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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
6
The article reports a city election climate with reform rhetoric, Democratic gains, and saloonkeeper influence. It notes new officials planned to enforce laws, removal of county officers, and debates over police force and water service amid tariff and governance tensions.
The piece argues the Republican Party has a long record of advancing labor, homestead rights, and protectionist policy, claiming strength across four decades of governance. It asserts commitment to prosperity for all citizens and cautions against abandoning proven governance in favor of new captains.
A jumble of names and places notes visitors travel and social movements. J R Neal heads home from St Louis while Dillard visits Vinecuned and Mrs Mayme Baxter visits. Grant Faith travels to Indianapolis this afternoon and Dorothy White returns home for autumn. Chicago business trips and various family visits are listed with other local names and towns.
A collage of short notes reports a fire at a venue called the Racket, plans to sink a shaft for Wheatland, and James Harris overseeing the work. It notes John Bright’s return from Colorado, Knights of Columbus initiation, a banquet at St Simons church, and business moves including a sawmill shipment to Arkansas. It also mentions Indiana saloon closings, Burke and son’s Arkansas trip, railroad earnings for August, and political views of Bryan and Roosevelt with Cleveland and Hill silent.
Mary Anderson Hag returned to heatland for a visit. Malinda Lawery is home from Vincennes to Indianapolis. Mary Wright came back from Indianapolis. Bert Murdock and Fred Kirch went to Vincennes to buy lumber. Morehead visited Elnora. Carrie Kelso of Terre Haute is visiting Superintendent Axtell. Dr. I L Gorby left for Chicago to start insurance work. New Albany Tribune notes numerous travel and homecomings across Indiana with relatives and friends visiting from Cairo to Fort Worth.
German gunboat Panther sunk the Crete Pierrot after ordering the crew to abandon arms at the harbor entrance of Gonivebs. Admiral Gillick extended time to 15 minutes for surrender. flames appeared as the ship was struck and submerged. Soldiers respond with plans to attack St Mare Port as Cape Haitian reports German action.
A chaotic OCR fragment describes a financial audit of Rose from the Wabash office with figures around 10,000 dollars, mentioning John B. Rone and A. S Brownhi Mire taking possession. It notes a possible shortage error and a check of the circulating amount, ending with unclear details about the public record.
Miss Xenia Cox, visiting Missour and amid plans for marriage, is asked to live with a newly wed couple as their hired servant. In Bloomington Indiana a one-year-old boy James Depew died after falling headfirst into a water bucket. A jury at Rockville returned a guilty verdict for Lee Phillips in the murder case of Charles Markin, sentencing him to life imprisonment.
fragments report a murder linked to Anna Bartholin found buried at a Chicago residence on Galpy Street. A letter signed Minnie Mirchi allegedly implicates a murder involving William Bartholin. investigators note the body of a woman in spring burial.
The text presents fragmented notes about a Colorado Springs incident and a cholera-like outbreak in St Petersburg. It references medical consultation, a shooting at a Carlton restaurant, and unspecified conditions, with garbled names and partial dates. The overall coherence and details are limited by the damaged OCR.
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