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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
6
The article explains how moisture affects wood strength from green to dry states. It notes the super-saturation point and that drying strengthens wood, with spruce reaching fourfold strength when dry. It discusses reabsorption, defects, and practical implications for engineers, plus a Forest Service publication offer.
The Ogechee Tribe and its Red Men lodge report rapid growth with about 350 members and over sixty new scalps taken at a Friday ceremony. A dispensation from the great sachem extended from July 20 to August 31, enabling many candidates to join under its provisions, listing numerous new initiates by name.
The fragment lists individuals including Holliway Marlow Purcell El wood Bell J. A. Gill Warren Routt Frank Hunter Frank J. Keller and V. Cole, suggesting a directory or notice naming participants or associates.
Daviess County teachers institute closed its week long session at 11 o clock Saturday after one of the best programs in the county's school history. Instructors concluded with brief talks and adopted resolutions praising instructors musicians ministers and contributors and thanking County Superintendent Benjamin Burris. They endorsed cooperation to advance educational interests and favor employing a township music supervisor in each township.
Friends of Dr. L E Van Osdal expect his selection as a delegate to the general conference of the Methodist church. The report notes strong backing from supporters who anticipate his appointment.
The Indiana lay conference will convene September 27 in Columbus to select fourteen delegates for the May 1908 general conference in Baltimore. Endorsements for Dr. L B Van Osdal of Washington include C E Asbury and John C Billheimer, with others expected to seek lay delegate seats alongside Charles Warren Fairbanks and J Frank Hably.
A Saturday examination at Vincennes tested applicants for a West Point cadet appointment. Congressman John C. Chaney organized the process, with the top scorer earning the nomination. A Daviess county youth from H Harrald of Cannerburg participated among five others. Questions were set by Richard Park and W J Holtel, with grading by Robert J. Aley, Dr. Hammond, and President Ellis.
The September Circle notes a revival echoing Whitfield and the Wesleys with preaching shifting from mines to public spaces in New York City. Clerks, mechanics, merchants, bankers and others press together in crowds on street corners and city steps.
The narrator recalls a long-ago mission as a Union recruiting officer. He describes encounters with disloyalist plots linked to the Knights of the Golden Circle, posting handbills, enlisting volunteers at Hopkins schoolhouse, and arranging homecomings with locally prominent families. The tale ends with a fatal ambush near the river and a wife awaiting news.
Thousands of men attend opening services with city officials among the preachers. The scene underlines a broad church unity as ministers pray amid the rumble of Broadway traffic. The crowd references Tweed and signals a moral appeal by religious leaders to the city.
Maggie Snyder through Padgett &reat S sult seeks a divorce from Austin Snyder. They wed February 9, 1907 and lived together until August 29, 1907 when she was compelled to leave the defendant.
The filing states Mrs. Ryder, an idle bodied woman earning forty to fifty dollars a month, asks the court for an order against Snyder to pay twenty five dollars into court for use in prosecuting the action and a weekly support of three dollars until the final action is heard. Mrs. Ryder resides in Steele township.
Fire discovered in the barn of Mrs Harness Baumgartner on Elm Street between West Third and Fourth streets Friday night at 10:30. Michael Buckley reported the blaze. fire department responded quickly but the barn was ruined and the adjacent sheds damaged by sparks.
A dilapidated barn shows signs of an incendiary origin as investigators note the structure is unstable. Logs or salvage value are listed at 150 dollars while water pressure for firefighting is reported as adequate.
Delbert Downing son of E. D. Downing a East Main Street merchant is seriously ill with typhoid. He was carried from Walnut Street to his parents’ home by ambulance around eight o'clock Friday night.
Fire damaged the south side residence of J C Sheeley Sunday morning with about 10 dollars loss. No cause known as stoves had no fires Thursday. A sparrow or match thought to have started the blaze. Family spotted flames early and extinguished them with water before the fire department was needed.
Prof O P Wests has arrived in New York harbor on September 1 and will spend time there visiting with friends before continuing.
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