Market at every farm in state aims to cut living costs
Indiana farmers urged to open roadside wayside markets to sell produce directly to passersby. Barnard, Hoover food administrator representative, promotes mobile transport of fruit vegetables eggs and meat to cities, with signs near homes. Central creamery groups back the plan to reduce middleman profits and high costs. Community efforts also include housewives co operative buying.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
H. E. Barnard
Herbert C. Hoover
Barnard
Barnardisa
Frank N. Wallace
Americans to Walk More Or Be Humanoid Penguins
A student of feet, P A Vaile, warns Americas face degraded feet and legs if walking habits do not improve. He cites Harvard physician Dr Lloyd Brown noting 596 of 746 freshmen showed potential sickness and 476 of those were unfit for military duty due to foot and leg flaws. He blames sedentary life and says American women neglect their legs, eroding classical leg lines.
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America
P. A. Vaile
Lloyd Brown
Harvard
Vaile
Popular Science Monthly
No Transfer Punchline in Social Banter
Dialogue-driven snippet shows characters Jibbles Belle and a poker party at a house. Exchanges hint at money linked marriage and a wife’s rumored country trip with implications of mischief. No clear names beyond general references. tone sharp and social.
Family Secrets and Bizarre Traditions In Quirky Dialogues
A collage of short comic exchanges features characters like Frog and Billy Say sharing humor about language ages and social manners. The snippets mix dialects and punchlines, highlighting misunderstandings and wordplay in everyday banter.
Eddie Plank’s dream of reaching a big ring dashed
Twenty year veteran Eddie Plank fails to realize his aim of pitching in the majors as injuries endanger a comeback. The southpaw, long a star with Connie Mack’s clubs, endures a nervous breakdown after early season struggles and doubts about further play.
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Eddie Plank
Plank
Browns
San Antonio
Jones
St. Louis Federals
Connie Mack
The Widow Burns Converts a Town and a Betrothal
A widow in Hanley uses authority to pressure public works and disrupts a fiancée for Nellie Richards. Nellie and Frank Haskell plan elopement but, aided by a visiting lawyer, return home as the widower reconciles saying he is glad they acted. Copyright 1917.
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Hanley
Burns
Mill Creek
Jonas Richards
Mr. Richards
Nellie
Vio
Vic
Frank Haskell
Nellie Richards
Young Haskell
Gratton
Cli
The Man Who Wins
A motivational piece extolling the man who wins as one who works daily without complaint. It praises steady labor, a positive outlook, and cheerful resilience, insisting effort and persistence lead to success despite luck or setbacks.
New Optical Arc Light Aims at Ultra Violet Uses
Swiss opticians unveil an arc light with iron salt impregnated carbons producing a UV rich beam for scientific work. Missouri inventor tests a boat driven and steered by airplane engine and propeller on shallow streams.
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Missouri
Washington State College
Tmlnois
Europe
Village Choral Society Conversation Catches Eye
A visitor notes the village’s choral society while a native modestly denies boasting. The exchange highlights local culture through a brief, wry quarrel over pride in communal musical tradition.
The Invitation in Fingish Church
Two recruits in a Scottish regiment attend a Fingish church for the first time. The lively organ voluntary astonishes them as a pew owner taps to pass. One soldier misunderstands and jokes that his mate can dance better than him, prompting amusement.
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Rotary Club
Wilson
James J’. Goodrich
Indiana Firemen’s Association
Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Wilson
Terre Haute
Carl B. Evinger
Tadianapolis
William Nil
Flamingnd
Robert Gaskill
Fort Wayne
George Rosenberger
Alesandria
Charles Hirston
Greenfield
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Rotary
Fort S Aford Cie
Fort Tarrison
Clinir
Edsin &. Glenn
James T. Rogers
War Recreation Social Service Bureau
Couuntry
Countes
Indiana National Guard
Lawrence Ravick
Fourth Infantry
Louis B. Higher
Leutenant
Olle Lindgren
First Indians Infantry
William Tagle
First Indiana Infantry
Lest’ Infantry
Belle
Chloe
William
Mandy
Frog
Birds
Billy
Jimmy
Nancy
Henry Waldron
Fea
Man
State Fair
U. S
Indiana Council of Defense and Fair Management
Ruth Law
Thavia’s
C. F. Kennedy
L. B. Clore
W. R. Mayo
Elmora Hotel
Bloomfield
Mayo
Binkerhoff
Delaware Street
AL Williams
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