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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1906
Page
3
English officials deny meat inspection standards, arguing few inspectors exist and rotten meat circulates. They oppose American products amid a British market backlash driven by home dealers seeking to exploit anti American sentiment to curb import trade.
Kitty Brague signals potential transfer of the Virginia league franchise to Henderson, Kentucky, citing insufficient payment from elites compared to last year and the need for public support to sustain professional team operations. Vincennes baseball bat noted in the article fragment.
The Neill-Reynolda report on the beef trust harms is said to have damaged American meat trade abroad with London meat can sales nearly halted and Belgian markets killed. In New York and other cities meat use declined, especially at restaurants. Public officials show a harsh view toward packers and the agricultural committee plans to delay the agricultural bill and push through a noninspection substitute. If Congress does not act, voters will remember this in the polls.
A telegram from Paris Illinois announces the death of Joseph D Hunter of Paris Illinois at a Chicago hospital last night after surgery on Monday to remove gallstones. He was about 60 years old and a brother of Mrs F Burke of East Plain Street. He was president of Citizens National Bank and was well known in Paris Illinois. The funeral is planned for Thursday with Mr and Mrs Burke and family attending.
Washington folk will attend the Christian Endeavor district convention at the First Christian church in Vincennes on June 21 and 22. Knox, Owen, Greene, Davie and Martin counties are in the district. Local participants include Miss Mary Purcell speaking on Loyalty to Duty, Rev Kyle Brooks on The Comrades of the Quiet Hour, Miss Ella J Williams on The Nourishment of the Hidden Life, and Rev J M Douglass on Missionary Uprising.
The docket shows a crowded June term with sixteen railway damage cases mostly from nearby counties and one rental suit from Knox County demanding redress. The defendant is valued near $75,000, signaling high stakes in ongoing disputes.
Delegates selected for a Democratic joint senatorial convention to nominate a candidate for the district comprising Daviess and Pike counties meet in Washington Indiana on Saturday June 30 2006. Pike County shall have eleven delegates and Daviess fourteen. Also an advertisement for Hoodster’s or similar tonic remedies and a tea product is included with local pharmacy promotions.
The fourth quarterly meet offs at the Washington circuit M E church will be held at Maysville June 29 30 and July 1. The presiding elder will preach at 745 each evening and the pastor at 1045 Sunday morning. The quarterly conference is set for Saturday afternoon June 30 at 2130 p.m. in Washington Second M B church. All are invited to these services.
North End Stars beat Herron Street Locals 11 to 5 in eleven innings. Batteries: Stars McCarty and Norris Locals Willeford and McFall. Also report of a trolley breakdown near the power house at 10:30, blocking service about an hour. Bluffton resident endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, urging readers to buy at Lindenman’s Pharmacy.
A massive blaze in Ont village, Jefferson Township, Pike County, destroyed a restaurant worth about 10 000 dollars with only 5200 dollars insured. Twelve horses perished, a barn worker narrowly escaped injuries, and two suspects were pursued after suspected incendiary activity linked to a spate of recent farm fires in the township.
Kansas Governor Edward W. Hoch addressed the National Editorial Association praising country editors. He noted about 20,000 newspapers in the United States with roughly one tenth dailies and one tenth weeklies, saying country editors wield broad influence and deserve royal regard from the public.
An eighteen month old child died after ingesting arsenic and aconite tablets. the tablets were bought by the parents for neuralgia. The incident occurred in Vincennes on June 19 as the child toppled a chair and accessed the medication, dying two hours later.
Sane garbled text traces a political jab about Joe Cannon and unnamed candidates including Roosevelt. It hints at a chaotic personal political stance and a defensive push amid a residential boom.
Louisville figures press forward to attract a major national political convention as business leaders meet with national heads. The ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a healing remedy for wounds and burns, claiming swift decontaminating effects and a cure for a local injured man, sold at J. N. Jones' drug store.
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