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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
3
A terse shop note asserts the store sells only the best cattle killed locally, guaranteeing quality to customers and emphasizing select beef for table use. The brief adds no further details about prices or origins beyond the claim of superior meat.
Real estate and insurance notice offers fire insurance and lists hundreds of bargains in city and farm properties. Highlights a 317 acre farm with cultivation and improvements at $70 per acre, with surrounding land valued at $100 per acre. Also advertises teams of mules and horses for sale.
Money to loan on five to six percent interest for five years. Public stenographer in office. terms to be discussed.
A 3:30 Tuesday whistle at Spink Mill announced a gathering of the local Business Men's Association at the city hall. The notice urged members to attend in half an hour, with plans for house visits next Monday 1 to 4 and events this week including Shakepeare and a Joseph W. Folgin lecture. Payday for B and O Southwestern workers was noted, and the store would stay open.
Charles Edna Draper conducts a free lecture course at Pi Chi hall under Water and Gas Company auspices. Attendance grows as demonstrations show how to boil an eight pound porterhouse steak bake biscuits and fry with minimal gas. Upcoming sessions include a New England dinner and planked fish demonstration with morning rocking instruction.
The Grays aim to win at least one of three July games against the Sprudels, with Sisson eager to excel and Morton criticizing betting on games. Ashby, ex-Grays, shines in Vincennes, batting strongly after leaving the club. Four more Grays games with Loogootee remain, two at home and two away, before season end as Lawrenceville visits for a tougher test.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions honest hails to asumptives and a sales context. It includes garbled phrases about skepticism, recovery, coughs, and a date 1902. The readable portion centers on a sale item with unclear details.
The text explains bedbugs Cimex directiliarius as disease vectors like relapsing fever kala-azar smallpox and typhoid across inns hotels lumber camps and ships. It details their daytime hiding, feeding on decayed wood dust and animal food shortages, and their migration through trunks walls water pipes and across car aisles. It notes widespread infestation risks in dwellings log cabins ships poultry houses and bat or sparrow habitats.
The article argues bedbugs threaten homes and disease spread, urging systematic fumigation by the municipality. It cites the Journal of the American Medical Association and Manning calling for annual compulsory elimination of bedbugs as the most effective method to prevent diseases carried in the patient during the acute stage.
Steele township trustees will meet at home Thursday and Friday of the seventh week to transact business. Samuel Erustes of Elmore township will be at his office in Elnora Tuesday and Friday each week. Dan IrL Six Rrs of Bogard township will be at his residence Tuesday and Friday each week. W Smiley of Van Buren township will be at his home Wednesday and attend Ragleaville on the last Saturday of earmonth. R V Cox of Reeve township will be at Alfordsville office Saturday each week and at home three miles south otherwise. GEORGE A. DREW trustee of Barr township will meet at Coonesburg Wednesday forenoon and at Montgomery other times. George Edward trustee of Harrison township will be at Glenda on the second Saturday of each month and at home all other times.
An English Inventlox device acts as a harness to steady a fishing pole, enabling hands free control of line and lure. The invention aims to improve balance and reduce fatigue for anglers, with potential use in various outdoor fishing conditions.
Wind storms and tornado coverage pitched with low first year rates and multi year terms. The ad touts 65 cents for three years and 40 cents in the city, plus a Joint five stock clause claimed unique to this company. Readers urged to visit immediately for savings on next policy.
J J Coughlin operates a dedicated wallpaper and paints shop in the city offering oils varnishes and contracting services. With forty years in the trade the dealer advertises exclusive store status at the northeast corner of Fourth and Van Trees streets opposite City Hall and notes watch repairs are not handled here.
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