13 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
1
Council debates repair plans for the electric light plant with bids to be sold. Nos. Wise and Hopkins clash over expertise, a practical engineer, and direct city control. Smoot sides with the bid plan. Ashe’s influence surfaces as the debate drifts.
The local machinists accepted the invitation to join Labor Day parade. Wheat was fined $1 for unspecified offense and Flannagan was fined $5 for a separate incident.
Jarnold Allen III traveled to Epsom with his son Arnold who held a fever at his father Elijah Grove's home. A Royal Neighbors unit was formed in Montgomery Monday night with Mrs. Ary Culliva, district deputy, leading twenty plus chatter members from Washington I drove to Montgomery and conducted the work.
Fragmented notes indicate a superintendent named Burris faced tailed surveillance in several towns. The text references attendance issues and patron opposition to entertainment efforts, with scattered numbers and locations including Elmore.
A passenger train on the River Selay line suffered an eight hour delay due to a bridge obstruction and engine issues near the depot. Passengers, including a family from Bay and a local couple, awaited reboarding as crews handled repairs and rerouted traffic.
The Mohay night council seeks plans and specifications to brick a section of Main Street between east Second and west Sixth streets. Two thirds of property owners must approve. current moves include brick paving and road improvements as debris from prior macadam work is resolved.
Listed players include Harold Beltman, Sam Boyd, Charles Wilson, Bud Edmond, and Raymon Horrall as top contenders. The match will be held at a rear yard court with expected close competition and medal chances for several strong entrants.
Nugent sells ground in Elnora to a hardware firm and retains the house. He has no place to deposit the house and must move it. The two vacant lots and the pending build plan likely require a new shelter. The sale consideration for the lots was $600.
The city school trustees awarded a coal contract to Hamersty Coal Company to furnish coal to Washington Schools for the winter. The bid is 2.25 per ton, higher than last year's 2.163 per ton.
Oliver Summers of Odon sinks toward death after a yearlong fasting ordeal. Despite medical consultation he cannot gain relief. Friends report his condition worsens with blood turning a colorless hue as the kidney disease progresses.
Madame Rumot quips as a bachelor sues for a repair to a heart. A widower says he was cheated out of his girl and plans to wed. The fragment hints at a shockingly odd plot involving a shop for human hearts.
Reading fragment reveals a sensational local item about odd happenings and a deadly wagon incident. A baby was crushed under a heavy wagon after a bystander released a go cart and a carriage wheel rolled over it.
Mrs John Crane Jr and her child will depart tomorrow for Indianapolis on a vacation trip. Oscar Patterbox will fill in as stenographer in the Crane division engines office during the absence.
Ben Jam4n and Andwin H. Sanford traveled to Oakland City at noon to finalize arrangements for the opening of a new shoving picture dhow.
Local notes indicate a plan to distribute pay checks on Wednesday to employees in the Southwestern region. Details about the schedule or involved parties remain unclear in the fragment.
Clark, formerly a Latin instructor at Bloomington High School, accepted the Chicago Northern Life Insurance Institute position. He will move to Chicago with his family in weeks, ending his duties in Bloomington where he served as principal last winter.
Everett Gates and three of his children were killed when an engine collided with a buggy near New Albany. The father survived after witnessing the horrific wreck that left scattered wreckage and mangled bodies along the tracks, with the passengers and responders shocked by the scale of the crash.
The body of Wittain Bassett who died in Deming New Mexico last week arrives on the four o clock train and is taken to the old homestead for funeral services. Burial will be at Westland Creek Cemetery. Son Helphensting travels to Silverfield on business.
The article notes a Pot family gathering in the grove near Sharmila east of September with the date moved from September 12 to the 14th. Speeches will be delivered by prominent figures and the principal speaker at the reunion is the Rev. R Bourgher with Mr and Mrs Frank M Mitchell of Blnore reported as attendees.
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