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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
3
A handwritten letter from Gen W J Parsons and Col Wm Bailey lauds Peruna as effective against grippe after four months of illness. The memo details improved appetite and strength within a week, claiming notable kidney and liver health benefits.
A garbled wartime note discusses trustees and regimental history, mentioning Cadalos, Mal, Sonu, and Morret. The fragment hints at events around Ha 8a, a town, and local sentiment about a memorial, with references to a war era and a public display.
A garbled collage of 1903 notices and advertisements lists names like Bryan Taft and Willson, theater build plans, stock offerings, and solicitations. It mentions associations, stock purchases, auctions, employment, storage, and domestic goods, but the text is largely unreadable and uncertain.
A lengthy church events listing notes Sunday school times at Second MLHL Church and St Marys Church. It lists preachers and service times for Wesley Brotherhood and various congregations, plus forthcoming conventions in Morrison township and Montgomery.
In New York on September 18, a court annulled the marriage of Helen Maloney of Philadelphia to Arthur Herbert Osborne. The couple swore the union was never intended to be binding and was never consummated. Maloney is now free to marry Samuel Clarkson, an Englishman she eloped with. Church authorities have not yet ruled on whether the Osborne marriage is binding.
Delegates from towns including Vincennes Princeton Oakland Fort Branch Patoka and more gather at the Presbyterian church for the annual Young Peoples Union convention. Sessions cover Sunday school Christian Endeavor work and religious education with programs from 1:30 pm to night services at Cumberland church. Speakers include Rev John Welsh Rev Harry Temple Rev A W Sonne and Rev J H Miller among others.
The dispute over Tom Longboat competing in the Olympic marathon prompts A U officials to consider severing athletic ties with the AAU of England. Longboat is declared professional by the American AAU, but England’s body ignores the ruling. A November board meeting will decide the matter.
Report of the Avon sailing from San Francisco on July 26 for Sydney and Auckland with six thousand tons of freight and ten passengers serving as sailors. A radio telegram from Fanning Island said the passengers were alive at Christmas Island, about six hundred miles from Fanning, with no details on wreck or delay. Captain Downie relayed the message. the ship’s fate remains uncertain.
Republican contests reported at Lime Rock Arkansas with 200+ votes challenged while cholera spreads in Petersburg Russia prompting school closures and hospital expansion. Myrick, former Pes Molge Western League executive, dies at 64 in Excelsior Springs.
Aston S. Watkins, candidate for vice president on the prohibition ticket, arrived in Kansas City Missouri on Friday and spoke at the Baltimore Hotel lobby. He reviewed the prohibition movement’s progress in the United States in a public address.
Henry Horatman and his son Henry Jr died in a farm well near North Vernon while attempting to save the other after gas fumes incapacitated them. The elder Horatman went down with a rope and ladder to rescue the boy but was overcome, and both bodies were recovered by others using improvised hooks.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for babies and family use warning against harsh purgatives. It cites testimonials from mothers across multiple states and notes prices and availability through Lindemans Pharmacy and Caldwell Company.
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