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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
7
A damaged ad notes low sale prices on fabrics and linens including India Linens, white waistings, and sheer cloth. It promises low prices to clear stock and includes hints of French and German inserts and collars and cuffs. The wording is fragmentary but centers on discounted yardage for various linens.
A local store advertises a clearance sale on wash goods including organdie, batiste, mousseline, gingham, and silk moussine. Items list yard prices slashed to a fraction of their worth with sale prices as low as 2 to 12 cents per yard. Shoppers urged to buy now before stock runs out.
It is not profit driven but a rush to clear stock. Ladies plain black hose at 12c per pair, infant silk lisle hose in pink red and white at 18c, Cadet hose for misses at 25c, one pair guaranteed with easy return, men’s plain black full fashioned hose at 19c.
A fragment notes carpet and wallpaper items priced at 2.25 per pair with prior price 65e each, indicating a discount or sale context in a department store setting.
County commissioners rejected all bids for the courthouse roof and repairs after ads and posting improper. Vanhoy & Son lower bid than Ramsey won initially but exceeded the $7,000 appropriation, prompting re evaluation. Officials must correct advertisement methods and await September bids while weather could affect completion.
Jimmie Riley, assistant chief of the Washington fire department, married Elizabeth Lewis in a quiet Wednesday ceremony at St Johns Episcopal Church. The couple’s nuptials were conducted by Rev. C. R. Hodge with only a few witnesses including the groom’s brother Owen Riley and Miss Lora Mandabach. Elizabeth, born in England and daughter of game keeper John Lewis of Stafford, has been living with the Cabelli family on Bedford Road.
Zack Jones, a merchant with a farm of over 300 acres three miles northeast of the city, has never hunted or eaten game there in his years on the land. This month a game warden visited and hunted squirrels served at the Jones table, revealing Jones’ long refusal to hunt despite others having permits to shoot on his land. He spends each day in town and reserves Sundays at home.
An aged rich man muses on courting a young beauty who rebuffs with a sly remark about his age and her desire for someone younger. The dialogue hints at a comic clash of desire and vanity in a bygone social scene.
West Washington baseball hosts a Wheat Land opponent Sunday at the west end ball park with first pitch at 3:00 PM.
Matthew To liver surrendered to authorities in Evansville after being accused of killing William Ozbey at a grave near the city on the Fourth during a camp meeting. The incident occurred while two men were at a gathering, prompting police involvement.
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