House for Four Sows and Litters in a Farm Hog House
An advertisement by William A. Radford describes a 14 by 40 foot frame hog house with four farrowing pens, a concrete foundation and floor, a south facing sunlit interior, a raised ventilation friendly plank floor, and a concrete outdoor feeding area. It stresses cleanliness, warmth, proper bedding, and a two litters per year cycle with births in late winter to early spring and in September or early October to fit farm profit.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Corn Belt
Feeding Alley: A Simple Hog House Upgrade
Farmers with three or four sows can profit from a clean warm house for pig rearing. The article describes a concrete feeding alley laid in leveled squares with expansion joints to prevent frost heave, plus a feeding floor to reduce waste and ensure every bit of feed is eaten.
Hoover discusses government reorganization with former secretary
In a lengthy talk, Herbert Hoover, then secretary of commerce, and a former secretary debated government restructuring. The visitor compared their exchange to two black soldiers after WWI who plan outfits and return home, one planning a funeral for the other.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Georgia
Southland
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Clock in New Jersey Receives Time Signal From Washington
Wireless impulses from the Washington observatory station correct a self winding electro clock in New Jersey. The clock uses radio receiving gear to set itself at noon by the official time signal, closing a switch to activate the receiver and opening it afterward. If no signal arrives the switch opens at 12:30 and resets the next day at 11:59.
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Washington Observatory
New Jersey
Popular Mechanics
Wireless device regulates its own correction pathway
The device governs its reception of corrective input through its own action, adjusting the wireless communication channel accordingly.
Electrical testing and control system boosts industrial efficiency
Popular Mechanics describes an automatic testing and control electrical system for industrial chemistry. It records changes in solution strength acidity or gas content on a distant chart and automatically adjusts valves to offset shortages or surpluses. The system compensates temperature pressure and reaction time changes and resolves issues from mixtures with identical resistance.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Odd Fellows Delegation Visits Jeffersonville for Tabor Lodge Work
A large New Albany Hope Lodge delegation of Odd Fellows traveled to Jeffersonville to confer the work for Tabor Lodge. They noted the reformatory’s 300 inmates had been sent north as they marched two abreast through Spring Street and were teased about convicts. The New Albany group later shared the tale at the lodge and toasted the neophytes with a rite.
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Odd Fellows
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis News
Engaged Tony Uncertain Over Marcella Lennox
Marcus notices Tony's gloom as he worries Marcella Lennox, his fiancée, may be chasing another animal fad after past obsessions with horses dogs prize poultry Angora cats. He wonders if the engagement is real or just a phase.
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Marcus
Tony
Marcella Lennox
Marcella
Mark
William Boughner 1847 1921 Longtime farmer dies
William Boughner born East Germantown October 10 1847 oldest son of Charles and Mary Waltz Boughner. He farmed near the Boughner homestead until retirement several years ago, married Amanda Fagan December 24 1873 and raised two children Charles and Mrs Harry Sourbeer with six grandchildren. He joined Walnut Level lodge Odd Fellows about four years ago and died July 28 1921 at age 73 years 9 months 18 days. Funeral at home with Rev McCormick. burial in Lutheran cemetery.
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Wm. Boughner
East Germantown
Charles
Mary Waltz Boughner
Boughner
Amanda Fagan
George Fagan
John Lacy
Harry Sourbeer
Akron ban on angled parking boosts safety and transit
Akron officials by ordinance eliminated all angular parking. The change cut downtown accidents by 25 percent and improved street car service. In Buffalo most parking shifted from parallel to perpendicular, enabling three cars where one stood before.
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Akron
Buffalo
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River Street
Main Street
Theresa Eileen
W. J. Heilman
Dundalk
John Caldwell
Kate Higgs
Connersville
Bira Boyd
Fagan
Endicott
N. Y
Howard Vickery
Boyd
Kelley
American Legion
M. H. Gaar
Cambridge City
Dublin
Milton
Pershing
Edwin Callaway
M. E. Church
Ed Jones
Christian Church of Milton
Elbert Huddleston
United Brethren Church of Dublin
Park Gipe
Lutheran Church of
Gilmore
Morgantown
W. Va
Der
Morris & Krahl
Buick
Flint
Michigan
Buick Motor Company
Frank W. Marlon
Cambridge City, Ind
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