Trading List Offers Multiple Rural Homes and Land for Exchange
Several properties listed for exchange include a 12 mile out four dwelling complex with 55 acres and an orchard, a 30 acre setup with 2 ½ miles out and timber and fruit trees, a West Main street five room frame dwelling suitable for boarders, and a 15 acre tract near city limits with water features and gardening soil. Each item cites cash equivalents and easy balance terms for city property or larger farms.
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Cam
Trustees Notice to Meet Monthly at Residence
Trustees announce meetings at their residences on the Thursdays of each month to transact township business. Frank Swann of Veale township and R V Cox of Alfordsville Washington Township state their offices and invite residents to bring matters for consideration. The notices specify locations and days for official business.
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Veale Township
Frank Swann
Town notices detail shop on corner with weekly Friday service
Fragmentary notice states a shop at the corner of east Fourth and Main streets will have all business attended to on Fridays. The text references A Waller and Grant Keith as trustee in unclear context.
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Waller’s Sharnes
East Fourth
Poon
Keith
Truste
N. W
Main & G Mill
Center Streets
Washington, Ind
Auto and street car collision shocks town
Bernard Nugent drives a large touring car south on Third street and hits a street car coming from the east. The car is pushed off the track and several glasses are broken but no one is seriously hurt. Nugent’s car sustains little damage and proceeds. The street car crew, led by motor man Bushman, is shaken but nobody is injured.
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Nugent
Andy Math
Bernard Nugent
Auditor Nugent
Tne
Bushman
Monument Unveiled For City Train Dispatcher Homer Chapman
The Woodmen of the World unveiled a monument to Homer Chapman, a noted local train dispatcher who died last winter. The Washington camp led the ceremony with an impressive program, a special train car transport, music by Red Mitchell, and an address by W. E. Cady of South Bend.
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Homer Chappian
Mitchell
Washington
Chapman
Bix
Enim
Thade
W. E. Cady
South Bend
Will Build an Addition at St Simons Academy
Plans call for extensive improvements at St Simons Academy this summer. An old iframe building adjoining the brick structure will be torn down and replaced by a handsome brick addition with other salvor improvements. Estimated cost about $10,000 to begin remodeling soon.
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St. Simons Academy
Oil well on Harlan Kays farm shocks Monroe field
Spotted field activity in Oakland City region with Rogers-Belsa Co drilling on Harlan Kays farm section 26 Monroe Township yielding an oil flow, two pays in sand, and a 300 foot oil column. Nearby gas showings on P English farm and John McQueary farm indicate a mixed pocket field and cautious operator sentiment grows.
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Oakland City
Harlan Kays
Monroe Towship
Rogers-Belsa Company
Great Kays Gasser
P. English
Monroe Township
Olendorf & Co
Mt. Carmel
Olendorf,& Co
John McQueary
Afonroe Township
Commodore Hitchin
Kars
Thompson & Knox
Cheney
Michael Murphy & Co
Coe
Byron Brothers & Murphy
Henning
Monroe’ S
Onalo Oil Company
Prentics
Wiiks
John Markham
John Bowel
Barton Township
Gibson County
Walter McLaughlin
Explosion at Well Boiler Causes $500 Loss
Men working at the well boiler when the explosion hit. no injuries reported. Loss estimated at about $500.
Shootings at Indianapolis leaves Frank McCord wounded
Frank McCord twenty four of 3349 North Capitol avenue was shot by Charles Starkey a farm hand employed by William Haverstick after a dispute over five cents for shelter in the Haverstick grove Sunday afternoon. McCord was taken to Methodist hospital and Starkey was arrested by Town Marshal Metzger.
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis
Frank McCord
Daviess County
North Capitol Avenue
Charles Starkey
William Haverstick
Broad Ripple
Starkey
McCord
Haverstick Grove
T. N. Bennett
Methodist Hospital
A. M. Ragsdale & Co
Leo
Bennett
Metzger
Haverstick
Florian McCord
Alfordsville
Belle McCord
Deaconess Hospital
Saloons Thrive Then Decline Amid Prohibition Pressure
Washington reports a wave of saloon closures under the option law, with four remaining and patrols posted at Sundays. Business has fallen from about $10 daily to under $200 weekly, as former saloon keepers convert to soft drink houses while courts weigh the law.
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Washinrton
Indianapoke c Star
Sunsday
Washington
Potlde
Lucian L. Corning
Thas
Southwestern’ Railroad
Matin Street
L& Jp
Bartehdore
Folgere
Alza
Te Np
Saong
Robert Russell
Aga
Patton HP
Court House
Corning
Daviess
Poplar
Terrier Goes Mad as Fox Terrier Attacks Nearby
A fox terrier owned by Mrs Hastings was seized by a fit on a country road area Sunday afternoon, showing hydrophobia symptoms. The dog snarled and posed a danger until a farmer shot it in a farm yard after it startled bystanders. No evidence of further bites was reported.
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Attogavy Hastings
Plucky Driver Controls Frightened Horse
Mrs. Joe Scott was driving a wagon when her horse ran off between 5 and 6 Sunday afternoon. She kept to the left, guided the frightened animal to the center and then to the south side where newly laid gravel helped bring the horse to a stop without damage.
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Joe Scott
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