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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
7
The ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a proven choice after 35 years of sale and use. It claims effective cough and cold relief under all conditions, stresses pure ingredients, lack of opium or harmful substances, and offers a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
Two cases scheduled for trial Tuesday morning in Monroe circuit court draw on statewide talent. State versus William Bohannon for criminal assault on Nettie Northcott. civil suit by Mary Northcott seeking 30000 for her daughter's ruination. A second trial for Harvey Hinkle on murder charges linked to John R. McClintock’s death, with alleged confession denied by Hinkle. Indictments name Herman Crenshaw and Matt Gholson as night riders from 1907. Also reported: Charles Reynolds found after Galveston drowning, adopted in Missouri, later with Gypsies and horse traders. birth marks identified him.
Miss Jean Sanford was seized at the wrist by an intruder who fled as her family cried for help. A ladder stood at the window and muddy footprints led from the ground to Frog Road, but police found no trace of the likely man.
A near tragedy at H. H. McCracken’s home on Wednesday when Emma Mcsiacker lit a fire with gasoline instead of coal oil. Flames engulfed the area, but she escaped serious injury and neighbors rushed to assist before firefighters arrived.
More than 1,100 inmates at the Indiana Reformatory donated over $900 on Sunday to fund a pipe organ for the chapel. Rev W E Edgin, former Odon pastor and chaplain, led the initiative with Governor Hanly promising a personal $100 gift. Subscriptions were voluntary, with contributions from 25 cents to 35 dollars.
Representative Crumpacker introduces a bill to divide Indiana into five judicial subdivisions with courts in Indianapolis Fort Wayne Hammond Evansville and New Albany. Civil cases would be heard in the appropriate subdivision while criminal cases may be designated by the judge to prevent delays. He conferred with judiciary committee members before introducing the measure.
Bishop Fowler dies suddenly in New York after a stroke at age seen as a leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He reorganized Chicago churches after the great fire and established missions abroad, including a college in China. He received a bravery medal for saving lives aboard the Lady Elgin wreck on Lake Michigan fifty years ago. His death grieves thousands of Methodists. Bishop John Henry Wade succeeds him.
A medium claiming contact with the fifth of Arnold Raymond reported knowledge of the drowned boy's location but failed. A search at the indicated spot found no body as the current likely carried the body farther downstream, prompting renewed attempts at communication.
The Bethel revival has attracted strong participation with sixty conversions reported to date and many new members joining the church. The revival continued Tuesday night with Rev. Hoop in charge of the services.
The 1908 timetable details road construction costs for multiple townships in Daviss county, listing total construction costs and outstanding debt by township. It notes gravel work and bond payments, with Washington and Veale townships highlighted for mileage. A separate item reports a man shooting himself in Boomer West Virginia.
A fire unknown origin destroyed the Drury Lane theatre in London early today. No lives were lost, but the building, reopened in April after closing since the pantomime season, burned rapidly despite fire brigade efforts making the third structure on that site a total loss.
A fragment describes Dr Noel of Memphis Tennessee preparing to bottle a revolver when knocked to the floor. The pistol fired injuring Mrs Noel in the leg and lodging in a neighbor’s add. The text mentions a brother of the governor of Mississippi.
Wild ducks move northward as hunters swarm rivers and lakes in mild weather. The season opens with shelldrake then pintail and red-legged mallard, canvasback and red-head, blue-winged teal, and wood duck described as best eating. Duck numbers remain high despite annual kills.
Deputy Sheriff James Weir of Owensboro Kentucky lies dying in a city hospital after being shot while attempting to arrest Joe Hayden a 40 year old maniac barricaded at his country home Hayden released from an asylum three years ago repeatedly threatened violence in the days before the confrontation Weir was shot as they approached Hayden’s residence and was rushed to the hospital by car
A brindle bull mastiff named Jack barked and led a panic evacuation at the Continental Hotel in Detroit early Tuesday. The 100 guests fled down three floors after a warning, escaping without injuries, but Jack died in the kitchen from suffocation after the crisis subsided.
News note records C. A. Pickett purchasing a 50 percent interest in the A. Dielepsos store at Odo. Details indicate equal partnership ownership and continuation of business under both parties.
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