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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
3
Mrs Haviland of Armonk describes her daughter’s illness and the family’s use of free bottles of a tonic. The account notes whooping cough and bronchitis with relief from the remedy, while lamenting medical costs and treatment access.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a mortuary item and burial at a Montgomery church. It mentions dusted coats and a burial at St Bin 18, with confusion over a 45 or 60 price and a rite at a Montegimery location.
Joseph Abel offers a full 200 by 200 foot city block for a new library site with an adjoining park to be laid out by a landscape artist. The gift, accepted by the Library Board, requires council approval and names the park in Abel’s honor, serving as a civic mecca and resting place through the garden setting.
Judge Gardiner praises Joseph Cabel for his rise from a weary contractor to a respected citizen. He credits Cabel with founding enterprise and financial acumen that built the town and supported the Carnegie Public Library. The orator urges continuing virtue, urging citizens to act nobly each moment.
A horse named Brum ran loose and collided with a buggy occupied by Mrs Fisher and another occupant on East Walnut Street. The buggy struck a telegraph pole, injuring Mrs Fisher and the horse, while bystanders and neighbors reported no serious injuries to others. An eyewitness account notes medical treatment with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and a quick recovery for the rider. The Epworth Convention notices and local ads follow in the issue.
The city accepts a magnanimous offer from Joseph Cabel to endow a public park later to be known as Cable Park. The donation includes ground on Main Street for a library site and a connected park, with restrictions that the land remain property of the library board or revert if removed. Council votes were unanimous after assurances to memorialize the donor and preserve the park and library progress.
All Herald changes hands as L. Sanford acquires a half interest from Graham Sanford. The paper will be run jointly by Sanford and Graham’s younger brother George, who brings newspaper experience. The transfer takes effect immediately as the brothers plan a new era for the Herald.
The Pan-American Exposition’s Midway showcases familiar fairs of former expositions. Highlights include the Ice and Glass Factory, Moon Trip apparatus, Gypsy Camp, Water Sports Carnival, and a miniature railway. Sousa’s new Spirit of Liberty march headlines band concerts for the dedication of the Fayette monument in Paris.
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