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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1911
Page
1
A respected minister, a former citizen, died suddenly at his Peru residence. The obituary notes his long service and legacy, with details on his background and community impact.
The Rev. R. R. Baldwin a respected superannuated Methodist minister and Washington resident died unexpectedly Sunday evening at his Peru home. He was 79 born in Harrison County educated at Corydon and Leavenworth and served in the South Indiana Conference. He built a saw mill at Tom's Hill and owned a Harri son township farm. survived by widow and six children. His death followed a recent illness and is attributed to heart disease.
In the second trial of J. Carrie Boyd v Fielding M Colbert a hung jury formed after 23 hours 30 minutes of deliberation. Judge Ogden released the jury without a verdict and court recessed. A prior Daviess circuit court verdict favored the plaintiff but a new trial was granted on the defendant’s motion. The suit seeks reprevy of corn sold under an execution to satisfy a Dobbs judgment. Sheriff Colbert is named but Dobbs is the real party in interest. Gardiner, Tharp, Gardiner and Slimp appeared for defendants. Padgett & Padgett and TM Sears for plaintiff.
Mr Hedrick a 54 year old fireman at the planning mill died after a cere bral hemorrhage suffered Tuesday. He was found at the rear of the plant in semi conscious condition and died after seven days. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Philip Hedrick of Alfordsville and leaves a wife an adopted son three brothers and one sister. Funeral conducted at Alfordsville by the Odd Fellows with about 100 in attendance.
Firemen aboard the Queen & Crescent report the stoker system saves coal and labor. One firing method used on a passenger locomotive during a strike by Mr. Sechrist enabled three minutes rest for firemen. The stoker hopper feeds coal uniformly, allowing 140 miles of operation without opening the fire box door. The system, attached to a hopper, distributes coal to all firebox areas. After eight months of daily testing, the Queen & Crescent adopted the stoker.
A travel essay recounts Angus Campbell observing cotton labor in Texas and imagining a machine to harvest cotton. He compares to wheat harvesters, notes uneven cotton ripening, and envisions a device that discriminates ripe bolls to reduce costs by up to two thirds, boosting southern production and farmer profits.
Two unidentified men died in the B and O freight wreck near Madisonville on Wednesday morning as twelve cars derailed on a long hill. The trapped victims were found mangled. a derrick crew searched for details but identities remained unknown. Traffic and fuel spillage added danger as crews cleared the scene.
The Queen and Crescent railroad adopts an automatic stoker invented by W. T. Hanna of Cincinnati. Seventeen units will be installed on its locomotives at Ferguson Kentucky under supervision of Theodore Sechrist, former Cincinnati mechanic. The stokers were tested during the recent strike.
A mining promoter named Arles Steinert, traveling on a Southwestern railroad passenger train west of Vincennes, leaped from a rapidly moving train after shouting that he would be hanged at the next station. He sustained a broken arm and internal injuries and was hospitalized in Vincennes.
Mrs A B McCoy, who recently endured a serious operation, shows marked improvement. She is at Seton Hospital in Cincinnati under the care of Dr A J Dea n and Dr C B Witton, noted physicians of the city.
Claude Martin fifteen year old son of William Martin of Bicknell drowned in White River while bathers attempted to cross a snag boat. His two companions escaped, Martin's body recovered hours later by Matthew Atkinson in fifteen feet of water.
A famous physician visits a patient in the country and, after diagnosing, prepares medicine. A freight train’s whistle disrupts the sick room, and the doctor humorously frets about train noises, misplacing words and seeming absentminded. The patient remains talkative, and the scene ends with the doctor puzzled by the situation.
Henry Walker, Evansville based district superintendent for an eastern insurer, formerly Lowe- Footee and Lowe family links, has built a notable career over nine years in Evansville. Son of late James E. Welker, ex census worker in Washington, Walker famously promotes his hometown and Vanderburgh county, warning of a boom in Evansville with new factories and building schemes on the near horizon.
In a Wednesday event at Loransport, J and Beno W. Claweon won the contest. Howard Stewart vacated the degree team captaincy and Lou C. Forbes was elected to fill the vacancy.
Mrs Lydia Tee Green Baker Hayes Winslow Brown Jones of Logansport seeks separation from her sixth husband alleging he cannot provide love and affectionate attention fitting her nature, aiming to secure a more ardent marriage partner.
A grand jury investigating the attempted shooting of L W Howard of Odon by Whit Johnson at the Lyons hotel Tuesday afternoon returned an indictment charging Johnson with assault and battery with intent to kill. He remains in jail and will be arraigned this afternoon or Saturday.
A New England preacher declares that women no longer blush in response to his sermons. He questions why they should blush at a preacher’s words and asserts social change.
A matron of a South Street bawdy house was arrested by Policeman Capehart on a charge of selling liquor without a license. In police court she pleaded guilty, was fined 50 dollars plus costs, and faces a total payment of 60 dollars. Two visiting women from Vincennes were found in the house and warned to return there. both left on the midnight train.
Workers uncover multiple Indian remains while digging for a private road to Edmus LaPlant's county home south of Visconner. The bones are moved to a new location as local pioneers recall an old frontier clash between Indians and the French at that site.
In the circuit court Alexander YT Conley applies to have Myrtle Blackburn declared a person of unsound mind to appoint a guardian for her affairs. The petition claims incapacity due to insanity and improvidence. Attorneys Hastings, Allen & Hastings represent the plaintiff.
The seventy second annual convention of the Indiana Christian Missionary association closed in Columbus with Hammond selected for the next meet. Indianapolis and Vincennes were candidates but withdrew after the first ballot. Rev. Harry G. Hill of Indianapolis was elected president as officers were chosen Wednesday morning.
A passerby extinguished a shed fire near the Bloomington residence of George Fuller. The shed was soaked with oil and investigators found no arson crew on site, ruling out an incendiary attack.
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