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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
3
In Vincennes on June 29 Gus Weymeir thirty old collapsed from heat while working in the Empire paper mill and was carried home unconscious yet showed slight improvement. Oscear Meyer aged nineteen suffered a bad cut after an axe slipped while chopping rindling, injuring his foot.
Elisha Grimes, a former Bedford resident, was arrested in Munfordville Kentucky on fugitive charges. The grand jury returned multiple indictments including criminal perjury tied to an alleged 13 year old victim Eva Collier. Grimes reportedly fled after selling property and is rumored to face sensational charges of blackmail and attempted blackmail at trial.
Terre Haute residents report a heated dispute over Mayor Bidawan's ouster, with friends of the mayor claiming a conspiracy by local Republicans to set a precedent for a future Democratic mayor in September. The item notes comments by Wills TY. Morgan praising King’s New Discovery for health, and advertisements for Chamberlains Colic remedies and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea from Lindeman's Pharmacy.
A garbled vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims medical testing in hospitals and private practice, and offers free sample bottles by mail with a return address to Ilinghamton New York.
In Terre Haute the impeached Mayor Bidaman defies council action and remains in office as the police stand by. Comptroller Buckingham contemplates steps to enforce the office while police refuse to accept orders from others.
Cannon received a communication this week from a Black constituent who lists six children. The youngest is three months old named Nicholas. Others named include Alice Roosevelt Young Marcus Hanta Young Joseph G Cannon Young William McKintoy Young and Abraham Lingo Young.
A cryptic note jumbles ideas about a god of wisdom, sestizem, and visitors to summer health resorts. It hints landlords absent from the scene and questions the purpose of leisure, framed in a terse, quotational style.
Fragmented notes describe work on the Indianapolis Southern line from Bloomfield to Switz City with twenty miles left and erosion evident. It mentions governance over Sunday passenger trains and social conduct, plus a public notice about Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and local pharmacy endorsements.
In a chaotic night at Eno Park the bride Nes Culhan and her mother fight back as intruders force open doors. A rope looped the groom’s neck and he is carried away to a nearby room. The matron narrowly avoids serious injury while others suffer blunt harm.
A mass of 1906 Indiana notices include appointing administrators for estates in Daviess County, nonresident notices, divorce proceedings, and bids for high school building work. Names include Hugh F. O Seall, Florence Horton, James E. Horton, Padgett & Padgett, and Jerome Thers, with dates and court references in Washington and Odon.
A fragmentary classified listing advertises a 3 room frame house with outbuildings and well water for 1250, several rental options including a 4 room dwelling near a church and school, and a 42 room house on Ogden street. It notes potential profits from rental and sale of lots, with prices like 3500 and 8 per month rent for a small dwelling.
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