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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1903
Page
3
A long list of property transfers and related notices appears, naming numerous buyers and sellers, parcels described by lot and block, streets and additions, and several sums ranging from a few hundred dollars to over twenty thousand. Also includes advertising copy and travel fare notes that accompany the real estate items.
A string of local social notes lists visits and travels. Charlie Russell spent Sunday at Vincennes while Dr. E F Kendall of Shoals and Dr W H Meyer from Plainville were present. Several residents and visitors from Evansville Indianapolis Cincinnati Lima Peru and Bicknell are noted with family ties and trips.
The item lists marriage licenses for Jesse W Trueblood and Mollie B Riggins and Harry Larrick with Elis Walters, plus matrimonial banns for Herry Kramer with Victoria Daughterty and Win Cleary with Maggie McAtee. It notes entertainments at Fair grounds next week, lost umbrella found, and various local notices including church events, school changes, and civic concerns in a midwestern town.
A 1903 Indiana fair calendar lists dates and secretaries for dozens of county and town events from July through October. Entries cite locations such as Logansport Lebanon Newcastle Crawfordsville and Indianapolis with organizers like R.A. Cretemile J.T. Johnson W.G. Himmelwright and C. W. Travis among others.
Cleaning Time ad claims the New Troy Laundrs offers the latest curtain stretchers, guaranteeing square, true curtains. They promote dyeing and cleaning for gohla and ladies clothing with satisfaction guaranteed and invite inquiries.
The E and I outlines rates for Indiana Freemasons traveling to Indianapolis from local lodges. The New Troy Laundry notes sales windows May 25 26 and May 18 19 with limits to May 3 and May 22 respectively. A seasonal fare to Warsaw Indiana is offered at 9.20 with a 15 day return limit. The fragment ends with an unrelated line about stockings.
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