Surprising Indian Remedies From Early Region Tisane Lore
A long excerpt lists purported Indigenous cures for many ailments from treacherous mouth to childbirth pains. Remedies include cherry root for mouth and venereal disease, pine branches and white creeper for various ills, Ouissoucatacki crawfoot, rattlesnake herb for snake bites, leatherwood bark for cancer and bleeding, and elder root for lingering injuries. The text notes shamans and cures as observed by white practitioners of a bygone era.
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Miami
Pottawatomi pharmacopoeia cures and tricks
A fragment lists traditional remedies for poison nausea bowel issues and sprains using plants and bones and even a hypnosis ear trick. It warns readers to obtain a doctor’s consent before trying these centuries old medicine-man methods and jokes about involving the physician in the joke.
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Pottawatomi
TV commercials a bright note in a dull year
The writer laments a weak television year with poor series like My Mother the Car and Mona McCloskey but notes advertising improved. He recalls vivid spots, a toothpaste bath joke, and a dish washing product ad that promises only cleaner dishes, which tempts him despite no other benefits.
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Mona McCloskey
Hartke Presses Interstate Safety and Expansion Plan
Senator Hartke cites Commerce Department figures showing Interstate 4n fatalities far lower than overall road deaths. He urges 19 000 more miles and details his National Traffic Safety Bill S 2871 plus amendments to set federal safety standards and coordinate state efforts.
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America
Viet Nam
Commerce Department
Senate
Indiana
Commerce Committee
Bond sales rise in Carroll and state April totals
Morris W. Clem reports Carroll County Savings Bonds sales in April reached 30,467 versus 14,681 a year earlier. Statewide April sales totaled 1,504,601, up 12.2 percent from last April, with 62 of 92 counties showing gains.
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Morris W. Clem
Carroll County
U.S. Savings’ Bonds Committee
Spring Teeth Save Carroll County Soil and Water
Carroll County farmers used variations of the spring tooth harrow to fluff and level soil this spring. The spring tooth barrow leaves loose soil and saves more soil and water, with the heavy duty field cultivator widely used to till and plant in one pass.
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Carroll County
Carrall County
Dan Lybrook
Tippecanoe Township
Dan
George
Bob Peterson
Adams‘ Township
Bob
Ed Merson
Deer Creek Township
Farmington
Delph into: Public Well Pump and Local Happenings
The Delphi city page notes a new pump installed in the Court House yard and reports on court activity, street work, and weather. It lists demographics, local business vibes, and a June Flag Day GAR social at Mrs. Blythe’s home. It also mentions weddings, retirements, and various community events with many named locals.
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Court House
McClure and Co
Deer Creek Bridge
Common Pleas Court
Delphi
Indiana
Ladies of the Gar
Mary Blythe
South
Ladies of Gar
National Conference of Old Order
Noah Skiles Farm
Gilbert Bailey
New York Times
Carroll County
Yeoman School
McCall
George Wagoner
Dick Smith
Gerald Quinn
Snively
Lake James
Robert VanNatta
Cancer Fund
Lorene Cole
Elmer Watkins
Doris Clawson
Edward G. Cook
LaDene Rodkey
Gene Sheagley
Glendora Wilson
Orval Sparks
Library Corner Plans Summer Reading and Activity Programs
The library outlines two summer programs for children from kindergarten through sixth grade. The reading program encourages 10 books with a booklet and a Roxy theater party pass tied to Indiana's Sesquicentennial theme. A second program runs two afternoons weekly starting June 15 with story hour games and crafts supervised by Future Teachers of America and a new planner, with help sought from junior high students or adults.
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Indiana
Future Teachers of America
Ice Cream Social at Myf Court House Square
A Friday June 14 event at Court House Square hosts an ice cream social at 6 30 PM with details continuing at the site. Community gathering features volunteers and local vendors.
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Court House Square
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American Newspaper Representatives, Inc
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Capitol
Senator Vance
Hartke
Memoriam
Leonard Jenkins
The
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Ken Pyle
John and
Eric McCormick
Madison Township
Bill Dickinson
Tom Bache
Bill
Alvin Anderson
Liberty Township
Citizen-Times
Marvin E. Shulthers
Near
Miss Ida Shultz
Buck Creek
Lena Hannell
Mary Davies
Miss Davies
Eaton
Ohio
Joseph Ives
Tommy
Elizabeth
John Prettyman
Champaign
Ill
Donnabelle Smith
Walgreen Drug Store
Betty Jo Hyman
Carl Shaeffer
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Shaeffer
University of Alabama
Lee Shaeffer
Dewey Zinn
Doris Bowman
South Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Bowman
Bernita Jo Yunker
Kenneth D. Porter
William G. McVay
Joe T. Jones
William Galbreth
Richard D. Quinn
Purdue
Robert
Dinty) Johnson
DePauw
James A. Clem
James E. Ferrier
Richard L. Funkhouser
Sharon L. Hanna
Charles A. James
Charles W. Mann
James R. Galbreth
Indiana University
Joe Messick
Ned Rule
Jerry Wagner
Nancy Rush
Kenneth Clausen
Mary Elizabeth Deardorff
Joe Holmes
Marcia Potts
Don Pauley
Barbara Shepard
Robert Coffin
Clifford’s
B.P.W. Rose
Country Club
Ed Casassa
David Lyons
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