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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1927
Page
4
Washington Ind. daily newspaper notice lists prices for mail and carrier subscriptions, in country and outside county, with terms in advance and a brief address. It notes publication details for Boyd and Backes at 11 113 North Lasalle Third Street and provides telephone No. 40 for contact.
The article lauds Captain Lindbergh for winning $25,000 and global recognition, noting his impact on trans oceanic flight, prize offers, and Franco-American ties. It recalls his Paris departure for the London auto drive and a joke about driving sides, underscoring his inspiring influence beyond tangible gains.
Envious critics blame millionaires as misers and money grabbers. Andrew Mellon, a repeated millionaire, gave 1000 to the families of Nungesser and Coli, French aviators who died attempting to reach America. Nature Magazine notes cow poison, the lily family member, thrives in northern states and expands into southern mountain tablelands.
The passage praises Mr Mellon for charitable gifts kept private and modest. It notes there are many millionaires who give away large sums yearly without publicizing their philanthropy and says Mellon's act was gracious and worthy of praise.
The article notes a northern Illinois co-educational college allowing young ladies to stay out until a specified hour on two nights weekly, contrasting with past curfews and social stigma. It questions whether this signals a night-sleeping ideal or moral decline while highlighting rapid social change.
Police arrested three young boys for entering Henry Gerarden's garden and stealing radishes and other vegetables. They promised to make good the damage and were released.
The vesper sparrow, notable for its white outer tail feathers, is cited as highly efficient at field foraging. It feeds on grassland insects larvae leafhoppers army worms and grasshoppers during summer and consumes numerous weed seeds in fall and winter per Nature Magazine.
Funeral plans announce services for Frank Fornwald a member of the Templar order. The coffin will not be opened at a church and interment will follow at Grove cemetery. The Chamber of Commerce will visit the home at 7 30 pm to pay respects and march from city hall to the home in tribute to the departed associate. Citizens express sorrow and high esteem for his untimely death in Washington.
A brief meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held at the city hall Tuesday night. Plans were made to observe deceased respects, with arrangements at the city hall and the home afterward.
Readable fragment notes porridge prepared each evening for M P in the House of Commons. The odd punctuation hints at a parliamentary kitchen or dining reference, with emphasis on a consistent porridge serving habit associated with the Commons proceedings.
A Indianapolis woman describes severe stomach distress from meals and reports Konjola as a great relief. She says the product ended her stomach troubles, and she can now eat and wear any clothing without discomfort.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Konjola sold in Washington at Lineman's Pharmacy. Text is incomplete and lacks clear event or date. No persons or organizations beyond Lineman's Pharmacy are established.
A special purpose blue truck designed to hold a gas stove and gas containers, enabling portable use. The vehicle, described as a compact unit, will be used to move items to various locations.
A fragment notes a person or group named Cane and references drugs on the market. The text mentions Ire No Id Ger and a “well-adenticated ghost” with a statement that the house is in demand. Details are unclear and identities are partial or garbled.
Mr and Mrs W J Canary of West Van Trees Street attend funeral services for Daniel R Barnum who died at 85 in Huntingburg. Survivors include sister Elizabeth Rowe and brother Tomas Barnum of Seymour. Service at Memorial Church Princeton on Sunday with burial at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Police yesterday noon reported a harness theft from Willis Coulter. The harness was loaned by a Washington man to another man with a team, and the loaner has not yet been located though authorities know him and are seeking him near Tom's Hill.
Fragmentary clerical note reports evaporation rates and water level context at Wadi Falta facing the upper Nile. The text mentions nearly nineteen feet per year as a purported evaporation figure under arid conditions.
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