This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
2
The Gazette and Herald comment on the county dispute between the board and treasurer, denying suppression of news. It defends editorial independence, critiques the Democrat line, and analyzes caucus influence on Washington and Daviess County politics, including candidates Read Kennedy Keller Hoffar Luke and Miles.
A political item critiques Democrat efforts to secure Nathan G Read and William Hennedy for the city hall council slate. The writer describes their campaign as weak and compares the pressure they face to Sinbad’s struggle with the Old Man of the Sea.
Citizens criticize Washington city administration for wasteful spending and tax increases despite no retrenchment. They accuse a private caucus of managing city business behind closed doors while neglecting major initiatives and urging a third term for the same leadership.
The piece argues Republicans and Democrats in Washington clash over the city marshal seat, noting Tom Call’s four-year tenure under a mixed council and mayor. It accuses both parties of prior misdeeds and questions accountability while urging calmer blame shifting. It mentions Alvin Padgett as prosecutor in Call’s last term.
A critique contrasts current Democratic tactics with the 1898 spring campaign against reelection of Washington's mayor and officials, citing newspaper commentary in the Advertiser and naming John H. Spencer Daniel S. Monaghan Thomas Underdown and Henry Bohnert.
An editorial defends former mayor Joseph Wilson against partisan slander by the current city administration. It denounces insinuations about his record, calls for a focus on present governance, and urges voters to judge the city hall by its actions, not by attacks on the dead. The piece condemns personal gain from libel and pleads for respect toward Wilson’s memory.
A series of obituaries from Bogartownship to Loogootee notes the deaths of Edn H Tomey’s 17 month old daughter from stomach trouble, Mrs Hha E Guyer in Indianapolis, Raymond McCann of Plainville, Mary J Lunsford in Union Church, Mary Wratten in Harrison township, Lena Schuck in her home, and Miss Nellie Carnahan of Loogootee. Funeral details include church and cemetery services, organizational affiliations, and family survivors.
Ex mayor John H Spencer says The Herald misquoted the Advertiser and calls him a bigot incompetent and scrub though he forgives the editor. Martin Cabill of Cannerburgh was here Thursday.
A. Biddinger resigns as manager of motive power at Montgomery for Daviess County Coal. He will join Beyer Machine in Petersburg as manager, leaving a long tenure noted for skilled work. He will move to Petersburg at once to take the new position.
County Treasurer Truc a refused to sell bonds worth 66956 dollars planned to fund a gravel road system to Washington and Washington township after the September election, stating the bonds had not been executed or delivered to him.
Misa Maud Laughlin of Odon age 11, sister of Prosecutor Laughlin, is critically ill with malaria fever. Medical officials report her condition as serious and continued monitoring is underway.
The city sued William H. Mattingly, lessee of the Fourth and South street lot bought for a city hall, after he paid rent on time. Mattingly resisted, winning in justice court and circuit court, while the city faced costs and accusations of persecution by mayor and caucus. The piece cites the city’s 9 percent income claim from the lot and a prior city hall jet purchase under Mayor Clark.
In a lengthy statement the state superintendent of public instruction argues that teachers’ salaries are not living wages. He cites an average annual salary of about 440 dollars and contrasts national per capita education spending with alcohol and tobacco expenditures, noting demographic and economic factors affecting pay and the shift toward more women in teaching.
The Modern Woodmen of America will meet in Zinkan hall at northeast Fourth and Van Trees streets after a morning change of lodge rooms from the Masonic hall. The 120 member group aims to reach 300 by next August for the state log rolling event here. E. R. PlergE of Terre Haute is visiting.
A garbled list presents multiple surname connections and pairs such as Leahigh Garagan Vaught Lee Cavanaugh Don O Dell Odell Ryan, Kies LauBy Russell Grefe Summers Herndon Stull Gregory Reiner Horrall Burks Burch. It reads like a consolidation of personal names from an obituary or marriage notice with unclear punctuation and order.
A batch of court actions includes Johnson v Johnson Ieaze D Johnson v Teresa A Johanson, Todd v Martin partition suits, Martin vTodd quiet title and partition, Joseph v Evansville & Indianapolis Railway damages, Bradley v Lundergan foreclosure. Also a weekly list of letters remaining at the Washington post office for week ending October 34 1905.
Marriage and birth notices list several additions to families. Details mention Mrs. Jefferson Summit with two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Rogers with a son, Mrs. Daniel D. Winterbottom with a son, Mrs. John Watking of Washington township with a son, and Mr. Otis W. Crawford with a son.
Sweeney of the State Fish and Game Commission reports that deputies have secured attorney convictions for violations of the game law in the past month, with about 400 convictions statewide this year. He notes growing hunter license demand and says open season begins November 10, with licenses likely higher than ever. Deputies now directly arrest violators, reducing false identifications by neighbors and improving enforcement across Bartholomew County and beyond.
The court held that voting power to abandon a school district rests with residents of the township, excluding other townships whose children attend the school. It states that when children transfer to a school outside the township, the child, not the parent, is transferred for school purposes. The case involved a closed school in Wabash county near a township boundary attended by pupils from two townships.
Joseph Courtney has purchased Abel Padgett’s forty acre tract in Im Bteele township. He plans to build a new house in the spring.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.