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Newspaper

Washington Gazette

Location

Washington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1909

Page

7

Trustees' Notice Veale Township Schedule

Trustees announce periodic office hours for Veale Township at Franks Swann residence on the second and last Thursdays monthly to transact township business. Additional notices list trustees Cox and Keith with offices in Alfordsville and Washington Township, detailing locations for outreach and meetings.

Veale Township Veale ‘Township Alfordsville Cox Washington Washington Township Jvaller Cordner Keith

Trading List of Rural Properties and Exchanges

Eighty acres near town with 6 room frame dwelling and outbuildings listed for trade against city property, easy terms on balance. Thirty acres two miles out with 4 room dwelling and fruit trees offered for larger farm with difference. Eight room west Main dwelling with gas water porch priced for exchange or farm trade. Fifteen acres near city limits with water features and gardening potential offered for city property or trade. Forty acres southeast of Shoals with timber value to trade for Washington or Montgomery property.

Shoals Ind Washington Montgomery

Pension Bank Scheme Aims to Help Single Women

Boston July 19 report credits Mrs Blendower Evans for promoting a plan where an unmarried woman deposits a portion of her wages in a bank. If she marries before forty she gains a nest egg to start housekeeping, while if she remains single she keeps the banked funds and later receives a proposed annuity from insurance.

Boston Mass Blendower. Evans Bank Areglint Auch Huity Insurance

Blacksnake incident ends with man reclaiming pet snake

In Rising Sun Maryland on August 19 a man fought a five minute battle with a large blacksnake found in Woodlawn. Mrs Shiro Poist reported the creature after it slid from under a fowl and attempted to coil around the bird’s neck before being conquered.

Rising Sun Aguly Shiro Poist Woodlawn

Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Gibbs and Mrs Read

Mrs Raymond Gibbs and Mrs James Read celebrated at Henry Amibles home with a lively dinner for thirty three guests. Rev War ren Alehols delivered an appropriate address.

Raymond Gibbs Free Ee James Read Henry Amiblés Warren Alehols

Narrow Escape From Wreck On Southwestern Train

A passenger train on the Southwestern line ran off a high trestle between Lawrenceville and Beeman Swuch near Washington. The engine and tender left the rails at about 48 miles an hour damaging the track as three coaches shook up passengers. Inspectors blamed a defective rail. wrecking crews restored the line after several hours and trains resumed with delays. Engineer Michael Murphy and conductor Ralph Ingraham were in charge.

Southwestern Washington Beeman Swuch Lawrenceville Rack Washington Weed Michael Murphy West Main Street Ralph Ingraham

New Building Planned for St Johns Parish School

Trustees and pastors of St Johns Catholic church approve a brick two story building on the sisters residence site to ease school crowding. The $4500 project includes two school rooms and a residence with a slate roof. Construction will start next week under Rev Father O Donaghue Father T Cavanaugh and trustees P M Walker T K Shircliff and John F Larkin.

St. Johns’ Catholic Church St. Johns School Loogootee Tribune Sistfs Father O'’Donaghue T. Cavanaugh St. Johns Property P. M. Walker T. K. Shircliff Joon F. Larkin

Widowed fiancé's past shocks young bride to Memphis

Hattie Clark, 19, of Red Cloud Oklahoma says she was misled by a Chicago matrimonial agency into marrying Charles Brock a widower with children in Evansville Indiana. She traveled from New Albany to Memphis to visit her brother after discovering Brock's true situation and her plans changed.

Evansville Ind Hattie Clark Red Cloud Ok New Albany Memphis Senn Chicago Charles Brock East Seventh Street Brock Clark Oklahoma

Unique $50,000 Hat Of One Thousand Dollar Bills

In Gaston Maine July 19 a hat made entirely of one thousand dollar bills is valued at fifty thousand dollars. It is owned by a Portsmouth New Hampshire man and forms part of Joseph F Lamb’s famed collection of curiosities. Lamb runs a Portsmouth hotel. The hat, one of three created in Washington years ago from redeemed bills, was originally owned by a sailor.

Gaston Portmouth N. H Joseph F. Lamb New England Lamb Portsmouth Washington

Young Mattingly Enlists in United States Navy

Routt Mattingly son of Ed Mattingly has enlisted in the U S Navy as a stenographer. He passed the final examination at Vincennes Friday morning and left that afternoon for Norfolk to begin preliminary training aboard a training ship. He previously attended night school and worked briefly as an end clerk at the shops.

