Cattle Feeders Dealt Heavy Losses in Purdue Trials
Purdue cattle feeding experiments show large losses per head and total near two thousand dollars, suggesting ordinary farmers would face even heavier losses. Randolph county farmers confirm unprofitability due to high corn prices and falling cattle prices, flagging potential meat shortages and higher consumer prices. A separate Mexico political survey indicates rebels leading early in the presidential race.
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Purdue
Agricultural College
Randolph County
Purdue Experiment Station
Wanted Hogs Die From Disease or Accident
A local notice seeks hogs over 200 pounds that died from disease or accident. Call O. H. Crawford Fertilizer Plant at phone 755 in Winamac.
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O. H. Crawford Fertilizer Plant
Winamac
Auto Truck Service
Winamac Phone
H. Crawford
Clarence Riggs Surveyor and Engineer Tile Drains a Specialty
Francesville feature notes Clarence Riggs as a surveyor and engineer specializing in tile drains. It provides contact as phone 203 G and R. R. 1.
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Francesville
Buried City of Douthat Faces Giant Tailings Mountain
In Oklahoma zinc country the town of Douthat was buried by mine tailings a flood of crushed rock. The Mon treal zinc mine and several lead zinc companies sit nearby. Residents moved homes and businesses as the town vanished under an immense chat pile, with only a few structures spared and a revived business district at the edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Douthat
Montreal
United States
Pompeii
Gentleman Proposes Rent to World Champion Wife
A door to a house for rent brings a polite visitor and a tart reply. The wife reveals her husband is the middleweight world champion, warning the man not to test him. The caller leaves, and the visit ends with a jest of danger and a vanished prospect.
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House
Appian Way, Rome’s Queen of Roads, Ancient Link to Italy
The Appian way is Rome’s oldest major military road begun in 312 B C by Appius Claudius Caecus. It extended from Porta Capena to Capua and later to Brundisium, linking Rome to southern Italy with hexagonal basalt paving and famed tomb ruins along a 16 foot central infantry path flanked by 16 foot side passages for horses and vehicles.
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Appius Claudius Caecus
Censor
B. C
Porta Capena
Rome
Capua
Brumdisium
Italy
Pius IX
Powerful magnets lift massive steel plates in works
Electromagnets, often rectangular with flat surfaces, lift four twelve ton iron plates daily in large steel works. Magnets suspended from cranes by chains pick up hot plates by contact. Lift ratios vary by machine with some around 30 to 1, powered by a dynamo and controlled by switches and rheostats.
Personal Poison Factories In The Body
A medical authority explains that many people live in poor health because they harbor a personal poison factory in their bodies. The buildup stems from neglected teeth and pyorrhea, septic tonsils, and poor dental care, turning the body into an ambulant cesspool through neglect of natural functions.
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Farm Impleme
Farm Implement News
Chicago
Kentland, Indiana
H. A. Reinhart & Co
Spitler & Surber
Watkins
Watkins Quality
Watkins Guaranty
Chas E. Shaffer, Winamac
Purina Poultry
Co-Operative Elevator Co
G. T.morrow
Indiana
Nelson’ S Tire Shop
All Ee
E. H. Byrd
Ontario Canada Veterinary College
Mexico
Clarence Riggs
Franceaville
Pulaski County
Elvin Daniels
Monticello
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions
Tydell
Laporte
A. C. Hathway
Pontiac
Hainois
Christian Endeavor Convention
Christian Endeavor
Schmidt
Berne
Margaret Peter
Mary Shaw
Pulaski
C. HN
Ruth TL. Day
Marton
Lottie Budd
Bethel Society
Indianapolis
Beatrice Peter
Miss Day
Christian Endeavor Publicity
Mr. Schmidt
Gary L. Cook
Bio School
Rensselaer
Court House
Lester A. Leach
Raymond J. Ines
Masonic Block
E. L. Friel
Dentris
Lyric Theater
Telehone
Monon
N.L. Sanders
D. C
Ind
J. C. Sharrer
Easter Block
Francesville, Indiana
H. A. Ames
J. R. Brandenburg
Crist Huppert
State Bank
J. L. Beesley
H. W. Foster
State Bank Examiner
Finnegan-Ward Commission CO
Morin & Mason Lafayette Union Stock Yards
Lafayette
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