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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
11
A neighboring paper ran an ad for wrist watches for men with latest shapes. In Daviess, real cemeteries are on hill tops and water level rises during digging, yet sextons at Oak Grove and St. John's report never seeing a grave flooded. Sandy soil allows rapid drainage and vaults withstand damp periods.
Three weeks from tomorrow and Christmas will be here. The holiday rush of buying is building, with peak activity expected on December 24 as shoppers scramble for selections and prices. For sale apples, GAINE and Winesaps, $1.25 to $2 per bushel at orchard Sloan & Company, Phone 890-12.
An observer notes garage owners and station managers fail to open before 7:30 a m causing potential customers to seek service later. Many motorists must leave for work by 7 or 7:39, risking missed repairs and scheduling conflicts.
A grim aphorism warns that a white Christmas implies more deaths while a green Christmas suggests a lighter toll, reflecting locals’ anxious humor about winter danger and its costs.
Railroad officials emphasize the air brake mechanism as a key part of train operation training and arrange demonstrations whenever possible to reinforce workers education.
A carpenters claim of a tool to bore a square hole is noted in a quirky remark. In a separate scene a film crew exits a car and debates staging in a cabin as an elderly mountain woman objects to close shooting and directs the shoot further away. A playful line about mice pies fading adds a whimsical touch.
A fragment mix includes a Christmas story dialogue about a child and a joke about a chestnut train, plus a real estate style blurb advertising a public sale on Monday December 14 1925 at the Callaway farm near Washington Indiana. The sale lists horses cattle hogs and farm implements with terms and payment details. It ends with seller attribution RTIN H WOODALL and a date code.
The 1926 license system now considers automobile weight along with horsepower when calculating fees. Applications require car year model weight and horsepower, slowing processing and plate delivery. New green background plates with white figures will be issued starting December 15, with 104 stations nationwide for license issuance.
Judge Colson presides as prosecutors urge no leniency for gun carriers in Marion County. Charles Wilson faces a $100 fine for revolver possession. Mundet Adam Kuhn, a policeman, referenced in the proceedings.
A national bank officer in a new uniform with brass buttons attracts a child’s question to her mother, asking if the man is the bank president, reflecting curious public gaze at local finance figures.
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