Dean's Kidney Pills Praised by Corydon Residents
A testimonial advertises Dean's Kidney Pills from Rielys Drug store. Wilford L. Burn of Corydon reports relief from kidney pain backache and irregular urinary passages after using the pills. The ad urges purchasing at 60 cents from dealers and notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York as props.
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Corydon
Dean
Wilford L. Burn
Beech Sr
Riely’s
Moan
Bym
Foster-Milburn Co. Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Otterbein Rev McVey to Lead Regular Sunday Appointment
A notice lists Rev McVey will conduct the regular appointment Sunday night August 19 with invitation to all. The piece also covers a flurry of local social visits and gatherings as residents from Laconia to Mauckport and Mt. Vernon share weekend hospitality and friend departures.
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McVey
Denzil Holiday
Laconia
Tall Faith
Old Goshen
Machinery For Sale Westward Move Skid Engine and Sawmill
I am compelled to go West for health reasons and offer my Gaar Scott skid engine and saw mill plus a corn shredder. The saw mill is rebuilt new and the shredder is a new improved Six Roll McCormick and in good order. I must sell, and will sell very cheap. Contact Frank M. Sime, owner, or Lew M. O Bannon for terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Sime
Lew M. O'Bannon
Ft Benjamin Harrison Library seeks 10000 volumes for donation
The Ft Benjamin Harrison Library requests ten thousand volumes in good condition spanning fiction biography poetry plays travel and history with complete files of magazines from January 1917. Donations of books and magazines are urged at once and can be brought to the library. A five year old wagon a good horse with work capacity about 1200 pounds is also listed in Mauckport Indiana under Charles Yeager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Yeager
Ind
Women Propose Real Economy Not Boy Scout Advice
Bloomington readers vent frustration at male figures and experts who urge women to economize while spending freely themselves. The letter blasts Dr. Hurty and Prof. Christie for preaching cheap meals and frugal living, urging men to share household burdens and financial responsibility.
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Bloomington
World Courier
Secregof
Indianapolis
Doctor Harry
Prof. Christie
Purdue University
Dr. Hurty
Doc Hurty
Professor Christie
Pr. Christie
Monroe County
Prof
Christie
Wimens Square
Public Sale at John L Windell Farm near Valley City
John L Windell will sell personal property at a public auction on Wednesday September 6 1917 at his farm one mile west of Valley City Washington township. Items include broad sows shoats Jersey heifers horses mules yearling filly wheel scraper road scraper traction engine spray pump tank and more. Cash for sums 5 or less five percent discount for cash for larger amounts credit six months with promissory notes. Auctioneer James M Sherrill. Two houses for rent by Henry Wiseman.
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John L. Windell
Washington Township
Valley City
Wedneday
James M. Sherrill
Fertilizers for Wheat Boost Yields Says Purdue Expert
Prof. G. I. Christie of Purdue University urges timely wheat fertilization. Tests show fields with fertilizer yield five times the cost in profit when wheat sells at two dollars per bushel. Proper crop preparation and care are essential for large yields, and Harrison county farmers are urged to aim for a banner 1918 harvest.
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G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Christie
Harrison County
Sulphate of Ammonia Fertilizer Use Persists in Ongoing Practice
The piece by Fred Voelker notes that sulphate of ammonia from coke ovens is a high nitrogen fertilizer now common in steel works and mixed goods. A 1917 field trial on Timothy shows 100 lb acre boosts yield from 2560 to 4680 pounds, drought and late rains influencing results. Voelker, Franklin township resident and editor of The Farmers Guide, cites cost, application ease, and prior nitrate of soda use.
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Moderna
Timothy
Fred Voelker
Mr. Voelker
Farmers Guide
Franklin Township
Harrison County
Potatoes Raised in Pen Demonstrates Small Plot Method
R E Hendricks describes a pen system for growing potatoes on a small plot. Build an eight by eight by eight pen with earth layers and manure between plantings to produce about seventy hills per foot height. Water twice weekly and dig by pulling down the pen. claims forty bushels per pen.
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R. E. Hendricks
Karsas City
Sinking of Standard Oil Tanker by German Submarine
The War Department reports the Standard Oil Tanker Company American tanker was sunk by a submarine on August 6, about 143 miles west of Isle de Re. Forty-seven survivors were rescued. The captain and four armed guards are believed captured. The vessel was 885 feet long and 47 feet beam, the 88th American merchant ship sunk by U-boats, thirteen before U.S. entry in 1917 and twenty five since.
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War Department
Washington
Isle de Re
Itia
United States
Notice to settle debts at the People’s Store New Amsterdam
Former owner of the People’s Store in New Amsterdam announces sale of mercantile business and calls all debtors to settle accounts promptly at the store for a few weeks. He will be available to meet callers during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Amsterdam
E. J. Bean
Frank Neely
Sheriff Sale in Harrison County Indiana Notice of Auction
The Harrison Circuit Court issues a sheriff sale by execution against Edwin E. McClure to satisfy a judgment for William D. Barnes. Real estate to be offered first for rents and profits for over seven years, then the fee simple if needed, located in Corydon Indiana. Properties include 40 acres in section 15 township 4 south range 5 east and 12 1/4 acres in section 22, with detailed boundary calls. Sale hours 10 am to 4 pm at the courthouse, with no relief from appraisal laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Harrison Circuit Court
William D. Barnes
Edwin E. McClure
Court House
Corydon
Indiana
Harrison Circuit
Eli Miller
Harrison Co
Ind
Notice to road contractors in Harrison County Indiana
The Harrison County Board of Commissioners Corydon Indiana invites sealed proposals for the G H Felter road improvement on the Webster Boone line by grading draining and paving with stone as per office plans. Bids due September 4 1917 at 2 PM with double bond and noncollusion affidavit required.
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State of Indiana
Harrison County
Board of Commissioners
Corydon
Indiana
Webster
Boone Townships
G. H. Felter
C.mauck
Spencer Township
J. W.G. Loudon
Indlane
Hethadhcal Township
Harrison Co
Leef Sherman
Heth School Township
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