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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
5
A farm accident near Fordsville injures Will McCord of Beevy Township. While driving a self-binder, the machinery tangled, ejecting him under the heavy drive wheel. He suffered severe bruises and cuts, but his life was saved by quick action as the horses broke free before the machine rolled over him.
Fragmented notes describe widespread sufferers of chronic throat and lung troubles. Mentions age eighteen and references to regomme ded regimens and con erase hay cei conte in unclear prose. Names and specifics are unreadable.
Local items report an inspection meeting for I. I. N. G. members, a Montgomery marriage in Indianapolis, a Bicknell Red Men picnic with balloon ascensions, and updates on residents including strokes, surgeries, and legal issues. Reports cover Indiana agricultural expansion in the Rio Grande valley and new irrigation investments.
Twenty years after drainage and irrigation boosted prairie rice in Louisiana land values jumped from twenty five cents to one hundred dollars an acre. The spread reached Texas and Arkansas where Arkansas spent about six hundred thousand dollars on pumps and engines for prairie rice. Since 1905 Arkansas rice acreage grew from 46,000? to 67,400 bushels, nearing South Carolina’s output. Arkansas led in yield in 1905 and 1907 with high bushel-per-acre figures and remained among top producers into 1908.
The piece reflects on death as nearly as natural as living and describes the dying process. It cites fever delirium, intoxication, brain degeneration, and old age as contexts where final moments may differ in mood and perception.
The text describes a mix of patients in hospital and out among rich and poor, young and old, including professionals and a blasphemer. It notes the main actor at the last moment was not conscious and occasional conscious cheerfulness is rare amid terminal torture.
In Columbus on June 25 a court heard how Cordia Whitesides daughter of John and Mrs. Jump used local newspaper personals to prove she was in Columbus rather than Paducah when a Paducah physician claimed to have treated her. Clippings showed she was present here during alleged visits. The judge ruled against her.
A Victorian cautions readers that lingering colds can sap strength and lead to consumption. Foley’s Honey and Tar is touted as a cure for stubborn coughs, urging against untested remedies and noting a sale by Smith and Winton.
In the Daviess circuit court September term 1909 Matilda J Faith v Philip A Spink the plaintiff Faith & Faith files a complaint with an affidavit showing the defendant is not a resident of Indiana and not a necessary party. The defendant must appear on the first Monday of September 1909 at the Washington court house to answer or demur. Clerk WM A Wallace attested.
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