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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1903
Page
3
On hand at all times a choice lot of the finest melons and vegetables. We carry the best line of groceries in the city. Everything is fresh. Phone your orders. We are prompt and sure to please. Prices lowest for goods the best. Zack Jones 12 and 14 E Main street.
An old pamphlet style ad claims grocers can save customers money on every order, urging shoppers to buy at The Economy store. It promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption, Bucklen's Arnica Salve for pains, and Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a safe, universal remedy, with prices and local druggists named.
In a published letter from Oyster Bay dated August 6 1903 President Roosevelt commends Indiana Governor Durbin for his stance against lynching. He argues mob violence is a form of anarchy, urges swift court driven punishment, and warns that lawlessness threatens the republic. He stresses due process while condemning violent vigilantism.
Premier Combes escaped unharmed when two pistol shots were fired at his carriage after a Sunday banquet returning to the prefecture. The assailant, identified as Sanvaire Picolo, spoke with an Italian accent and poor French, and is suspected of anarchist ties as police note other anarchists in Marseille.
Waterbury Connecticut on Sunday afternoon ended a thirty week trolley strike that began thirty weeks ago and involved trolley men settling their stake after a prolonged labor dispute.
Andrew Carnegie offers Dublin $140,000 for a free public library. Alpha wins the Grand Prix du Cerle at Vichy, worth $20,000. Two men receive light prison terms for attempted assault in Nevada. The Russian consul at Monastir is killed by a Turk after a salute dispute. A grandstand stand collapse at Philadelphia park causes multiple deaths and injuries. A mob hangs a prisoner in Hattiesburg after wounding his jailer. The American squadron sails to Villa Franche for a Mediterranean summer. Shamrock III undergoes dry dock prep for Lipton Cup races. A Devails Boulevard bank in Arkansas is placed in receivership over missing funds. Rear Admiral Melville retires, Charles W. Ese appointed to lead the Navy’s engineering office.
Valparaiso Indiana August 10 the mob threat fades but fear remains after negro John Wilson who assaulted Mrs A B Biggs white wife of a young farmer five miles southeast of town Saturday is kept behind prison walls. Sheriff La Count says no trouble expected as Mrs Biggs lies in critical condition with throat and nose injuries.
Harrison County coroner Nye has exhumed the body of John Hirsch after his death on June 28, indicating possible poisoning. An inquest is planned. the stomach awaits analysis. The case follows a marriage six days later of Hirsch’s widow to farm hand Freo Hart, age 35, with no final conclusions yet reported.
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