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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
6
An ad urges buyers to visit Hunemeier Drug Store for Krause’s Headache Copal, promising fast relief even if the skull were cracked. Claims it’s harmless with a written guarantee and a 25 cent price.
A collection of stray notes describes a fire alarm dog Mia Annie Sparks and a performer barking on stage. It mentions fishermen seeking a Swan Pond club house to safeguard waters from dynamiters, plus a tale of Washington gentlemen on a Mississippi woods trip where poker and betting unfold among strangers in a camp setting.
A tale recounts a wager involving a wagon and a full Southerner outfit. Hunters aided a young man by leaving him in the woods to mock him, then three men guarded him at night and finally returned his team and paid for his trip after the ruse. Charlie Brown Gardiner and Serrit figured on an invincible hand.
Alumni of Indiana University in the state vote on a trustee nomination. Candidates listed include Prof. W. F. B. Axtell of this city Robt. D. Richardson of Evansville Joseph H. Shea of Seymour and Bert A. Woods of Princeton. A stray fragment mentions a lightning strike affecting a wag.
Members of a Hawaiian Sunday School at Camp No.4 on Maui, formed by African Americans brought from Alabama under Rev. J. A Henderson, vote to abstain from craps gambling and intoxicating drinks.
A snippet notes farmers in Davis County are busy with trusts and sales. The piece mocks wasteful spending on incubators and farming gear while praising practical business methods. It hints at reform toward temperance and orderly improvement.
A rider notes rapid growth as twenty two homes are under construction or repair along a Bedford road route. The sighting suggests improving prosperity among farmers in the area through new structures and repairs.
An Atchison Kansas sermon addresses a local death and a man invited to join the church but who refused. The pastor wonders if the man is lost, noting he did not lose him. The item reflects small town religious humor and queries about salvation. Also mentions domestic wellbeing and a sales pitch for Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound.
Notice is given that James A Sparks has been appointed by the Daviess Circuit Court of Daviess County Indiana administrator of the estate of Alfred H Bolton deceased who died in the Philippine Islands December 13 1900 The estate is supposed to be solvent James A Sparks administrator Hastings Allen Billheimer Attorneys 4-26-w3t
The State of Indiana Daviess county Nora E Foote plaintiff vs Elisha H Foote defendant in Daviess Circuit Court June term 1901 complaint 10180. Plaintiff claims defendant resides unknown after diligent inquiry. Defendant must appear first day of next term on Monday in June 1901 at Washington Court House to answer or demur or case will proceed in absence. Clerk Thomas Harris seals the document.
A male resident of Washington Daviess County Indiana aged over 21 will apply to the Daviess County Board of Commissioners at the next regular session on the first Monday in June 1901 for a license to sell or barter intoxicants in quantities under a quart with on premise drinking rights. Location is the southwest room of the two story brick building on lot 10 in old town now Washington fronting East Van Trees Street, ground floor, 28 by 13 feet with front and rear entrances. Presented by So Slowst Danni Corcoran.
A male resident of Washington township Daviess county Indiana will apply to the Board of Commissioners on the first Monday in June 1901 for a license to sell and barter intoxicating liquors in a room on the first floor of a one story frame building on lot 32 in Wright Clark and Wilsons addition. The room on Walnut street between West Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets is 15 by 20 feet with front and rear entrances. Samvet Tayzor.
A male resident of Washington in Daviess County Indiana will apply to the Board of Commissioners at the next regular meeting on the first Monday in June 1901 for a license to sell spiritous vinous or malt liquors in quantities less than one quart with home consumption on premises. The location is a south half two story brick building on parts of lots 36 and 13 in Liver pool on East Third Street, fronting the street. The front room on the first floor measures thirty four by eighteen feet and has both front and rear entrances.
Public sale scheduled for May 25 1801 at the Court House Washington Indiana. Auction at 10 am to 6 pm will offer rents and profits for up to seven years on Lots 30 and 31 in Aydrs first addition. If the judgment not fully realized the fee simple of the real estate will be offered. Property tied to Josephine McGehee Jesse F McGehee and Robert Brown against Th Grocery Company. Sale as is without relief from value laws. Bayliff Japez A Moorn Daviess County Sheriff May 2 1901. Tharp Downey Attorneys.
In the District Court of Indiana Archibald Yazel of Elnora Daviess county is adjudicated bankrupt No 1121. The first meeting of creditors will be held May 1 1901 at Hastings Allen and Billheimner in Washington Daviess county Indiana by the bankruptcy officials.
On May 16 1901 creditors must attend to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. The meeting is set for 2000 o clock at an unspecified location before Tomas VanBeskrk Referee in Bankruptcy. Dated Bloomfield May 2 1901.
Coroner I C E Trainor of Daviess county Indiana conducted an inquest April 26 1901 in Washington to determine the death of Earl R Sutton. The finding states he died on the right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near the Washington Ice plant from a skull fracture received while riding a freight train. Death ruled an accident with no blame assigned. Sutton aged about 24, resident of Dayton Ohio, 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds, dark hair blue eyes dark complexion American. Clerk Graham Santorp note. Advertisement for Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound.
A column extols Dri Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup for coughs and colds near consumption, with Mail Carrier Burnett Mann of Levanna Ohio recounting kidney and back pain before Electric Bitters cured him. It promotes stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels regulation, adding Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure and noting inexpensive mat board at the Gazette Office.
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