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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
3
A blend of ads promotes groceries at The Economy store with cheap prices and prompt service. Health notices tout Foley's Kidney Cure and Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with testimonials. Local vendors Smith & Winton sell these remedies.
Rome welcomed John J. McGrane and Father Lynch leading the American pilgrimage to Rome. Cardinal Gibbons arranged a private audience with Pope Pius X who blessed the group as Swiss guards watched. The grateful pilgrims exchanged zucchetti and offered prayers amid tears and triumph.
A large blaze on August 6 partially destroys the Brisco block beside Hartford City public square. Loss estimated at $20,000 insured, with the Western Union and Central Union telegraph offices among tenants. Furniture dealer Hoover and Lever and Campbell also housed there, total value around $40,000.
The American Federation of Catholic Societies adopted several resolutions at its closing session in Atlantic City on August 6. They denounced lynching and mob violence, protested French actions against religious congregations, urged Catholics to support truth societies, and pledged cooperation for Catholic Indian schools while advocating library censorship of offensive books.
Pearca Thaxton of Millersburg Kentucky, twenty, found dead in bed at a prominent Atlantic City hotel after reportedly using gas. He arrived with five friends and asked how gas was used. Door forced open, body discovered. evident gas asphyxiation.
Wind wrecked two store buildings at Yucatan Minnesota and burned two barns and 100 head of cattle near Whitehall Wisconsin. Total loss estimated at 15000 dollars.
Flerbert Cox aged 11 killed by lightning in Hillsdale Michigan. Explosives near Bluffton Indiana kill three. Louisville fire destroys Bourbon stock yards with $250000 loss. C Rogers chosen principal chief of Cherokee nation by 21 vote majority. Flood at Cha Foo China drowns 700 people. Phil May dies in London. Seven Italian workers killed in wreck at Newhampton Iowa. Army staff law takes effect. M B Young becomes frat chief of staff. Storm at St Louis Worlds Fair kills one, injures five. Harry Faulkner sentenced to three years for doodling. Glass workers wage scale unchanged for coming season. William Harmiston hanged for murder in Asotin Washington. Andrew Carnegie to donate $1000000 to Dunfermline ponds. Robert J Kilpatrick arrested for mint robbery in Philadelphia. Trust Company of America merges with North American Trust Company. Rural free delivery routes total 445 in July. year end routes 5 ৬6هه
Portland Maine August 6 The New England coast from the British boundary to Cape Ann faces a theoretical 12 hour enemy threat. A hostile fleet has patrolled the sea for about three days and may strike by Saturday to occupy any harbor for five hours, while Rear Admiral Barker’s defending ships along the coast monitor with wireless telegraph units ready to concentrate at short notice.
In Chicago the Cubs beat Pittsburgh 9 to 2 while rain halted games in St Louis Cincinnati. Cleveland defeated Detroit 8 to 2 and Boston topped Philadelphia 3 to 0 in rain affected matches. Washington beat New York 2 to 1 with more rain suspensions noted in St Louis Chicago. Toledo won 7 to 6 over Milwaukee in the American Association with a second game 15 to 10. Kansas City beat Columbia 3 to 1 and Indianapolis 31 to rain with Louisville blanking Minneapolis 7 to 0. Additionally a series of local incidents include the death of Mrs. Mary Krugenklaus after a bicycle collision, a derailment that killed a fireman and injured an engineer, two doctors drowning in Lake Erie, and the capture of convict James Roberts.
Readable rows show cattle and hogs steady to active across markets in Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo with varied quotes. Cattle around 2.51 to 5.54 per unit, hogs active up to 5.85, sheep steady near 4.00 to 4.95, lambs around 5.00 to 6.10 in places.
A magazine of the Empire-American Nitroglycerin Co two miles from Bluffton Ind exploded. Three workers William Howard William Steffy and Edward Radabaugh died, and fragments were scattered over a wide area. The blast destroyed the plant area leaving a 100 by 160 feet crater with heavy debris within 1000 feet and a $29000 loss.
Mrs. M. N. Bassett of 100 N. F. street credits Doan's Kidney Pills with strengthening her kidneys after thirteen years of nervous debility. She bought them at Hoosier drug store and reports relief from kidney secretions and urges others with weak kidneys to try the product. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole U.S. agent. Remember Dean's and take no substitute.
This notice promotes immediate relief for stomach troubles and urges readers to keep simple remedies at hand. Louis F. Hunembier, a chemist at Farmers' Drug Store in Gum's Block, offers the necessary preparations.
Notice invites customers to have eyes tested and glasses fitted at Jepson on Main Street. The ad promises proper fitting and guaranteed satisfaction with a hint that prices are affordable. It emphasizes the value of sight and urges early action.
The testimonial from E F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing chronic indigestion and nervous debility after years of failure with other remedies. He adds his wife has remained in excellent health for years and praises the medicine as a grand tonic for female troubles. Encourages trying them with satisfaction guaranteed by J N Jones.
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