Indianapolis Star Rumor Ties Washington Pastor to City
A report in the Indianapolis Star claims Rev. E. E. Davidson of Washington Indiana was spotted in Indianapolis. Witnesses including William E. Boyd and his wife Mattie Arthur Bailey think the man resembled Davidson. Davidson’s lawyer and church members question the tale as speculative and unlikely.
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E. E. Davidson
First Christian Church
Indianapolis
Indianpolis
William E. Boyd
Washington
Davidson
Indianaplis
Missouri
Circuit Court
Massachusetts Avenue
Ind
Buna Clark
Boyd
Star
Walt
Ijitcaen
Ens
Mattie Arthur
Sinte
Cas
Maniy
Buggy Bargains With Stylish Features and Smart Construction
The ad offers buggies with stylish features and sensible construction in plain and auto seats, all body sizes and paint colors. Emphasizes quality in the build, competitive prices, and flexible terms to suit buyers.
Washington Bowling Team Defeats Wheatland In Close Series
Washington’s champion bowlers beat Wheatland by 425 pins in the final three game match. Wheatland won the first set, Washington took the next two, with Washington 21944 to Wheatland 1840 in Friday’s best contest. Albion Ellis top score 202% and Ben Bradley high average 621 earned a box of clears.
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Washington
Wheatland
Fuldey
Woith
Albion Ellis Inade
Ben Bradley
Washingtonj Bradley
Ellis
Gibson
Btubkey
Avis
Davies County Board Elects Truant Officer
The Davies County Board of Education met at the superintendent’s office to elect a truant officer and address school health topics. Frank Sharum of Ba Township was chosen as truant officer and Dr. A Donaldson spoke on modern sanitation methods and school health concerns.
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Daviesd
Frank Sharum
Ba Township
A. Donaldson
Scretary
Ental Board of Healt
Medals to be distributed to marksmen at company meeting
Captain Evdos of the local militia will distribute medals to qualified marksmen shiprouters or experts at a Tuesday night company meeting. Attendance is expected to be full though the ceremony is brief and the program promises interest. McCormick announces Milwaukee repairs for sale by Hatfield and Palmer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evdos
McCormick Sand
Milwaukee
T He Hatfield& Palmer, Co
Country school exams show high failure rate and scattered high marks
Superintendent Burris reports 121 of 198 country school pupils failed to graduate while 79 completed work. Top marks include Luke Young 91.4, Bernice Elmore 89.6, and Jesse Cooper 89.8 amid graduates listed from Reeve, Bogard, Washington, Harrison, Madison, Elmore and Van Buren districts with numerous scores in the 70s and 80s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Burris
Luke Young
Harrison Township
Jesse Cooper
Washington Consolidated School
Bernice Elmore
Elmore Township
Reeve Township
Mabel Burris
Blanche Collins
Grant Seales
Nellis Collins
Helen Lemin
Charles Cox
Olga Leming
Bogard
Arlie O' Brian
Vernon Greenwood
Stella Bynum
Rookie Greenwood
Minnie Standley
Bertha Brown
Essel Williams
Helen Morgan
Allela Cottee
Essie Hooton
Harrison
Mary Ward
Nelli¢ie Owen
Lola Owen
Leola Armes
Myrtle Hunter
Etta Hopkins
Madison
Lloyd Mumaw
Rufus Momeny
Mabel Laughlin
Britta Ketchem
Glen Armstrong
Ray York
Clarence White
Clay Thompson
Elmore
Audrey Skemp
Verna Courtney
E. E. Faith
Harold Ketchem
Edita Sadler
Herschel Elmore
Steele
Jean Little
Gladye Edwards
Hazel Clinton
Esther Barnes
Lada Witsman
Mary Mattingly
Laura Gross
Roy Flint
van Buren
Shoals High School Holds Nineteenth Commencement
Shoals on May 4 reports the nineteenth annual commencement at Rod Horsum for eight graduates. The class includes Hazel Hawkins Jessie Chattin Opal McDermod Helen Hacker Thomas Albright Virgil Porter Walter Boyle and Ernest Baker. The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday morning at the M church by Rev M C Hughes. Alumni banquet scheduled for this evening at the auditorium.
