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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
4
Ad highlights cooling beer and a fine selection of wines and whisky for home use. Claims superiority, urges trial orders to prove merits, and mentions Dean's Ointment as a cure for skin ailments available at drug stores.
A collection of brief notices lists Will Sanford in Petersburg Dan Jackson in Wheatland and several others visiting or returning to cities such as Shoals Newberry Plainville Montgomery Vincennes Bedford and Elora. Names include Edith Johnson Hattie Waggoner Miss Mayme Zinkan and Rev Henry Steen with movements involving Cincinnati Bedford and Henderson among others.
Sepp Barr of Bruceville and J B Whitehead of the American Press Association travel for business and press contacts. Miss Winifred Kelso and Byron Kelso of Terre Haute visit Miss Josephine Axtell. Mrs Nellie Reese of Pana and Cecelis Reese of Pana also visit J O Gurney. Mrs Margaret Overton and children travel to Zanesville Ohio to visit relatives. Mrs John McCafferty and Mrs John Feagans visit Mrs Maud Winkler at Plainville. Dr S A Ridgeway and wife depart for Vincennes for a few days. Martha Ritter returns from a visit with Henry Squires and family at Linton. Mrs Will Lonsdale and son from Campbell Missouri arrive to visit relatives. Miss Sue Allen of Vincennes and Miss Zulu Burris depart for Montgomery.
Fred S. Clapp markets Mi-o-na as a remarkable flesh forming food and cure for dyspepsia with a money back guarantee. He asserts wide success, noting formerly thin customers gaining weight and improved digestion after a few days, and promises to personally warrant the remedy’s effectiveness.
Real estate transfers involve Isaac N Keith and others deeding to C and Trainor, Jonas Pershing and others to Thomas Nugent, David Thompson to Dick Messick, Betty and Nathan Beitman to and from Gabriel Beitman, Hiram Prater to Alexander Potts, Ae Morgan to John Williams, Ava Burton to Thomas Faith, David Miller and spouse to J T Bymaster, Wm Hf Bunch to Cora Bunch, Myrtle Burroughs to Cora Bunch, James Kidwell by shift to John Drew, and Stella Hayes to Thomas Nugent with various lot and tract descriptions and small sums.
A vintage style market notice from Cyas G Stompp at Market 110 Main Street invites customers to share meat preferences. It touts juicy, tender cuts and cleanliness as the motto with two phone contact options.
The Industrial Savings and Loan Association will sell stock in series number thirty eight on Friday August 7 1904. Interested buyers should contact the secretary at the law office of Wadsworth Williams W Q Williams 713te Ick cream local at U B church lawn Saturday evening all invited
A shortage in the funds of City National Bank may reach 32000 dollars. Bank officials say the concern has a surplus and 50000 dollars in undivided profits. Teller Albert W. Deibel was removed and a warrant issued for his arrest. Criminal proceedings began in Federal court in Cleveland against Deibel for embezzling about 22000 dollars and falsifying books. A deputy marshal was sent to Canton to take him into custody.
Eugene Bloch and Katie Falzinger were found in Falzinger’s apartment with throats cut. The woman died. Bloch slighty wounded and claims a stranger did the deed at 3 AM while they slept. Falzinger had been estranged from her husband.
National League at Philadelphia saw Boston win 4 3 while the American League clashes featured Chicago 5 St. Louis 1 Cleveland 6 Detroit 7 and American Association games Louisville 4 Minneapolis 8 in two contests Columbus 2 Kansas City 6 and 5 1 with Indianapolis 3 St Paul 4 and 7 8 respectively Toledo 4 Milwaukee 8. A separate note covers an Aug race at Atlantic Highlands and a feature on Amsterdam and Peter the Great.
The piece notes that children are valued assets among Somali natives, with polygamy common and large extended families. An Berbera area chief reportedly led a clan with 23 sons, 29 daughters, and 390 grandchildren. Daughters may be sold for camels as a means of wealth. Names reflect birth circumstances such as Wa Berri and Robleh.
An Irish couple seeking harmony receive a homely lecture from a spiritual adviser about their disgraceful quarrels. The adviser warns that dogs and cats may agree better than they pair, prompting a wry debate on love being blind and the misperceptions of romance as observed in the Chicago Journal excerpt.
A distressed French woman, named Hapeleas, laments her weight and prays for a disappointment to shed pounds, expressing a paradoxical joy at the prospect of getting thin even before the government’s action arrives. The remark reveals personal struggle with body image and longing for transformation.
J M Cardwell and Co at 420 E Main St touts the largest, up-to-date furniture and house furnishings stock with credit plans and no extra cash price. They highlight screen doors and windows to keep out or in and invite customers to visit to fix their troubles with low prices and easy payments. The M J Carnahan Co. Referenced.
A local advertises a wide selection of box stationery and a line of books at competing prices. Mrs. E. Rickard invites customers to call at 112 East Main Street to view stock of fragrances and stationery.
A concise advert proclaims fast service for refreshments at Eureka located at 308 Mair Street. It promises ice cream lemonade sodas and other soft drinks with short notice for ice cream orders and a pleasant place to cool during hot weather.
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