Farmers use alfalfa cooled houses for summer comfort
The article recalls Southwest farmers pairing alfalfa with cooling effects to create lower indoor temperatures, lowering ambient heat by five to ten degrees and easing summer heat near homesteads. It notes the technique spreads as frost-free, cheap cooling for homes and stoves, drawing attention to practical farm innovation. It also weaves in a narrative about chess from a family recollection and mentions notable players and games as a secondary thread.
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Pamenne
Christmas Interlude Reveals Hidden Postal Error
A nervous young man meets a woman named Elsie during a festive visit. She teases him over tea as they converse in a genteel drawing room setting, hinting at social proprieties and a careful curiosity about the season. A mistaken postal plate is later noted in the tale.
Vacuum subway express idea nears reality
A tongue in cheek note mocks a vacuum subway train project claiming it would run 150 miles per hour like pneumatic cash carriers used in stores. The piece also praises a Czechoslovak forest policy linking growth to annual cuts and estimates timber value at about $120 million.
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Sarkastic
Tle
Christian Science Monster
Blind piano fixer tunes schools in Philadelphia
A blind man tends to pianos in Philadelphia schools, dedicating his time to visiting one after another. He not only tunes the instruments but also polishes the cases and keeps them looking like new.
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Keene
Azenberg
Ric
Perso
Sie
Seb
West Point
Moe
Warsaw
Stubenstein
Grifin
England
Laskero
Capablanca
America
Colonel Flebeger
Reeszewski
Leslie
Philadelphia
National peril blamed on self slaughter in Japan report
The Osaka Mainichi cited by the Literary Digest notes rising suicide rates in Japan amid financial crisis. It argues suicide reflects evasion of responsibility and a decline in life attachment, contrasting it with Western values and feudal traditions. The piece links Christian influence to moral judgments about self harm and accountability.
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Subble
Japen
Sun
Ina
Osaka
Japan
Osaki
Church Schedule and Quarter Conference Next Sunday
Our services next Sunday include 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 9:30 a.m. and Haworth League 6:30 p.m. The District Superintendent Rev Dougherty will preside and hold the Second Quarter Conference after the 7:50 p.m. service. Official members urged to attend. others welcome. Evening study night continues at 7 p.m. Classes begin 7:35. Sunday school at 10 a.m. next Sunday. Preaching in the evening at 7:30 by Rev Dougherty.
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Ais
Haworth
Dougherty
Foresman
Newton County Basketball Tournament Opens at Brook
On Saturday April 2 the Newton County Basketball Tournament will be held at the County building in Brook. Six teams are arranging to enter namely Brook 2 Kentland 2 Goodland 1 and Moroe spate.
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Newton County
Commonity
Brook
Kentland
Goodland
Moroespate
Spring Arrives Amid Birds and Garden Chores
Robbins are plentiful and bluejays are on hand as spring arrives. John Lyons has his golf clubs repaired. Joe Brenton has donned a straw hat and baked goods have begun in the garden.
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Robbins
John Lyons
Joe Brunton
Oats Sowing Starts As Conn Returns To Field
The first oats seeder of the season operated Monday. George Conn, idle over winter, was seen in the seeder box driving the implement down the field with a cheerful, though worn, expression.
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George Conn
Remarkable three reel film shows molten steel furnace scene
A Consplenous wrong a namer of re markable scenes in a three reel time tiou picture film recently taken of ay Mo steel mill in operation. It records molten metal boiling in an open hearth heated to 3000 degrees. The feat is notable as the subject is dangerous and the camera risked safety with charged celluloid while two men watched for haste.
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Ay Mo
Popular Mechanics
Netherlands orders potato flour mix to curb bread price
The Netherlands government orders a fifty fifty blend of United States wheat flour and domestic potato flour to keep bread affordable. The Chicago Journal notes the move aims to prevent wheat imports from becoming unaffordable, citing wartime appetite for potato starch and anticipated wider acceptance of potato flour.
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United States
Netherlands
Chicago Journal
Odd News Roundup From Across The Nation
A eclectic slice of landmarks and curiosities spans the country with tales of a river in Africa rivaling Niagara, a new flexible wristband tech, a Glendale gold find, imitation fur garments in Colorado, a naval wireless bearing plant on the Oregon coast, and a nationwide raisin campaign. Also noted are rust free Norwegian steel, two old prospectors staking gold in Denver, a tangelo juice quirk per USDA, Austrian treasury finds of precious stones, elk extinction fears in Yellowstone, and a tip to sharpen scissors with a glass bottle neck.
Young Woman Testifies in Prohibition Practice Case
A stenographer in the office of federal prohibition director Charles J. Gri dison testifies about offering wine of pepsin from her druggist. The official reviews the order and her record of prior offers. The directive aims to curb sales as enforcement tightens.
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Ofice
Charles J. Gr Dison
Prohibition
Lev
Miler Rtrlet
Sarerelle
Tadighapotis
State Prohibition Bill Advancing In Legislature
The Dunn bill moves toward becoming law when the 1921 acts are printed and distributed likely in May. It does not create new offenses for denial, but raises state law to federal prohibition standards. It bans home wine production, lets state authorities seize illicit stills and vehicles, funds the school system, and bans alcohol in medicines sold at drink venues under the pharmacy board.
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Shumaker
Eivil
Hanley
Goodrich
Dunn
Mr. Shumaker
Brook and opponents eye Newton County Tourney cake
A word about tournaments notes Brook and another team have begun practice for the Newton County Sunday school tourney on April 2, with both teams confident of winning. Comments on Rochester beating Whiting at the Lafayette Regional and speculation about Brook reaching the State Championship in Indianapolis.
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Newton County
Brook
Fhom Whiting
Rochester
Lafayette
Indianapolis
National League of Women Voters Chair to Speak at Methodist Church
Mrs Maud Woot Park, chair of the National League of Women Voters congressional chairman of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, will give a free lecture at the Methodist Church Reneselaer Indiana Sunday March 20 at 230 pm. She has worked with Washington leaders and studied current legislation for social betterment. the Lith district hopes a large attendance from nearby towns.
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Maud Woot Park
National League of ‘Women Voters
Methodist Church
Rensselaer
Ind
National American’ Womans i Frage Association
Waserington
Park
Washington
Indiana
Reneselaer
First English Coin: Copper Misconception Corrected
The notice corrects a common error about England’s earliest coinage. It states that the first English coin was not copper but gold, around A. D. 460, likely minted to celebrate Sean’s victory over the Sazon Invaders by southern Britain provisional chiefs.
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Sean
Britain
Willard Threaded Rubber Battery Promises Savings
The message promotes the Willard Threaded Rubber Battery highlighting full value for every battery dollar. It claims longer life due to threaded rubber insulation that outlasts plates, avoids wood-separator replacement, and resists warping puncturing and cracking. Authorized Willard service is offered.
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Willard
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