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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1870
Page
3
On Wednesday marriage licenses were issued to William Delany and Ellen Kellett. A man named McCafferty from Petersburg won a mail contract. a grand larceny case, taxes, and school fund figures are noted. The Petersburg Press reports local church festivals, temperance meetings, and ongoing county board sessions with various local notices and civic actions.
At a Young America Fire Company meeting in Bott's Holl on June 7, 1870, committees were formed to purchase rubber hose at 97 cents per foot and to solicit subscriptions for cisterns at several city locations. A plan to erect a new educational building and remarks on city education and local prosperity are noted, along with a mishmash of other local items and a brief accident report from the region.
Local items note the Democrat office moved to Gallagher's building opposite the Postoffice. Treated as Wool-Cash ad call by Tagen and Kellenberger for Wool-Cash payments. Bee advertisement promotes Good Health and wool grower advisories. Desbed Johnson and Puliper price claims for corn wheat and wool. Read the Grilled Work feature and see the paper’s notice.
The list records numerous estate transfers including Lewy Ciabed and wife to Benjamin Nollock for 4,000 and Wilcox heirs to Will Rogers for 300. An array of deeds shows parties such as Kathands, Seanviell Cunningham, Hyatt and Darien, and Elian White to George White, with amounts ranging around hundreds to thousands of dollars and dates scattered through the period.
The Gazette editor notes a May production at Rockey Walters & On in which a new mill produced 22875 feet of one inch poplar lumber despite continuous strain. Praise for mill manager Jay Hoover and engineer Levi Ragnarip is recorded, with questions raised about any possible record to surpass this output.
State notes report rail work near Terre Haute completed on Friday and Cambridge City described as a healthy place relative to Henin. Daily production of whiskey is cited. A Evansville woman seeks medical relief for a cough while a Hanover College student Cashman has disappeared mysteriously amid rumors of forged articles under the pen name Mis pah provoking Parisian threats.
An old advertisement-style notice extols a Craig Microscope as inexpensive yet powerful. It claims it can reveal wonders in a drop of liquid and promises instructional value for readers. The item is marketed to families with a focus on education and curiosity, offering samples by mail for 182.73 and noting liberal dealer terms.
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