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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
7
Fragmented OCR shows corrections for routes east west north and south. Mentions tickets honored by trains leaving Wes ins mt pie Linton at 5 30 a m. Refers to time tables and agents of this commission. Names and places are garbled and partially unreadable.
A fragmented railway timetable lists lines from Indianapolis to Evansville and beyond, naming trains such as the Evansville Mail and Terre Haute Express with daily and limited schedules, notable stopping points including Nashville and New Orleans, and various departure times like 9:04, 2:35 p.m. and 1:00. The text reflects a historical era timetable with multiple named trains and destinations.
A terse OCR fragment mentions the Baltimore and Ohio lines with a reference to the southwest area and unspecified soil or rail terms. The readable portion provides no clear event date or concrete action to anchor a full news item.
The advertisement urges farmers and investors in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida to profit from land, timber, stone, and farm sites offered at about $1 per acre with up to 503,000 acres in West Florida. It promotes homestead stock raising, consulting readers to respond via mail from Louisville Kentucky and Indiana, promising rapid western settlement and profits in a periodical era.
A disrupted OCR shows the Burlington Route extending to Portland and Puget Sound via Bilings and Montana, with through coaches, standard sleepers, and tourist sleep cars. It highlights northbound connections from Nebraska and Kansas City toward St Paul Minneapolis St Louis and beyond, aiming for the Puget Sound region in about 77 hours.
Reduced rail excursion notice touts Boston bound trips and two Missouri Pacific routes from Kansas City via Des Moines and Pueblo. Through sleepers and low fares with stopover privileges are offered, with departure from St. Louis and Cincinnati lines and connections to Chicago, San Francisco, and Western destinations.
O R Moore of Hillsville Virginia recounts long suffering from diarrhoea and relief after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He urges readers to try it, noting his full recovery and renewed health. Sold by all druggists.
Washington Sept 17 The War Department reports Capt Charles McQueston Fourth United States Infantry died yesterday at Mangonoue Bacoor Cavite province Manila due to gunshot wound in an incident involving a private soldier and a temporary insanity attack. The captain born in Indiana entered West Point in ۱۸۷? and joined the Fourth in ۱۸۹۸. Further details awaited.
Washington Sept 17 The war department received a dispatch from Gen. Wood military governor of Cuba reporting elections on the island were orderly and quiet with no disturbances noted.
The article notes gentle snow beginning at 8 o clock Sunday in Negaunee Wisconsin with the thermometer around 20 degrees. It mentions an railro worker injured on duty and saved by Bucklen medicine salve, touting its healing qualities for burns piles and skin eruptions.
On August 2 and September 4 and 18 Illinois Central R R will sell low rate home seekers round trip tickets to West Northwest Southwest with twenty one days no stop over. One way settlers tickets also offered to southern points. City ticket office 200 Main St Evansville Indiana.
The National Association of Democratic Clubs will hold its quadrennial convention in Indianapolis. Tickets for all trains on October 1 and 2, and train 48 on October 3, to Indianapolis and return, are offered at 3.835 dollars for the round trip, with good return until October 5.
Excursion tickets offered by the Missouri Pacific Railway The Colorado Short Line and Iron Mountain Route to Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho Arkansas Texas Louisiana New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Round trip valid twenty one days with return after fifteen days on going trip. Steamers Pullman buffet sleepers and reclining chairs included. Sept 4 and 18 departures from Denver Springs Pu dbile Salt Lake City Ogden and points via Missouri Pacific.
Receipts show June 30 1900 totals from county treasurer and township tax fund. Expenditures list supervisor services and various school related disbursements including furniture, coal, supplies, and repairs. Public notices reference non residents and township officials and a burglary incident with a protective act.
Washington reports indicate the War Department awaits the State Department guidance on the next military move in China. The debate centers on whether troops should advance to Wei Hai Wei or await further diplomatic instructions, with officials noting shifts in Asian government attitudes and potential Russian actions.
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