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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
1
The Redpath Bureau announces plans for the upcoming summer season. Details promise new initiatives, with emphasis on programs and events slated to unfold in the coming months. The release signals active community engagement and anticipated activities.
Debates between Rede and Seidel on socialism headline a June 2026 chautauqua in this city. Redpath bureau Chicago coordinates advertising with lithographs and school-lunch blotters. Governor Folk of Missouri tops week attractions alongside Bohdmir Kryl and band, with multiple daily sessions across seven days.
A crowded schedule lists daily events at the city venue including lectures on topics from independence to child rights, boy scout programs, and a series of concerts by Bohumir Krivka, the Marx band, and the Barnard Orchestra. Notable speakers include Hon. Joseph W. Folk and M. Laird.
A Senate hearing on a proposed Illinois eight hour workday for women was met with employer resistance. A. B. McCall of Gibson City urged an exemption from limits, arguing long hours are needed to prevent spoilage of fruit. W. S. Hobbs of Austra Cotton Mills said typical wages for women ranged from 7.50 to 12.00 per week and that further wage cuts are unlikely. the mill has paid dividends of six percent.
A middle aged spinster named Adabunscomb, living with her brother in a Yonke New York residence, was found dead of starvation. Authorities report no food in the house and suspect foul play or a silent illness as investigators search the scene.
James P. Goodrich of Indiana voices support for holding two national conventions to revise representation rules for Republican delegates. He argues delegates should be allocated by state vote and primary results, curb the national committee’s power to seat disputed delegates, and unite the party for future elections.
Election results show Benjaming Bosse and John J. Nolan leading in Evansville area primaries. Votes tallied include 4 runner up figures with 31 to 4 627 counts and 1 297 for clerk candidates among six.
Eagles lodge members conduct memorial services in lodge rooms with ceremonial rites and community gathering. The event honors departed members and reinforces fraternal bonds within the organization.
White River Aerie F. O. E. held imperial services Sunday to honor 15 departed members of its lodge. J. H. Spencer spoke on life, death, and service, praising the Order’s ideals of liberty, truth, justice and equality as the lodge pledged to continue aiding distressed members and their families.
The accused Brocail, star of Harriton, was rushed to Princeton amid a murder charge. Police said the suspect obtained an attorney from Vincennes and remained remanded until a June date. Crowds gathered outside the courthouse as the proceedings began.
Parts of a human skeleton were recovered near a farm south of the Guarials barn in a flood‑washed field about 100 feet from the river bank. Dr A Porter examined the bones and confirmed they were human, with signs suggesting long burial and a coffin.
In Alma Kansas a condemned prisoner Paul Roberts died in his cell after jurors returned a guilty verdict for the murder of Anthony King. Sheriff and authorities found no poison. investigators suspect a morphine overdose as the cause of death. Roberts had traveled from Bernice to Alto Vista to kill King, who died on September 12, 1912.
The United States Secretary of State Samuel Bryan sought to brief Viscount Chinda after the Japanese protest over California alien land legislation. Bryan phoned Chinda and invited him to the State Department for a reply awaiting in Tokyo. Both sides planned to withhold publication of their formal notes until a coordinated next step.
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