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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1870
Page
3
In Petersburg and surrounding areas, merchants advertise goods from fur linings to millinery while a Jefferson County paper notes a downtown fire causing estimated losses around 141000. Town boosters urge new investment, rail prospects, school funding, and population growth as residents plan improvements.
A chaotic Indiana clippings batch reports Evansville Water Works contract let to George Lant, a fatal fall in Cags county, robberies in Marion county, suicides in Dubois county, a chair makers' furniture stock group forming in Richmond, the Junction House in Vincennes nearly ready, a farmer found dead in Beatty county, and other brief incidents including sheep predation in Switzerland county and a girl’s overdose incident near Dubois.
The oldest resident, Mr Maynard, lives four miles from Alexandrian and is said to be one hundred and four years old with full health able to walk four or five miles. The article mentions a pamphlet on watch manufacture in Europe and America by W A Giles of Giles Lire Co and notes a Chicago guide map offer. It also promotes Wilhott's Tonic as a cure for fever and malaria and praises Giles Brown jewelry house with their western prominence and expanded goods.
Market notes list per bushel and per ton prices for crops and staples including potatoes apples wheat corn lard bacon beef and sugar items. Mentions buyers and sellers with various regional names and fluctuating demand as produce remains scarce and in demand with lower prices for some items and steady or rising interest for others.
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