Better Breeding Feeding and Weeding For Dairy Profits
Indiana dairy farmers will attend the 1925 National Dairy Exposition in Indianapolis October 10 to 17. Three hundred grade cows from various states will illustrate profitable breeding, cow testing, and the Babcock test findings. Exhibits will show improvement through purebred sires and Mississippi progeny. The event, led by G I Christie of Purdue, highlights feeding methods and cooperative efforts with USDA, state colleges, breed associations, and railroads to educate dairymen.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Mississippi
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
National Breed Associations
G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Curious Survival of the Sack Word Across Languages
A note from Youths Companion recounts Dr. C G Williamson’s Curious Survivals about the word sack. It traces roots from Coptic sok meaning cloth used for a beg garment and links sok to many languages where variants like sakkoa and zak appear. Also mentions a slang use about firing someone by being put into a sack and tossed into the Bosporus.
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C. G. Williamson
Babel
Bosporus
Large and Small Suma Swell Conscience Fund
A Pathfinder Magazine report describes the U S Treasury conscience fund growing in Washington. Citizens from across the country and abroad send money to cover fraudulent losses of government property or funds. Contributions range from a penny to 330,000 with annual receipts around 5,000. The largest 30,000 note cited as final installment on an 80,000 payment. Children frequently send small sums with touching notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
Washington
Sveo
Uncle Sam
Ince
Pathfinder Magazine
The Woman Who Works Plans Meals and Milk Options
An article discusses women expanding into business and the challenge of dinners for working households. It advocates careful meal planning, suggests evaporated milk as a pantry staple, and offers two recipes Scalloped Ham and Potatoes and Eggs en Casserole using evaporated milk and common ingredients.
Old Chapel Uncovered at St Patrick Site in St David's
The lost chapel of St Patrick is unearthed at St David's in Pembrokeshire England. Walls measure upper end sixteen feet eight inches lower fifteen feet three inches and side walls of thirty five feet. The east end altar is about four by three feet. The chapel faces northeast near the Isle of Erin.
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St. Patrick
St. David's
Pembrokeshire
England
Walla
St. David
Ireland
St. David's Head
Isle of
Erin
Bees Scout for Food Tell How They Dance
An eminent German professor explains that bees send scout bees to locate food. Successful scouts return and perform a dance that attracts others who smell the collected perfume and follow to the food source. He also claims bees cannot distinguish crimson and are blind to that color.
Name Changes of Capitals Through History
The Russian capital has undergone many name changes from Peking to Yu Chou and Nan-Ghing in ancient times. By the seventh century A D it became Yes-Ching, then Khat-baligh in the thirteenth century, with Pekng as a later, debated form. The official title Shit-tleti-fu originated about six centuries ago.
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Peking
Chi
Fragmented Domestic Quarrel Over Baking Powder Accusation
A suspicious wife questions her husband about time away with Tom Baker and alleged business talk. He confirms the meeting and jokes that baking powder may have been sprinkled on his chin. The fragment hints at trust issues and a casual domestic accusation.
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Tom Baker
Poisonous Lobelia Linked to Laryngitis Treatments
Nature Magazine notes Lobelia inflata, a close relative of the cardinal flower, is common in open fields and has medicinal value when used properly for laryngitis and spasmodic asthma. The drug lobalion, derived from this species, can cause fatal overdoses and has figured in murder trials. Reports warn that Lobelia varieties, including Lobella cardinals, can be poisonous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Magazine
Jacksonburg Items Delayed From Last Week
Jacksonburg items list visits and social events. Families and individuals from Jacksonburg and nearby towns such as Harrisburg Pershing Richmond Hagerstown Cambridge City Dublin New Lisbon and Losantville attended dinners suppers and gatherings with neighbors. Notable mentions include weddings, receptions, and lodge plans in neighboring communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kingrey
Albert Simpkins
Harrisburg
John Kiserod Child
Iren
Carl Ammerman
Pershing
Santford Ellison
Richmond
Weere
Frank Worl
Vern DeHays
Hugh Allen
Sarah DeHays
Earl-Thomas
Thomas
Shirley Neff
Sarah Delays
John Harris
Mary Ackerman
Frank Rhinehart
Hagerstown
Harry Kiser
Daniel Kiser
Robert Poindexter
New Lisbon
John Conway
William Conway
Wayne Whipple
Howard Gaar
Edwin Close
Pete Cornthwaite
Robert
Kellum
George Fagan
Jacob Kiser
Forrest Miller
Alice Beeson
Glen Beeson
Cambridge City
Orville Burge
Frank Lutz
Clarence Lutz
Wichita Kansas
James Lutz
Ayres
Jessie Cornell
Spencer Gethers
Mounds Park
Anderson
Frank Scott
Mary
Victor
John Scott
Earl Martin
Clifford Seates
Will Wright
Williamsburg
Edward Kinsinger
Goddard
Marsh Martin
Dublin
Naomi Gorman
A. A. Lindley
William Clark
Herman
Jackson Lodge
O. G. Fa
Mr. Myers
Losantville
Hugh Fagan
Sunday School Attendance Rises in Local Churches
Church activities fill the week with rallies, missionary programs, and social events. Sunday school attendance climbed at the Christian and Methodist churches, while the Endeavor, Loyal Daughters, and W M S groups held meetings, socials, and planned a Halloween party. Rev. Gwyn to lead evangelist meetings January 18 with a full slate of church programs and youth activities underway.
