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Newspaper

Washington Gazette

Location

Washington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1903

Page

3

Dr Kings New Discovery and Arnica Salve Featured in 1900s Cure Ads

Advertisements tout Dr. Kings New Discovery for consumption and throat and lung diseases, with testimonials from Mr. H Baggins of Melbourne Florida. Also promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds piles skin eruptions and Dr Fowlers Extract of Wild Strawberry for children and digestion in a period voice.

H. Baggins Melbourne Fla Dr. King J.N. Jones J. B. Orner Branklin Grove Buckien J. N. Jane's

Drowning Toll Rises in Indiana Lakes and Ponds

Aug 11 reports from Waterloo Warsaw and Evansville detail multiple drownings. Anthony Pfefferkorn Milo Betz and Hackathorn faced Ball's Lake perils with two drowned and another rescued. Joseph Lenolascino died in Hoffman Lake and George Diefenbach, a 70 year old farmer, drowned in a shallow pond near Evansville.

Waterloo Ind Anthony Pfefferkorn Milo [Betz Ball's Lake Hackathorn Ball’s Lake Indiana Warsaw Joseph Lenolascino Pennsylvania Lines Hoffman Lake Evansville George Diefenbach

Series of Indiana News Briefs Include Wrecks and Fires

A derailment near the Silver Creek bridge on the C H D railway injures conductor George Campbell and A E Johnson, with the caboose tumbling forty feet. A honey tree yields two hundred pounds of honey. Mrs Effie Poyner dies after swallowing strychnine following a quarrel with her daughter. Charles Brets arrested for assault in Detroit and moved to Michigan. No mob violence against John Wilson appears likely after a critical condition of Mrs Biggs. An oil pumper loses a ton iron weight requiring amputation. A fatal drunken affray leaves James Kennedy near death, suspect Lu ther Mays arrested. A large fire in Logansport destroys several homes and threatens nearby properties.

Liberty Ind Silver Creek George Campbell A. E. Johnson Johnson

Fire wreck on Paris metro leaves many dead

Paris reports eighty two bodies recovered from trains destroyed by fire on the Metropolitan Electric Railway underground. The total number of victims is estimated at around one hundred.

Paris Metropolitan Electric Underground Ornety

Pope Pius X Receives Delegations in Rome Coronation Day

In Rome on August 11 Pope Pius X held a lengthy audience for about 300 delegates from Venice ahead of the coronation ceremonies. He knelt to kiss many hands and spoke of his mortal weakness while urging prayers for strength. Venetian friends note the pope appears ten years older but retains his simple, affable manner.

Rome Pius X Venice

Lytle Arrest Ties Chicago Shooting Case to Alabama

Montgomery reports W R Lytle, brother of Marie Lytle Gordon, arrested after alighting from a Northern train on a Chicago shooting charge. Chicago police seek William R Lytle in connection with shooting Jacob Smith, a black porter, at a South Side resort. Marie Gordon attempted suicide in Chicago, reported near death.

Montgomery, Ala W. R. Lytle Marie Lytle Gordon Marie Gordon Chicago William R. Lytle Jacob Smith South Side Lytle Mamie Lytle Auditorium

Multiple Disasters and Deaths Reported in Terse Telegrams

A string of tragedies and incidents includes Hent T Stowe killing his wife and shooting himself in Buffalo, a Rochester fire causing 10000 damage destroying four stores, four youths died when a gasoline launch sank off Ash Point Maine, a Rutland Ohio cannery explosion killed three and injured twelve, and more reports of a Danish poet's death, a boat capsizing near Vallejo California, an Lisbon earthquake, a Cincinnati and Eastern interurban collision injuring four, Kilenas volcano activity, Willard Allen's embezzlement troubles, and Postmaster General Payne testing unmanned international mail handling with Australia.

Hent T. Stowe Buffalo Rochester N. C Ash Point Rutland Jens Waldemar Berschinino Chicago Vallejo Beniela California Lisbon Cincinnati Bethel Kilenas Willard Allen Boston Methodist Episcopal Senee Payne Auutralia

General Black Favored For Next G A R Commander Chief

From Kansas City Aug 11 T J Stewart current commander in chief of the G A R tells a reporter General John C Black of Chicago is the likely next commander in chief with the support of major departments. He says Miles is not a candidate. Burned To Death By Pipe Springfield Mo Aug 11 Mrs Taylor Greening 64 dies from burns after placing a half burned pipe in her pocket believing it out. Hooley fraud case London Aug 11 promoter E T Hooley charged with fraudulently obtaining signatures to checks worth over 650000 in Britain. Langley airship HQ moved Widewater Va Aug 11 move protested by Smithsonian scientists. Banana crop damaged Kingston Jamaica Aug 11 hurricane injures Jamaica banana properties. Conscience hurts her Tien Tsin Aug 11 dewager empress seeks to blunt anti reform mood after Shen Chien execution.

Kansas City T. J. Stewart John C. Black Chicago General Black Miles Stewart San Francisco Army of the United States Springfield Taylor Greening Hooley London Marlborough Street E. T. Hooley Kingston Jamaica Antilles United Fruit Jamaica Fruit Companies Cuba Tien Tsin Shen Chien Chang Chih Tung

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