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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
2
Sunday Island text notes the island as a towering landmark, claiming it rises about 2000 feet above its surroundings, highlighting its claimed height and prominence on the world stage.
In a nostalgic note, a dealer lists a 360 acre farm with 60 acres of pasture 40 acres of woods and a six room house while noting a GK advertisement in the paper. The piece reflects on how people fail to grasp what they own and what dealers offer with cars and gas.
The May issue of The FO lmtsin features a full page ad by Helcwihh & Hoke of Indianapolis promoting pop cord machines. A photo shows the Blue Birds of children, with notes on a three and idation. The piece hints why mothers accumulate during the field by taking at home two or more put in their paths. Jugand is noted for excess red tape.
Hollywood notes announce Alice White headlining Broadway Babies with Sally Eilers and Marion Byron, plus Charlies Delaney opposite her. Also in production are This Thing Called Love with Constance Bennett, the Marx Brothers Cocoanuts coming soon, Harold Lloyd's Welcome Danger in two versions, and Violet Heming's stage-to-film transition.
A half century ago Martin county's hills near Dover Hill yielded rich ochre used as a priming paint. A mining effort formed the paint bank on the Beech Creek-Beek River area, drawing capital from Samuel D. Stephens of Cincinnati who later invested in the venture before market changes and competition from iron pigment ended it.
A contemporary bust of the poet Shelley, likely the only such piece from the period, was found in a Sussex farmhouse. Experts have spent years tracing the piece and believe its authenticity is established beyond a reasonable doubt. It was meant for Shelley's grave but was rejected as too realistic.
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