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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1909
Page
6
Dr. O C Fairhurst will be at the Hyatt Hotel in Washington Indiana on Monday July 19 1909 to consult with sick people seeking advice. Consultation free.
Mrs John Bradford, once gravely ill from heart failure, shows marked improvement today as doctors report her condition stabilizing and responding to treatment.
Trading list details buy and exchange offers for rural and city properties. Items include ighty acres with frame dwelling two houses barn well and orchard for 1200 to 1000 city property. thirty acres with dwelling and outbuildings and fruit trees. eight room Main Street frame dwelling suitable for roomers. fifteen acres near city with barn pond water and sand soil for gardening. forty acres southeast of Shoals with timber valued at 159 and exchange options to Washington or Montgomery properties.
Indiana state zoologist W S Blatchley fights the State Printing Board over publishing 8000 annual reports from the geological department, arguing demand and maps will be lost if only 4000 copies are produced. The board insists on cutting costs and limits print runs, prompting Blatchley to plead for the larger edition.
James Waile Emison Thomas J Adams and John W Emison of Vincennes along with Joseph H Barr of Bruceville traveled to Washington to negotiate a sale of 20000 bushels of corn for August delivery with a Henderson Kentucky company representative. Price 72 cents per bushel delivered on the cars totaling 400? The traders hold about 60000 bushels including farmed and purchased stock.
A damaged OCR note reports a delegate from Washington named Wilk pita Gibbon aboard a fast train near Rand Junction Col Saturday morning. The fragment mentions injury and presumed involvement but is unclear.
A pro Republican forecast argues that Democratic claims of party split are overstated. It notes past defeats of Marshall and others, urges unity, organization, and mobilization from precincts to a state level, insisting harmony will grow and that Republicans must seize the 1910 campaign with solid party loyalty.
A train carrying southern Indiana Elks crashed leaving three dead and three seriously injured. Many passengers sustained serious injuries while others escaped with lesser harm. The accident disrupted travel as responders worked at the scene.
A state insanity commission found Cordelia Carrington not insane and fit for release. Doctors cited severe nervous strain from losing custody of her child in St Louis. Legal steps may pursue possession of the infant by Carrington's former guardians.
Peter the bay draft horse owned by John Peltz collapsed after swallowing a rat during oats feeding Monday night. Surgeons removed the rat piece by piece in a throat operation, but the horse died two hours later from complications and blood poisoning. Veterinary findings suggest the rat was alive when swallowed, wedged in the throat amid prolonged agony.
Notices list trustees Frank Swann in Veale Township and R W Cox in Reeve Township who will hold office at their residences or local offices on specified Thursdays and Saturdays to transact township business. Grant Keith noted as trustee with weekly Friday poor business hours.
Mrs Edward Shirey wife of a former Loogoo tee merchant died in Indianapolis Saturday from effects of gall bladder operation. Funeral rites will be held tomorrow at Zootee.
The state summons non residents in a Daviess county real estate action filed by Merrit Gringpte against David L Gris more et al for title reform and description correction. Defendants must appear by September 1909 to answer or plead at the Daviess circuit court, Washington, Indiana. Clerk WM A Wallace certifies the notice. Gardiner Tharp & Gardiner Hastings Allen & Hastings, attorneys for plaintiffs.
The Daviess County Indiana Board of Commissioners will on Monday August 2 1909 at 10 pm in the auditor's office Washington let a contract for graveling a road petitioned by Thomas B Graham et al Plans and specifications and bidding will follow the road letting laws.
The auditor Thomas Nugent signs and seals official documents at the county seat in Washington Indiana on July 9 1909. The statement confirms the auditor’s office has files on record.
Indiana notice to non residents in Daviess county for Cora E Gray versus Harvey Gray. Defendant absconded unknown residence. Plaintiff’s lawyers Hastings Allen Hastings and T D Slimp file complaint with affidavit of absent defendant and diligence. Next term opens September first 1909 at Washington court. Clerk M A Wallace signs.
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