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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
5
An ad proclaims a shop sells beef mutton veal lamb and pork. It vows the meat is sweet tender delicious and trimmed to reduce waste. It emphasizes they buy only pest catue killed stock to guarantee quality for customers.
An old classified style advertisement urges readers to contact Henry Stumpp at phone 531 about coal supplies. It claims coal “will not spoil” no matter how long kept and stresses the value of having coal stored in the cellar. A secondary line repeats “Better have too much of our coal” and provides a phone number S77 for Yi W. 34 and Rf. KR.
A 317 acre farm described as a high five bottom property all in cultivation with fine improvements. Priced at $70 per acre, held at $100 per acre, advertised as a major bargain. Also offered: team of mules and a team of horses for sale.
The piece lauds Joseph W. Folk as a reform leader who fought graft in Missouri. It cites his abolition of free passes for legislators, anti gambling laws, and cleanup of police departments. It portrays Folk as champion of purity in public life and a nationwide beacon challenging corruption from Missouri to California and beyond.
Mrs. Harry V. Hyatt returned from a visit with Mrs. Joseph R. Graham in Hyannaville. Mayor J. W. McCarty and Mrs. de Perkins with daughter of Jasonville have come home. Mrs. E. W. Montgomery is in Bloomington today after a summer term.
Program outlines a Chautauqua day with Boy Scouts morning at 3:00, lectures at 10:00 and 3:00, music at 2:30 and 7:30, evening entertainment at 8:15, and a Redpath Grand Opera recital. Lecture titled Culture And Democracy by George L. McNutt. Admission 25 cents. Opera offering Lovers and Quarrel by Parelli. Character studies 50 cents.
Hon. Champ Clark argues chautauquas are a people’s university and major feeders to colleges. He defends chautauqua lecturers, praises clean money, and says the movement shapes political thought while supporting its speakers and audiences.
A long city listing details multiple events across a day including lectures on wealth from waste socialism American morals and the fight for a state. music concerts by Weatherwax and Florentine Trios the Marx Trio and Bohumer Kryl plus a Shakespeare drama and a boy scouts program with various admission prices.
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