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Christian Church
Elizabeth Morrie
Thelma ‘Edwards
Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Thomas Bird
Scott
Tague
Ralph Tague
Hilda Fetters
Fannie Hunt
Maybelle Howard
Helen Hunt
Rebekahs
Walter Vernon
Carl Zook
First National Bank
G. T. Gwyn
Gwyn
J. W. Marson
Orville Lamott
Orville
Russel Sanford
Garth
Robert Shefer
Vance Butler
Harrison Bachman
Tyron Butler
Willis Kustér
Dale Franklin
Meya Rivers
Robert Horr
Willard Barnett
Robert Garret
Eugene Evans
Indianapolis
E. P. Jones
Elizabeth Kimmel
Kimmel
C. A. Leverton
Harry Doty
Lenna Doty
Christian Church Bible School
The
Harry Manlove
Buchanan
Ed. Warren
Vene Beeson
S. K. Hoshour
Park Manlove
Hazel Hall
Carrie Michael
Connersville
J. T. Schull
Ward
M. I
M.S. Taylor
Esther Bible
M. E
Effie Parkins
Pauline Kniese
Doroth Doty
Uth Stant
Frances Crownover
Prospect
Lillian Evans
W. M. Miller
Messrs
G George Callaway
Edwin Callaway
Fansher
Floyd
Prodigal Son
Messrs Floyd
Crockett
Henley
Mr. Hammond
Ruth Dodson
Anna Katherine - Whelan
Lucile Ogborn
William Maier
Lillian
Vant
Jesson
SPER
Aoa Rey
Stelle
Owens
O'Dell
Maple Street
Worth
America
Paul
Chautauqua
Dan Brummit
W.H.M.S
M. H. Gaar
Lem Crockett
Lewis DeArmond
James Bozoarth
Oris Gre
Ancient Pleasure Spot at Scarborough Recalled in History
The Scarborough resort once known as the Queer at Wale tog Places closed after 200 years of service. The miner’s springs were discovered in 1620 and became fashionable, with a building erected over the atrium later. An earthquake disrupted the site, but it remained a fashionable resort in the 18th century, with visitors like Sheridan touring to sample the Hole and folly of the place.
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Scarborough
Great Britain
Imstance
Sheridan
Lord Forplington
Dublin Items Round of Sunday Visits and Winter Floats
Dublin notes list numerous residents visiting friends and relatives in Indiana and neighboring states, with several planning or already heading to Florida for winter. It records illnesses, recoveries, and social calls, including Mrs. Jennie Smalley returning from Traverse City and Arnold Cook visiting his mother. Local lodge work and club gathering are also mentioned.
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Marsh Martin
Jacksonburg
Leonard Dean
Florida
Ed Hatfield
Greensfork
Earl Gilbert
Betty
Richmond
Ross Roberts
Alice “Elliott
Mary Hoover
Knightstown
Charles Bradway
Will Protsman
Bert McBride
Paul Working
Los Angeles
Calif
James
Paul Kuhn
Jennie Smalley
Traverse City
Michigan
Arnold Cook
Muncie
W. K. Holmian
Clara Herbst
Norma Blunk
George Peed
New Castle
Harry Parker
Everett Money
Walter Fagan
Elmer Fagan
Edward Tweeedy
Leonard Champe
Vivian Mendenhall
Horace Hubbard
Havel
Cambridge City
Delbert Smith
Johnny Scott
Will Copeland
John Copeland
Francis
Olive Branch Lodge
Earl Frank
Mary Funk
Liberty
Frank
Funk
Ed Beeson
Edna Ohmit
George Cone
Howard Dial
Allene
Columbus
Ohio
W. H. Wonnell
Una Wonnell
Ly .L. L. Club
J.C. Smith
Spider holds record as highest permanent inhabitant on Everest
The Everest expedition member notes a minute black spider living on rocky cliffs at up to 22 000 feet where no other life forms exist besides rock and ice. The 1924 Mount Everest observation recorded a biteyatch plant at 15 000 feet, but animals reach higher altitudes.
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Everest
Mount Everest
Soy Bean Uses and Food Qualities Across Asia
Reports from food specialists traveling through the Old World note that millions in China and other Asian countries rely on soy bean as a staple. It provides meat like nutrition, supports labor, and appears in many forms from bread to cheese substitutes when mixed with sour milk, though usage varies by region and method.
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China
Rapid
Asia
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Shedron & Denany Bakery
Arthur R. Smith
Krone & Son
Popular Price Funeral Directors
Gg. i. Christie
Suma Swell Conscience Fund
Win, H
Huesman Jeweler
White Water Valley
John Breese
Chas
George Breese
New Westville
Benny Clark
Herman Clark
News of the Churches
Ver
Paul Henley
Mons
Cecil McKee
Frank Shultz
Frank Close
Jack Connor
Lee Monger
I. Isenhower
Glen Watson
Ruth Donavan
Ruby Martin
Eisther Bowden
Irene Grayer
Robert Geffin
Mary Scott
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