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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1909
Page
3
Mrs J H Hollingsworth and her husband faced a pistol threat after a man in workman disguise lured the doctor away with a fake urgent case. The robber forced the wife to surrender money but fled when a dog alarmed him. Mrs Hollingsworth identifies the assailant.
Dr J N Hurty of the state board of health reports an accelerating typhoid fever outbreak across Indiana with September records likely to exceed prior totals. Noted outbreaks stretch from Delaware, Randolph, DeKalb and other northern counties as authorities seek causes and insist on proper sewage disposal to halt transmission. Five Waterloo farmers contracted typhoid from a well supplying their farmhouse, linked to a past case and lack of preventive action during threshing activities.
D. Ward King promotes a drum drag method in Technical World Magazine October issue. He, the inventor of the spilling drag, acts as a roads missionary, citing collaboration with the public road commission and farmers' groups across the United States. The method reportedly yields water-impervious roads on most soils, with illustrations supporting remarkable results and broader adoption.
Expositions of Mr King’s work have appeared and will be read with deep interest by everyone concerned with the improvement of American roads. The writings aim to inform readers about road quality, policy, and infrastructure progress.
County commissioners order immediate placement of fifteen inmates of the Daviess county orphans home in Julia E Works home Plymouth Westfield and Marion county orphans home to cut costs while preserving industrial training, leaving about eighteen children at the home during the transition.
Bid forms for county supplies in December have been prepared by the state board of accounts and will be sent to counties for distribution to bidders in October. The forms mirror township supplies for statements and affidavits but omit article classification. County bid laws require explicit classification of articles.
A 150 quart nitroglycerin charge placed in an Oakland City field oil well failed to discharge when shot. After the casing collapsed, crews chose to drill down to the charge, risking collapse and a possible explosion that could have killed six men working above the hole.
Workmen performed a dangerous drilling operation in the Oakland City field, accurately calculating to drill out and discharge tools from the well after extraction. This marks the first such hazardous task attempted in the area, with workers escaping unharmed.
The seventy-eighth annual Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church convenes next Tuesday for a week with Bishop William Frazer McDowell presiding. The body, including 361 clergy and 100,000 lay members, spans eight districts and features a broad program with speakers from New York Chicago and Washington and special services marking Woman’s Home Missionary Society, board of education, and foreign missions anniversaries.
William Fuller encountered a gunman in Muncie who demanded money. Fuller surrendered thirty five cents and the robber, in a sarcastic taunt, left claiming a bottle of champagne and a hummingbird as his imagined payoff. Fuller reported the incident to police.
A young woman aboard train 5 at Frichton, near Vincennes, leaped off during a sudden brake application. She sprinted back to board again and exclaimed she thought the stop was Vincennes, provoking amusement among passengers.
Judge Houghton likely to relocate from Shoals to this city, exploring rental or purchase options as he surveys available dwellings.
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