Fragmentary Item Notes A Local Sale or Event
Fragmentary OCR mentions a name J.N. Jones and vague references to earth and pains. Limited readable details suggest a small local notice or brief item about a person or event, but specifics are unclear.
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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR mentions a name J.N. Jones and vague references to earth and pains. Limited readable details suggest a small local notice or brief item about a person or event, but specifics are unclear.
Fragments describe widespread respiratory illness fears and warning about colds and throat ailments during a harsh climate. Text references sufferers, waves of symptoms, and the season's impact.
Twelve year old Daniel Alley, son of Squire C. P. Alley, swallowed horse medicine after fearing a whipping from his father. A doctor treated him and he is recovering. The piece also notes local social pages and court notices from Warrick County and Monticello area.
A boiler gas explosion at a stock farm near Allyershorhburg two miles from Dublin demolishes the engine house and damages a $1,200 automobile stored inside. Total loss reached $3,001. Huntington council approves grant for Fort Wayne and Southwestern Electric line. service to Warren will also be built in the county.
A Mexican War veteran writes that Chamberlains Colic Diarrhoea Remedy cured his diarrhoea after Mexican service in 1847. He recalls his pension increase tied to his condition and credits the medicine with restoring his health. The ad also touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe laxative and purgative.
Frank M. Sumner and Catherine L. Deitz appear in the marriage license list along with Victor Bray and Ida Reister. John A. Batson and Carrie A. Davenport are also recorded as receiving licenses.
Charles L Nunnally died December 30 at age twenty one from pneumonia. He was the son of James E Nunnally of East Van Trees street and had worked in the B&O section hand. The funeral date is January 1.
At the home of Dr and Mag C E W Dobbs Miss Annie Dobbs hosted the Cheerful Worker Band of the First Baptist church Friday afternoon. The group of about thirty young church members enjoyed games and light refreshments. In the evening Miss Dobbs entertained friends for visitor Miss Gertrude Probert of Petersburg with progressive anagrams as entertainment.
A vintage ad extols Mother's Favorite Chamberlain Cough Remedy as safe for children and adults. It claims it treats coughs colds croup and whooping cough without opium or injurious drugs and can be given confidently to a babe or adult. Mitchell's Pharmacy offers the product.
A letter to the Southern Illinois Journal prints a recurring rumor that the B F E O R B Co plans to move railroad shops from Washington Indiana to Flora and suggests repairs may shift to Springfield. The note adds a caution that it is not official and mixes in stray remarks about prairie fires allegedly started by sun rays on broken beer bottles along trails.
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