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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
7
An OCR fragment advertises Urie-D as a cure for a blood disease. It urges testing free of charge via doctors and druggists, asking the reader to mail details to Amith Drug Co in Syracuse and mentions Jackson's Pharmacy in Jackson.
Mr and Mrs Charles Perry visit from Terre Haute. Will Rouse of Terre Haute spent Sunday with relatives. Claud Cropp of Indianapolis visits his mother Mrs George Wilson. Blanch Grove returns from a visit near Loogootee. Mrs Austin Carter and sons Ralph and Rufert of Plainville visit relatives. The new coal mine opens here and shows large, high quality output. Miss Hattie Hameraly hosts a gathering with cake and cream. Frank Cox returns from Danville due to health. he attended the normal there. Russell Cox involved in a runaway accident Saturday with damaged gear but no major injuries. EPSON Milling company run by T C Myers & Brothers is...
Readiness for the Knights of Columbus state convention in May builds local planning. Delegates from Washington council join state council with Dr. Gers Gud and W. McCarty as delegates. A. J. Padgett holds a district deputy seat. A public lecture by Father Vaughn at the Opera House and a social event at the Knights hall are planned. About 500 visitors expected for the conventioneering week.
Heirs of Mary Henson claim she was of unsound mind and filed in Daviess circuit court to set aside a 1894 deed to William Bowman for 14.5 acres. The complaint alleges prior mental derangement, alleges underpayment, seeks $1,000 damages plus rents and profits from Bowman's alleged illegal ownership. Bowman is allegedly served but denies the deed's disaffirmation.
E E Hastings grand master of the Odd Fellows of the state visited Warsaw last week for a lodge meeting. He praised Warsaw as the best lodge town in the state with about 6 000 residents and 1 000 voters. He noted over four hundred Odd Fellows in town and the Elks lodge with over 2 000 members, highlighting their impressive building and hustling town character.
Sunday May 17 is set as anti-saloon day by church groups in Washington. Pulpits will be filled by temperance leaders and several evening addresses are planned for the following week to promote the movement.
Fragmentary OCR text reports the completion of a city school census and handover to the county superintendent. It notes a drop in child counts this year, with figures around 232,618 last year, and a cited enumeration total of 4908 places.
The county board met Monday afternoon and adopted a general opening date of September 14 for the new term. A new promotion rule for grades six to eight requires approval from the county superintendent and local officials. Eighth graders with an average of eighty five or higher may enter high school without an entrance exam. Wilbur F. Gordy’s American Leaders and Heroes is added to the sixth and seventh grade study plans. J. M. Stotts is chosen county truant officer, succeeding Charles T. Ilis. six candidates competed for the post.
Judge Houghton notes a notably light docket in the Daviess circuit court with few civil or criminal cases and claims county residents resolve disputes amicably. He praises the trend as a historical rarity and urges others to settle differences locally.
John Hancock and Thomas Mahoney were fined in police court for drunkenness. Hancock was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Officers Wallace and Royse, while Mahoney was caught by the night patrol. Mayor Russell imposed a five dollar fine plus costs, noting Mahoney’s repeated offenses and prior promise to reform.
The Barr township Republicans held a lively convention last Saturday and nominated a full ticket. Trustee candidate is W. E. Bell and assessor candidate is Michael Norris.
Mr and Mrs Charles Huls depart for Carothersville Missouri where Fale will join them to work. The text notes Huls was employed as a tarber at the wall bas act a aes a ie.
Officers searched the youths at Liverpool and found a license on Cole. The county clerk issued the license in Liverpool Ohio. Captain Wainman and city police suspect one boy fled to Cincinnati and will inform Liverpool authorities. The youths remain in jail pending investigation.
Word reached Washington on Saturday from Wheatland area farmers about a Thursday morning fire that consumed Elmer Conn’s home and all contents. Conn had about $100 in paper money stored in a tin box. the loss was total with no insurance.
Deputy County Clerk Walter found anxious pensioners awaiting their regular quarterly allowances in the courthouse on Monday. Most applicants were processed by noon as the clerk's office kept busy with the welfare payments.
A strike on a farm of J. W. Hicks in Reeve township yielded gas at 450 feet. Drilling stopped and the well will be shot in a few days. The gas is reported to be abundant and of good quality.
The will of John Voigderschmidt was admitted to probate in circuit court last Monday afternoon. The instrument bequeaths all real and personal property to his wife except $1000 to his grandson O Donovan Jochum. Mrs Vanderschmidt is named executrix. The will was drawn April 20 in Evanaville with witnesses Albert J. Veneman and Frank Brinkman.
A small shack on the Allison farm was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The origin is unknown and likely incendiary as the place has been vacant for some time. Dr. Robert Wood is reported to be in Wheatland on Wednesday.
A male resident of Washington township in Daviess County announces his intent to apply at the next regular session of the Daviess County Board of Commissioners in June 1908 for a license to sell and dispense spirituous liquors in quantities under a quarter barrel for on premise consumption in a two story brick building on lot 33 in the Washington plat.
Joseph Faust applies for a license to sell intoxicating liquor at Long Branch in Washington Davie s county Indiana. The request will be submitted to the Daviess county commissioners at the next regular session commencing June first 1908. Applicant John M Mullen notes the premises on the first floor of an 18 by 43 foot east room in a two story frame building 51 Wilson Wright and Clark addition.
Heirs and legatees of Thomas Ch, deceased, must appear in Daviess Circuit Court at Washington Indiana on May 25, 1908 to show cause why the final settlement and estate accounts should not be approved. They are to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk A W M. A Wallace signs the notice on April 30, 1908.
Under a court order, on May 18 1908 at 10 am the south door of the Washington Indiana court house will witness a public sale of all real and personal property of the City Water Company. The water works franchise and plant including pumping station standpipe boilers filtration pipes and rights of way will be offered for cash with no bids under 85000 dollars. Charles G Gardiner Receiver. Dated April 16 1908.
John Parr announces an application to the Daviess County Board of Commissioners at the May 1908 session for a license to sell spirits and wines and to allow drinking on site. Location described as a room on the first floor of a two story brick building facing east Main Street in Washington. The room measures thirty six by eighteen feet eight inches with front and rear entrances and secure locking, previously part of Market Square subdivision.
Notice to Anna Martia stating a survey boundary in Deviess County dated April 23, 1908. Describes township five north range six west and notes the undersigned county as issuing the notification.
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