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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
2
Hatfield and Paine or Hatfield & Pahuer Co. tout the New Century Cultivator as a breakthrough in 1911. They claim 70 000 units distributed nationwide and report a near carload initial sale. The dealer asserts its simple design outperforms arid style cultivators and invites customers to test the New Century on offer.
Local notes from Cornettstown report many visits by residents to Plainville Washington and Elnora. A few names appear including Seth Myers Ward Williams and Clyde Chandler. Children’s day services are noted along with a lightning incident at Willard Isenogle’s home and a court ruling on death by own action involving Modern Woodmen of America.
Local store advertises men’s shirts priced from 20 cents to 89 cents. The promotion covers fancy dress shirts and durable work shirts with broad selection.
Two hundred citizens of Palestine Indiana petition Sullivan county to prosecute alleged illicit liquor sales at Bright Light village across the river. Governor Marshall forwards the charge after referral from Governor Deneen and urges grand jury questioning of local officers and dealers.
In Evansville on June 93 Frank Hall, 21, was arrested for passing counterfeit $1 bills for $10 and attempting to procure funds for a wedding. He claimed dire need for money and was to be married the previous night.
Laura Drury employed at the north city home of Tom Van Trees was taken by ambulance to her father Wash Drury’s residence Wednesday afternoon due to acute indigestion.
The Cottony Maple Scale targets maples especially soft maples and also elm. It hibernates on twigs, lays eggs in May and June, and cottony masses form on twigs. Dormant-season spraying with a prepared fine sulfur solution is recommended to control the pest.
The state supreme court reversed Wednesday the murder in the first degree verdicts against John Stout and Herman Miller related to the Shir ley City saloon shooting. It cited error in admitting testimony about bloodhound evidence and Miller’s alibi. The court left open future review of bloodhound admissibility while upholding rejection of the contested bloodhound testimony.
Irrigation proves a confirmed success transforming arid land into productive farms. It lowers flood risks and boosts land values while enabling investors to profit from large crops. It concentrates farming on smaller tracts, creates farm villages with electrification and services, and reduces loneliness without overcrowding.
Mrs Florence Abbott aged 58 sister of Judge Ely of Petersburg died Wednesday in Kansas City following a surgical operation. She was once a well known figure in Spencer County.
A letter from Congressman W A Cullop to Mayor J W McCarty states a public buildings bill includes a 10000 dollar appropriation for a site in Washington, with 380000 for the building to follow and estimates showing a 50900 dollar construction cost and 10600 for the site. Cullop notes efforts in Congress to secure both a site and the project, promising swift action once treasury plans are aligned. The dated letter is June 19.
Burton Cassaday of West Terre Haute, president of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association, told the Seventy ninth annual meeting in Indianapolis that booze dispensing and cut-rate practices are parasites harming the profession. He urged druggists to engage in politics to enact laws placing pharmacists in law enforcement rather than aiding violators.
The Rev Z T Sweeney long time state fish and game commissioner in Columbus has burned one mile of seines. He notes many nets were confiscated over the years and stored without court orders to destroy them. Upon retirement he burned the stock before turning office to George W Miles the new commissioner ordered disposal. Some nets had been used in the Ohio and Wabash rivers and were valuable.
The Indiana railroad commission issued an order directing railroads to maintain bulletin boards for train arrivals after learning that steam Toads were ignoring the law. The action seeks conformity with statutory requirements.
The commission reports complaints that many stations have dirty and defaced blackboards with barely legible writing. In several cases agents neglect to mark the train arrival times at all, prompting concern over schedule notice.
Republican auditor nominee John E. Reed touts an exceptional memory noting events from infancy in 1860 and 1862 in Virginia and an uncle shot by Confederate cavalry. He claims to remember faces and names well and avoids spreading notes or promises.
Observers note his firm grasp and hearty greeting as he greets visitors by name. Those who know Reed praise a memory sharpened by wartime service, forming the basis of an enduring political persona.
In honor of Miss Maud Bishop a high school graduate of 1907, former classmates held a park picnic and supper at the city park. Attendees included Misses Kate Brown Louise Thomas Louis Heinekamp Marguerite Sable Edna Welson Bertha Price Henrietta Bertman Jelda Boxseer Cloe Summers and Mrs E E Hale. Miss Bishop had resided here before moving to Chicago.
Andrew Gill traveled to Clinton on Wednesday afternoon to accept a civil engineer position with the Crown Hill Coal company, marking a new chapter in his career.
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