State Tax Board Grants Fifteen Percent City Tax Cut
Washington city properties see a fifteen percent reduction by the state tax board of tax assessments. Personal property excluded. banks keep eighty percent capital stock valuation. Total city lands and improvements drop to about 35,850.25 from 2,252,335 county report. Other cities also see varied decreases and increases across Indiana counties.
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State Board of
Nugent
J. W.ogden
Thomas D. Slimp
Washington
Daviess County
State Board
County Board of Review
State Tax Board
Rule of State Board
CARE ELRICH AVHT in Uitick af
Unclear report states a person was struck and rendered unconscious with facial injuries. It notes another individual named Gilvis Piracan in critical condition at home, with limited local detail on incident location or timing.
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Gilvis Piracan
Epot
Man Held Up at Baggage Claim Scene Along Train
Report describes a man held up near a B and L line baggage area with references to a train stop at Worthington and officers contacted about alleged bootleg activity. Names mentioned include Haley touring Freland and Dillard returning to Linton after a noon visit, with other local notes.
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Kifiton
Kil
Ion
Worthington
Women’s ribbed vests and jersey pants sale
Advertises women’s mercerized lisle vests with silk necks and sleeves in multiple colors 2x2 ribbed white light blue pink and black. Includes “out-size” shaped vests with round neck and long sleeves and pure white jersey ribbed pants knee length with French bands. Prices range from 12 1/2 to 25 cents per item.
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Lislo
Joose
August Reputation Hurts Merchants Rally Warns of Decline
Thoroughly Alive notes August carries a bad reputation among merchants. They warn trade is dead or dying and urge straightforward bargains to revive business, claiming such plainness is the secret to success in the city.
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Ublic
Fashion Patterns Attract Summer Bargains
A fragment describes ribbed tan sizes four plain items and black hose with lace boot patterns. It mentions full-fashioned hose and cool summer wear priced at 50 cents per pair, signaling bargain sewing patterns and hosiery finds.
Attractive Underwear Sale Promises Low Prices
A garbled advertisement promotes summer weight underwear and related garments at deep discounts. It lists men’s undershirts, drawers, lisle suspenders, muslin shirts, overalls, and boys’ clothing with low prices and “excellent stock” to make room for new goods.
Washington man fight over Reynolds home ends in stabbings
Joe Corcoran is in serious condition from knife wounds after a fight with Andrew Parker near Wenlock Reynolds’ house in southeastern Washington township. Parker fled after the Sunday morning incident, with officers and Parker’s wife reporting the events and Parker being sought for assault and self defense claims.
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Joe Cordoran
Ihe
WwWashington
Anay Parkers
Mth
Cayfarant
Parker
Wenlock Reynolds
Fitzgerald
Wiliam
Kermade
Parker Hye
Indiana
George W. Willeford
Corcoran
Reynolds
Coreptan
Tha Grow
Washington
Fourth
Parker P
George Grow
Washington Township
Grow
Parkers
Parfiter
Reynold
Kellams
Suminong
Justice Court
Gava
Reynollds
Excursion to Vincennes For Hagenbeck Wallace Shows
Washington residents arrange a Friday trip to Vincennes to view Hagenbeck Wallace Circus. Two special trains run to accommodate delegates and visitors with departures from Washington at 1 25 pm or 7 pm and returns from Vincennes at 5 pm or 10 30 pm.
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Washington
Vincennes
Hagenbeckk
Great Wallace
Hagenbee-Wallace
Wabash
Gravel Rate Case Heads to State Railroad Commission
The Southern Indiana gravel rate dispute over shipping gravel from Elnora to Odon will be examined by the state railroad commission Thursday. John Di Moore & Company owns a Bilston gravel pit and accuses the railroad of charging too much. A prior hearing ended in a compromise setting rates near thirty five cents per yard versus sixty cents.
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Indiana
Elnora
Odon
Railroad Commission
John di Moore ’.& Company
Bilston
Faith & Faith
State Commission
Allen Is Treasurer of City School Board
Josiah G. Allen succeeds Nathan G. Read as treasurer after a Saturday reorganizational meeting. Dr. Henry Gers serves as president with C. H. Yenne as secretary, Read’s term expired August 1 after twenty two years of service benefiting Washington public schools.
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Tokin Pt.seo
N. G. Read
Gers
Josiah G
Allen
Nathan G. Read
Henry Gers
C.H. Yenne
Josiah G. Allen
Read
City School Board
Washington
Brush salesman robbed of two suitcases near Main Street
T. E. Bently, a brush salesman, reports two suitcases containing brushes stolen from the hallway of Miss Eva Daugherty’s boarding house on West Main Street after leaving Sunday evening. The hall door was unlocked, giving the thief easy access.
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T. E. Bently
Eva Daugherty
Barding House
West Main Street
County Board Opens Session as Road Sales Loom
The county board of commissioners met at the courthouse with little business planned. Four gravel road extensions will be offered for sale tomorrow. The board plans to travel to Indianapolis to face the state railroad commission Thursday in the case against Southern Indiana for alleged charging exhorbitant freight rates on gravel between Elnora and Odor.
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Knox
Marc
Pike
Nai Ichange
Greene
Twen
County Board of Commissioners
Court House
Indianapolis
State Railroad Commission
Southern Indiana
Elnora
Odor
First Baptist Church to Erect New Building in Washington
The congregation of the First Baptist Church of Washington Indiana voted unanimously to build a new church on the corner of East Sixth and Walcott streets. Rev. M. McGuire named a fifteen member building committee to raise funds and oversee construction, with plans for a parsonage relocation and a project cost around 418 000 to 410 000.
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First Baptist Church Bunday
The
Baptist Brotherhoodh
U M. ‘McGuired
Hera Mattingly
J. G. Afen
F. Aarnas
Hamlet Allen
Arthur H.greenwoad
Hidiana
Ater
First Baptist
Washington
Ina
Ford
Melons Delayed Shipments From Daviess County
Melons from Daviess county are two weeks late this year with first shipments expected around mid August. Growers report the crop is two vipers behind schedule and that fruit will be of good quality once shipping begins.
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Daviess County
Aurea
Dedication Planned for Indiana Grand Lodge Building
Mr Carry will attend the dedication of the Grand Lodge building of the Rights of Pythiex of Indiana at Indianapolis next week. He will go to the capital city Sunday and, after two days there, to Tomington to complete the week. Others may attend.
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Carry
Grand Lodge
Rigshts of Pythiex
Indiana
Anapolia
Cxpital
Tomington
Katy
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