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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a cinema event at Sf SI Poy and a furniture store involvement by Reller and Wilkins. Names and phrases are garbled but indicate a local notice about a venue and nearby commerce. No clear dates, places, or actions emerge beyond these entities.
Terre Haute Ind June 7 Business of the Indiana branch of the national association of stationary engineers ended with Indianapolis chosen as next meeting site. Officers elected include President George R Fields Terre Haute Vice President Louis Minke Evansville Secretary Albert Franke Terre Haute Treasurer A T Arens South Bend Conductor Louis Stock Evansville Doorkeeper Ignats Baldus Indianapolis State Deputy E G Heeger Evansville More than 500 attended the three days session.
The women in charge estimate ticket sales for the chautauqua event at the city hall are behind expected as many tickets remain unsold. Early buyers include Rita and others awaiting the first ree stock while prices may rise after the event. Mrs Ball, eighty two, travels alone to Flora to visit Walter Hopkins, her grandchild, after the hearings.
Six hundred Independent tobacco dealers in New York and New Jersey have asked Attorney General Reynolds to reopen the dissolution proceedings against the American Tobacco Co. Their counsel Henry W. Hunter says local independents enjoy support from groups in Boston Cleveland Chicago Memphis Salt Lake City San Francisco Los Angeles and New Orleans. A meeting is set for next Thursday in New York to decide further action as independents allege the decree failed to restore true labor competition among four remaining trusts led by the same men who controlled the American Tobacco Co.
Boston June 7 The jury in the dynamite conspiracy case tied to the Lawrence textile strike remains out deliberating William M Wood president of the American Woolen Co Frederick E Alateau a dye manufacturer and Henry J Collins a Cambridge door fancier Await their fate One juror Mors Shuman said he was offered 200 and a life position to vote as directed The man offering did not name his client
A bolt of lightning struck the German Reform church near Freeport Janes killing three senior members of the congregation and injuring a fourth before the church burned. Name victims WJ Dutteman K Meyer Wesrl Hoke. The bolt also paralyzed Datie Olman who survived. all are local farmers. In another brief item Lewis Faller four year old of Salvmai was hospitalized after swallowing a toy pistol but recovered and returned home with his parents.
Fort Smith Ark June 7 A messenger from Kansas City Missouri testified that a man from this city shot and killed Pat Lawson 19 on a northbound passenger train No 2 near here Sunday morning The grand jury will hear the case without bail Sick faces first degree murder charges and the state attorney intends to oppose bond claiming Lawson and his companion were train robbers.
Market notes listing cattle native beef cows and heifers with prices, hogs and sheep values, mixed offerings from Hoge Wood and butchers, various wholesale ranges, and a cash grain section covering Wheat No 2 red and white varieties, oats, and other commodities with scattered price figures. The text combines unclear OCR fragments for livestock, produce, and grain quotations with several entity names and price points.
More than 1,000 strikers participated in a pantomime pageant in Paterson New Jersey depicting strike scenes. The event, aided by writers such as Upton Sinclair Lincoln Steffens Inez Gilmore Hutchins Hapgood and Rose Pastor Stokes, drew notable figures in literature and reform.
The Petersburg issue reports a central fire department response at a home on a noon telephoned alert, discusses Coopering Cartons plans to ship raw material via Iron Prairie Creek to Petersburg, notes timber prospects at Prufing Creek aiding factory longevity, mentions Frank Bryant’s return from Oakland City for family health, and highlights Judge R. K. Vernda’s memorial address at the Methodist church plus a Sunday school session for local youths.
A fragment notes attendance at a church communion service where an individual approached the communion table. The record mentions extreme heat and a Berce storm arriving during the meeting hour, with further reference to being present at the Orderly club.
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