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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1906
Page
3
The piece argues the cost difference between good and inferior paint is small compared with total house painting outlay. Labor and time dominate the expense. It contends it is wiser to use old fashioned white lead and linseed oil for lasting results.
An advertisement asserts Phoenix white lead is perfectly pure and made by the Old Dutch Process. It invites homeowners to request the booklet titled Paint pointers of value and mentions NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY as the source.
An old card states pharmacists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure a cough or cold. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, and prevent serious outcomes like pneumonia, claiming the genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by Smith and Vinton.
The act details penalties for candidates and others who pay or promise money or favors to electors to influence votes or labor for a candidate. It imposes fines from 300 to 1900 dollars, disfranchisement, and ineligibility for office, with harsher rules for bribery at polls and ten-year disqualification for various offenses. Witnesses can be compellable, but testimony cannot be used to prosecute them for related matters.
Advertisement touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup at 34 cents promising to cure constipation headaches and stomach trouble for every family member. Sold by Smith and Winton.
In Providence on Wednesday the Rhode Island Democratic convention nominated a state ticket led by James H. Higgins mayor of Pawtucket for governor.
Bedford reports ex-marshal James M. Myers returned from Cincinnati where he went to take a position as railroad policeman in the B. and O. Southwestern yards. He has been promised the post of lieutenant in the same police force within a few weeks and will move to Cincinnati promptly.
Washington Morris, eighty eight, lives with a daughter in Daviess county and has been visiting Will and Homer Ham’s families. Mrs Morris, longtime resident, is noted as the mother of Ory at Ham and died last June. He remains in good health aside from minor injuries from a Tinawaya accident about a year ago while blowing corn.
In Pikes County the Hartwell mines dispute ended as the arbitration committee ruled workers were offered only available powder. About 290 miners reportedly returned to work after the decision, ending the strike tied to claims of inferior materials.
Messrs Wallingsford and Underhill of Kosciusko County bought sixty mule colts for Lovgoatee this week at an average of seventy dollars above base. The sale marks the highest price in years, with the mules to be sent to Kosciusko County to the south after maturity.
Samual B. Boyd, editor for the Democrat, was admitted for an operation at Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon. The procedure succeeded and he will return to Washington in a few days.
The creditors of the defunct J D Carter Glass Company at Peters have appointed John O Davis, cashier of the First National Bank, as receiver and fixed his bond at $30 000.
Reports from Vancouver and Nanaimo describe a minor earthquake on Wednesday. Seismic activity lasted a few seconds with stronger shaking in the north area but caused no damage.
A Wednesday night demonstration aimed at two nephews accused of assault caused minor disorder. The trio were indicted Wednesday and will be tried next week in the case tied to the incident.
Seventy five men are believed entombed alive after an explosion at the West Fork mine of the Pocahontas Coal Company near Pocahontas. Rescue teams report several men nearly suffocated as efforts persist to reach the trapped workers.
The record notes Charley H Hughes formally nominated for governorship in New York Wednesday night. He declared his campaign issue centered on unity and governance, describing the campaign as about the people and the state’s future.
One body has been recovered at Pensacola and is believed to be that of Curthers. Recovery teams continue to search the storm wreckage as the city slowly recovers from the hurricane’s effects.
A dispatch from the Navy Department reports Chief Cofstrictor Cayipa of Pensacola states most of the dam 24 caused the shop by the storm be repaid and repairs will proceed.
White River Power seeks a Terre Haute franchise to erect transmission lines, build a dam on White River near Decker, create a 25 year agreement, and supply low cost heat light and power to Terre Haute Washington Vincennes and surrounding towns with power by 1911 to 1913.
In Lawrence County the Cromer family faces a scandal as two daughters, Alice aged twenty two and Ida fourteen, run off with Italian workers from Indianapolis Southern. Alice wed her lover in Woomfield after priest Father Boge mann refused to marry them. Deputies and Ida’s brother pursued the pair to Sanders, a quarry town near Bloomington, to urge Ida to return home. If she resists, the Italian lover may be arrested for kidnapping.
The advertisement touts Foley’s Money and Tar as the strongest remedy for obstinate coughs and serious outcomes. It warns the genuine version comes in yellow packages and is sold by Smith and Winton.
Eight inmates escaped from the Licking County Jail in Newark after assaulting the turnkey and locking him in a cell. The incident details a violent breakout and ongoing investigation by local authorities.
Washington township teachers' institute is Saturday. Bloomer E. Myers is new superintendent at Bicknell high with eleven teachers. Superintendent Kendall of Indianapolis schools revises high school study to meet new conditions. Readers urged to aid teachers in selecting reading matter and to develop thinking in pupils. A weekly note offers a math problem about a horse and payments, along with praise for FP A Cotton as a strong educator advocate. Knights of Pythias appoints W. Mc. Fase editor as deputy grand chancellor. A patent laxative ad ends the column.
Chairman Shonts signals a tentative decision to complete the canal by contract, outlining plans and potential implications for the project timeline and funding.
An old advertisement from Racine Wisconsin touts Dr Shoop Family Medicine Co and Lindeman’s Pharmacy selling Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment. It claims to cure piles with symptoms of itching pain protruding or blind piles vanishing as if by magic.
Senator Beveridge spoke to a large audience in Doe Meines, Ja., on Wednesday inaugurating the Republican campaign and outlining platform positions.
An ad claims Dr Shoop's Restorative directly tones the stomach nerves to ease distress from dyspepsia. It promotes stomach weakness fullness belching and bloating and urges readers to call for the remedy at Lindeman's pharmacy.
Senator Platt of New York is reported to be on the verge of a collapse due to his marital difficulties.
An old style ad promotes Dr Shoop's Catarrh remedy with eucalyptus thymol menthol ingredients in petrolatum. It claims soothing healing and purifying effects and offers a free trial box from Lindeman's pharmacy.
W W J Bryan left Lincoln on Wednesday for a long campaign tour speaking that night in St. Joseph Missouri outlining his platform and reasons for running.
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