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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
4
A large assortment of trimmed bats for ladies misses and children go for less than one third their value at Mises M. and M. James located at 317 East Main Street in a closing out sale with steep discounts on all stock.
A crowded personals column notes Charles Seacat leaving for India and many locals visiting or returning from cities such as Vincennes Evansville Terre Haute Chicago Omaha St Louis Denver Denver and Ottawa with trips for business, visiting relatives, or honeymoons. Names include Leming Rankin Williams Chapple Gilly Swanagan Underwood Cox Read Neal Keller Geyer Boyd Myers Natemier Hawking Woods Wilkinson and others with travels to Plainville Longoot ee Loogootee and Eldorado Illinois.
Sunday schedule lists M E Church activities including Sunday school at 9 15 am preaching at 10 30 am and evening services. Epworth League at 6 45 pm union service 7 45 pm with Rev J L Hudgins. Other churches note sermons and services with guest preacher Dr A K Hall. Second M E Church suspends services due to smallpox.
Notes from Indiana papers discuss Uncle John C. Chaney rebuilding the Sullivan water works and potential entry into a congressional race as "the man with the hose." Local Democrat talk names several probable candidates from nearby counties while questioning Bays for omitting his own name and pondering regional political favorites.
Dignitaries and dogs, ponies, monkeys and baby elephants appear in a touring act described as a royal parade of feats. The show features dogs performing agility and imitation, ponies in intricate circuses, monkey waiter acts, and a remarkable range of animal tricks. Admission 25 cents.
Florence Winkiepleck transfers to Robert Fella of a negative ownership parcel. Sylvester Whisman sells El Nora Solomon J Fetchem’s addition lots to The Elnora Brick Me Go, price 200. J Bidinger and wife transfer to Alfred 8llis on Washington Helphen Stines addition, 990 Barab R Aisen and heirs to John Horney with partial lot rights. Lavels Golt and heirs transfer to Jesse B Spears, partial 8 neg al8 t4 15 81500. Joan V McCoy and husband to Geo B McCoy and wife, multiple lots on Mechanics Place, price 200. Sarah M Burton to Michael Doyle and others, partial lot 157 18 17, price 8500. Naomi Cullison and husband to John Hindman and others, partial Lot 11 Odon Sarah A Gar tens addition, price 1200. Christine E Pershing and wife to Harvey 8 Pershing, partial sequence section 20 and partial NW quarter, price 700. Mary J Tomey to Olida B Rose and others, half swg and partial awg swq 3046 101s t1. Magdalena Pershing to Sarah BR Staleap, above 1.
Bradstreet reports in the current weekly review that fall trade hinges on wheat and crop conditions. Northwest and Southwest demand strengthens, East fall jobbing begins, central West shows some crop yield shortfalls. Retail trade quiet, collections lag. pig iron prices soften. cotton mill idle rising. lumber active west and north, eastern recovery slow. shoe manufacturing very strong nationwide. rail earnings for early August show gains.
Washington reports editor John Q. Thompson aged sixty four of the Washington Chronicle weekly paper is dead. A native of Indiana he was once a noted political writer and traveling correspondent for the Chicago Times New York Tribune and Cincinnati Commercial in earlier years. France Lays Down the Law in Brussels secret agreement limits aggression against the Congo Free State and any territorial violation.
Prevailing prices for grain, provisions, and livestock on Aug 21 at Indianapolis show Wheat Wagons at 8c and No 4 fed strong at 80. Corn strong No 3 mixed at 140 dollars. Oats strong No 2 mixed at yo. Hog a strong at 5255.65. Sheep steady at 20328. Lambs steady at 35085.58. At Cincinnati Wheat firm No 2 red 8 in cars steady No 2 mixed bl3h cents. Cats firm io. 2 mixed aise.
Fred S. Clapp promotes Hyomei as a cure for catarrh with a money back guarantee. The complete treatment costs 1.00, including lifetime inhaler and several weeks of Hyomei. extra bottles are 60 cents. Refund if it does not cure. customers urged to try to end tickling burning and eye tearing symptoms.
In response to a smallpox outbreak the Ladies of the U S Grant circle GA R decide to hold only two meetings monthly for an indefinite period. The next session is set for September 1 at the Industrial Building and Loan Association with W Q Williams as secretary.
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