MARTHAGE CITIZEN SATIRIC DICTIONARY PAGE
A weekly frontier column from Carthage Indiana captions a humorous dictionary of social slang from May 1907. It lists satirical definitions and quips about public figures and common topics of the era, referencing Paul V. McNutt Lydia E. Pinkham Mae West and other cultural figures in short playful entries.
Nudism: The death of Hart Shaftner and Marx
A fragmented clipping notes the death of Hart Shaftner and Marx under the Nudism heading. The items list varied topics from fashion to farm relief and social commentary, reflecting eclectic 1920s newspaper content. The readable line mentions a death connected to Nudism.
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Hart-Shaftner
Marx
Suggestions to Farmers Promote Garden and Orchard Practices
Practical tips on crop rotation soil management and pest control. Advice covers manure use for half acre gardens planting trees for erosion and shade pruning shrubbery and spacing seed plantings. Also details a court ruling about Chesterton municipal power plans and Northern Indiana Public Service Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chesterton Loses Case In Municipal Power Battle
Ben Rees special judge of Porter Circuit Court ruled Chesterton may not need a municipal electric plant under the 1933 act. The decision follows a Chesterton board of trustees resolution of September 29, 1933, citing public convenience and necessity for the town to acquire power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
E. D. Stover
Chesterton
Indiana
Charles House
Fairbanks, Morse & Company
Vincent Youkey
Crown Point
C. S. Chamberlin
Rensselar Municipal Electric Plant
Rees
Town of
Miller, Mullen and Krueger
Michigan
Clarence D. Wood
E. Miles Norton
Valparaiso
Ind
Ben Rees
Porter Circuit Court
Chesterton Board of Trustees
Private initiative key to recovery says Babson
Babson argues recovery hinges on private initiative and confidence among capital owners. He urges citizens to lobby senators and congressmen against higher taxes and to favor tax deductions for new building and business investments while maintaining 1926 price ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Babson
Babson Park
Florida
Mr. Babson
Teaching Fire Safety Merit Badge Guide
The Boy Scouts of America asked the National Board of Fire Underwriters for fire prevention materials. The result is a sixty five page book titled Fire manship created to aid in Merit Badge instruction for scouts.
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Boy Scouts of America
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Fire safety education for children urged nationwide
A editorial argues for a national program to teach children of all ages about fire hazards and prevention. It notes fire’s wide impact on life and property, and compares it to successful school programs reducing accidents, calling for simple, inexpensive measures to raise awareness and preparedness.
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Dent
Cula
Drink Water With Meals for Digestion
An advertisement asserts that drinking water with meals aids digestion by stimulating stomach juices and easing gas. It claims a spoonful of Adler ika and a single dose cleanses poisons and washes both upper and lower bowels, promoting this cure at all leading drug stores.
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Marthage Citiz
Carthage, Indiana
Carthage
A. Norris
Dictionary OF the News
Bayard Baker
Paul V. McNutt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mae West
Grandma
Grandpa
Papa
Mamma
Daughter
Sally Rand
New York
la Guardia
Amos N’ Andy
Grant
Aunt Jemima
The
Three Musketeers
Tion
Natioas
Beatitudes
Jim Farley
Will Rogers
Huey Long
Ma Ferguson
Venus de Milo
Three Wise Monkeys
Aimee McPherson
Mahatma Ghandi
Sam Insull
Hubby
Eddie Cantor
Voice OF the People
Annie
Bologna
Kate Smith
Tall Story
Flapper Fannie
PTIS
Power Trust
the Public Service Company of Indiana
Trout
Tony Sarg
Conoco
Pitman & Wilson
Rexall Druggists
Rushville