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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
4
Local column lists dozens of names and short trips with relatives and friends spread across Terre Haute Indianapolis Vincennes Seymour and other nearby towns. Several residents like Addie Dillard Mrs AW PL Elia and Miss Bertha Pierre announce travels, visits, and returns, while others plan trips to Chicago Independ ence Missouri and Brazil with scattered details of homecomings and social stops.
A 1900s style advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, safe laxative for all ages to relieve constipation and related ailments. It claims natural action without harsh purgatives, praises its toning and digestive aid, and notes availability through pharmacists with samples offered.
Miss Ele Lane aged twenty two died at her Murplysferd home after a dental extraction caused blood poisoning. Four teeth were removed and doctors could not halt the infection. Coroner Forshee found no blame on the dentist in the Aug thirty entry from Carmi, Al.
District 11 representatives from Indianapolis plan to Terre Haute to consider a settlement. If miners resume work at the Roud mine in Sullivan County and other idle mines, operators will advance final adjustments of outstanding differences and restore pending checks.
A compilation of editorials and letters from Indiana papers criticizing Taft era ties to corporations, liquor policy influence, and brewer activity. It notes Hunley’s stand against Fremont Goodwine, scrutiny of army uniform purchases, and local reactions including Watson’s unpopularity and a Bedford Building Loan and Savings Association liquidation with assets shrinking from 188,000 to 15,000 over ten years.
The Mahoney Brothers Stack Company presented The Light House Robbery at the Airdome to a large audience. Frank Mahoney again scored as Uncle Davy while a varied vaudeville bill pleased the crowd from curtain rise to finish. The bill also features For His Sister's Honor a romantic act popular with women.
A patchwork of local items from Indianapolis News reads about political visits by Hon. Wi A. Curlop and District chairman Padgett in Bloomington, youth wagon bridge events, and a county teachers’ institute. Other fragments mention coal shed construction, picnics near a pumping station, a stair race challenge, and Labor Day plans with a local committee promising activities. Major figures include George Gould’s son Kingdon Gould in Guanajuato learning mining basics.
John Cola of Alfordsville and Leo Bangerman of Odon joined the I. S. army at the Vincennes recruiting office. They enlisted for the coast artillery and were ordered to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis for a short stay before transfer to a coast army station.
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