge James Williams assisting Deputy D. A. Peregrene and Assistant Deputy John K. Weemmeister. The new lodge aims to grow as a strong citizen group under a skilled officer lineup.
The Boe O. Souths western railway company reduced staff due to decreased freight traffic. Three train crews were laid off and a fourth may follow. two through freights to St Louis and the oil run from Bridgeport are affected. Five local firemen lost jobs. several engine units moved to the Pound House.
A court found Pae Appers guilty in the case against David Moore. The verdict concludes a dispute over alleged wrongdoing with Moore as the plaintiff.
Odon Journal reports Blanche Danner and Eva Correll, both about sixteen, left home one night last week with a few clothes in suitcases. Correll was found at friends south of town and brought home. Danner’s location is unknown. Friends describe both as well regarded and no cause is known.
In Plainville the home of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Corlett the wedding of their daughter Sterella to John Cochran Jr took place Wednesday evening. Elder C H Buchanan performed the ceremony before about seventy guests with a bountiful supper following. Sterella, active in the Christian church and former Christian Endeavor president, is described as refined and gifted. John Cochran Jr is the youngest son of John Cochran of Plainville and noted for his high moral character.
Charles Phillips eight years old son of Joseph Phillips living on the west side of Elnora sustained a double fracture of the left leg between the knee and thigh on Wednesday afternoon while playing near a flying finny. Larger boys allegedly pushed him into the path of the Jin ny. Dr. W H Cole reduced the fractures and the boy is recovering.
Miss Pearl Wilkinson and Sylvester Goyer, both of Bicknell, were married at Washington Christmas Eve by Rev. J. W. Doyle. The bride is the Wilkinson family's youngest daughter. A dinner followed at the bride’s uncle’s home in Washington. The couple will reside in Bicknell.
Fassett A. Cotton distributes the January apportionment of formaiale school revenues for tuition for the first half of 1908 totaling 1 148 369 dollars among the ninety two counties of the state.
A fragment notes the issuance of a second marriage license in 1908 with a Monday warning. The text is incomplete but indicates an official record of marriage authorization and a weekday notice.
The Monroe county fair featured 270 girls in the sewing and GIUD contest with 14 premier awards totaling 29. Boys had 71 entries and $150 in prizes. William Stone won $37 for top ears of corn. Prof. William E. Psborne praised the exhibit size at Purdue linked shows. The Boy’s Corn Club began in 1906, with 170 members after letters to teachers and rapid growth. sewing clubs followed with 250 girls joining.
Lenzie Carroll made a trip to Odon on Monday. Louis Canary of Plainville attended church here Sunday. Charles Alfrod of Chicago, 31, was a guest of friends and relatives. The Rev Heavenridge preached at the M E church Sunday morning. A series of meetings is being held at the Christian church by Rev Mr Schultz. The Misses Dicey, Bertha Myers, and Selamie spent Sunday with Jane Grove. Mrs Annaj Lee and daughter Mabnie returned home after visiting Vincennes. Wille Carter returned to Anthis state after spending holidays with his parents.
Garshena M Johnson of Veale township files in the county circuit court for legal separation from husband D Slimp a legislator. The couple wed February 1904 and lived together until June 18 1906.
An Evansville and Terre Haute railroad accident occurred October 21 1907 between Ellston and Newberry in Greene County. Passenger car and engine derailed causing injuries to Thompson son of Deputy Auditor Robert Thompson. The crash delayed service and left Thompson with a permanent leg injury and mental and manual work incapacity.
Seventeen year old Fred Beard son of Dr S C Beard of Vincennes leapt from the wagon bridge into the Wabash River at night. He swam to the bank without aid and gave no reason for the act. Some think it was suicide others a drunken wager. Beard, a noted athlete in Knox County, is in the river during high, swift water with little chance of reaching shore. His father offered no explanation for the act.
Mr Hastings assisted Willam Schrolucke in securing a license to run a ferry on White River between Pike and Daviess counties. The new Washington Otwell road connects Ebenezer to the river, offering a longer route from Daviess to Otwell. Schrolucke has ferried for some time under a Daviess County license. Pike County filed an injunction to halt operation, now under reevaluation as a Pike license is pursued.
The undersigned administratrix of Nelson H Fitzgeralds estate, by order of the Dav ies circuit court, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the south door of the courthouse in Washington Indiana at 1 o clock PM January 23 1908 the described real estate in Daviess County town 21 south range 7 west including the east half of the southeast quarter of section two and adjoining parcels, containing about twenty five acres more or less.
County records indicate Mr. Hastings traveled to Pike Town on Monday for an unspecified purpose.
Will Eskew a 2 year married man was arrested at his mother in law home in the west end Monday evening by Officer Royse charged with beating a board The charge was placed against Eskew by a Vincennes man Eskew s wife left Vincennes last Friday and came to the city Her husband followed Saturday jumping the board Lill A Vincennes constable came over after Eskew Monday afternoon and he was taken back to the Old Post Monday night to face the charge
The Peoples Realty Co. closed a deal transferring 100 acres of the Lloyd Clark farm in Barry township near Montgomery to Elvis Phillips of Omaha. The consideration was $7,000, or $70 an acre. Clark plans to move to Montgomery while Phillips moves onto the tract February 1.
Linton Citizen Thomas C. White and William Keith of this city have purchased the Bicknell News. Whitesides formerly worked in Washington newspaper offices and has long been employed on local papers.
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