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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
2
A jumble of church service notices and events lists multiple denominations. It mentions morning and evening worship, sermons, baptisms, confirmation, Sunday school at various locales, and election of delegates to a convention. Also includes a testimonial about Electric Bitters.
During a powerful electrical storm in Petersburg on June 29 lightning struck the shaft root feeding the Blackburn mine. The bolt traveled to the bottom and along the rails for several hundred feet. Five miners were shocked but all recovered from the shock.
T B Laycock presides over Daviess County Association and calls meeting for Tuesday evening July 2 at John C Billheimer state auditor office in the state house to organize the annual reunion of former Daviess County people now living in Marion County. The Indianapolis Journal notes debate on death penalty and humane experiments on condemned prisoners to aid medical science.
News describes a second horrene and idol wave that struck the Caroline Islands in the Pacific, killing around 200 natives. The first disaster in April reportedly claimed over 300 lives.
An African American club hosted a heated debate on a nursery rhyme paradox about hens ducks and eggs. The chair leaned toward the negative, a spectator posed ducks as mother questions, and the presiding officer declared the duck the “mother.”
Six prominent Japanese citizens reportedly provide ten million dollars split for domestic needs and for foreign aid. Half to be spent on armaments and raw materials, the other half for tips to Pullman porters waiters and cabmen.
New York reports a compounding strike as 2,000 ice wagon drivers join the garbage cart drivers in a heat wave. Households face cutoff of ice and waste removal as department rules spark protest by workers demanding wage and policy changes.
Mrs EW Goodloe of Dallas Texas reports success with Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming relief from biliousness and digestive discomfort. The ad notes the product is sold at J N Jones drug store for 25 cents and promises gentle laxative effects without griping.
A fragmented ad listing diverse properties for sale including barns 40 by 60 feet with lands priced per acre and nearby farm holdings. several homes with multiple rooms and fruit trees. vacant 130 by 108 foot lot suitable for factory or lumber yard. prices range from 500 to 1050 plus mentions of insurance and proximity to Montgomery Indiana and Washington streets.
Real estate notes describe various cottages, rooms, and lots for sale. Mentions center area properties, city water, fruit trees, wells, and outbuildings with multiple structures and parcels. Some prices and road references appear but details are fragmented.
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