Balfe Urges Road Building Tie to Federal Aid in Community Letter
George H Balfe of Monon Crushed Stone writes George H Congran Franksville Ind urging organized road improvements to access federal funds and the new truck era. He stresses wide and deep roads to handle traffic and notes producers should support good roads for rising transport needs and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Balfe
Monon’ Crushed Stone Company
George H.ongram
George Congran
Francesville
Ind
Congran
Rocks of
Gibraltar
Ford Cars for Sale at Hubbard and Monroe Sales
Two 1917 Model Ford Touring cars and one 1914 Model Ford Touring. A 1916 Model Ford Roadster also available. All in good condition and priced right. See them at W. J. Hubbard's. Chevrolet and Monroe Sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hubbard
S. Chevrolet
Monroe
Buckwheat and Millet Seed Available for Farmers
Notice urges farmers to order Buckwheat Millet Seed for waste land. Mentions 16 percent Acid Phosphate and constant Mill Feed. Readers told to submit orders to save telephony costs and delays. Spitler Surber and Crabbs Reynolds Taylor Company listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crabbs Reynolds. Taylor Company
Spitler & Surber
All Bow to Superstition at Western Caves and Wells
The Philadelphia Record notes travelers in Colorado’s Cave of the Winds and Ramona’s Wedding Place believe hairpins, combs, and coins can bring marriage within a year. It cites women secretly dropping hair ornaments and pennies, wedding guests chasing bouquets, and the fear of becoming an old maid, reflecting lighthearted social superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Ramona
Philadelphia Record
No Sleep Without Dreams Says Psychoanalyst Opinion
A New York psychoanalyst argues dreaming is essential not for rest but to relieve urges and satisfy inner wishes. He cites Napoleon and Andre Tridon to claim the mind dreams during sleep regardless of memory, with heavy emphasis on continuous unconscious activity.
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Slaggard
Solomon
Andre Tridon
New York
Evening Sun
Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Helena
Ancient Inca Fashion Captured in Delicate Gold Artifacts
The Philadelphia museum displays six sheets of ultra thin gold sheet perforated at edges, likely used as gown ruffles for an Inca princess. The collection includes breast plates, crowns, large filigree earrings, a 138 bar girdle, bells as a necklace, nose and lip rings, arm bands, bracelets, rings, and a gold monkey cane with a hat.
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Philadelphia Museum
Pressed Flower’s Purpose in Plant Life
The passage argues that a fine flower serves a function beyond beauty. It must produce fruit to sustain life. without fruit, soils fail and deserts form. Even its color and scent exist to aid reproduction, and after fertilization petals shed as the plant fulfills its duty.
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Desert
No Place to Hide Dance Embarrassment
A reader recalls an awkward moment at a dance. The narrator hides behind a woman to dodge a disliked suitor, only to discover she is the dancer's mother. The woman coolly reveals the kinship, prompting the narrator to leave quickly.
Dentist Dr. E L Friel Located Over The Lyric
Dr. E L Friel dentist operates above The Lyric Theater in Monon Indiana. Contact by telephone or mail for prompt appointments.
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E. L. Friel
Lyric Theater
Telehone
Monon
Indiana
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Hill Crest
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Coffels Big Store
Purina Poultry
Co-Operative Elevator Co
G. T.morrow
Nelson’s Tire Shop
E.H. Byrd
Ontario
Canada Veterinary
Frank Nolan’s
E .H. Brenneman
Telephone
Co-operative Elevator Company
O. H. Crawford Fertilizer Plant
Winamac
Clarence Riggs
Renesolasr
Michigan City
Geo. H. Balfe
Indianapolis
FORD
Senat
Rensselaer
Court House
Lester A. Leach
Raymond Jves
Masonic Block
N.L. Sanders
D. C
J. C. Sharrer
Easter Block
Francesville, Indiana
H. A. Ames
J. R. Brandenburg
Crist Huppert
State Bank
J. L. Beesley
H. W. Foster
D. H. Crawford
Finnegan-Ward Commission CO
Morin & Mason Lafayette Union Stock Yards
Lafayette
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