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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary historical notes list Astronomical Events Tonight and Tomorrow with Kan sets, and weather forecasts showing showers in the southeast. Mentions of Dor Atthier, Pedee Fieht Tho, Ragshia harvest, and Loon Admiral Makarott alongside Halsahore. Names Wheeler Rosin Wilson Witkos and others appear amid scattered event references.
Eighteen dollars distributed among Pennsylvaniarailroad workers from the creditors fund as the company marks its anniversary. Cyrdivel Gibbone cables that Katharine is set to wed in Australia. Port Arthur police clash with 19 Doukkobors arrested for parading unclothed and facing starvation. Count Tolstoi’s illness follows imprudent walking in a snowstorm. A jewelry store in New York loses jewelry valued at $6000 in a daylight burglary. Oklahoma senate adds an amendment to curb lobbyists in felony cases. A Chicago zoological institute proposes temperance measures for graduates. John Vandereck Jr of United Press dies after appendicitis. Tennessee supreme court blocks Standard of Co. for acts statewide. Milwaukee landholders lose suit against Chicago Northwestern in federal court.
A Palm Sunday notice notes special music and choir performances across the Uathole churches. Readers are urged to attend as hymns renditions and banners mark the observance.
On April 20 1908 notices warn that all water services will be shut off April 21 for delinquent rents. The piece mentions livestock stock like a wetting bred stallion and a dark colored horse with insured prices, and notes a sale of stock at Eugene Dougherty's farm one mile north of Washington on Edwardsjaet road. ADA Ewe not.
The city saw a flood of visitors and locals listed including John T. Hederick from Reeve township Joseph Livers Homer Moers and Daniel T. Berry funeral attendance by Mr and Mrs W E McGarey family connections in St Louis and Montgomery plus numerous residents from Vine Reine Seymour and Steele Township making day trips or returning home.
The Passover festival begins Wednesday and lasts four weeks as Jews observe Pesach. The holiday recalls the Exodus from Egypt under Moses and centers a home Seder with readings from the Hebrew records and symbolic bitter herbs.
An owner seeks immediate offers to buy a business or avinue. The ad notes a location detail and mentions a possible possession date. Also included is a Washington Chapter convocation notice for April 15 at 7 p.m. and a request for patronage to fund a brace for a lame foot.
Jomes Miles of Harrison Washington travels through the city en route to Muingle where he will reside. The Bugles accept invitation to attend Episcopal church on first Sunday in May in memory of a parish observance. Knights Templars plan to attend Easter service at the Christian church next Sunday. Grant Bingham of Cumback begins selling wagon goods in Veale township. Ernest Raney, a teacher in Barry township, visits the city to travel to Terre Haute for formal schooling.
A spring mood drives people outdoors as birds sing and sap rises while town life shifts to yard work and street noises. Reported events include a Bedford death, a freight train wreck near Petersburg, and a false fire alarm at box 32.
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