13 Jul 1897
Page 1
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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented ad style notice touts The Big Store as a value driven retailer ready to help customers save on meals clothing and home goods. It mentions cash purchases and ready stock including canvas covers barrels and strap tops with emphasis on low offers and owner satisfaction.
Local brief from Vangville and Anaville columns report Washington Evansville league game status. Notes mention rain interruption and team backing from Kratia Bros. plus financial support for Cedtral League membership. Also scattered items about Paducah incident and a nose injury to a Citrus player.
A fragmentary report discusses U S tariff debates on sugar subsidies and silver issues. It notes France and the Bank of England considerations, a proposed subsidy to boost home sugar production, and political opposition led by Senator Jones amid ongoing tariff deliberations.
Washington reports President McKinley may overturn Cleveland’s pension agency reductions, with 150 positions in internal revenue and other offices under review. Tentative appointments to survive, while many deputy collectors and agencies face consolidation and relocation of payments.
The text appears as garbled OCR with stray numbers and phrases about a father mother grandparents and generations. It references counts like 1228 and 1,000,000 and mentions world population and Asia, but the overall narrative is unclear and consists of disjointed excerpts without a coherent event or人物.
A lightning bolt struck the First Methodist Church at Van Frees and Meridian Saturday afternoon, igniting the attic and causing heavy damage to rafters, timber, ceiling, carpet, and pews. Firefighters fought the blaze for twenty minutes, with total losses estimated between two and eight thousand dollars and contents insured.
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