New Washington council passes four ordinances under emergency
The second meeting of the new common council at city hall introduced four ordinances. Three were passed under emergency measures for immediate effect. one awaits regular readings. The session disbanded after routine business and claims were approved. Council discussed city hall improvements and potential rental costs to support added offices. J W Ramsey, the Republican in the First ward, turned seventy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Mearty
Hoddinott
OW. H. Anderson & Co
Cabel & Kauffman
R. W W. Willeford
Jesse Goshorn
S. A. Ward
L Woodward
J.W. Feagane
Committee
New City Health Board
Henry Gers
Ernest Hollingsworth
L. H. Creager
Rport
Allen
Hugo McKernan
City Hall
Feagans
City of
Washington
Electric Works Committee
Nim
Jones
Reister
Ramsey
Hindher Manufacturing Company of
J. W. Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Garrard County
Kentucky
Leonard Fornwald
New State Bank
Married in Covington and in Covington Ohio
Saturday reports of secret marriages surfaced as Harry Smith and Irene Howard left for Cincinnati. A telegram to Mrs Smith declared Just married after a Covington ceremony. The couple, sweethearts for years, were joined in Covington Kentucky and are now in Cincinnati.
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Covington
Harry
Coaster’) Smith
Irene Howard
Cincinnati
F. J. Smith
B. O. Southwestern
MlEN IS HOME. Hotelman Joe Molen Returns From Felicity
Joe Molen proprietor of the New Meredith hotel in southern Indiana arrived home Wednesday morning from Felicity Ohio after learning his mother was critically ill. En route he faced a footpad attack in Cincinnati that left his head bandaged. He was treated at a Cincinnati hospital for two days before continuing to Felicity, where his mother’s condition improved.
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Mlen
Joe Molen
New Meredith
Indiana
Felicity
Mr. Molen
Queen City
Pneumonia Afflicts Child Of Washington Township
A young child of Robert Crane of Washington township is ill with pneumonia.
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Robert Crane
Washington Township
Indiana Senate Fight Looms As Parties Aim For Control
Indianapolis Jan 26 Candidates for Indiana's legislature push to the fore across counties amid GOP losses and Democrat momentum. Beridge leads Republicans seeking a straight party vote while Thomas Taggart and the Democrats organize to hold the governorships, win a possible senate seat alongside Shively, and leverage liberal Republicans. Senate holdovers and battleground districts set the stage for a tight 1909-1911 contest with 26 seats to be filled and a split pattern of expected pickups.
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Indianapolis
United States
Beveridge
Senate
Shively
Thomas Taggart
Marshall
Indiana
Taggart
Democratic State Committee
Noldever
Senaator Beveridge
Switzerland
Knox and Sullivan
Huntington
Whitley
Dearborn
Franklin
Ohio
Lawrence
Martin
Orange
Spencer
Vanderburg
Warrick
Allen
Blackford
Grant
Wells
Bartholomew
Decatur
Floyd
Harrison
Benton
Tippecanoe
Clark
Jennings
Scott
Lake
Porter
Jay
Randolph
Union
Wayne
Henry
Madison
Hawami
Miami
Crawford
Dubois
Perry
Knox
Sullivan
Marion
St. Joseph
Gibson
Posey
Greene
Monroe
Qwen
Cass
Pulaski
Daviess
Pike
Montgomery
Parke
Jefferson
Hemenway
Fairbanks
Senator Snively
Pike and Daviess
Daviess County
Pike and
Tae Herald
Poultry Show Promoters Laud Fine Display Yet Note Gaps
The Daviess county poultry show drew praise for its fine bird exhibit but highlighted missing valuable breeds. Observers suggest lessons from the first event to improve the next show and breeding season. The Asiatic Cochin family was not represented among the many breeds on display.
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Daviess County
Joarney
Poultry Breeding Calls For Pure Strains At Show
The article urges poultry breeders to stop mixing breeds and focus on pure lines. It highlights valuable Asiatics, Dark Branch, Brown Leghorn, Minorca, and Mediteraneans, advocating exclusive breeders to raise high quality stock for shows and egg production, ensuring a crowded show ring with standards kept.
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Minorca
Proper portioning of meals for mind and body balance
The text quotes Franklin urging exact, personalized eating. It stresses measuring food to suit digestion, avoiding excess, and eating for necessity, not pleasure. It notes youth, age, and sickness alter needs and links appetite control to vigor and knowledge of God’s works.
