Allen elected chairman at Republican county convention
The Washington township Republican meeting at Peoples theater elected officers and delegates for the district convention at Bloomington on the 16th. Judge W. R. Gardiner chaired, with Robert W. Burton as secretary. The body endorsed Hanly for governor and Billheimer for auditor, set a county primary for February 10, and laid out county committee leadership and precinct results. Delegates from multiple townships were chosen, and a statewide Second district meeting at Bloomington selected Joseph H. Barr as district chairman.
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Washington Township
Bloomington
Peoples Theater
0. M. Vance
W. R. Gardiner
Robert W. Burton
Gardiner
Charles G. Serrit
N. B
Jepson
Horace A. Smith
Elkanah Allen
Josiah G.allen
Zachariah Taylor
Oliver M
Vance
Albion Horrall
Elisha’ Hyatt
Andrew Lillie
Willgm F. Axte
A. E- Johnson
Robert Russell
James Porter
Paris
A. Hastings
Hanly
Ezra. Mattingly
Daviess County
Indiana
J. Frank Hanly
Morton
Harrison
Mattingly
John €. Billheimer
John. C. Bifheimer
Washington
Billheimer
Robert McCreary
Samuel Hopkins
George C. Faith
Jessee McGehee
W. C. Camp
Will Vance
George Colbert
John M. Vance
Clay McCormick
Zed Morton
Louis Nimnicht
Grant Faith
Oliver. M. Vance
Paris A. Hastings
Friends
Allen
Charles G.sefrit
Elisha L. Hatfield
Elmer FE. Hastings
Grant Myers
Barr Township
John Blanford
Steele
Hemenway
Beveridge
Chaney
John C. Billheimer
W. E. Stipp
Mitchell Schools
State
Daviess
Greene
Knox
Law‘rence
Martin
Monroe
Owen
Sullivan
Harrison Township candidate for county assessor announced
John F. Steen of Harrison Township announces his candidacy for county assessor in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Steen
Harrison
Township
Youth Bride Delay Ends In Simple License Grant
A couple, John D. Foster and Emeline Dillon, pursued a marriage license in Orange County after age doubts delayed issuance. The groom claimed nineteen with consent from his mother, and the bride’s father supported the match, allowing the license to be issued after a week. The couple will reside in Orange County. A recent Joint Installation banquet for Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors at Zinkan hall featured speeches by John W. McCarty and others, with a late-hour conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therdi
Cley Walters
iBrs
John D.foster
Foster
Emeline Dion
Montgomery
Orang County
Mary Dillon
Emeline Dillon
Nancy E. ‘Foster
Saltillo
Washington County
Samuel Dillon
Steele ‘Township
Orange County
Zinkan Hall
John W. McCarty
Toassnster
Henry McCracken
Howard Waggoner
Woodmen
Uniform Bank
George I. Woykins
Harley A. Smoot
W. A. Wallace
Thomas Nugent
Ezra Mattingly
Royal
Soarts
Viaward Waggoner
Riley Wood
Louis Billings
Vaden Bingham
Orphans’ Home
Rural Route Figures Show Rural Free Delivery Growth
A statement by P. DeGraw, fourth assistant postmaster general, covers rural free delivery through January 1, 1906. It reports 51,690 petitions received and referred with 13,125 adverse, 34,077 routes in operation, over one billion mail pieces handled in 1905 at about 14.5 cents each, and 32,054 carriers costing 16,871,732 dollars.
