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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
2
Notes and Comment reports pension officials say pensioner deaths surge. In one month 500 names disappeared from the Indianapolis agency pension roll. A Kentucky Republican declares candidacy for governor amid Goebelite influence. Comments mock political figures and include Sam Jones jokes and a Dean's Ointment advertisement.
A frontier advertisement urges perseverance with Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and touts Beall Mississippi resident T R Beall's claim of his wife's recovery after four bottles. The ad also promotes Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a remedy for dysentery diarrhea and summer complaint with trial bottles offered free.
Mrs Schreck wife of Otis Schreck of this city hanged herself with a sheet attached to a bed post in Orange on June 24. A recent graduate of the local high school class of 1900, she was the daughter of the late John Cox ex county surveyor.
Logansport Indiana June 24 Panhandle detectives sheriffs of two counties and city police joined farmers in a wide pursuit of Willard Herrell an armed ex convict who vowed not to be captured. He fired at travelers damaged a train window and chased John Shively who testified against him in a past murder case.
A Washington man describes severe back pain from kidney issues after army service. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills from Hoosier Drug Store and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY with relief and better sleep. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
The market at 110 Main Street promotes selected cuts of meat praised for juiciness and tenderness. It invites customers to share their preferences and promises the best for them with a clean motto.
The Cozy Corner at 308 East Main Street offers a cool genteel gathering spot with delicious creams and pure sodas for wives families and lady friends to enjoy an evening.
A local laundry service advertises washing and ironing shirt waists by hand to achieve a clean white appearance. It invites women to try the service this week, listing address 421 E Main Street and phone 99.
Local shop at 305 East Main street invites customers to discuss watch choices and pricing before buying. Promises fair trade, low prices, and ongoing customer service from Gro, N, Exaenrt, the jeweler and optician.
Pabst bottle beer is praised as a most agreeable drink for hot weather. The copy claims it provides strength health vigor improves appetite and promotes restful sleep. Sold only by Addie Dillard Meredith House Barr.
Advertisements offer baby carriages from 8.50 to 25.00 with soft cushions and sturdy construction. F B Fornwald at 210 Main Street promotes comfortable rides for infants. Then a call for affordable wall paper and a note on new books, stationery, and office supplies from Mrs. E Rickard at 112 East Main Street.
A posse hunts a black man described by one survivor after a brutal assault on two women three and a half miles east of East St Louis. Mrs Annie Green, 25, was clubbed and suffered a fractured skull and broken arm while Flora Bruno, 17, was found unconscious with a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Authorities fear a lynching amid widespread indignation in the American bottoms.
Police report one arrest in the Monday night lynching outside Wilmington where Helen Bishop, a 17 year old, was burned at the stake. Detectives from state and city were in the crowd and identify several participants. further arrests are expected.
Detective William A. Murphy was killed by Bully McKay as he arrested him on burglary charges at Waters and Easton streets. A thousand-strong mob gathered, lights were turned off, and Sheriff Patton deployed deputies ready to fire if the jail was assaulted.
The ad promotes Zack Jones' at 12 11 East Main Street offering a full line of fresh groceries at prices aimed to fit any pocketbook. The message emphasizes good sim and sure judgment in selecting groceries.
An advertisement from Louis F Hunemeier promoting Farmers' Drug Store emphasizes expert training and close attention to training, offering prescription dispensing as a specialty and inviting customers to seek their druggists services.
Jepson's at 313 Main Street offers improved reading methods to prevent letters from running together at night. Glassen corrected and fitted the service to ensure comfortable reading any time.
Health note urges keeping Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry in the home medicine chest to prevent fear of summer illnesses such as cholera infantum dysentery and diarrhoea and to reassure caregivers.
Baseball results from Bosston St Louis Chicago Washington St Louis Philadelphia Detroit Boston Cleveland New York Indianapolis Columbus and other teams. Georgia legislature opens with sessions focused on convict lease reform textbook uniformity and child labor law while a former senator seeks confession.
Archibald Morison, a silk salesman, killed himself in a fatal jump from the Brooklyn bridge rail and train tracks. He climbed the platform, rode a moving train, leaped to the third rail, and fell over 100 feet to a fatal landing near Front Street.
The article notes Luigi Cascita as the first convict in a wave of naturalization frauds. Francisco Pallato is indicted and later pleads, with further arrests following in a widening investigation.
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