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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
2
An inmate named Aliee Lessen at the county infirmary was scalded when a kettle of hot water toppled from a stove while she tried to place a pan on a table. Dr. C H Yenne said injuries are painful but not serious and the woman is recovering. She is about 32 and has lived at the poor farm for years.
Footsore Indiana National Guard Company I arrives home from Ft Benjamin Harrison after an eight day encampment starting March 11. The Indianapolis cadre joined sham battles and received praise from higher officers, under Captain Joshua Evans and Lieutenant Frank Sneider.
With the opening of the new consolidated school in this township on Monday 163 pupils enrolled, far more than expected. Four wagons are not enough to transport all students, so Trustee Brown ordered a fifth conveyance, arriving next week.
A man attempted to enter the Tom Moy shop from the rear on a Saturday afternoon to take cash from the till but could not force the drawer open and nothing was stolen. Local report notes the intruder fled.
A brief wedding notice notes the surprise ceremony between Mr Wratten and the estimable daughter of Georg ent citizen Tolson, a proml.
Republicans convened Saturday to nominate candidates for township offices. T. O. Jabs was chosen for trustee and Th for assessor, with dates set for the office.
A fragmented item notes Miss Lissie Pur teaching a class while a person named Buzan suffers illness. The report references inability to present at an opening event and mentions grades tied to Buzan, with unclear context and place.
A fragmented passage mentions a man named Mr. Lucas and a plan to hunt gears as the river runs low. It notes pearls described as worth and white with two smaller spherical pearls, one smitter, and a morning awaiting Mr. Sagas offers $800 but is refused by a person described as the ttter.
At Shelbyville Indiana the annual Methodist Episcopal conference adjourned after reading ministerial assignments for the coming year. Reappointed district superintendent C E Asbury heads the Vincennes district with numerous parish postings listed from Alfordsville to Washington. Johnson leaves Glendale with no charge. Burns and Hart to lead local churches.
The Reeve township Republican convention at Alfordsville adopted resolutions praising Theodore Roosevelt and Governor J Frank Hanly temperance efforts. They endorsed John C Chaney and his policies, thanked trustee Jesse Godwin and township supervisors for their work, and expressed sympathy to Mrs T J Horne day and family on the loss of their companion and father. BE Meade W J McCord and G Burris, committee.
County Superintendent Borris is jubilant over the enrollment of high school students in the county. He has received reports from three schools. At Plainville forty two enrolled, at Casie.
Obituaries report the death of Henry L. Tucker and the sudden passing of Corwin Rayhill. Funeral services were led by Rev J Hile at the U B church, with Tucker family members attending from Linton and Oklahoma. The Barr Township Union Sunday School convention at the U B church drew large attendance and featured a teacher training drill. Other items note births, illnesses, moves to Oklahoma, and local sermons by Rev G B Weeks and Rev Terrell.
Steven Barton, a renowned agent for the United States Express company, has achieved a record time in a notable warm-up event, signaling a high level of performance and potential in upcoming competition.
A report describes two consignment flights of racing pigeons with speeds described as exceptionally fast. The second batch reportedly beat a Washington to Cincinnati train by over an hour despite heavy haze and smoke hindering sealing the birds on arrival. The first flight was slower due to fog, while the second achieved higher averages before arriving in Cincinnati.
Dr F J Freshley returned to Grand View Dr Plainville and rented rooms above the Farmers Bank. In Clarksville Tenn John Robinson a veteran circus owner married Miss Mary Maud Logay a professional nurse in his private car.
A male resident of Washington Daviess County Indiana states intent to apply to the county board of commissioners at the October 1908 session for a license to sell and give away intoxicating liquor in a ground floor room of a brick two story building fronting Main Street. The notice describes the premises, access, locks, and hours restricted to Sundays holidays and unlawful times, and seeks permission to sell and dispense spirits in quantities less than a quart with on premise drinking.
County commissioners of Daviess county Indiana will on Wednesday October 7 1908 receive bids for construction of the McCracken bridge in Barr township Sealed bids required bonds double bid Plans and specifications on file in the auditor's office Washington Indiana The second notice lists heirs of Carroll deceased and court cases with hearings set for November 1908 and final settlement proceedings in Washington Indiana on October 2 1908
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