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Degraw
Edwin R Smoot Sings At Home Church Return
Edwin R Smoot, a noted gospel singer from Washington Cum beyland Presbyterian, spent Sunday at home and sang at both morning and evening services. He received a cordial welcome back to the home church and plans to sing at several meetings this winter and spring. He hopes to study in Chicago during the summer under a master of song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Smoot
Washington Cumbéyland
Brongeie Held as Accessory in Loot of Shoals Store
Henry Bronger and his son, both liquor dealers, were held in 10000 bond in Louisville city court charged as accessories after the fact to the robbery of Albaugh's Store at Shoals of 15000 in cash and government bonds. Five men accused of the crime were arrested at Bronger's residence. Bronger had returned from Chicago where he was allegedly trying to dispose of the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bronzer
Louisville
Julins
Albaugh
Bronger
Henry Bronger
Chicago
Gilliz Secures Room for Exclusive Undertaking
James A. Gill has secured a room beneath the Home Telephone exchange to open an exclusive undertaking establishment. H R Evans, the room’s occupant, likely will relocate to the Clapper building on northeast Third street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Gill
Beneaih
Velephone
Exchange
HR. Evans
Third Street
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors Officers Listed
A historical roster lists officers for Modern Woodmen and the Royal Neighbors including counsel Louis C. Aikanat adviser O M Vance banker Samuel Hopkins clerk W J Bacon watchman Lester Sen escort C E Aikman sentry Nilnus Patterson and physicians C H H Yenne Halder Vance May Georg Wintheford and Austin. Other roles include manager John M. Vance oracle Mrs Louis Billing past oracle Clara Loushn vice oracle Virginia Woo, recorder Dora Perkins receiver Mary Sullivan marshal Omie McCracken inner sentinel Turia Billings outside sentinel Mary Wilson and manager Mary Marsh.
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Ler
Woddmen
Louis C. Aikanat
O. M. Vance
Samuel Hopkins
W. J. Bacon
Lester Sen
C. E. Aikman
Nilnus Patterson
C. HH. Yenne
Halder
Vance May
Geor Wintheford
Austin
John M. Vance
Royal
Oracle
Louis Billing
Clara’ Loushn
Virginia Woo
Pannie Kessle
Dora Perkins
Mary Sullivan
Omie McCracken
Inner
Turia Billings
Outside
Mary Wilson
Mary
Settlement Reached After Coal Mine Union Dispute
Disaffection among teamsters at Horney & Winterbottom mines South Washington ended after a Friday conference produced a satisfactory agreement. The dispute began three weeks ago after nonunion miner Levi M Courtney was assaulted by two union members and the mine idle since Monday.
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Amon
Teamsters
Tlease
Nonunien
Ciasons
Courtney
Eliher Hudson
Charles Miter
Woman under quarantine escapes with two children
Una Wields, under smallpox quarantine in Bedford, walked eight miles to her father Milton Fields home in Spice Valley township carrying one child and leading another. Rejected, she was aided by farmers who heated a cabin then returned her to Bedford on doctor orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Una Wields
Bedford
Spice Valley Township
Milton Fields
Hunter
CILANEY FOR GOVERNOR
A dispatch from Washington City says friends of Representative John C Chaney push for his name to enter the governor race if he is nominated and elected to Congress this year. Chaney presided over a recent Indianapolis event and is highly regarded in Indiana and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
John C.chaney
Congress
Bedford Justice Faces Bondmen Suit Over Short Accounts
Bedford area report states Oliver M. McLaneludin, justice of the peace for Shuinswith township, alleged to be short in county and township accounts. Suit is planned against his bondsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver M. McLaneludin
Shuinswith
Bedford
Aged Woman Mary Cheek Gravely Ill
Mrs Mary Cheek aged mother of Constable Cheek is very ill at eighty three and may not survive. The notice describes her serious condition and age.
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Mary Cheek
Mather
Constable Cheek
Mrs David J. Mardnett Stricken With Typhoid Fever
Mrs David J. Mardnett of West Walnut Street is reported to be ill with typhoid fever. Her condition is listed as serious as doctors treat the case at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Mardnett
West Walnut Street
Joint Meeting Planned by Woodmen Groups January Eighteenth
The Woodmen of the World and the Woodmen’s Circle announce a joint evening at Ziokan’s hall on January 18 with a program followed by a box social. Admission is ten cents for non-box bringers, with boxes sold at fifteen cents. The program features talks on fraternal growth and the Woodmen’s Circle, a token drill, and twenty Woodmen’s Daughters in white.
