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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
3
Bicknell Day campaigns file another petition with County Auditor Joseph J. Muentser seeking a partial option election. The petition, signed by 363 legal voters of Bicknell, follows a prior filing in May and a June finding of insufficiency by county commissioners.
Advertised letters awaiting pickup include women Mrs. Mary Ann Colvin Mayme Colvin Mrs Bessie Mattingly Mr and Mrs Elmer VanTrees Miss Lizzie Willigmas men Martin FP Carey G B Harris Noah Inman J M Matheny E Lang Dr Carey Persinger Joseph Pfeffer C D Scott A Terchee. Postmaster E B Forsythe notes one cent charge on all advertised matter.
Ne Vacation Greencastle Ind June 28 reports the Pug named county circuit court will not have a summer vacation this year. The court remains in session to prevent county jail from overflowing with prisoners captured after escaping from the state penal farm.
Senator Thamas Tageart proposes a regiment of infantry to the government for use if needed or in Mexico hostilities. He presented the offer to President Wilson and would supervise recruiting if accepted. The piece notes political maneuvering around the Indiana primary, with mentions of Taft allies and other state figures and a June 28 report from Indiana.
U S news item notes routine government tests show a common house fly weighing two to three per cent of its weight can carry many bacteria including typhoid and tuberculosis germs. Laboratory experiments by the agriculture department used sterilized water to measure contamination and found bacteria in fly deposits and water discoloration.
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