Addition Contract Awarded by First Methodist Church
The First Methodist church board and building committee awarded the contract for a north end addition to Ben W. Clawson and Cretts & Barber. The three room addition will be built on the parsonage site after its sale, cost about 2000 dollars, and used by church societies. The parsonage sale bids are being received and the McCormick property on west Walnut street is rented for the pastor. Contractors will start work once the parsonage is sold. The church board meets again this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Smiley & VanQsdol
McCormick
West Walnut Street
Rebekan Assembly and Odd Fellows Meet in Indianapolis
The twenty-fifth annual Rebekan assembly of Indiana I O O F and the seventy-third semi annual grand lodge session will convene in Indianapolis starting May 17. Delegates from 750 subordinate lodges and 577 Rebeyah lodges will attend with travel fare reduced for distances beyond fifty miles. Daviess county branches plan a large delegation.
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Rebekan Assembly of Indiana
Grand Lodge of Indiana
Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
W. H. Leedy
Rebeyah
Rebekan Assembly
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Daviess County
New Broom Factory Planned to Expand Washington Industry
Washington eyes a larger broom factory under Hugh Rogers with W. B. Smith as foreman. The plant may rise on East Main Street near S. D. Downing’s or on Mill Street, hiring about fifty workers with modern machinery. The venture aims to start by broom corn harvest and boost land values in the broom corn district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
East van Trees Street
Hugh Rogers
W. 3
Smith
East Main Street
S. D. Downing
Mill Street
Rogers
Daviess County
Illinois
Rogers Tought
William Hardy
W. S. Smith
Marshal Corning Foils Nighttime Barroom Gathering
Marshal Corning, known for his vigilance, confronted John Parr at the Parr saloon on South Street. After a delayed entry, police found six men inside at illegal hours. Parr pleaded guilty in city court and was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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Marshal Corning
John Parr
East Main Street
Marsh Corning
Sout South Street
Parr
First Methodist Church
Huastings
Russell
Reward Offered in Wake of Thomas Lewis Disappearance
Shoals, May 5. A search of the neighborhood where Thomas Lewis was last seen last Thursday yielded no trace. Authorities think he may be dead or mentally deranged, with relatives fearing murder. A $25 reward is offered for information leading to his discovery. Lewis is 5'8" 160 pounds, 24 years old, fair, blue eyes, light hair, with a wen-like scar on his right leg. last seen in a blue jumper, blue overalls, and light brown corduroy cap.
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Shoals
Thomas Lewis
Washington School Enumeration Totals 1909 Report
The city lays blame on vacant houses for undercounts as Axtell notes people fear higher taxes, though the enumeration serves only to apportion school funds. Total names 2,456 with 1,246 boys and 1,210 girls. ward breakdowns and enumerators listed. 1909 population estimated at 11,052 using four and a half times multiple.
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Iehildren
Washington
Axtell
Albion Horrall
J. M. Vance
A. E. Johnson
J. H. Hopewell
Ands. P. Ellis
Evans Enjoys Spokane Life After Hiring With Burrows
Harry Evans reports from Spokane that he likes the location and is in good health after accepting a position with Burrows Adding Machine. He notes many county friends there are thriving and finds no money market panic. Real estate activity is described as marvelous and he plans to visit Seattle for the summer and oversee the company's exhibit during the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Evans
Spokane
Burrows Adding Machine Company
Evans
Seattle
New Coal Mine Discovered on Graham Farm
A coal vein was found under Graham land near South and Will Walker. Ed Kelley and partners are sinking a shaft on the farm and will begin development soon. Experts call the coal of excellent quality.