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The
Woodmen ?of
Woodmen’s Circle
Ziokan
Messings
Thena Thompson
Ira
Cynthia Stuckey
Katherine Keller Odmen
W. A. Wallace
L. W.W. Stuckey
John Baker
J. W. Miller
Sir Edwin _ Streeter
le H. Stuckey
Thomas Nugent
H. Stuckey
Longard
Woodmen's Daughters
L. H. Stuckey
Severe wind storm sweeps Washington area causing damage
A powerful wind storm, the heaviest in years, struck Washington and Davieess County Monday afternoon. High velocity gusts shattered windows and chimneys, toppled bricks and tin roofs, and damaged signs. Trees and fences fell in rural areas, with widespread damage and narrow escapes for pedestrians. Some call it a harbinger of spring amid a looming cold wave and possible severe blizzard from the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davieess County
Aleestellate
Bonhams to Quit Furniture for Undertaking Firm
M. L. Bonhams Sons, among Indiana’s oldest furniture and undertaking houses, plan to abandon furniture in eight to ten days to operate solely as undertakers. They will remodel their building into a modern funeral home with sample and trimming rooms, a morgue, and a shipment retention room on the second floor, citing heavy undertaker work as the reason. The business has been run since 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Bonhams
Indiana
Fim
Spring Produce Rush Delayed by Warm Winter Weather
Produce men expect a late spring rush due to unusually warm winter weather. Despite heavy current handling the sector faces potential delays if February and March stay cold. Rabbits arrive in good quality and price, turkeys remain scarce with top prices, and eggs stay high with forecasts of further increases into February and March.
Elnor G A R Post Elects New Officers
The G A R post at Cidter elects J P Edmond as Commander Milton Farcell as Adjutant George Johnson as Junior Commander David Rowe as Quartermaster John Stunt as Officer of the Day William Slimp as Captain Peter Ragle as Adjutant George Wade as S and Thomas Payns as Sergeant Major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnor
J.P. Edmond
Milton Farcels
Saaos Comnanler
George Johnyo1
David Rowe
Jom Stont—Othcer
William Slimp
Chaptain
Peter, Ragle
George Wade
Ins
Thomas Payns
Wheatland Man Killed In Odon Night Accident
John Holland eighteen a Wheatland area youth was fatally injured when a train backed from Odon. He slipped on cinders and one foot was crushed by the wheels. Amputation followed at Bedford and he survived initial shock, improving after surgery. The second fatality, John Richard Williams of Wheatland, died after being struck by a B and O Southwestern train near Wheatland. He was about forty five and previously lived in Pittsburg, traveling medicine peddler. The incident occurred during a high wind with the curve in the rails cited as a possible factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
John Holland
Odlon
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Lon McBride
Young Holland
Jerome DeMotte
Iva
Odeon
John Richard Williams
Wheatland
John Dick Williams
Wheathind
Washington
Southwestern Railway
Williams Tao Hohe
Williams
Robert 3
Wood
Bret
Ting
Plas
Willits
Daniel Davis
Pittsburg
Daniel W. Davis
Samuel Chivie
Ward Johnson
Rathbone Sisters Install Officers for Coming Term
The Rathbone Sisters held an installation night naming officers for the next six months. Elizabeth Beader and Emma Ells as co-keepers, Lillian Ketchem as senior, Stella McCafferty as mistress of funds, Ida Harrod as president of peers, Ella Akers as officer, with Ping Waggoner as pianist and Nugent as trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone Sisters
Lode
Ella Akers
Tee Besta
Ping Waggoner
Axe Nugent
Second quarterly meeting of MoE church in Washington
The second quarterly meeting of the MoE church in Washington is set for January 27 at 2 p.m. The quarterly conference and sacrament will follow, with Presiding Elder Hon FE Asbury to preach at 10 p.m. and again Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Evans moves whale sale fruit store to Khopper building
R. J. Evans has relocated his whale sale fruit store to the Khopper building, occupying the first door south of the trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Evans Hast
Whale Sale Fruit
Khopper
Traatds
Evans Brothers Wholesale Store Opens in City
Mrs. Rosei Evans, mother of Mr. Evans, and brother Gr. Evans relocate from Indianapolis this week. Wil Duy holds a half interest as the Evans Brothers business goes into operation in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Rosei Evans
ACJACK THE PEEPERS IN TORTAGATE NEIGHBORHOOD
Residents on east Walnut in Tortagate report a night stalker calling himself Jack the Peepers. Three incidents last week saw a youth peering through windows during late hours, including a near midnight encounter with a woman indoors. Neighbors monitor the area hoping to trap the intruder, who is described as a feebleminded Worthless fellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Walnut
Opus
Asaung
Borhood
Horticulturist challenges San Jose scale theory in Gibson County
Eyre Wilkinson of Princeton argues the San Jose scale is not the cause of tree illness but a result of diseased and defective trees. He urges removing affected trees to protect healthy orchards and cites practical orchard tests in Gibson County.
