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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
2
A 1905 note critiques Adam's wealth, credits his descendants with later crops, and ridicules the Sultan of Turkey for fratricide. It questions whether the sultan has the right to kill a brother for whim and mocks Roosevelt's hoped Chicago visit if a strike persists amid city programs for the “most fastidious.”
A miscues filled clipping notes quote opinions about dukes and a bank examiner’s role likened to a coroner. It recalls a supposed Debs follower with a claimed million, and reports a California school excursion riders robbed by two highwaymen who took $37.
The page lists residents and guests visiting relatives and attending events around the area. Names include Belva Clinton Nugent Bloomer Myers Shively Bright McOghnell Ogilahan Traebloon Traebjooll and Shields with mentions of Indianapolis Washington Terre Haute and Loogootee. Several people are noted as traveling or hosting in the week ending Sunday.
A testimonial from Pris Staffordy of Meredisa Street, plasterer, argues kidney pills from Doan's cure his back pain and improve sleep after kidney trouble from army service in the rebellion. The ad notes Doan's pills cost 50 cents and are sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Ad claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powers cures feverishness, bad stomach, teething disorders, and worm destruction in children, used in the Children's Home in New York with over 80 000 testimonials. Sold by druggists at 25 cents. other products include Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Lindemans Pharmacy offerings promising red lips and bright eyes.
The ad claims Badiblood and intgesting are dead epenines to good health. Burdock Blood Bitters destroys the pi.
The report says Stalnaker entered the race at the urging of prominent party men to challenge ex Mayor Bookwalter in a direct primary. He aims to show strength against the former mayor and secure the nomination. The piece also notes Ashing railway commission actions and local political moves in Indiana.
Fire at the St. Louis Fair Association racetrack destroyed twenty five stables and killed twelve or more horses. Frank Gering of St. Louis lost his entire string except Floral Wreath as flames forced rescuers to free and release aroused racers. The enclosure spans more than a mile.
Brownstown Ind May 6 Two townships Owen and Driftwood filed general remonstrances against liquor traffic before Jackson county board of commissioners. Driftwood to lose three saloons as licenses expire Owen to lose saloons. remonstrances follow deaths and arrests from drinking. Four dry townships may result from Salt Creek and Grassy Fork joining, leaving eleven in county.
James Gentry of Rockport Indiana, oldest Spencer County native, dies at home after a brief illness. Born February 24, 1819 near Gentryville, he was Lincoln’s former boyhood playmate and long associated with local mercantile trade, cattle, and hog buying across Spencer Warrick and Dubois counties.
Davits charging highway robbery filed in the circuit court accuse James Burke and Charles Six of robbing Timothy Metcalf a Boone township farmer of 41 dollars. They used plain clothes pretense then rode to the city where Metcalf identified them and they were jailed.
Vets and families receive travel passes for Central Decora Day events with routes to Indianapolis. Tickets issued to delegates and immediate family on local lodge certificates signed by the secretary. Return limits span May 8 to 19 with various departure and return dates and fees noted.
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for overworked brain cells and nervous exhaustion. It claims the pills nourish and rest the brain to restore natural sleep with testimonials and dealer details.
An old newspaper snippet promotes a beauty tea promising red lips bright eyes and cream complexion for 35 cents from Lindemann Pharmacy. Additional lines advertise a hotel for rent and a "tony maker" listing in Petersburg, And.
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