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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
6
Advertisement from Dodd & Struthers of Des Moines Iowa touts lightning rods as essential to preventing insurance losses, citing high company endorsements and awards. It urges buyers to demand proof, warns against imitations, and promotes Prof Dodd’s book on lightning.
The ad proclaims privileges unseen before in fire insurance and promotes renewing expiring policies with the Newest and Latest Clause policy. It notes the McCord Agency acquisition and markets to Washington Indiana residents with claims of unique features at no extra charge.
News in brief from Marion Worcester and New Albany recounts a Indiana farmer gifting a preacher conscience money after evangelistic services near Bluffton while Worcester reports a Lithuanian church in Worcester installing a cash register to track offerings. The system aims to boost receipts for masses with ten cent admissions and weekly totals near $175, contrasting church books showing $40 to $45 a Sunday. New Albany note follows a farmer plowing along the riverbank near Fre Donis.
M J Carnahan county uncovers a human skeleton with a decayed purse and a few silver geventuring 2.50 gold coins near a rat carcass, suggesting years buried. The report notes further local items from Columbus and Hot Springs and H Hillsaburg murders and a strangest hospital body sale proposal in Washington.
Consul Guenther reports potential new pulp source from ground sugar cane waste at Trinidad. A planter claims an $85,000 paper mill and process promising inexpensive production yielding $24 per ton, with about 1.25 tons of cane making a ton of pulp, suggesting cane could be grown for paper with sugar as profit. Spokane report notes Catholic rector Father Goller opposes radical prohibition, favors a model license law, and urges responsible whiskey sale. Local incidents include a goat damage case in Winsted, a fatal assault in Cattleburg, a double murder execution in Ossining, and a young woman’s criminal notoriety in Mulberry Bend.
A Maine rumor claims white babies were brought to Dr Henry Roland for a kiss cure against whooping cough as locals recall old residents believing kissing can ward illness. Portland reports drenching showers end fires in the Maine woods after weeks of drought and fear for seaside resorts.
Aus tin Jones a bellringer at Harvard University for fifty years and beloved by graduates worldwide lies critically ill following a long career marked by a commemorative mahogany chair. The report notes his service ended last May with faculty honors and a world spanning reputation.
The prisoner, Bryant, is charged with assaulting Miss Marcella Klein, nine, at her apartment house where she lived with an uncle. He entered when she was alone, beat and choked her for about fifteen minutes, and she struggled until she was rendered insensible. Bryant was identified by the girl after arrest.
A Y M C A relay messenger from New York to Chicago sped through Toledo ahead of schedule this morning. He departed via Adrian and South Bend and is expected to reach Chicago by Tuesday noon.
In South Bend on July 19 John Grieser suffered a serious skull fracture and broken nose after a collision with fellow player Jesse Sharp in a ball game. Both men were injured.
In Trenton on July 8 the Third Presbyterian Church of the city will receive 1000 dollars for its organ fund if William Jennings Bryan loses the presidential election. Rev. A. J. Wessely announced the promise from an enthusiastic admirer of the Nebraska candidate.
The probate court permits George Rhodius, a millionaire ward, to be taken to a southern summer resort for one or two months. He will be accompanied by his guardian or nurse. Elma Dare is excluded from the trip, but may visit at her own expense if health or peace of mind requires it.
A duel between Francesco Chiarello and Sabbato Tunicello over a shared beloved left Chiarello fatally wounded, dying, as Tunicello is jailed. The love triangle ends with the girl free to choose a less foolish lover. Reports from Mt Vernon and Danville detail the incidents.
Theodore Cross of this city has been issued a patent for his bag delivery and receiving device. The brief notice confirms the grant and cites the inventor’s residence.
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