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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
3
Mrs Elmer Sneddon carried her baby to safety when a lamp she held slipped from her hand and started a downstairs fire. Firemen arrived to douse the flames while her quick actions kept both mother and child unharmed.
A New Bedford chronicle sketches Simeon Folsom at 90 preparing to drive his auto to his Maine home reflecting 75 years of transit change from a 100 mile walk to Portland to reach a steamboat to Boston. Nearby in New York scientists tour the U S to study American plant breeding and Burbank’s work, while Ontario students dispute a bloomers basketball match over male spectators and later a Mass resident notes lifelong bachelorhood and wary views on marriage amid social chatter.
Grand Rapids waterway disaster leaves four drownings and four rescued after a capsized craft struck rocks below a dam. Other items recount a Purdue professor dying after shielding a track race and a Delaware sergeant injured by a cartridge blast. A New York fashion tale closes with a train smoking incident.
Local readers praise the Root Juice Medicine Company of Fort Wayne Indiana as it plans a three monthly capacity doubling to meet a flood of inquiries from patients nationwide. The firm reports hundreds of letters from afflicted customers seeking information on its noted cures.
Seniors near graduation prepare for the transition to work as commencements approach. The text urges readers to show appreciation for graduate friends with small or large remembrances and notes the shop offers items suited to this purpose.
Jepson the Jeweler announces a fresh line of Directory Umbrellas described as neat and novel offered at modest prices.
The Lipaeman pharmacy has become the sole agency. hundreds bought Root Juice and many report relief from stomach liver and kidney troubles rheumatism and nervous weakness. Joseph Simpson credits three bottles with a complete cure after long standing ailments. Local callers praise the medicine daily.
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