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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1870
Page
3
A compact record of freight and express train timetables with morning and evening departures listed. Mentions lines such as Lightening Express and Morning Express with arrival and departure windows. The fragmentary OCR shows references to Way Freight, Right Freight, and 11706. details are sparse.
Local updates report plastering finished at Masonic Hall and minor street concerns on Third and Main. Reports include an Indianapolis Normal School opening, city water works improvements, bankrupt law amendments, and community notices on meetings and public entertainments.
A local notice extols Wekiens Grand Caravan and Sunster Menagerie with claims of a rich display of living wonders, including a three-headed beast and a monster Krinaceroe from the Upper Nile. It promises diverse feats, lectures, and an emphasis on humane treatment, urging public attendance in town streets.
The Daviess County Teachers Institute meets at the M E Church in Washington Maryland on August 22 to 26 1870 with Superintendent Geo A Drea MD and other officers. The program lists opening addresses readings examinations and classes in grammar geography arithmetic penmanship anatomy and hygiene among others. A teacher license examination is scheduled for Saturday August 29 at the same church.
The page features notices of closeout sales by Myers, Axtell & Co. offering summer stock at reduced prices to “make room for an immense fall stock,” with warnings to debtors to settle by August 20, 1870. It also promotes Thomas Hixon & Co. and Jones & Bro. ads, peaches shipments, and various appliances including the Craig Microscope advertised by El. Rong of St. Louis, priced at 2.75 with mail order options.
Prices for corn soybeans and wheat show volatility with reports of lower corn and strong cheese and lard demand. Beef and pork markets note steady to higher bacon and hides while wool and oil show varied activity. produce remains scarce yet in demand.
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