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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1903
Page
3
A local store advertises fall bargains on men’s and boys’ sweaters pants shirts hats caps and shoes. New lines include Jackson Corsets and fall underwear for men women and children plus school shoes and candy and umbrellas at various prices.
At the White House a key AFL executive council meeting discussed the Miller dismissal from the government printing office. Roosevelt declared his decision not to dismiss Miller final, stressing government must act without discrimination and that personal fitness be settled in administrative routine. The talks also touched on eight hour and anti injunction bills, with AFL leaders seeking broader labor reforms. Later, P W Hinkle found a body in Chautauqua lake, and George Worthington Garwood killed Hilda Vogel before taking his own life in Pittsburgh.
Chicago Sept 30 A crowd of about a million watched a three hour centennial parade through city streets. Regimental bands were present after threats of dismissal spurred musicians to march. Amateur bands drew cheers from spectators as numerous boats were shown in the procession.
Wolcott defeats rival faction for control of delegates to the state convention. The Republican central committee votes 11 to 8 to place Wolcott on the temporary roll call, which the convention then makes permanent. Wolcott named temporary chairman without opposition.
Pittsburg report states Major Samuel W. Hay died instantly after plunging from the fourth floor of the Arrott building into an elevator shaft and to the basement in an all stories drop.
American League games in New York and Philadelphia with Detroit losing 10 to 4 and Cleveland 7 to 6. Market report lists grain prices in Indianapolis and Chicago with mixed listings for wheat corn and oats. Advertisements cite Foley's Kidney Cure and Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung diseases with testimonials.
Telegram from General Zontcheff at Razlog proclaims a general rising in Razlog Nevrokop Demirhisar Melnik Seres districts. Insurgent bands in eastern Macedonia ordered to begin operations as leaders push for Bulgarian army involvement. Razlog aflame since Sunday, with fights near Butcheyo and near Okbrida where fifty Turks killed. Also reports arrests in Okhrida and rifles distributed to frontier villages. In Salonica the American mission seeks Red Cross aid access to Turkey. Maneuvers at Camp Young Ky show outpost prep ahead of state guards. In San Francisco jealousy-driven double murder ends in tragedy for Marie Jordan and Edward de la Brousse.
A mass meeting in St James hall London last night protested the situation in Macedonia. The event was presided over by the Bishop of Worcester and drew a crowded turnout, with an overflow gathering needed.
Washington reports that Great Britain lifted its cattle and sheep embargo on New England ports signaling the end of a long drive by the state department to eradicate foot and mouth disease. The effort, begun Dec 1, slaughtered 3,960 cattle and 690 hogs and sheep, disinfected over 290 premises, and cost under 300000 dollars with no new cases since the last diseased herd.
A tri state coalition of grocers in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with a $3 000 000 capital was organized in Cincinnati to shield members from recent wholesale grocers combinations formed under a New Jersey incorporation.
In Sullivan Indiana on September 30 a two year old child of Jona Buck near Pleasantville drowned in a small pond. The mother left the house and the child followed her leaving the home where it wandered and fell into the water.
Fred S. Clapp offers a money back guarantee on Mi-O-Na saying it increases flesh improves digestion and restores health. He will refund the price if the remedy fails and will mail a full size box with charge paid if the customer sends the price by mail. He notes thinning and poor digestion as signs of poor nourishment and urges use.
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