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Benjamin Franklin
Birth returns questioned as births go unregistered
The Indiana health officials report carelessness by some physicians in failing to file birth returns. Dr. George H. Van Kirk of Kentland was fined ten dollars and costs for neglecting to report a birth. County health commissioner Dr. A I Donaldson notes most Daviess county doctors comply, but urges every birth be recorded in the health office register.
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Board of Health
A. I. Donaldson
George H. van Kirk
Kentland
Health Board
van Kirk
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Donaldson
Daviess County
Dr. Donaldson
Machinist Injured On Job At Show
Cameron Herrod a machinist at the shows was off duty for a few days after an on duty injury. While at work Monday he and a helper were cutting a bolt when a chisel glanced and struck him above the left eye. A gash required three stitches to close.
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Cameron Herrod
Mr. Herrod
Valin Case Postponed on Missing Witnesses
Prosecution in the Valin liquor case faces postponement as key witnesses vanish. Mayor McCarty grants continuances until next Monday after subpoenas fail for Chester Turner and two Helton boys. Valin, previously convicted for liquor violations and jailed, now awaits trial with defense by Alvin Padgett.
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Chester Turner
Helton
Valin
Alvin Padgett
West Main Street
Portersville Road
Smoodh
Russell
Houghton
Washington
Second and
Main Streets
General Baptist Church
West Washington
Hastings
Fainting Neighbor Reports Smallpox In Bogard Family
Four members of Neelson Brandon’s family near Ryan School in Bogard township have smallpox, with five others showing symptoms. Brandon fainted during a telephone call with Dr. S. L. McPherson, who, with County Health Commissioner Donaldson, visited the home to treat the patients. The illness is believed to have been contracted from Shelbyville visitors who had recently recovered from the disease.
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Neelson Brandon
Ryan School
Bogard Township
McPherson
Brandon
Shelbyville
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Cure for Kidney Bladder Troubles
Simple remedy claims to cure la grippe related kidney and bladder trouble beyond other medicines. It invigorates the system and strengthens kidneys to purge impurities from blood. Backache rheumatism and kidney bladder issues are said to be cured. Sold by Smith Winton.
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Foley
Smith & Winton
Mayor McCarty Officiates First Wedding Ceremony
Mayor McCarty will perform his first marriage ceremony Tuesday evening. He will wed Miss Bertha Horney and Francis E. Avis. Invitations issued last week. The ceremony occurs at the bride elects parents home on southwest First street. Invited guests number sixty five.
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St. Simons Catholic
J. W. Doyle
James P. Flynn
Ella Marie Osmon
B. & O. Southwestern
St. Louis
West Oak Street
Flynn
B. & O. Southwestern Railroad
Bogard Township
Thomas G. Flynn
George Street
George Waller Osman
Charles Osman
Rex Brazelton
Adolph August Squire
Freeman Squire
Washington Township
Alice Ash
I. F. Ash
William A. Wallace
Victor Horney
Southwest -First Street
Bertha
Francis E. Avis
John W. McCarty
Mattie Winterbottom
Charles Connaughton
Mabel Weber
Fransville
Washington
McCarty
Bertha Horney
Southwest First Street
Reverend I. W. Williams Endorses Feelys Kidney Remedy
The Rev. I. W. Williams of Huntington West Virginia reports using Feelys Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and declares Foley's Kidney Remedy lives up to the claims. Sold by Smith & Winton.
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I. W. Williams
Rev
Huntington
W. Va
Feely
Foley
Smith & Winton
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Vigo
Salem D. Clark
M. H. Farrell
L. P. Harlan
Stephen B. Fleming
H. E. Grube
Kosciusko
G. W. Long
Brown
Jackson
M. T. McCarty
Carroll
Clin
Floyd Parks
S. A. Powers
DeKalb
Steuben
R. E. Proctor
Elkhart
W. A. Yearling
Johnson
Shelby
F. C. Tilden
Morgan and
Putnam
Carroll K. McCullough
Madison County
McCullough
T. R. Brady
Fulton
Walas
D. L. Crumpacker
Laporte
Abe Halleck
Jasper
Newton
Starke
White
H. I. Hanna
Boone and
Hendricks
J. J. Higgins
Fountain
Vermillion
Warren
R. K. Kane
Hamilton
Tipton
D. A. Lambert
Delaware
Edgar Durre
E. E. Moore
Fayette
Rush
Hancock
Owen
Gibson and Posey
Howard
Daviess and Pike
Ripley
Boone
Adams
Clay
Parka
Wabash
Lagrange
Clinton
Richard
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
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