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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
3
Mrs. Mary Faith, a domestic, was bound over to the circuit court for a preliminary trial after being charged with larceny. A dress skirt valued at six dollars allegedly stolen from Mrs. Overbaynes while Faith was employed in her home was cited.
The piece notes Democratic push to slip civil service reforms into examinations. It mentions Mr Ludlow Ettle and a large wave of about 50 000 Oroa post offices to be moved into the civil service system with ninety percent currently held by Republicans.
A garbled dispatch notes delays at a shop as renovations shift to a steel ceiling and prism work. Officials expect a week for service with interruptions continuing. meanwhile earnings estimates suggest industry figures around 100 million for the year, with maintenance costs around thirty percent of gross.
The building committee of the First Baptist church met with contractors Friday afternoon to award the tract for a new church rebuilt at Walnut and Easter streets. Seven bidders submitted estimates with Warren Routt & Sons of this city offering the lowest at 24500 dollars. Riester & Patterson and other out of town firms also bid. Decisions were to be announced within a few days.
Fragmented column discusses cedar posts supply from Tennessee and a shift to growing own timber. Mentions Farmer needs and timber markets with local wedding notice for Herman Lents and Miss Kenne Prominent in Cannnelburg.
An obituary fragment recalls Dr Byers who died in Seelyville after a long illness. The piece mentions a missing son and notes examinations and military references, with fragmented details about legal and investigative steps and surrounding towns.
In Oakland a man identified as Daniel L. Schafer was found dead after a period of disappearance. Friends and family attended his funeral with Rev. Father Connell leading services. The community reflected on his life and his time in Washington before returning home as the search for the body concluded.
A long obituary notice describes the deaths of several local figures. George Mitchell died from injuries after a scaffold fall while working on a court house in Chattanooga. William Bradley, aged about sixty, collapsed at home near Montgomer y township. Jerry Minots and others are listed as survivors with family details and burial arrangements noted for Bethany and local camps.
A federal report details Indiana coal mine fatalities in 1912 with forty deaths in the state. Roof falls and locomotive accidents dominate, followed by gas blasts and coal dust explosions, while Sullivan County’s 1878 disaster remains the era’s worst.
The county is planning a June meeting in va ville for day school workers led by the state convention. The superintendent notes the need for stronger supervision across districts with 30 teachers under his oversight. He aims to unify teacher work through monthly reports, township institutes, site visits, weekly critiques, and improved accreditation.
A man named Flnora Narrogiy faced a near tragedy when he stumbled while approaching a passing passenger train on the Chicago Terre Haute and Burlington railroad. Eyewitnesses reported he fell directly in front of the locomotive but narrowly avoided serious injury.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a wedding notice header with names partially readable, including a couple possibly identified as Mr and Mrs. The snippet does not provide a complete event date location or full names for a proper summary.
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