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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
8
Ohe County Board of Health asks all citizens to clean premises remove manure piles and trash from streets and alleys and keep weeds in vacant lots mowed to prevent a typhoid fever outbreak. Health Officer orders immediate action and ongoing cleanliness.
Fragmentary notice indicates a July event offering travel to a point four miles distant from a church or deiosials with a lover’s note. Details are unreadable.
The Russiaviils Lumber and Coal Company sells Good Jump coal for threshing at 2.75 dollars per ton.
A fragmented 19th century notice touts a salve for sore nipples and distressing skin. it mentions General nay fee and using the salve when a chill is done, advising cleansing with a cloth and applying the salve to babies. Sale listed by G W Kemp.
Major Cy enters the spring season at Bilk enberry's Barn in Russiaville with a pacing record of 2:4. Mont Jolley from Tipton owns the horse.
An advertisement touts calcium carbide as a source for acetylene gas, claiming it yields bright, cool, white light at lower cost than kerosene. It asserts one pound makes five cubic feet of gas, with 21 candle power for 16 hours, inviting readers to compare prices and request pricing for rooms or stores in Chicago.
July 1st notice lists missing addressees Mrs G W Douglass Miss Cora Hitchcock Mrs Ida Smith Miss Eva L Parker Mr Hjalmar Tarimen Mr Earl Sinople IW Sherwin PLM as names in the public mail.
The Hong Kong Daily Press cites a Tartar general in Cantons blaming a peaked library roof for an evil influence that killed his wife and daughter and a form Tartar general. A fung shui professor advised removing the roof. it has been replaced with a flat design.
Mirw and Mrs AL Davis visited Friday near Frankfort Indiana. Mer Wibold died in Deuces Col and was buried at Lafayette. Mrs Histo Wooten of Tidinnspolis attended with Mr Ras Wright. Delilah Phair returned to her home in Frankfort Wednesday. Preparations for a family gathering and farewell for a cousin are noted.
An unusual streetcar incident on Huclid avenue involves a woman in a new spring suit and a cerise bonnet with her bulldog sharing a seat. A determined man eyes a seat, sits after the dog occupies the space, and the dog ends up losing its spot as the rider reads a newspaper.
In Indianapolis a 23 year old inmate of a women’s prison killed herself last night using a sheet to hang from her cell bars. She had arrived Thursday from Muncie after being sentenced to one to three years for petit larceny.
Peek Turret of near Burlington was in town Wednesday on business.
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