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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
5
Local readers report visits and travels as residents from town and surrounding areas gathered for shore visits and training camps. Families and workers from Washington DC to Flora IL share movements, returns, and upcoming summer plans in brief notices.
A fire injured a person and damaged the home at East Main Street. Firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze, with responders from the central station assisting.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a historic performance by Louden or Louden and mentions records and scenes with an army reference. Details are garbled, but the piece emphasizes the feat as unprecedented and remarkable. No clear dates, places, or names reliably identifiable from the readable text.
Notice is given that on June 13, 1918 bids will be received at the Barrownship, Daviess County Indiana office of Daniel E B Carlin School Trustee for all materials and labor to remodel the two story Brick school building at Canalites Indiana. Bidders must deposit ten dollars with plans and specifications returned within five days and an additional five percent bid security. The contract will be let on a standard uniform form and bid bonds and plans are on file with the trustees engineers. An administrator appointment notice for Bridget Mooney appears in the same notice.
Market notes show hogs and cattle trading with bids and prices, including hogs near 2.04 and cattle around 17.79 per hundredweight. Sheep and other livestock activity appear mentioned but details are unclear due to OCR garble.
A public sale is announced by the Washington Co operative Store Company at the northeast corner of Meridian and two streets in Washington Indiana. On June 0 29s a sale offers the stock of goods furniture and fixtures including the store building to satisfy two thirds of the appraised value by auction. Receivers Wardy Van Trees and Thompson with attorney Alvin Pad are handling the sale.
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