Insect Tax: U S Crop Losses Pegged At 800 Million
Washington experts estimate annual U S agricultural losses to insect pests at eight hundred million dollars a figure called the insect tax by The Youths Companion. The sum dwarfs education funding and college endowments and exceeds many public debts. Ang ie Zink of Lafayette visited friends in the city Saturday and attended Memorial services.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Union
Mies Angie Zink
Lafayette
Teaching Agriculture In Public Schools A Key To Progress
An editorial argues that agriculture education should be taught in public schools as a natural step in development. It notes benefits as mental training and practical life skills, outlining rural school activities like corn counting, seed preparation, weed study, and animal husbandry. It also mentions that private agricultural institutions have driven progress but require public school integration.
Chronology of Unclear Time Stamps in Entry
Timeline shows multiple specific times 1 48 a m 11 49 a m 1 53 p m and 7 07 p m indicating a sequence or schedule. No names places or events are provided to anchor the record.
Art Club Plans Purchase of Hoosier Landscape
The Art History Club of Attica aims to raise about $100 to buy a landscape painting by a prominent Hoosier artist for the city library. Members postponed printed programs to save funds and hope to acquire a Steele work, with the club ending the year with papers on The Influence Which Art Has On Society and The Purpose of Painting. They will study American architecture and sculpture next year and hold a picnic in Ravine Park Friday.
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Art History Club
Attica
Indiana
Indianapolis
Steele
MaeJohnson
Near-miss at Wabash crossing prompts plea for watchman
J. J. Little of Attica narrowly avoided collision at the West Lebanon Wabash crossing on May 26. He swerved into the depot platform to escape an oncoming evening train. The incident follows repeated close calls blamed on a lax law and population limits that bar railroad watchmen. The town board offers to pay half the salary while the railroad cites an electric crew. A fatal accident is feared if no action is taken.
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J. J. Little
Attica
Lebanon
Danville
West Lebanon Gazette
Carpenters Escape Injury In Hillsboro Wreck
Charles Carpenter and wife of Hillsboro narrowly escaped serious harm Saturday night when their car ran into a five foot ditch along a culvert. The vehicle lodged against a wire fence, preventing a fall over the embankment. They were returning from Merlott with friends in another car ahead. Carpenter, a rural mail carrier from Mellott, had followed too closely and did not see a passing car until it was too late to avoid a collision. The ditch was hidden by tall roadside grass. no injuries occurred. This follows a prior accident months earlier near Mellott involving the same driver.
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Charles Carpenter
Hillsboro
Carpenters
Merlott
Mr. Carpenter
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County
Transactions filed for record in Fountain County from the title deeds list prepared for The Ledger Press by Douglass & Nelson. Names include Carrie Youngblood to James T. Claman and Aifrac Hillsboro. Eliza T. Drake to William E. Drake. E E. H. Carqueville to Margaret J. Carqueville. Joseph C. Pierce to William T. Coffin. Mollie L. Price and husband to Lewis Nebeker. Myrtle Wildt and husband to Samuel J. Ludlow. Samuel J. Ludlow and wife to Myrtle Wildt. Mary E. Sloan and husband to David S. Ferguson. Properties include lots and tracts in Covington Attica Wabash Veedersburg. Values range from $1 to $6,000.
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Fountain County
Douglass & Nelson
Covington
Indiana
Carrie Youngblood
James T. Claman
Aifrac Hillsboro
Eliza T. Drake
William E. Drake
E. H. Carqueville
Margaret J. Carqueville
Joseph C. Pierce
William T. Coffin
Mollie L. Price
Husb
Lewis Nebeker
Myrtle Wildt
Samuel J. Ludlow
Veedersburg
Wifo
Mary E. Sloan
David S. Ferguson
Moon and Hatton Hardware Names New Owner
Moon of Wingate sells interest to James VanCleave who has served the firm for over eight years. VanCleave is well known in the community and expected to be a strong asset to the business. Miss Bertha Brant and Leona Carlson visited Sunday in Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Moon & Hatton Hardware Store
Wingate
James VanCleave
VanCleave
Misees
Bertha Brant
Leona Carlson
Lafayette
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Hazel Crumbo
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Little Brother
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Mary Reynolds
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Alfred Rigdon
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Rainsville
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Indianapolis Speedway
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Elizabeth Oakley
E. L. Newton
Singer Sewing Met
Attica, Ind
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Attics
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Art Club
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Peoria, UL
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