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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1859
Page
6
The paper notes six wards total, announces mayor and town marshal candidates, reports overflow along White River and receding Wabash floodwaters, and mentions O and M R R trains. It also covers a Mount Vernon suicide, a murder tale in Spencer county, a postponed circus, church controversy, riot fines, and optimistic wheat crop prospects.
A fragile note announces a celebration of an organization identified as 1.0.C.F. in Washington on April 26. It invites all interested to attend with emphasis on Odd Fellows and related groups, urging attendance and highlighting special invitations for Indigenous members and others.
Evansville proprietors of the City Foundry announce capabilities in mining and finishing work. They manufacture steam engines and boilers, saw mill and mining machinery, tobacco screws, brewing kettles, copper work, and iron fittings. They offer repairs, on site fitting, and shipyard services from 69 Main Street and Pine street yards in Evansville Indiana.
The notice lists a wide variety of hardware and tools for sale including chains hoes shovels and spades axes adzes drawing knives and hatchets along with hollow ware scythes cradles and fences. It also mentions firearms percussion caps violins cooper tools and carpenters’ implements with prices and items like No 1 five dollars and clocks pocket pens rivets and saws.
A patent remedy from Dr Easterly in St Louis claims to cure fever and ague and all fevers common to the west. It is advertised as a quick permanent cure for ague and enlargement of the spleen with a harmless profile for infants. Price is 1 per bottle or 5 for 5. Sold by Wilson Jones in Washington Indiana and general druggists.
An advertisement promotes Dr Carter's cough balsam for coughs colds asthma consumption and other throat and lung diseases. It claims cures after other remedies fail and lists pricing for trial and large bottles. It directs readers to Chestnut Street sole dealer Ophelor and Wilson Jones druggists in Washington and other outlets.
An old medical advertisement promotes Dr Hooper's Female Cordial as a cure for multiple feminine complaints including irregular menses and nervous symptoms. It claims extensive testing and daily reports of success, listing price and street corner addresses in St. Louis and general availability through druggists.
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