Report on the District No. 4 School in Washington Township, Dearborn County, Indiana for 1873 appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 20 Feb 1873 – Page 3, Column 3

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

District No. 4 closed its school February 7th. We learn that the teacher, Mr. Ward, gave general satisfaction. We visited the schools on that day and was well pleased. We found at this school some good spellers; among them we noticed Carrie Cole, Hannah Younker, Emma Herron, Mary Baker. Carrie Cole bearing the championship.