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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
3
Fragmented ad-like text touts Allen's Foot Ease and Grain U as cures and substitutes. It promotes trial packages, mail orders, grocer availability, and lists products with sparse, dubious health claims. Mentions rheumatism and a salve for cyclists with brief endorsements and pricing.
A fragmented string of quotes discusses gambling's spread and public distrust toward officials. Citizens lament delays in reform while memories of past crises and underlines of fear reveal a town pondering moral decline and political accountability.
The senior class staged a lively class day program featuring poems, orations, debates, and recitations by Jennie Johnson Arthur Beddoe and others. Miss Hart Miss Hicks and Miss Head delivered pieces while the audience praised the effort and admired the student performances.
The Missouri legislature enacts a strict sanitary law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of any food article containing alum, arsenic or ammonia. It notes that several states restrict alum baking powders and lists brands found to contain alum, urging households to avoid these and highlighting price as an indicator of quality.
A man reports to police Sunday morning that his twenty dollar bill vanished after staying at a Mercantile hotel Friday night. Chief Call investigates but cannot confirm whether the money was stolen or lost. Witness T. L. Martin of Dixie, Ry. endures a severe coughing spell before testing a tonic claimed to relieve throat chest and lung troubles.
An incident near Loogootee ends in a fatal shooting after Mitchell, a Kentucky man, confronts Cox and his wife on a rural road. The altercation escalates with gunfire. Cox is not struck, Mitchell is killed and the event triggers racial tensions while authorities pursue no arrest.
A garbled passage recalls a late night scene with references to Neale figures, sparking talk of relationships and social pressures. Mentions of a Bridget Mit and Cartel Regis Young hint at local names and community tension as the text ends abruptly on a Thursday.
A long time resident in Davis County dies after illness at age 78. She leaves several grown children and was regarded as one of the area’s most prominent figures. Burial will be in Johns Cemetery. The notice mentions her late husband James Stubblefield and references her family ties and local roots.
Disjointed lines reference neighbors, statements by a person, and unspecified names. Mentions of kidney issues, Central Iron & Steel Co, and Mr. Wight hint at a local matter, but the fragmented text offers no clear event or outcome.
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