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Gibson County
Eyre Wilkinson
Princeton
Tle
Boonshow Hardware Company Chartered in Petersburg
The Boonshow Hardware company of Petersburg has been incorporated with capital stock of 1 Savo. Directors include Charles 2. Boonshot, director of Peoples National Bank, James s. Boonshot, and Larentis L. Dessing.
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Boonshow Hardware Company
Petersburg
Charles 2. Boonshot
Peoples National Bank
This Wits
James S. Boonshot
Larentis L. Dessing
List of Letters Remaining at Washington Post Office
The notice lists letters remaining at the Washington post office for the week ending January 1. Names include Mrs. Mary Holder and Miss A ree n Fe 1 Men oJ Ho More, with others likely misread. One cent will be charged for each advertised item. Edward Fay, Post Office.
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Washington Post
Mary Uolder
John Shayp
Edward
Faye
Lavelle Died After Short Illness at Wall Sanitarium
James Cy Lavelle, longtime Terre Haute Brewing Co. agent and local auditor, died at Wall Sanitarium after a brief asthma and heart complication. Born in Barr township, he served as county auditor, married Mattie Thompson, and was noted for generosity and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cy Lavelle
Wall
Aleath
Laevelle
Lavelie
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Mr. Lavelle
Michael Lavelle
Barr Township
Lavelle
Carunnetburgh
Indiana University
Notre Dame College
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Thomas J. Lavelle
Mattie Thompson
Ephthiam Thomson
Besse Lavelle
Daviess County
St Simon's Church
Ancient
Order of Hiberniana
Thomas
Michael
Miss Bessie
Alien Care Tete
Blind Woman Saved From Fire At Patton Home
A fire destroyed the home of Robert Patton in Or well due to a defective flue. The blind mother of Mr Patton, an elderly woman, was unconscious inside until neighbors found her and rescued her with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Patton
Orwell
Mr. Patton
Shot in the Foot Near Mt. Vernon
Will Woods, a young man living near Mt. Vernon, dropped a 41-caliber revolver Sunday night. The weapon exploded and the ball passed through his right foot. WW D Cramp Jr transported him to Hayden's sanitarium in Evansville for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Woods
Mt. Vernon
D. Cramp, Jr
Hayden
Evansville
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Republican County
Heather Townships
Martin Cahill
Richard McDonald
Lou C. Harris
George Hunter
James L. Cropp
Steele Township
Charles Banta
Samuel Bush
B. F. Corlett
John Bilanford
Reeve Township
W. E. Blagrave
J.T. Hornady
W. McCord
Ww. S. Gootee
van Buren Township
Henry” Denton
Henry Lefrit
Edward Wilson
Smith
Julius
Bogard Township
D. J. Myers
D. R. Carter
Henry’ Ritter
Frank Eaton
Madison Township
George
Abraham
Edgar T. Laughlin
D. W. Hayes
Alonzo Caughy
First Precinct
Joseph Statts
8. C. Guthrie
O. C. Correll
Veale Township
John M. Baker
Theon Gaither
Ned Fitzgerald
Thomas Singleton
Harisouw Township
Jacob G. Clark
Thomas Lam
Walter Smoot
Elmora Township
Edgar Pershing
John Caress
William, Moore
T. M. Nugent
Republican County Committee
Court House
Josiah G. Allen
Hillary C. Truelove
Harrison Township
Tucker
Law
Fan
Brongeie
Giliz
M.W. and
RSON
Wes AW
Ldaon
Be, Viller, de” R
Cilaney
Bedford Man Short
Him
Hite
Warks
James Watson
Rushville
Watson
Virgil Tevis
Upi
Tau
With
Pam
Mit
Has
California
Jindse
James Whitcomb Riley
Evans
Acjack the Peepers
Boonshot
James C. Lavelle
Wiliam Bruner
Mr. Bruner
Bruner
State Road
Charles Bruner
George Bruner
Wie Sam Sinclair
East van Trees Street
George Driner
South Washington
Pressley Bruner
St. Louis
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