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Newspaper
Waynetown Despatch
Location
Waynetown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1901
Page
2
A Winchester Kentucky note touts One Minute Cough Cure for winter illnesses. A parent reports rapid relief from a child's hoarseness and croup after dosing, claiming the child slept through the night and awoke well. The item also mentions local book arrivals and various advertisements for goods and services.
The Despatch reports Roosevelt's first Thanksgiving proclamation after McKinley's death. He designates Thursday November 28 as a day of general thanksgiving, urging citizens to honor God and perform duties to fellowmen amid national mourning and a year of peace and plenty. Secretary Joan Hay is noted as secretary of state.
Ex Paso donor recounts sorrow over the deaths of neighbors Mr and Mrs Birdcell. He recalls hospitality at Waynetown in 1892 and thanks the editor for sending a chronicle of the sad event. The letter warns against paying magazine agents in advance.
The first sanitary school house in the state, built per state board of health plans, has been completed in Wayne township, Owen county. It features separate entrances for sexes, a wall recess stove supplying fresh air through an outside duct, and air exchange every twenty minutes with a 70 degree interior temperature in zero weather.
The 200 acre Sug ar Creek tract near Crawfordsville home to Shades of Death resort is proposed for perpetual forest reserve by a stock company. Other nearby tracts at Portland Arch Shawnee Kickapoo and Pine Creek would also be protected with no timber cutting. The State Forestry Commission pushes preservation and hopes to revive old time forests in Indiana.
Rev. Henson who visited Morocco received a flattering call from a Morocco church, but he has decided to stay with the Covington church. The move attracted strong local interest as his family is well regarded in Covington and surrounding citizens.
The Monon News warns readers that tiny seeds can grow into problems like a tainted onion harming relationships and community groups. A farm notice bans hunting on a landowner’s property, promising legal action against trespassers. Local items include breeding plans for draft mares and various social notes. President Grover Cleveland’s salary anomaly is briefly explained due to a clerical error leaving one cent unpaid.
The administrator of John M. Birdcell's estate in Montgomery County Indiana will sell personal effects at the decedent's Waynetown residence on November 30 1901. Items include household goods and about 20 cards of dry beach wood. Sale begins at 1 pm with nine month credit on sums over five dollars and cash for five dollars and under.
Sizable excerpt blends testimonials for DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve curing piles with local items. Mentions G F Carter of Atlanta praising the salve, cautions about counterfeits, and notes on a Wingate elevator, property sales, a sale near Byron, and political appointments. Also references 1890 Indian land figures and a Roosevelt-era collector appointment.
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