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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
3
An assorted, garbled ad reads about Jell O with lemon orange raspberry and strawberry flavors costing 19 cents per package. It mentions Dean ointment for itching, Mrs Austin cereals, Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a testimonial, and Cham berlain’s Colic Remedy praised by A. J. Snell of Summit New York.
Odd fragments advertise cough remedies and patent medicines, warning against opiate formulations in some syrups while praising Foley’s Honey and Tar as safe for children. The slate of lines references a misprinted sales page and general household health claims without cohesive narrative.
A scrambled report from the Reform School discusses cough medicines and health remedies while professors advocate ownership of learning and students’ work. It mentions a superintendent’s notes and a fire sale listing and costs, with scattered references to West Virginia and local town updates.
Inquiry into Friday night Grand Trunk collision near Wanstead reveals dispatcher Kerr and operator Carson dispute over train order. Fireman Ricketts died. body recovered after snow and wreckage. coroner vows investigation as officials defend dispatch procedures amid tragic crash.
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions a person or unit labeled Came Lt leh see PED Do be leek by steai but lacks clear context or details. The readable line points to a probable incident or report but no verifiable actions, dates, or organizations are present.
Dispatches recount a string of shipboard disasters in the Malacca straits and adjacent seas with missing sailors and passengers. Reports from Yokohama to Osaka describe executions, infant homicide conspiracies, and a bizarre corpse marriage. Separate items note poisoned wine arrests in St Louis and river drownings in Chicago area, plus mining deaths in Fayette City and a captured sultan’s family in Aceh.
In terse telegraphic items a bank was robbed of 15200 by burglars who escaped. A snow slide killed miners in a Kootenai range mine. An anniversary at Chengo is planned for next September. A train wreck near Caneyville, Kentucky killed and injured workers. Other reports mention deaths in New York, a Fremont widow in California, and a railway collision near Wanstead Ontario with multiple casualties.
A late December dispatch list from Indiana reports new officers elected by the miners’ association in Indianapolis, with Frank Floyd as treasurer and W F Henley among state officers. From Colorado Springs news of Stratton will probate hearings and estate disputes surface, with lawyers and Senator Patterson involved. Other items describe a fatal mining incident in Baum hot, river near Massinetha, and theater actress Dollie Earl identified as Dollie Allen in Rochester. Messages between Marton Bay and Europe hint at improving telegraph lines, while Nate Salsbury’s funeral is noted in New York. A mine fire near Baechmut endangers underground workers and physician reports on Mrs Haghler’s suicide attempt are included.
Announcement details a new daily passenger service between Chicago and Minneapolis St Paul with through trains and uniform equipment including reclining chairs. Service connects at St Paul Union Station with connections to the northwest. Published by F.R. Wheeler and others.
A garbled OCR fragment shows references to multiple daily notices and names, including scattered terms like daily flyers, Sundays, dates, and individuals such as Bere ette, A. WoDerard, PB. McCann, and GP. A. Gigcinnatt. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
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