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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
2
The planter claims exact kernel placement with even speed compensation while drilling, easy switch from checking to drilling, and adjustable width by removing six bolts. It features a tight topper to keep seed dry, tilting hoppers, and plates for dropping all sizes of corn plus beans and peas. Buy now before stocks run out.
Edward F Meredith and others file a petition May 6 1908 for drainage grading and graveling of a public road in Washington Township Daviess County Indiana A hearing before the county commissioners is set for May 28 1908 at 10 am Voting residents and freeholders are invited to appear and be heard The petition lists Alfred J Meredith Grant Faith as notary public and names many local residents and petitioners who sign the document.
Notice to all persons and corporations that Patrick J Murphy seeks a public road improvement by draining and gravelling certain highways in the township and county. A hearing is scheduled at the courthouse, with petitioners presenting legal arguments and evidence to support the project.
Patrick J Murphy swears that over fifty freehold voters sign a petition to lay out widen and improve a public highway in Barr township Daviess county Indiana The petition requests drainage grading and paving with screened gravel and lists numerous signers and notary details.
The Daviess county commissioners will open bids on June 2 1908 at 2 pm for gravel to repair free gravel roads. Gravel must meet specifications on file in the auditor's office and be delivered free of charge. Bids must note delivery along the B&O Southwestern and E&I railroads and Loogootee. a bond equal to double the estimated gravel sum is required. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Thomas Nugent, Auditor.
Notice states John Thompson appointed by Daviess circuit court as administrator of the estate of Joseph E. Thompson, deceased, in Daviess County Indiana. Estate declared solvent. Dated May 4, 1908. Hastings, Allen & Hastings, attys.
At Sanders store in Bloomington district a riot broke out as Americans and Italians clashed after heavy drinking. Jewett Tatuman was shot in the ear and Harley East stabbed. no arrests were made as deputies stood by. Foreigners armed with revolvers faced American citizens with shotguns as chaos spread.
A May 10 baseball game between Mahanoy City and Pottville was halted when a spectator discovered a fully dressed infant strangled in a miner’s dynamite box along the left field line. Investigators consider the box a clue in identifying the murderer as officials review the scene.
Montgomery Aldermanic report cites Jim Kennedy, a Black man, setting his house ablaze after he attempted to care for his seven children. Five perished before rescue. Baltimore dispatch notes Arthur Rand, a Black man, convicted of assaulting a white woman, sentenced to twenty years in prison.
May 11 Galveston James Brown wealthy farmer shot and killed by former tenant Robert Cotterman after ejecting him from the demises. Cotterman surrendered, claiming self defense as Brown allegedly menaced him with a club. defense corroborated by witnesses.
The youth, a guest of probation officer Mrs. Louise A. Stegman, stayed with Judge Adams on Sunday. He attended juvenile court Monday to hear cases on trial.
Chicago reports the largest passenger locomotive in use between New York and Chicago. Weighing 242000 pounds with tender, it surpasses the former 176000 pound engine. The tender holds 14 tons and consumes 72 gallons of water per minute. Average speed runs about 54 mph including stops.
In Omaha on a Sunday night Fred Witte nearly gasified his home when he opened the gas range valve with an umbrella and dozed off. His cat Jim detected the fumes and jumped into bed waking Witte and his wife, prompting them to escape before the fault was found.
Chicago May 11 W H Bryan and Minnesota Governor John Johnson traveled on the same Pennsylvania Line train to Washington for the presidential conference on conserving the nations resources. Both knew the other was aboard but had not yet met.
Beatrice Nebraska May 11 Charles M Krogh an Omaha architect attempted to kill his wife by kneeling in prayer at a local hotel. She escaped after a desperate struggle with the landlord and Krogh stabbed himself through the heart. He had been drawing plans for the Beatrice school board and was despondent.
Eight horses pulling a massive circus wagon frightened by a hippopotamus rush down Scranton road hill in Cleveland. The wagon capsizes. two horses crushed to death as the wheels roll over them. The animal is restrained after chaos subsides. South Bend Hospital fund drive adds red and green tag system for donations. In Pittsburg a baby girl weighing 1 3/4 pounds at birth is reported alive and thriving at 22 months.
The readable fragment notes a May 12 entry from New York mentioning Mrs Mary and a filed case. Details are incomplete, with names and actions garbled.
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