Cement Costs and Building Boom Across the Nation
The article argues that rebuilding costs fall as cement prices decline and supply rises. It links building activity to national prosperity, explains cement production costs from quarry to clinker, and notes labor and transportation as key price drivers. It cites US Geological Survey data and Jevons economics to illustrate price uniformity and competitive forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of Labor
Fitems
W. Stanley Jevons
Jevon
RAT SNAP Rat Control Ad Spreads Across Churches
An advertisement for RAT SNAP rat poison promotes its use by a Woodbridge New Jersey preacher and a Covington company. It claims seven large dead rats the morning after use, with a Mother's Day note and a church sermon announcement at Fifth Street Christian Church.
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Fifth Street
B. E. Carpenter
Woodbridge
N. J
Mayer How. Co
Covington
Adv
Fifth Street Christian Church
Wil
Wallace Reid in Always Audacious on Wednesday
Wallace Reid stars in Always Audacious and Baby Peggy appears in Peggy Behave in a lyric pairing for a Wednesday program.
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Wallace Reid
Baby Peggy
Peggy
Eskimo Hunt Musk Ox Described In Brief Notes
A collection of maxims and witticisms followed by a short note on Eskimo musk ox hunting. It describes using dogs to anchor the herd and releasing them to provoke a defensive posture, then killing with gun or bow and arrow. The musk ox is noted as fierce and the hunter times shots during the herd’s dispersal.
Why the name Moonshine spread across Appalachia and beyond
The piece explains moonshine origin and usage in the Alleghany mountains and Britain. It notes moonshine stems from secret distilling and tax evasion at night and day, compares generic American moonshine with British variants, and mentions mountain dew as the Irish term for home distilled spirits.
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America
Alleghany Mountains
England
France
Jamaica
British Isles
Ireland
Too Much For Grandmother
A newspaper joke recounts a girl’s multiplication homework asking how many legs 400 horses have. Grandmother, with careful math, trails through counting legs before realizing the impractical question. The punchline: no living person could solve it.
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Grandma
Stringtown Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Activities across Stringtown feature Mrs. Joe Chatt and daughters visiting Mrs. George Martin and family in town, revival attendees at Coal Creek, church meetings led by Miss Lois Richardson, new member enrollment, and numerous local salutations among residents and visitors from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Chatt
Miss Anna
Edna Chatt
George Martin
Minie
Mandy Anna
Mrs. Martin
Kentucky
Lois Richardson
Anna Chatt
Crabb Falls Victim To Trolley Collision
A man named Crabb dies after a collision with a trolley pole ten days after buying a new car. Dennis informs the widow, recounting the grim sequence with morbid humor about the car being completely mangled. The anecdote appears in the American Legion Weekly.
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Crabb
Dennis
Pine
American Legion Weekly
A Tense Situation in a Harper's Joke
Mrs Jones confronts Mrs Smith about Harold who plans to drop their cat from two thousand feet. The cat is missing while Harold has been trying for a week to kill it, leaving Mrs Smith anxious and the wife in tears.
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Harold
Harper’s Magazine
Passing It On
Willie bursts in with news of a visitor asking for the boss of the house. Dad dismisses him, telling Willie to inform his mother. Mother then instructs Willie to tell Bridget about the visitor.
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Willie
Dad
Mother
Bridget
Economy Talk Sparks Household Quip Exchange
Walter Wheese remarks on many small economy practices to a guest as his wife is out of earshot. The visitor responds with a polite bid about buying a new sofa in spring. The conversation ends with a pun about a spring in the sofa.
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Walter Wheese
Social notes from Kingman update local visits
Miss Mabel McAlister returns home from a lengthy visit with Mrs. Ed Stein in Danville. Mr and Mrs Paul Redenbaugh visit Veedersburg. Mr and Mrs J H Ephlin stay with Dr and Mrs Max Henley in Wingate. Mr and Mrs Louis Pethold and Miss Elizabeth Booe visit Veedersburg. Mrs Oral Pearson returns home after visiting her parents James in Brook.
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Mabel McAlister
Mrs. Ed. Stein
Danville
Paul Redenbaugh
Veedersburg
J. H. Ephlin
Max Henley
Wingate
Louis Pethold
Elizabeth Booe
Veedarsburg
Mildred Stewart
Allen Boorde
Ralph Clawson
Mrs. Boorde
Local residents listed as Stone Bluff visitors and illnesses
Frank Campbell remains home with two broken ribs after a fall from a load of dry hay last week. Several local residents and visitors stopped by Stone Bluff for calls, including Dallas Henry, Richard Rush, A G Walton, Gordon Crane, Lawrence Crane, Chauncey Galloway and Dr Stanfield. The column notes family visits, travels to Hoopeston and Danville, and illnesses including scarlet fever and a bout of the flu.
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Frank Campbell
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Grover Mullin
Homer Abernathey
Thelma Berto
Orel Dotson
Cates
Don Berto
Cleo
Boner Roman
Miss Almenia Crowder
Kenneth Richardson
Crawfordsville
Katie
Lara Bodine
Paul Beckelhymer
Dale Strawser
Mrs. Oscar Flowers
Eugene
Heliia Chett
Anna
Grace Riley
Tom Allen
Cate
John Davis
Ruby Roman
John Spoonmore
Kenneth Reed
George McMurtrie
Miss Cleo Berto
Ralph Lyons
John Spoonamore
John Buckley
James Crowder
Almenia
Roy Keller
Tommy Rowell
Tommy
Harry Glascock
Thomas Glascock
Joe Bullock
Smithson
Raymond Alexander
Fred Duncan
Lloyd Ward
Diana Myer
Frank Myer and Son
New Richmond
Kingman, Fridory
Mrs. Crawford Fox
Conrad
J. M. Lewis
Iva
Waveland
Christian Church Ladies’ Aid
Ed Reath
Montelle Puckett
Mrs. Arkle Alexander
Marshall
Edith Duncan
Roscoe Rowlett
G. O. Carpenter
Valparaiso
Gladys Madden
Kingman News
Stone Bluff News
Dallas Henry
Richard Rush
M. C. Robertson
Lowell
Hoopeston
Ill
Cyrus Finch
A. G. Walton
Yeddo
Gordon and
Lawrence Crane
Mrs
Frank Crane
Jack RiMard
Jack, Jr
Chicago
Lois
Anna Mallett
Claude Babb
Lafayette
Lee Foster
Paul
North of Here
Chauncey Galloway
Attica
Dr. Stanfield
Newtown
Ross Manne
Wayretown
Mary Manne
R. L. Manne
Margaret ‘McMehon
Guy Hendrix
Maude Wittifiger
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