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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion and Doans Kidney Pills for kidney complaints. It claims improved bile flow, blood purification, stomach strength, and overall digestion. The Doan’s pills are priced at 50 cents and marketed by FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY as U.S. agents.
Washington readers report prompt relief from back pain using Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Roda Price of Washington Indiana cites a year of back pain worsened by lifting, noting improvement after trying the Old Quaker Remedy. Local law firm Seal & Walsh files suit to set aside settlement in the estate of Join Wolf, a machinist killed at local railroad shops December 15, alleging exclusive representation terms and damages contracts with Bertha Wolf.
Bertha Wolt accused of fraud and improper settlement in Washington suit concerning a $1500 death claim against a railroad. Plaintiffs claim they were misled and seek to set aside the estate settlement and recover $600. Attorneys Padgett & Padgett and Seal & Walsh represent the plaintiffs.
A gruff old mart insults a penny newsboy who grows up to become a federal judge. When the judge must show clemency the boy hints at ten years in Leavenworth. The tale suggests even judges are human and kindness to the small can matter in court.
Lester Harmon of Muncie described as mentally unbalanced by authorities will be allowed to leave the city under supervision with his mother. The report notes his prior behavior as a peeper and hugger during different seasons and references a violent incident in Wonnersville where a person was killed.
Charles Wells of Balbinch killed eight black snakes and a copperhead near a stump using a club as witnesses John and Charles Wells observed. A Missouri visitor, William George Rikeard of Richmond, washed clothes by river with soap, and later obtained a divorce with custody of his four year old son.
Scribe George Watsen reads a list of checks received this year to be paid as insurance benefits. Names include Mrs Lon Helphenstine $1,400 Sherman G Massina $1,200 and Mrs Moly Fielder $1,206 with payments to be issued.
The Ladies Matinee Musicale met at Masonichall on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Iona Neal led the first division with piano Rustle of Spring by Mrs. Libbie Hastkett and violin Flower Song by Miss Tona Neal. Other pieces included Vocal April Tears and A Maid of Prasie, duets by Mrs. T C Medcalfe and Mrs. Libbie Traskett, with additional performances by Miss Daisy Hoskins and Miss Marie Hopkins.
Large Sunday schools report enrollments at several churches. Methodist churches in Brazil Indiana 4025. Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn 3400. Bethany Presbyterian Philadelphia 3470. Stockport Union England 3?. Calvary Methodist Philadelphia 2005. Moody's Chicago 2150. Siloam Philadelphia 2145. Calvary Baptist Washington 2425. Broadway Methodist Camden 2007.
William H. Eastin a Flora Illinois car repairer and Miss Effa May Cooley of Washington wed Tuesday afternoon in the court house office of Magistrate J. W. Kellams.
Sick headache results from a dis ordered condition of the stomach and can be cured by Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by all dealers.
Fortunate payoff reportedly awaits the white husband of a Danville Illinois woman of mixed parentage who appears white and well educated. Her father, a businessman, offers 24000 dollars to any white man who woos and marries his daughter without imposing social barriers.
Soreness from violent exercise or injury calls for Chamberlains Liniment. It is highly esteemed for rheumatism relief and sold by all dealers. One application convinces you of its merits as a remedy. Now is the time to get rid of rheumatism. For sale by all dealers.
Michael Helwil of Seymour died Monday night near a small station west of Seymour when struck by a B and O Southwestern train. The precise time is unclear but believed after midnight. Train crew members found him beside the track this morning after arriving in town at 7 45 o’clock.
A Boworth league meeting at the First Methodist Church elected officers to be installed and named two delegates to the district convention in Ordon. Miss Josephine Spiegel was elected president with Hazel Hans and El Fish as first and second vice presidents, Brooks as third vice president, Lena Bassett secretary, A. Q. Fulkerson treasurer, and Ella Russell organist. Delegates are A. O. Fulkerson and Lena Bassett.
Superintendent F M Curry of the Illinois division of the B&O Southwestern issues an order restricting passenger trains to sixty miles per hour on the Illinois division.
Civil service exams for topographical draftsman and copyist posts set for May 24 1911. Open to all genders with salaries from free to 1600 per year. Tests planned in multiple cities including Ashland Kye Toomington Ohio Canton Columbus Covington Dayton Fort Wayne Indianapolis Ironton Lexington Louisville Mansfield Marietta New Albany Owensboro Paducah Richmond Steubenville Terre Haute Youngstown Zanesville. Secretariat details and contact at the civil service commission Washington Ph. Cc.
An engine on an eastbound line at Loozootes Lim o yarding area derailed a car of shops. The train crew member was jolted and released from the engine during the mishap.
Frank Conley has been named chief clerk to Superintendent Curry of the Iiniog division of the 3 and 0 South Western. He will have his headquarters at Flora, Illinois.
Clyde Potter has loaded his outfit on cars for shipment to Carlyle Newfoundland where a new oil fleet is being developed after drill operations at Alfordsville.
The James T. Sause Lowery Cooper and John Mumaw gravel road contracts have been ordered sold by the county commissioners on Tuesday June 6.
Grover Pate of Terre Haute Indicted for embezzling funds from Citizens Gas Co Terre Haute. Trial date set for June 12 in Vigo County Circuit Court. Pate is son of M O Pate of Van Buren Township.
The Carnegie public library reports April activity with 1 040 adult and 705 juvenile books circulated totaling 1 758. Readers visiting numbered 4 148 with 28 new and renewed applications. Year to date circulation stands at 104 books. 8 835 volumes are on shelves.
April report cards issued in Washington public schools with parents urged to review carefully. The note warns that missing cards likely indicate a pupil has fallen behind or has frequently been playing hockey.
J. M. Howell of Greensburg Kentucky says his family uses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and finds it excellent. Sold by all dealers. Beatrice Smith of the Laconotes Sentinel visited with friends and relatives on Wednesday.
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