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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
4
The message lists residents and their movements, noting trips to Indi and New York, departures from Plainview and Melville, and returns from multiple destinations. Names include Mik ON, G. Res, Fousbeeet, Bengant, Analagapot, Glover, John T. Hetlan, Charles Durie, and Karl Englebrecht among others.
Ed Faitheft heads to Sikeston Missouri for business. Blaine Prater leaves for Terre Haute. George Faith goes to Sikeston Missouri on business as health improves for a resident after medical treatment.
A London Mirror essay argues that thoughts and morals spring from what we eat and digest. It likens the brain to the stomach and cites Puritan attitudes, Carlyle, Shakespeare, and Kean to show how diet shapes character and climate of mind.
Germany extends subsidies beyond ships paying 2142 dollars to owners of certain war ready cars for five years after purchase. Subventions stop when vehicles leave the empire or are used by the army, with indemnities set by military appraisers. Consul Thackery notes the War Office blocks sales of such vehicles to foreign countries.
John Hoover details life in Alaska where pennies nickels and dimes are useless and gold dust becomes a side income. He notes wage practices prices and a ban on small coins, while miners mine dust worth large sums and safekeeping is practical in Seattle and Fairbanks.
An old scanned column lists births and memorials, a Pacific fleet note, then astronomical events for December including star constellations and visible planets. It reports real estate transfers, advertised letters, and a local pharmacy ad amid a mosaic of 1909 era items.
A hurricane-driven tidal wave swept 640000 tons of mahogany and cedar from Tabasco into miles of territory, devastating native and plantation areas. Valued at $20 million, the timber lies in ravines and inaccessible lands, now exposed to sale while relief reaches storm victims.
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