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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
3
Zack Jones at 12 and 14 E Main Street promotes a wide choice of melons and vegetables with a best line of groceries. The offer highlights fresh goods and prompt service with low prices.
A local grocer claims can help you economize by saving seats on every order, urging patrons to buy groceries at his store The Economy. Revelation notes many suffer kidney or bladder troubles and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a safe remedy It is praised for throat and lung diseases and for a free trial bottle offer. Druggist J N Jones and Smiths Winton advertise the product.
Rome Aug 7 The coronation ceremonies for Pius X will span five hours at St Peter's with a ninety foot throne canopy. Cardinal Rampolla will greet the pope at the basilica threshold and a blessing may be given from the piazza. Tickets are planned at about sixty thousand as Cardinals Ajuti Tallant Katschthaler and Herrero y Espinosa await red hats. Herrero is reportedly too ill to attend.
At Sagamore Hill the German ambassador Speck von Sternburg was presented in full dress to the president marking a departure from precedent. Luncheon followed and the envoy spent the afternoon with the president before returning to Sagamore Hill. Also notes on Mississippi primary results with Money and Vardaman, and local incidents from Kentucky and New Jersey.
Vienna August 7 Macedonian Central Revolutionary Committee fixes August 31 as the date for a general rising. Boris Sarafoff named commander of revolutionary forces with Alexieff as principal lieutenant.
The Kurdish chief Moussa Bey who led Armenian outrages escaped Medina with several allies. The Sultan dismissed Medina's governor for the third time as intercept efforts fail. Fears grow he will reach Kurdistan to spark a new Turkish uprising. In Sofia reports say Ferdinand returns while Macedonian districts suffer crop destruction and bridge blows amid a proclaimed revolution.
Pittsburg August 7 reports a peace move by builders exchange failing due to a discrimination claim. The plan is withdrawn, reverting to pre strike conditions with union labor and wage questions to be arbitrated. The setback leaves the lockout status unchanged from a week ago. Sheriff Williamson of DeSoto County Miss. was wounded in a pistol duel with County Surveyor Moody and is hospitalized in Memphis. Corbett trains for a bout as Jeffries vows to press the attack from the start in Harbin Springs dispatches.
A tug from the south reports the loss of the barge Florrie between Barnegat and Fire Island. Five persons went down with the barge near New Bedford, Massachusetts, on August 7.
A wave of disruptions hits Aleff Russia with runway and shop clashes while Gen Miles abandons candidacy for G. & RB command. In New York a woman is arrested with 1690 in banknotes and 73 in currency. Photographers' head C. K. Reaves is elected president. Indianapolis builder Rhames Livingston files bankruptcy with 1.45 million in liabilities. Capt George Hollis, former U.S. Consul at Cape Town, dies at 65 in Malden Mass. Serbian officers are jailed in Belgrade amid war minister conspiracy fears. Russian Interior Ministry bans Zionist meetings and solicitations. A Cincinnati area floater carries nine pounds of iron. Pope Pius X sends blessings to Americans.
London reports a large wave of strikes across southern Russia affecting about a quarter of a million workers. Authorities use force to break gatherings, with Cossacks and infantry beating strikers, many injured or jailed. Police and gendarmerie protest low wages, fearing longer hours and pay cuts. Fires in Baku destroy millions of gallons of naptha, with insurance-driven arson suspected and premiums rising. Public support leans to sailors and stokers amid harsh labor conditions.
Charles J. Davis, jailed for forgery in Illinois, surrendered in New York after violating parole from the Pontiac reformatory. Unable to find work as a stonecutter due to union issues, he cites poverty and lack of honest earnings as motive. Davis faces return to Illinois under state law, where he must serve his indeterminate term if sent back.
Chicago August 7 James R Croker vice president of the Sutherland Oil company with oil wells in eastern Ohio was shot by Constable E B Schmiddling In a fight Schmiddling's scalp was split by an iron bar Schmiddling was Crocker's tenant The quarrel over rent led to the violence The bullet struck Croker in the groin causing a flesh wound not dangerous Picnic Pleasures Dashed Sharon Pa Aug 7 Returning from a picnic a trolley car on the Youngstown and Sharon electric line ran into a car ahead killing one man and injuring about twenty other persons
In Frankfort Indiana on August 7 Mrs Douglass wife of Dr Samuel Douglass was severely burned when a Fasoline slave caused a kitchen fire while she prepared breakfast. Her husband and son were also burned as they smothered the flames. Mrs Douglass is seventy years old. An explosion in a Fairmont West Virginia mine on August 7 killed two men and injured twelve near here.
Market notes show mixed prices across wheat corn oats and livestock with firm to steady levels at major markets in Cincinnati Chicago and New York. Cattle and sheep demand remains active in late sessions alongside lists of prices and terms, while ad copy promotes Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry and Burdock Blood Bitters as health remedies.
Mrs M N Bassett of 100 N F street credits Doan's Kidney Pills with strengthening her weak kidneys after thirteen years of nervous debility and urinary troubles. She bought a box at Hoosier Drug Store and urges others to try the remedy. Price 30 cents. shipped by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agent in US.
The notice urges seasonable remedies for stomach troubles and promises quick relief. It highlights simple at hand cures and recommends purchasing from Louis F. Hunemeier, chemist at Farmers' Drug Store Sum's Block.
An early 20th century style ad from Jepson at 313 Main Street encourages readers to visit for proper glasses fitting and guaranteed satisfaction. It promises affordable pricing and urges customers to act before it is too late.
Fr. Goven of Lancaster reports long struggle with indigestion and nervous debility eased by Electric Bitters. His wife also credits the tonic with improving her health. They endorse the remedy as a grand tonic for women and a vital family medicine. 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by J. N. Jones.
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