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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
3
Tonight and tomorrow morning the sky may show meteors from Lyra while planets dim and stars brighten. Local items report church sales at Hannah Conrad’s millinery store with 10:30 a m opening and offerings including cakes, bread, dressed chickens, candles, and other goods.
A jumbled ad listing farm or business for sale near Rochester New York and miscellaneous items. It includes seed potatoes from various regions, eyeglasses, plants, and carnations for sale, plus payment terms and contact clues.
Bond attorneys from Smith Duncan Hornbrook and Smith pass unfavorable on the Steele Township gravel road bonds citing illegality in revising estimates after the proposition sales. A spiral statute may require revision and one road was dropped after petitions. Wid & Company to purchase bonds with initial 2103 now and rest later with bonds held in trust for interest.
News from Georgetown township and Westville detailing a dry vote, saloon men planning to move licenses to Danville township, and threats of legal challenges. City officials refuse new licenses, temperance forces prepare to battle anticipated court actions and petitions.
The Bloomington convention will nominate Alvin Padgett for Congress in the district. Daviess County Democrats back Padgett strongly, citing his residency and leadership. Owens, Lawrence, Greene, Knox counties’ papers align with Padgett, urging honest local support and unity to secure the nomination.
Charles Melton born 1826 in Daviess County dies at home in Loogooles Inst after a long service in Company K 143d Indiana Infantry. He married three times, survived by Betsy Williams and five children. Also reported: Farmers of Sugarland form a ten member local chapter of the Farmers Cooperative and Educational Society at schoolhouse six led by C F Ageton of Harrison township.
Fragments report a missing dog found safe and a dog that died on Walnut Street. A coal vein nine feet thick was drilled on the J W Blake farm near Alfordaville this week with a 100 foot depth coal seam. Carpenters work on the Afrdome structure at South and East Fifth Street. The Boston store displays Easter windows while Carl West adjusts jewelry and the court house clock. Hi McCormick moves from Shoals to Loogootee after purchasing the Lon Thompson home.
Advertiser lists seven acres two miles north with gravel road access and price 700 dollars. Ten acres of sandy loam ideal for cultivation, adjoining the city. Four to five tracts of 65 acres clay soil one mile from town on gravel roads, subdivisible into ten and twenty acre parcels. Prices by application, large house and barn on site, on a gravel road, financing available.
Fragmented personal notices mention Ofer and McCormick at El nettings, Alvey of Cannerburg today, Ty He Setrit, commissioner second district, in Van Buren township. Patrick Howard and children are noted from Mt Carmel with other brief place references.
A historical notice describes a water works sale and river channel changes near Camp Manning. It also notes a Bridgeport court fine and jail sentence, alongside anecdotal health ads for Life Pills and Electric Bitters promoting remedies with local druggists.
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