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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
1
Obituaries note the death of Knox county Kentucky native farmer Parks Campbell after a weeklong illness near his Dubois county home. Also reported are the death of grocer powered miner Eli Washington in a coal mine accident and the passing of Mrs Jane Burch in Steele township with others named in scattered notices.
Mr Elk a France native who came to the United States young, died in a St. Louis hospital from typhoid fever and pneumonia after illness. He was 39, unmarried, leaving a daughter Mrs Joseph Mangia and a son George Elk. His body was sent to Chillicothe Ohio for burial as funeral party crossed through here Sunday night. Mrs C J Bik joined the funeral party here.
The Reading Circle in Daviess County Iowa Indiana reports higher participation with 458 pupils enrolled in 1907 08 up from 141 the prior year. County Superintendent Burris awarded 36 diplomas to four townships Elmore Madison Steele and Barr for completing the course.
Linton shines in league base ball with strong prominence and growth evident. The town's team led by skilled players and financial support moved ahead as other teams faltered this season. Shelbyville and Pang, Ill., are mentioned as rivals or nearby teams in the standings.
Thelfs first half of the season ends this week with Danville likely awarded the half pen ant. Linton team will be backed by town sports and probably buy a strong squad to challenge.
Passengers in a rear coach near this city on Tuesday night were alarmed when a stove bowl rolling onto the track caused the train to stop. Investigators found the iron piece likely fell from a freight car, causing alarm but no damage or injuries reported.
Walter Pearce of Terre Haute attempted to board a E train Wednesday evening when he slipped and fractured the bone below his right knee. He was treated at Trustee Brown’s office, sent to a local physician for setting and splinting, then given a pass to return home, arriving at noon.
George Milholland of Front Street suffered a peculiarly unlucky accident Monday evening. As he undressed to retire he stepped on a large darning needle whose eye pierced his foot and the point broke off inside. The threaded needle remained intact when removed, and a physician needed to cut flesh to locate it.
Deputy Clerk Walter reports a drop in hunted licenses issued this year up to date. Since the squirrel season began July 1, only twelve licenses have been issued, compared with thirty four by the same date in 1907. The decline is explained by fewer hunters or holders delaying renewals.
Claud Pride, a car repairer, injured his wrist Wednesday afternoon when a fellow worker struck a cracked steel chisel, sending a metal fragment into his right wrist. It required medical removal and Pride will be unable to work for several days.
Willie Clements, carrier for Horrall Brothers and son of John Clements of Sycamore Street, received a five stitch gash on the left side of his forehead after colliding with a wagon wheel late Tuesday afternoon. The injury is not serious.
Drought and light Tuesday rainfall threaten the spring corn crop with a shortage of roasting ears this season. Farmers report minimal moisture and poor yields, portending higher prices and limited supply for consumers.
A decedent, found hanging from a tree near Templeton, Dover, July 15, is sixty years old. A marriage license in his pocket indicates intent to marry his neighbor's sixteen year old daughter, against parental wishes. Authorities investigate motive and identity.
A jumble of brief items details a Marginal crime scene in Wilkes-Barre with Otto Eisler’s court grilling over lies about past arrests, a fatal shooting claim, a naval collision near Canada, and a dynamite scare in New York City. The notices touch on trial reporting, a lynching in Tennessee, and a sensational assault in Beaumont, Texas.
A late July dispatch reports a seven year old boy among suspects shot by J T Smith a contractor after a demand to halt. Other items note store burglary at Miller Brothers with repeated safe openings, a miraculous revival of Peter Frey who rose from death, a star-studded Atlantic passenger list of financiers on the Adriatic, a divorce suit by Maude A Bennett in Denver, a new messaging plan linking New York and Chicago, and wedding notices from Indiana to Moscow.
John W Kern, Indiana lawyer and politician, nominated for vice president at the Democratic National Convention in Denver by acclamation after a rapid shift in support. The Indiana delegation, led by Tom Taggart, aided Kern as a strategic choice to carry Indiana’s electoral vote for Bryan.
Announcement made Wednesday afternoon says Read Bradford Laycock and Miss Lucile Howe of Indianapolis are engaged. The marriage is planned for September. Laycock is the son of TB Laycock formerly of Washington and is well known here.
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