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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1910
Page
2
The Evansville Democratic scene centers on Governor Marshall and a disputed presidential endorsement, with factions blaming Tom Taggart’s allies for the omission. The piece lists teacher appointments and staff changes in area schools including Odon and Loogootee, noting Lois Hastings as English instructor and ongoing vacancies in high schools.
A sharp electrical storm struck the Walnut street school tower on Friday, sending fire through third floor openings and damaging tiled shingles. City officials and janitor Lawrence McGinnis were inside as firefighters subdued the blaze with Babco’s extinguishers. No injuries reported, crowd dispersed after the fire was out.
The school board completed the teacher roster for the 1910 11 term after a long Friday session. Superintendent W F Axtell will lead the district. Names include Mary Alkman Harriett Cook Edith Nottingham W Dennigan Katherine Foster Jane Fish James Gilley Cora Pointer Mary Harward Pansy Harwell Carrie Myers Mary McGravell Bary McGehee Sherman Hermon O’Donald Ophelia Roddick Jessie Sanford Pauline Sanford Jos tine Sanford Mrs Mary Shirley and others.
A compact note explains the origin of dog days in July from Roman and Saxon timekeeping, noting Quintilis, changes by Romulus and Numa, and Julius Caesar’s influence. It describes Canicula’s misaligned rising with the sun, the heat of midsummer, and lingering superstition about heat, disease, and Frost, with a nod to enduring popular usage.
Webb Crecelius employed by T. Taggart at West Baden was arrested Monday on East Main Street by Captain Will Kermode for carrying a loaded .38 revolver. He pleaded guilty, fined $15 total with costs, the weapon to be destroyed by the sheriff. A prior quarrel with W. Montgomery occurred moments before the arrest, with conflicting accounts of a drawn weapon.
Announcement Friday disclosed a plan to merge Mercantile National Bank of Evansville with Mercantile Trust and Savings Company of Evansville. The new corporation will operate with assets around 1.5 million dollars.
Senator Beveridge returns from Washington to Tandianapolis praising the session as fruitful. He highlights the railroad, statehood for Mexico and Arizona, postal savings bank, tariff investigation provisions, conservation, and the mines bureau as key achievements, while urging continued reforms and expansion of the campaign publicity bill.
Residents planned to attend an evening program as bank reports to the county board show Daviess County banks held a combined 1,510,041.02 in deposits on March 1. The 1909 total was 1,274,205.96, marking a rise of 155,855.06. State Bank opened since 1909 and was excluded from that year’s total. Tax assessments will be based on 80 percent of capital and surplus for all but three banks, which face 75 percent.
At a local Ancient Order of Ibernians meeting the Washington division announced delegates to the state convention in Terre Haute this August. Charles A. Kidwell, John A. Sinnott, Co. J. Ward, John F. Crane, and others were named with alternates. The Montgomery division will supply area board members and delegates, with Keiths and alternates. Kidwell seeks reelection amid some opposition as he prepares to attend the national meeting in Portland, Oregon.
E G Owens who ran a flour feed and grain business at East Main Street Washington sold personal property Friday to Wood Hefty of Bosslites Green Missouri for $2000 cash. Hefty, an experienced merchant from Bowling Green, will take over the business and occupy the Owens property on South Street. Owens will relocate, likely to central Oregon, and his family plans a northern summer while he seeks a new location.
Seven township trustees appeared at the county auditor's office Monday to collect amounts due from the June distribution. Trustees in the southern townships arranged to receive their funds by mail.
Forty applicants for teachers' licenses took the regular monthly examination at the office of Ben Burris, county superintendent, on Saturday.
Princeton will welcome artists teachers and visitors for a week long music teachers convention. The town will display flags busts of eminent composers and virtuosos in stores and public buildings. A silk ribbon pendant medallion souvenir honors Hadyn and hospitality. Notables include David Bishwa m Emeliana Ranaud Johannes Miersh Frank Croxton Harrison M Wild John D Sample Leroy Schwab Mary Elliott Heness Pp Marinus Paulsen Agnes Kimball Leon Sampaix Earl P Parks Katherine Bauer and others.
Music lovers enjoyed two Tuesday recitals as pupils of Mrs. Libble Haskett performed at the First Christian church and Mrs. J A Sherman showcased art and piano work at Peoples hall. The programs drew large audiences with strong applause and featured an oil and watercolor exhibit by Mrs. Sherman and her students Kizzie Ambles and Eva Burriss. A Wheatland church recital by Haskett's piano pupils is planned for Thursday.
A heated city discussion features Mayor Jenn W McCa. endorsing automobiles for pleasure and commercial use while Frank Jarvis and others argue the charm of horse travel persists. The exchange highlights a shift in public transit sentiment and personal preference.
Joan Buckley, driver in the central fire department, denied that Buckley resigned after a rift with the fire chief Saturday afternoon. Buckley remained at work and told a reporter he had not resigned. The quarrel reportedly centered on Buckley tapping out horses for friends to watch them work when the alarm sounded.
The M. J. Carnahan company sold Buick automobiles to Lark Davis and Lou Billings last week. Davis and Will Vance drove to Indianapolis and returned to the city with the cars arriving Saturday night. Billing’s vehicle is a royal blue number 10 tonneau four-passenger car with pearl running seats. Davis’s car is a number 1 surrey body four-passenger model.
After an affidavit alleging desertion by his Washington township wife, John Potter was arrested by Sheriff Fielding Colbert. He appeared before the mayor and was sent to the circuit court. With no bond, he remains jailed, claiming his wife has made life miserable and that he would choose imprisonment over living with her.
The piece argues over why Kern prostrated himself at French Lick before Senator Shively and speculates on bribery claims. It cites a Washington Herald view and hints at a Detroit Fairbanks-Taggart alliance to manipulate the Indiana Senate race.
Mayor McCarty issues a safe and sane Fourth of July proclamation prohibiting cannon crackers giant fire crackers and revolver discharges on city streets. Police will enforce the ordinance and arrest offenders. the council directs police to prevent dangerous fireworks during celebrations.
Third Vice President Potter of the B. and O. railroad announces promotions and changes tied to the southwest division’s consolidation with the main line and the removal of the road’s general offices from Cincinnati as forecast in The Herald last week.
Ira Potts, 2 machinists' helper, was overcome by heat in the shops Monday night while working on an engine. He was found unconscious in the pit, a physician called, and he was transported home by ambulance.
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