Local social notes and plant sale near Knightstown
Ripley Country Club meets at Mrs Frank Overman home. Numerous visits and gatherings across Knightstown and nearby towns include guests from Indianapolis Shelbyville Greenfield and Mays. News covers family visits, illnesses, a plant sale at American Paper Products and a Knightstown wallpaper sale.
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Ripley
John Reece
Sarah Ellen
Indianapolis
Clarence Jackson
Everett Hawkins
Metamora
Wilbur Jackson
Charles Midkiff
Harvey Gilson
Knightstown
John Stoten
Effie
Mays
Donald Stoten
Roy Herkless
Walter Newsom
Orville Stewart
Occident
Ruth Woods
W. L. Tetrick
Fairmount
Inet
DePauw University
Marcella Lineback
Eleanor Henley
Eleanor Benum
Robert Huff
Paul Boren
Earlham College
Jesse Henley
Geneva Vandament
Martha Brenan
Middletown
Angel
Frank Reddick
Henry Morrow
Maple Valley
Noble Miner
Helen
John Miner
Henry Sohn
Floyd Miner
Pendleton
Ed Miner
Charles Parish
Harry Sample
Ruth Brenan
F. F. Brenan
Brenan
Lyle Brenan
Bliss Electrical School
Washington, D. C
How Animals and Birds Care for Their Appearance
London Answers notes animals and birds groom themselves each morning. Dogs and cats wash and dress by the fire while shy creatures hide to bathe. Birds crave daily baths with clean water, canaries insist on cleanliness, swallows bathe in fresh rain, and sea ducks seek inland pools for rinse.
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London
How Taximeter Records Fare Passenger Pays
The principle of a taximeter is that each complete wheel turn equals a set distance and fare. The meter uses clocklike wheels to display dollars and cents and a shaft linked to the road wheel records hires. Drivers can add extras via keys to total the fare, and the device stops when the cab stops. a time rate can also be used by disconnecting the wheel and running a clock to record hire time.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
How Rice Is Cultivated and Harvested Across Terrains
The article explains rice farming contrasts with corn cultivation. Seed sowing followed by multiple flood cycles controls weeds and supports head formation. Water depth governs plant height while grain forms in oat-like heads. Crops are cut with reapers and threshed like barley or wheat.
How Shoe Sizes Are Named In Different Systems
The article outlines three shoe sizing methods English American and French. The French Paris point equals 2-3 of a centimeter about 4-15 of an inch. English and American use inches with different starting points. Children sizes run 1 to 13 in English, adults continue a new series.
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England
United States
Paris
Japan Fights Flies After Earthquake Sanitation Crisis
Following the Japanese earthquake the lack of sanitation spurred a fly infestation. Tokyo and Osaka school children were paid five cents per hundred flies caught, driving a large response. Clerks counted flies and logged up to 1 000 per catcher, with specimens placed in bottles for display at a public sanitation exhibit in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Tokyo
Osaga
Popular Mechanics Magazine
How Seamen's Wages Differ Across Nations and Roles
The average monthly pay for an 8,800 ton ship crew under the United States Shipping Board is 3466 dollars, higher than Britain 1782.71, Norway 1100.14, Holland 1623.53, Sweden 1820.59, and France 1818.85. An able seaman earns 18.78 dollars per month in Japan up to 62.50 dollars in the United States.
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United States Shipping Board
Great Britain
Norway
Holland
Sweden
France
Japan
United States
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Oats
Quick Cook Country Club
Navy Y
Michigan
Rabbit’s Cleanser
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Ralph Gray
Albert Leisure
Perry Larmore
Rushville
Ross Drysdale
Leslie Leonard
Greenfield
S. M. Parker and Family
Gertrude Parker
Miriam
Will Gray
Shelbyville
Cassius Gray
William Winslow
Terre Haute
W. K. Winslow
Harry Leisure
James Terhune
Russell Reddick
Claud Smith
Noah Reddick
Sarah Stanley
Corie Reddick
Robert Ellison
Jackson Township
Alya E. Newsom
Fred Sohn
George Apple
Maurice Alexander
Joe McBride
Joseph Alexander
Newton Sullivan
Burlington, Ky
Allen Hill
Charlottesville
Robert Stanley
Rabe
Will Speer
New Palestine
Ezra Wooten
Jack Fitzgerald
Sarah McClure
Los Angeles
Calif
Fitzgerald
Frank Overman
Russell Hilligoss
Lon Hilligoss
Rhoda Inlow and
Ed Adkins
Frank W. Cotton
Freehart
Sohn
Leo Porter
Miami
Fla
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Sample Furniture Co
American Paper Products Company
J. W. Moore & Son
Lloyd Lang
Hagerstown
Harry Albion
New Castle
Clarence Mattix
Gilbert Miner
Urbana
W. W. Zike
Morristown
Carthage Citizen
Howard A. Newsom
Chicago, Ill
Allen W. Newsom
H. T. Hawkins
Elwood
Little Blue
E. L. Glover
Everett Dawson
Connersville
Fred Stevens
Carroll
Earl Addison
Toledo
Henry Stenger
Henry Jr
James Cruse
Cruse
Mary Howren
William Moore
Edwin Goldsberry
W. H. Nelson
Charlottesville, Ind
Sharer & Moore
GEO. W. Williams Co
Anaconda Sales Company
West Washington Street
Chicago, NL
W. W. Norris & Son
Rush County
Indiana
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