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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1909
Page
5
Jerald Hayes, two years old, drank gasoline from a tin cup on the kitchen table at his home on Eleventh street. Dr A I Donaldson tended the child for hours as he fought the dangerous ingestion before he began to improve on Friday.
Berry sues Charles W. Slinkard and John Fanning of Montgomery in Daviess circuit court for 140 dollars alleging misrepresentation in a horse sale last August. He says the horse was sick, died after three months, and was falsely declared twelve years old though over seventeen. The Montgomery mercantile firm Slinkard & Fanning is named in the complaint filed Friday by Padgett & Padgett.
Claude William Cherry of Elnora and Miss Ethel E Lemonds of Elmore township will marry Sunday July fourth at Odon after obtaining a license Friday morning from deputy clerk Will Walter. Cherry is a merchant and Miss Lemonds is the daughter of farmer William R Lemonds of Elmore township.
For Sale two extra good teams of two-year-old males and one team of three-year-olds. Also available from Joseph Daily Trainor Sqd owl. For Rent a two story seven room house with hall two porches cellar wash house and barn on car line east Van Trees and Eleventa. Phone 4283.
A newspaper blurb touts last summer arrivals of silk and net waist garments with short sleeves at half price. It highlights white, ecru, and black options trimmed with fringe and embellishments, noting comfort and trendy short sleeves.
The Democratic frameup centers on John McCarty with veteran manager John H. Spencer steering a ward race committee sweep. Dr Gers entry unsettles plans as McCarty faces strong third ward council interest from Deve Jones Joe Smeltzer Ed Hunt and Charley Williams amid Republican mayoral hopes for Tom Simp and Underdown as treasurer prospects.
Citizens expect a two day Fourth of July holiday with banks saloons and barber shops adjusting hours. Post office rules run as usual. Terre Haute hosts a large celebration with I N G unit participants leaving for the city. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs sponsor a graveyard picnic at Wilson grave on Portersville road with rides and an afternoon address by Prosecuting Attorney Hastings. Mayor Russell orders police to arrest disturbances Sunday.
Smiley trustee appoints Van Buren township teachers for the 1909 10 term with Agnes Pate Marl Cunningham Louis Dages Manite Dorle and others listed. Discontinued positions include 16 and 9 H H Trueblood tied to high school and primary rooms with J T Sullivan and Walter H Stucky among staff.
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