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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
2
Jack Rohr with Ojibway life and dances lecture for youths tonight at 7 in the Sunday school room of West Sterangee Church. Hotan-Tonka leads an illustrated talk on tribe customs language and living. Troop 2 Boy Scouts handle the event.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to infants and children to ease constipation and cleanse the bowels. It promises a pleasant taste, a preventive effect on sickness, and directs asking a druggist for the genuine product with age specific directions printed on the bottle.
The piece contrasts grandmothers past and present focusing on autonomy and social expectations. It traces shifts in motherhood, marriage, and aging from self restraint to newer fears about health, body image, and financial support, noting how older women faced fewer divorce pressures and remained tied to family roles.
The piece notes the 200th annual OK homo event and mentions the pastor of the hyferian church and a former county official who died of heart disease. Burial details for Louise May Bussinger and other local obituaries are listed, with updates on Fred Fisher J’s typhoid fever and A B Sole preaching at St John’s Episcopal Church. North Manchester reports M S Ebbing elected president of the Wabash County Poultry Association.
Banks of Washington will close on Monday October 22 for Discovery Day countrywide holiday. No plans for the day noted. the banks close from Saturday through Tuesday morning. Bernard Bradley 26 former Loogootee resident reported dead in Clinton.
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