Routt Mattingly Ed Mattingly United States Navy Vincennes Norfolks Vay Young Mattingly

Cooper Lad Drowns in County Pond

Herschel Cooper sixteen year old son of Leman Cooper of Odon dies after drowning in a pond on the Dan Hayes farm north of Odon. He and other boys swam after dinner. despite efforts by three physicians and townsfolk to revive him, death occurred from heart trouble suspected to cause the drowning. The body was recovered about a half hour later with little water in the lungs, and the community extends sympathy to the grieving family.

Herschel Cooper Leman Cooper Odon Dan Hayes Ofon Cooper Leeman Cooper Madison Township

Intruder Near Taft Home Spurs Security Shakeup

Boston reports an armed intruder, Albert A. Dudley, near President Taft’s Beverly estate Sunday night. Dudley, claiming unemployment as a gardener, said he planned to appeal to Taft. Secret Service tightens vigilance around the Taft residence amid social envy over a costly gift to Mrs Taft from Countess Von Bernsdorff.

Tapi Boston Hite House Albert A. Dudley Dudley Gardner Taft Taft Residence Secret Service Beverly Taft Cottage Countess von Bernsdorff Tafts

Need More Men and Kids in Evanston Census

Chicago reports Evanston as a growing women’s town with 4,269 more women than men. The 1909 census shows 4,345 boys and 4,620 girls, a loss of 213 children, while overall population rises by 1,097 percent.

Chicago Evanston North Side James A. Patten Lucy Page Gaston

Robbed of $10 000 Package on Burlington Train

A $10,000 package sent by Adams Express from National Bank of the Republic to Second National Bank of Monmouth disappeared from a Burlington line train last week between Galesburg and the station city. Assistant General Agent George Hutchinson and other officials declined to discuss the incident.

Chicago Adams Express Company National Bank of the Republic Second National Bank of Monmouth al Burlington Galesburg Ill George Hutchinson The Express Company

African Lion Escapes Cage During Fiesta Bull Fight

A lion named Ner escaped the central cage and bounded into the crowd in Chihuahua during a fiesta arena event. The unexpected panico caused injuries to several bystanders though no one was hospitalized.

Eipaso Chihuahua

Pair Cannot Live Apart Divorce Granted in White County Court

Bailey McGee and his longtime spouse, after thirty years together, sought a divorce in White County Court. McGee, from Mill Shoals Township, arrived in Carmi for a license filing but was initially refused. Clerk Matthew later granted the license. The couple has five children.

Carmi Bailey McGee White County McGee Mill Snoals Matthew

Escapes After Killing Man in Farm Wagon Tragedy

Evansville reports a July 19 shooting where Alonzo Deeds aged thirty shot and killed E. D. Real and seriously wounded Oliver Bout near Newtonville. Deeds fled on horseback as officers pursue. Real left a widow and three children.

Evansville Alonzo Deeds E. D Real Oliver Newtonville Deeds

Notice to Non-Residents in Daviess Circuit Court

Indiana notice to non residents in Daviess County warns that in the September term 1909 of the Daviess circuit court Merrit Grismore v.s. David L. Grismore et al. seeks to quiet title to real estate in Indiana. Defendants must appear on the first Monday of September 1909 or face proceeding in their absence. Clerk WM A Wallace signs, with attorneys Gardiner Tharp Gardiner Hastings Allen Hastings representing the plaintiff.

State of Indiana Daviess County Daviess Merrit Grismore David L. Grismore John Z.grismore, Jr George Grismore Inh Forest Grismore Aden W. Grismore Mary S. Hoffman Catherine Jackson Rebecca Uttlaer Dregatees Jane Williams John H. Grismore Hijza Smita Aglee Noble Washington WM. A. Wallace Gardiner Tharp &4Gardiner and Hastings, Allen &i Astings Attys

County Commissioners Seal Idea Adopts Official Notice

Seal of the board of county commissioners to be affixed at the county seat to the city of Washington Indiana July 9 1909. Thomas Nugent county auditor Daviess County.

Daviess County Washington Board of Commission County Indiana Auditor's City of Tho B. Graham Board of County Vato Tissioners Union H. Holder Daviess ,County Helen Lucile Nugent Celia Eld Washington, Indiana Union B. Holder

Absentee complaint filed in Daviess County court

The case Cora E Gray versus Harvey Gray, Complaint No. 12362, notes Harvey Gray is unknown and has absented himself. Notice requires him to appear at the Daviess circuit court in Washington on the second day of the next term, starting September 1, 1999, to answer the complaint. Clerk WM. A. Wallace signs the document.

Indiana Daviess County Daviess Iterm Cora E. Gray Harvey Gray Bys Hastings, Allen & Hasteigs A. D Court House Washington Daviess Comn Daviess Circuit Court Geneva E. Summers E. Simmerg Thescourt House WM. AL Wallace Mattingly & Myers

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