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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
5
Fragmented text describes market prices and exchange for goods. Mentions price trends and a cautious stance to hold costs down while markets show gains. No clear entities or dates present.
Local grocer lists itemized prices for staples including coffee sugar oats and canned goods. The shopper is told about per pound and per can costs with varied discounts and specials. Items include Tea Rice Lard Starch soda and lemons with quantities and unit prices noted.
Local notes list residents and visitors in Petersburg and nearby towns. Names include Wieble of Cincinnati on business, G Lavelle in Loogootee, JJ Welstidershott of Olney, Patten of Jeffersonville, Dougherty, Weaver, Byers and others visiting for business or leisure. Several officials and families travel between Vincennes, Shoals, Indianapolis, and Washington, with church or social visits recorded.
The column lists Mr and Mrs H H Berry returning from New Orleans Mardi Gras. D J W Ropp of Seymour and Erosecutor Co A Mears in town on business. H E Greenslade and others from Vincennes and New Albany in the city. A R De Fluent comments on rheumatism and Chamberlain's Pain Balm. several residents travel to Lexington Shoals Butte Princeton and Loogootee on errands.
Case brought against John W. Wood by Emily Wood claims cruel treatment abandonment and infidelity. Plaintiff's attorneys Wadsworth and Williams list dates including separation on March 3 1898 and filings around 27 1889 with East Main Mill and E Minth streets referenced in the proceedings.
Disjointed mentions include Topeka Daily Deal edits in England and Westminster Gazette, Sibley salary charity plans, Bouillon Duval Company’s status, Legion of Honor decoration, U S war era patent delays, Mexican entry rules, and patent procedures as explained by a government lawyer.
W J Bryan reaches forty years on the 19th of this month as time passes and the boy orator advances toward an age where he should know better. Henrik Sienkiewicz declined an intervention appeal citing Russia's mistreatment of Poles as worse than Britain's conduct toward the Boers.
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