New Silk-Cotton Kapok Mattress Material Gains Attention
The Christian Science Monitor notes kapok filled mattresses and life-preservers may replace cotton, praising kapok for lightness, elasticity, and buoyancy. It details kapok supply from Java trees, harvesting, drying, and processing, and discusses current usage and potential as a substitute for cotton though not yet universally adopted.
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Christian Science Monitor
Java
United States
Fegeriis
Public Sale Thursday August 24, 1922 of Livestock
Auction lists 40 horses and mules 490 head cattle 125 breeding ewes 75 head lambs 100 hogs. Terms cash under 10 and credit six months for larger sums with interest and security. Sale is conducted by L A Clingan with clerks Ford Starkey. dinner by Eastern Star.
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Pete
L. A
Clingan
Why I Put Up With Rats for Years
A farmer N Windsor recounts using RAT SNAP after a rat problem. He describes dangers to a watchdog, praising RAT SNAP as a safe, sure killer. Ad notes three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25, sold and guaranteed by The Mayer Hardware Co. Adv.
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N. Windsor
Mayer Hardware Co
Adv
Wann'at Robb's Store Event Promised For August 26
A notice for Wann'at Robb's Store announces an event on Saturday, August 26. The readable text emphasizes a sale or gathering at the shop with no further details provided.
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Robb
Robb’s
Wann
Local Notes and Sales From Covington Area
Local items include Ed Rhodes and family returning home Wednesday, several business visits by Ed Patton and George Schwin, and watchmen guarding the Big Four bridge over the Wabash. Advertisements note granite and marble monuments by E. M. Board & Co and a cheap sale on a 3% horsepower gasoline engine. A long list mentions travel to New York and Chicago, a uranium of misc notices, and social events at Robb's Stores and Roger Park.
County Fairs and State Fair Dates Listed
Clinton County Frankfort August 22 to 25 Hendrix County Danville August 22 to 25 Montgomery Crawfordsville August 28 to September 1 I and L Fair Denville Illinois August 28 to September 1 State Fair Indianapolis September 4 to 9 Covington Fair Covington September 4 to 9 Tippecanoe Lafayette September 11 to 15
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Frankfort
Hendrix Co
Danville
Montgomery Co
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I. & L. Fair
Denville
Ilinois
Indianapolis
Covington Fair
Covington
Tippecanoe Co
Lafayette
Lost Soldier Witnesses Strange Hospital Tale
An unclear report describes a soldier recounting events at a hospital with scattered phrases about a Phan, a boat, and a protester named Buronurse. The narrative includes fragmented dialogue and references to temperature, a staff chart, and a Posten Tran- BCT.
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Tina
Biee
Aly
Chamberlain’s Tablets Aid Digestion and Appetite
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Tablets improve digestion and create a healthy appetite while causing a pleasant bowel movement. The copy touts better digestion as the path to enjoying meals.
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Chamberlain
Adv
The Reason and the Thrifty Sulter Saga
Fragmentary tale describes Henry and siblings amid thrift conflicts and a strange scene on a rainy night. Pheury drives, a car enters a garage, and a rear rat patter is described as music while gasoline sizzles nearby.
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Henry
Ehanetr
Kaight
Pheury
Infant Son Leads Border Command Amid Reforms
The article notes Col. Infant Son as commander on the Mexican border with headquarters at Piedras Negras. It mentions the Tepeihames district in Mexico and recalls an American woman praising the infant named Infant Sen after his birth. He has implemented several military reforms in the border district since assuming charge.
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Sir ‘Photius More
TSS
Basle
Frehen
Gaurea
University of Texas
Holbein
More
Mexico
Infant Son
Piedras Negris
Son
Tepeihames
Seoon
Pon
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