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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
8
Bambridge resident Miss May Karney arrives in the city to become engaged to Mrs. William Brennan, with local ceremonies planned.
In our buying focus on underwear and hosiery, boys are kept in mind and well provided for. This season continues our established rule of quality for boys. We quote details from current selections and prices available.
Balbriggan shirts and drawers for boys offered in light cool knit. Shirts feature French necks with silk and pearl buttons and short or long sleeves. Drawers have reinforced bands and double fronts with ankle or knee lengths. Sizes six to sixteen years. Regular 39¢ values for
25¢ union suits for boys in Balbriggan and Poroskan fabrics with elastic knit. Long sleeves and ankle lengths, athletic sleeveless and knee lengths also available. All suits button fully with pearl buttons, various sizes, advertised as “ice box” cool and comfortable.
Advertises silk hair bows for girls with a Stay on fastener guaranteed not to loosen. Claims no retieing needed and lasting as long as ordinary ribbon. Describes 13-4 yards of five inch ribbon per bow in black white and all colors.
An advertisement offers hair bow ribbon sets at 35 cents per yard for all silk stiff hair bow ribbon five to six inches wide. Available colors include white black pink navy brown scarlet and light blue.
Daisy Jones and Pat Conners face arrest and charges after an Italian visitor reports a $40 robbery at the Jones resort. Conners fled, later captured in Petersburg, with authorities noting circumstantial evidence and prior police records. Police report multiple attempted burglaries and drunken disturbances in the area as night patrols stay vigilant.
Washington Home 44 Home Defender of Auretta held a Thursday night meeting and elected officers for the ensuing term Defender Abbie Connaughton and financial secretary Helen Rood among others.
The document lists society officers including secretary C G Colbert recording secretary Lida J Colbert treasurer J L Walters chaplain Eva Richie sergeant at arms Thornton Lounder milk steward Mary E H Mendenhall inside guard Joan Trowbridge outside guard Jacob iCreim pianist Lucy Kendall trustee John H Walters and drill master C G Colbert
A wide heat wave devastates the country, especially the Mississippi valley and eastern states. Washington reports 90 degrees with Louisville 92 and El Paso 98, sparking prostrations and fatalities. Harvests suffer as heat and humidity tax farm work. New York records multiple deaths and dozens of prostrations across heated districts. Severe storms follow the heat, while Ohio sees varied storm activity. Children are urged to be protected during the final hot spell.
Sheriff Colbert receives forms to report to the circuit court and county commissioners. Reports must list prisoners held, sex, age, color, residence, birthplace, date received, offense, trial status, discharge date and order, days detained and board cost. The presiding judge must review and order releases for unlawfully confined prisoners.
Notice from state auditor Thomas Nugent advising that all school fund loans are past due and must be paid or renewed at once. Also an agricultural and market section noting sale of pure brown Leghorn roosters, a produce market offering cash for items, and special prices on seeds, potatoes, onions, and fruits.
The sheriff and county commissioners must file quarterly reports on jail conditions and needed repairs, kept by the county auditor as public records. The county commissioners must inspect the jail quarterly. Sheriff Colbert will not submit his first report to Judge Houghton until the September court term.
W W McCarty a salesman at Cabel and Kauffman stores purchased land from W L Jackson on northeast First Street between Walnut and Herron streets. He plans a large enlargement and remodel before occupying the property. A tropical heat wave with nubid atmosphere caused discomfort downtown. The bank assessment rate is expected to be eighty cents on the dollar again. Frank McCord, shot at Indianapolis, is reported improving after abdominal wound.
Farmers in Viess county note rising wheat prices with shocks valued at a dollar per bushel and standing grain near harvest. With no heavy rains expected, fields will shift from grain to shocks as harvesting accelerates, while plowing lags behind weed growth and corn remains dominant.
Edward Bennett, driver for Walker and Norriy Milling Co, was bitten twice by a vicious dog Thursday while delivering flour. He had just left the wagon and was closing a screen door when the dog on the porch sprang and bit his left wrist and heel. The dog showed no signs of rabies and Bennett is not alarmed by the injuries.
Blytheville Ark June 25 Besale Mc Veiga a young society girl of Osceola may lose her son after a garter snake bite she trapped the reptile in a garden to skin for a garter buckle. She had believed garter snake bites were harmless.
A long-ago Bolivian land transfer by feoffment is recounted by a New England lawyer. Instead of a title deed the seller voices transfer as he hands grass to the buyer, with witnesses and a village crowd present. The ceremony ends with the purchaser’s possession recognized by notary and prefect.
Smithsonian report recounts a Spanish colonial era Arizona episode where villagers threaten the Supreme Creator to bring rain. The decree outlines eight day periods with consequences ranging from burning churches to beheading priests and saints if rain fails. The note highlights colonial religious coercion and ritual mockery.
A Cheyenne shopkeeper recalls a gray haired tall man in a soft felt hat seeking to dye it to match his hair. The man balks at the suggested one dollar, claiming he can have his hair dyed to match the hat for a quarter.
Excharge quotes a defendant claiming no burglary occurred as multiple alleged factors are dismissed. The speaker argues the scene involved unlocked doors, no alarm, no guard dog, and no steel traps, concluding it is merely finding chickens.
A condensed excerpt reflects London Punch noting that many men reach the afternoon hour unmarried, hoping for a merciful dispensation from ecclesiastical law to avoid marriage that day.
A fragment notes an artyext picture titled Driven to Drink shown at the academy. The excerpt mentions a cab approaching and a watering trough, with hints of dramatic passion in the scene.
A Washington Herald analysis quotes a captain describing army deserters as chronically pursued criminals. Deserters are tagged by law officers nationwide, branded by distinctive looks, and entangled by a nationwide network of rewards and notices.
The St Louis Republic comic vignette captures a blended chorus from the Browns as they unveil the latest infant. The Mother praises the baby’s beauty and speech, the Father riffs on bragging rights, relatives joke about teeth and nerves, and the Grandma worries about spoiling him while the family cat contemplates its future.
A Sicilian duel figure San Malato enters modern life as bandits hold up a coach and summon a lone traveler. From the coach comes a cold voice demanding cloaks and mud not soil the boots as he steps out. The robbers flee with whispers of San Malato.
Readers recall a string of comic exchanges about doctors and pills, as shown in a collage of quotes from London Mall and Puck. The snippets highlight patient doubt, doctor scrutiny, and misfired prescriptions, revealing enduring tension in medical trust.
A Louisville Courier Journal reader recalls a remarkable moment when a streetcar door shut on a woman, describing it as the most remarkable episode they witnessed.
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