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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1870
Page
3
JAMEB H. CLARK, Agent, appears in a fragmented table of times and freight services. Entries include Morning Express, Lightning Express, Way Freight, and various shipping references with uncertain figures.
Real estate transfers this week total a sum mentioned as 55p while Mr Leaboy plans another Main 5 building. Rev Turner lectures on The Theatre and the Circus tomorrow night. Vote Republican to cut taxes. Rev Campbell conducts services tonight and tomorrow as Christian ... The public schools start Monday. Johnson & PuIaire advertise jeans and shoes. Democratic leadership appears concerned about election results. Local weather and fall stock at Myers Astell & Co shown with broad dry goods and blankets. County and state news report saw mills burned, treasury robbery attempt, frost, and population tallies in multiple towns.
Harper’s Ferry reports the Shenandoah flood sweeping Carperas Ferry area with massive damage. Buildings, barges, and weighty structures torn away. nineteen deaths and many missing. Steamboats and machines lost. residents flee, rope lines used for rescue, water levels rising beyond control.
A civic exhortation blesses Republican turnout urging early voting. Notices of marriages include Wm Mattn to Elabeth Morvan and Patrick Vetaney to Sarah Wo tent. A fair in Stones Circus features Minnie Marks, praised as a top equestrian for her age. The piece also covers local weather and a chorus of political and cultural notes from Washington and beyond.
Market notes from Waeniseros dated October 1 1870 show prices for flour corn meal oats wheat and various meats and fats. Reported items include pork lard bacon and poultry with per bushel or per hundredweight rates and remarks on harvest quality and scarce produce as market conditions shift.
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