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Graham Land
South
Will Walker
Ed Kéll
Trustees Notice Veale and Reeve Townships
Trustees Swann of Veale Township will hold office at his residence on the sex and Jast Thursdays of each month to transact township business. Reeve Township trustee Coz will meet at Alfordsville on Saturday to handle township matters. Washington Township trustee Grant Keith will attend at Waller's harness shop on East Fourth and Main streets on Friday each week for all township business.
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Veale Township
Prae
Swann
Reeve Township
Alfordsville
R. Vv. Coz
Washington
Trustee's Office
Washington Township
Faiover
Waller's
East Fourth and Main Streets
Keith
Truste
Sheriff’s Sale Notice In Davies County Indiana
By virtue of a decree and order of court directed from the clerk of the Davies circuit court I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder on Saturday May 22 1909 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m at the door of the court house in Davies county Indiana the rents and profits of the described property for fulfillment of the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviegs Circuit Court
Daviess County
Indiana
Public sale of real estate in Da viess county Indiana
Fielding M. Colbert sheriff of Daviess county will sell at public sale as the property of Oscar W. Deckard and Ollie M. Deckard the real estate described in the writ of The Union Savings and Loan Association of Washington Indiana. The property lies in Lot ten in Ayers addition and sixty feet off of Lot thirty five in Hyatt eastern addition both in Washington Indiana. Sale is to satisfy judgment with costs and interest and no relief from valuation or appraisement laws. April 29 1909.
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Ayers
Washington
Hyatt’s
Daviess County
Indiana
Alien Ag
Oscar W. Deckard
Ollie M. Deckard
Union Savings and Loar Association
Fielding M. Colbert
Eliath B. Smoot
Mattingly & Myers, Attys
Legal Notice in Daviess County Court
State of Indiana Daviess County Daviess circuit court April term 1909 William Hamerickhause vs Dorinda Moore et al Complaint No 12318 Two defendants Dorinda Moore John D Noble Rebecca Noble Aaron Moore Sarah A Moore Mary A Cane William M Cane Lucinda Danewood John H Danewood and the heirs devisees legatees legal representatives and next of kin whose names are unknown of the following persons are each deceased notified of filing and pendency of the complaint in the Daviess circuit court and that the same will be heard on the first Monday of September 1909 at the courthouse Washington Indiana Witness my hand and the seal of said court this April 27 1909 WM A WALLACE Clerk Mattingly Myers attys
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State of
Indiana
Daviess County
Daviess
William Hamerickhause
Dorinda Moore
John D. Noble
Rebecca Noble
Aaron Moore
Sarah A. Moore
Mary A. Cane
William M. Cane
Lucinda Danewood
John H. Danewood
Towit
Aarona Moore
Mary Cane
William Me.cane
Lucinda ‘Danewood
John H. Dangwood
Daviess Circuit Court
Daviess Circuit
Wagaington
WM. A. Wallace
Mattingly & Myers, Attys
Lawsuit filed in Daviess Circuit Court against multiple defendants
Oliver Hemerickhouse sues Dorinda Moore and others in the Daviess circuit court in Washington Indiana. The complaint names heirs and unknown residences and sets hearing for the first Monday in September 1909. Attorneys Mattingly and Myers filed the notice on April 27 1909.
Notice of Appointment in Indiana Estate
The state of Indiana Daviess county notice is given that Stella McCall has been appointed administratrix of the estate of James A McCall deceased of Daviess county Indiana. The estate is believed to be solvent Hastings Allen Hastings, attys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Daviess County
James A. McCall
Stella M'Call
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Attys
George W. Cole
Ames W. Cole
Hastings, Allen & Hastings, Attys
Notice of Appointment for George W. Cole Estate
The undersigned Ames W. Cole is appointed administrator of the estate of George W. Cole deceased late of Daviess threatened to be solvent. This is the first notice and records the administrator appointment.
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Sweeney
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
James E. Waller
NEW Broom Factory
Corning
Kemp
Mattingly & Myers
LAW
Wilson Ridge
Washington, Ind
O. U. Poth Veterinary Surgeone
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