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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
2
In Evansville a Be railway passenger agent, W. P. Townsend, notes Vincennes enjoys a natural gas boom and discusses efforts to harness and conserve the supply amid booming production in the Fat Rock fields and Indiana lands.
Mr Blakely announces measures to protect pupils in Indiana schools after the Col Anword tragedy. He orders instructions to inspectors and notes only five inspectors cannot visit all buildings yearly. He cites dangerous features like narrow stairs, interior doors, and limited exits and aims to inspect and reform DOT constructions.
The General Baptist church at West Washington will hold dedicatory services this Sunday. W. P. Dearing of Oakland City College will deliver the sermon, with J. R. Edwards assisting as field secretary of the Home Mission Board. The church is nearing completion and a full program of song scripture prayer and benediction is planned.
The thirty fourth session of the grand chapter Order of Eastern Star of Indiana will convene at the Scottish Rite temple Indianapolis at 10 AM on Wednesday April 22 and continue the next day. Guest of honor include Mrs Ella Simmons Washburn and Mrs Lorraine J Pitkin. A reception for members and friends is planned April 21 in the temple social room. Grand matron is Mrs Nelle D Goodbar Crawfordsville with grand patron W W Grow Danville and grand secretary Mrs Nettle Ransford Indianapolis.
Reports from Jessamine and Madison counties show independent farmers defying night riders and predicting larger tobacco crops. In Caruse Nicholas county the society of equity denies involvement in the Hiram Hedges murder and pledges to support Mrs Hedges and her seven children at a mass meeting where funds will be raised.
In Akron a man named Edward Guerr hired a group to drive a horse and buggy toward the city. The team wandered onto a railroad track and crossed a narrow plank over the trestle. Guerr was locked up pending an investigation as authorities described him as demented.
Relatives gathered in Ellettsville for the funeral of McNeeley who died after a midair strike and fall during a work accident. He married Bertha Marmaduke, daughter of Horace Marmaduke of East Shalout Street.
A Wednesday meeting of the Republican State Committee and the Georgia State Republican League endorses Foraker and plans concurrent two state conventions in Macon to safeguard Georgia Republicans interests. The league criticizes the administration and urges fairminded voters to oppose disfranchisement while urging negro registration.
A Shawnee Oklahoma woman Mary Cup py is alive after being pronounced dead in court. Funeral plans were halted as relatives confirmed she lived until 3 30 Wednesday, about thirty hours after her son died in a county assault case filed as murder.
James E. Rathbun eighty two pioneer settler of Silfziols and friend of Abraham Lincoln died last night at the home of his daughter Mrs Charles W Stiger in Chier He began residence in Illinois in 1849 and was born in Auburn New York in 1806 son of Oscar G Rathbun a New York congressman
A chaotic street brawl leaves Henry Thomps dead after being shot as he raised his glass. Several men collapse and are hospitalized in critical condition, while Lennox is implicated as tensions flare and bystanders fear further violence.
National Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen backs Senator Hemenway’s Tuesday introduction of a bill to require automatic ash-cleaning devices on all locomotives. The device would prevent firemen from going under engines to remove ashes, reducing fatalities when wheels or moving parts pose deadly risks.
A barn on William D. Allens farm north of the city on Plainville road was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon with heavy loss. Goats hay harness and a shed were consumed while corn in an adjacent crib was saved. The blaze began around 2 30 in the afternoon and spread rapidly, aided by a nearby garden shed. Neighbors helped save the corn as the barn burned to the ground and the structure was partly remodeled earlier.
A brief readable fragment notes a Tuesday event involving confidence and a game dodge, with references to a woman and national scope. The legible parts imply a casual or sports context but lack clear names, places, or outcomes.
The text describes an agent named Harland who used a ticket number assigned to a woman and a separate ticket given to a poor widow to commit fraud. The scheme, said to be successful in many locations, requests reimbursement for the victim.
Weller of Canton Ohio, seeking his sister Katherine Weller’s body from the Collinwood disaster, reunites with former fiancée Norma Frau a Cleveland nurse. They announce their engagement with a June 16 wedding planned in Canton where Weller works for Berger Manufacturing.
Mrs. P. W. Miller of Bedford sues for $30,000 damages against her husband’s parents for alienation of affections and then begins criminal proceedings against her husband for wife desertion. She is nineteen and he twenty. he is said to have been spirited away and cannot be found.
A German man on the Madison wharf walked into the river without restraint. His body was recovered later. Authorities believe he was demented and he was waiting for a boat when the incident occurred.
The Veale township Bethel Methodist revival ended Wednesday night after two weeks of successful meetings. Rev. Mr. Hoon led the services and sixty conversions were recorded.
Republicans in the First Mississippi district named delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Wesley Crayton of Vicksburg is among the delegates chosen. The delegates were not instructed but both are favorable to Fairbanks.
A marriage license was issued Saturday to James Caress, a stationary engineer of Elnora, son of John Caress, a grain dealer, and Sarah Johnson, daughter of Edward Johnson, an Elmore township farmer.
Dr. Vance May arrived home from Indianapolis Saturday night after several weeks in Deaconess hospital. He is almost well and has returned to his medical practice.
Operators mail notices that Timons district mines will suspend work for thirty days starting April 1. The property will be well guarded during the closure.
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