County Duree Association Plans Year in Veedersburg
The Duree Association met in Veedersburg on Wednesday evening July 26 to map the work for the coming year. Secretary Gene Bodine described as a live wire. On Thursday night July 27 county Farm Bureau leaders with township club leaders met in Veedersburg to finish details for the trip to Purdue. August 2nd.
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County Duree
Farm Bureau
Teaders
Veedersburge
Purdue
Au‘gust
Purdue Professor Gannon To Lead County Dairying Meeting
Prof Gannon of Purdue will visit the county to aid men interested in dairying. A meeting is set for Friday evening at 8 30 in Veedersboro and all interested in dairying are invited.
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Asms
Benson
Purdue
Fountain County
Fountain County Rural Ministers
Veedersburg
O. F. Hall
Prof
Gannon
Veedersboro
Soybean Talk and a Purdue Tour
Community notes invite growers to a soybean program on Monday August 21 with Prof. Gstrander from Purdue. An upcoming schedule will be announced. Fulton township farmer A M McMahon reports six acres of beans in corn for four years and notes local counties grow most beans.
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Prof. Gstrander
Purdue Wll
A. M. McMahon
Fulton Township
Fulton
Millcreek
Jackson
Reed and Mitchell Grow 66 Acres of Wheat at Newtown
Bert Page reports Reed and Mitchell raised 66 acres of Turkey Red wheat on clover sod yielding 36 1 3 bushels per acre at 61 pounds per bushel. In a second field 16 acre Swift fertilizer gave 35 bushels per acre and 16% Acid Phosphate at 38 bushels per acre. A Purdue note asks about wheat variety hot water treatment and certified seed. County Agent Hesler invites inquiries at the office.
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Bert Page
Mellett
Reed & Mitchell
Newtown
The Corset through the Ages and Apple Still King of Fruits
A historical look at corsets from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth century notes iron and canvas designs, shifts in shape, and a modern shift toward comfort. It also reports 1921 fruit values with apples leading in quantity and value, despite overall declines due to spring frosts.
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Ohio State Journal
United States Department of Agriculture
Found Movie Hero Roles Recast In Everyday Jobs
A Richmond paper notes a playful search for a film hero in real life as the narrator spots a collar seller, a villainous plains outlaw, and a restaurant worker carrying dishes. The piece also spots a glamorous dream girl selling movie tickets after a show, turning fantasy into ordinary scenes.
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Richmound Times-Dispatch
French courts weigh grief in damages for juries
Paris courts of appeals rule juries may grant compensation for non material loss in damage cases. Survivors of fatal accidents previously received only actual material loss due to depreciation of income. The decision introduces a supplemental allowance for grief and fear.
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Paris Courts of Appeals
Library for Every Ship Drives Merchant Marines
During the war the American Library Association supplied 250000 books to merchant marine ships in movable libraries. The American Merchant Marine Library Association is now organized to continue this work under the slogan A Library for Every Ship.
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American Library Association
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Electric Mine Locomotive Keeps Running After 27 Years
In a Wyoming coal mine an electrical locomotive remains active after 27 years of service. It has hauled about 3.7 million tons over an average distance of 1.5 miles. Mules once used for mine work have long since faded, but the electric engine keeps moving.
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Wyoming
Electrical Growth in Japan Two Eras Show Rapid Energy Rise
The piece notes 1903 with 500 electric light and power firms delivering 80 000 kilowatts and 1918 with 3 400 firms delivering 1 820 000 kilowatts. It argues that Asia and the West share a focus on extension rather than imitation in electricity development.
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Orient
Japan
Occident
Electricity's March and the rise of American power
The piece notes electricity production in the United States has grown over 15 times in under two decades, now exceeding five times the total energy a citizen could generate in a year at eight hours daily. It frames this as a tribute to the labor-saving power of electricity.
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America
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James P. Hastings
North Side
Covington
A.C. A
W.B. Coleman
East Side Square
Rainier
Rexall
Jurgens
U. S
Rainier’s Drug Store
Kerr & Sons
Chambers of Commerce
Attiee
Kingman
Attica
Campbell
Columbia Park
James Coats
Liberty
Fred S. Purnell
Geo. L. Moffett
A J. Hesler
Purfeerst Hat Shop
North Fourth Street
Mayer Hardware Co
Winchester
T. H. McGeorge Jr. Co
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