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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
2
An advertising passage extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and lung ailments. It quotespatients who claim coughs bronchitis and breathing problems improved after seven bottles and invites readers to request the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser with stamps.
Readable fragments list Prosecutor Ulysses Grant Faith and multiple county posts in Davies County including Representative Thomas M Sears Sheriff Abe A McCord Treasurer Alison Horrall Assessors Jesse W Trusblood Surveyor Rev R B Baldwin Coroner Dr O E Trainor Second District Commissioner Lydia Clark Third District Commissioner William A Miller Carter County Gentlemen Frank Alfred Andrew Myers John G Liming Fourth District Anderson Voule County Councilmen James L Crops George G and Trathes RR Washington Township Trustees William L Brown John D Berry Township Advisory Board James M Porter Abraham Perkins Zack Taylor Road Supervisors George W Snider Newt Templin John G Shanks Ben Hopkins.
Ad copy claims liver trouble causes pale skin and blotches but promises clear skin and rosy complexion from Dr King’s Life Pills. Public notice that J. N. Drug Store sells the product for 25 cents.
Charles McDowell, known to police, caused a violent incident at a West End boarding house after drunkenly entering to sleep. He battled owner Osborne with an iron poker, was knocked down, dragged out, then arrested by Officers Geyer and Aasat. He faced a bond hearing the next morning.
Mrs Hyde reports her husband left town Sunday night with a train westward after an apparent quarrel. Neighbors recall Hyde as known in Washington. family believes he may return, while authorities have not heard from him since. The note details a divorce plan and possible travel clues as the community awaits further word.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a county convention and advisory board names. Delegates to the county convention were to be elected. The source text is incomplete and contains garbled names and phrases.
The report details an attempted murder of Thomas J. Traylor by Joseph Vincent during a night attack with bullets near Orwell. It notes he fled, with officials and a city meeting later described, and mentions a separate note about a local officers’ meeting and a lesson on trusts.
The bones found in a crate on a B and O line in Seymour Indiana belong to Will C. Waggoner of Washington Indiana. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the skeleton is from a Miami Medical College student, identified as W C Waggoner, and was shipped by mistake to Seymour before arriving in Cincinnati. Coroner Schwab noted the skeleton had been dissected, suggesting prior medical study.
Reports from Bla Os and Wagoner counties describe arrests over alleged concealed weapon charges. Officers still seek Bla Os and Wagoner suspects at large. Milam, Milan, and neighboring towns report injuries from a freight train incident and political tensions rise as Democrats debate.
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