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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
8
Ambiguous OCR text hints at a sale with the line The 1088 is ours the gain is yours and a call to attend the sale. Limited readable content but suggests an auction or sales pitch. The readable fragment implies ownership transfer or bid appeal without clear event details. The item remains uncertain but centers on a sale.
Surplus stock reduced with factory pricing on 9x13 Wilton rugs in Oriental patterns, 9x12 Axminister and Wilton Velvet, and Ingrain rugs. Discounts up to 33 1/3 percent. many items listed with sale prices from 89 cents to 6.75 dollars and up to 23.75 dollars. Includes wide range of sizes and patterns.
Wilton Velvet Carpets offered in floral and Oriental styles with or without borders. Axminister Carpet features 10 patterns in floral motifs. Tapestry Brussels carpets showcase 15 latest patterns including hall and stair options. Ingrain carpets include wool scans and best all wool patterns. Granite Carpets and four Wool Union patterns complete the assortment with deep sale pricing.
Japanese matting patterns priced at 19 cents to 30 cents a yard, plus Chinese matting at 19 to 26 cents. Oil cloth rag patterns offered in five designs with sale prices from 8 to 40 cents. Linoleum patterns six feet wide priced at 80 cents per yard, with inlaid linoleum at 85 cents per square yard, all part of quick sale offerings.
An advertisement lists Lace Curtains in wide ranges of colors and patterns with sale prices per yard and per pair. It promotes Cretones and cross striped fabrics, tapestries for doors, Cluny and Novelty curtains, Budget and net curtains, plus a large selection of Grills and Window Shades. Estimates and measurements offered for free.
A late 1908 Washington Indiana column lists court filings including Grismore divorce, Grismore vs Grismore, Lundergan insanity, Utterback possession, Kiefner Trainor lease cancellation, Costello Deckard note. post office letters for week ended Nov 17 1908. new births and marriages. ads note mutual dissolution of Montgomery business. requests for farm or business for sale from Rochester New York.
The article outlines season crop practices at Sanford Florida with subirrigation, flowing wells and soil climate advantages. It notes average profit around 1000 dollars per acre and references distributing information from A R Alexander Plainville Indiana. It also mentions an election of church officers in Venbury township Indiana with a meeting at the Christian church on December 1, 1908 at 8 p.m. for trustees.
The circuit court hears a complex divorce dispute in Reeve township involving Grismore and his wife. The case features early deaths connected to the family, disputed contracts from March, and Judge Houghton ruling on a demurrer while costs and legal arguments proceed. The county attorney and local firms Padgett Padgett and Heffernan Mattingly are involved in the defense and argumentation.
Public auction in Davis County Indiana on December 12 1906 to sell the described real estate to satisfy a judgment in the Davis circuit court. The property includes sections 33 and 34 and adjacent tracts totaling 158 acres, with a school fund mortgage of 1550 dollars and 6 percent interest, plus rents and profits for up to seven years and all rights of John L Stanley subject to the mortgage lien.
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