Multiple Indiana incidents and business notes prompt various losses
Fire destroys Barber Bet Spring factory in North Anderson causing about 75000 in losses. Obituary notes Henry Kixmiller, aging merchant of Bicknell, dies after illness. Hammond storage plant gutted with 50000 plus damage. Clarence Lambert killed in a crash with a Terre Haute traction car near Clayton. Lee Weesner injured. Federal trade commission cites South Bend tire firm over unfair methods. Internal revenue taxes for December tallied 7301870.57. Ground broken for Kokomo power plant costing at least 800000 with 100 homes planned. North Judson and Huntington bond approved for water and park land. Multi X Aircraft to build planes in Indianapolis. Fur trade shipments to London worth 25000. City accounts probe finds 2133.02 shortage in Terre Haute. State nurse exam results flag need for better child health instruction. Memorial park proposal for Hoosier school workers wartime effort. Road school at Purdue announced January 27 28 and 29. County farmers association dues raised to 5 or 15 for three years. Internal revenue chief Strouse to retire. Purdue president stone reports high board and room cost for students."}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Bet Spring Company
Anderson
Henry Kixmiller
Bicknell
Midway
Hammond
Surgical
Betz & Co
Clarence Lambert
Lee Weesner
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Clayton
Delano Travinger
Huntington
Indiana Chicken
Franklin
Federal Trade Commission
Supertrend Tire Company
South Bend
Wiliam L. Elder
Internal Revenue
Indiana
Kokomo
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
State Board of Tax Commissioners
North Judson
Multi-X Aircraft and Motors Company
Delaware
Indianapolis
Benjamin Goldberg
Terre Haute
London
J. Oscar Leek
State Board of Accounts
George H. Fears
Edna Humphrey
State Board of Registration and Examination
I. IO Hines
of Public Instruction
Hoosier
State Teachers’ Association
Horace Ellis
Chicago
Purdue University
Hancock County Farmers’ Association
Elwood Morris
C. F. Mastersom
Ernest Warren
William L. Eider
Sixth
Ne Oere
R. Strouse
Internal Revenue Service
Edward Ayres
Lafayette
Laura A. Larmore
James M. Larmore
Madison
Earl C. Morris
Madison, County
Republican Committee
Joseph C. Alby
Florence Grismer
Alby
United States
Indianapole
Indiana County Auditors’ Association
Hiram Newlin
Covington
John C. Gregg
Newcastle
Harry B. Smith
W. E. Stone
Rock
John
Jack) Koch
Walter S. Williams
Vanderburg County
Walton M. Wheeler
Evansville
North Vernon Water Works Company
Public Service Commission
William
Edward Leikman
Bosse
Buckskin
Indiana Telephone Association
Claude R. Stoops
Napanee
William M. Bailey
Richmond
Frank O. Cuppy
Mahlon E. Bush
Mars Hill
Andrew Hoover
Thomas C. Boland
Permalife Storage Battery Company
Suditera
Boland
Southern Railroad
George Kelly
Alert
Hiram Waddell
Noblesville
Russian army officer in Berlin on Russo-German talks
A Russian army figure Gourke arrived in Berlin to confer with anti Bolshevik Russo-German authorities. In U.S. news Enrico Caruso and Dorothy Benjamin's former identity noted as a birth in New York. A paper on federal grain grades discusses precision in country buying and grading practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourke
Berlin
Antibolshevik
Ars
Enrico Caruso
Mix Dorothy Benjamin
Knickerbocker
New York
Mbergs
Washinon
United States Transport America
Irons
Hoboken
Lieut
Norris Bailey
Worcester
Mass
F. W. Branderstein
Arcadia
Fia
Office furniture tax ruse cited in Le Figaro note
A Paris ad notes desk and chair pricing with a luxury tax scheme. The seller proposes buying both items as a suite to reduce the tax, claiming savings of 30 francs, while the text references Dr Peery and a mysterious "Dead Ghet" in a satirical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Figaro
Paris
Analysis of a Farm Business and Its Profit Potential
The article argues farmers gain by systematic study of costs and income to market produce profitably. It outlines the value of farm management analysis, the need to measure efficiency, and identifying strong and weak points to improve management results. It stresses using US Department of Agriculture methods to assemble and classify yearly income components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Farm Management
Immense Loss By Rodents Across U S Crops
The article notes extensive rodent varieties across the United States causing damage to food and feed crops with losses estimated at 300 million dollars. It urges persistent community campaigns to combat these pests and protect agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Starvation Seen in Central Europe Warns Hoover
Former food administrator Herbert Hoover warns 15 to 20 million central Europeans may starve absent quick relief. He cautions that without aid stable governments may collapse and Russia could face another cesspool scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Russia
Minnesota Supreme Court Backs Soldier Bonus Law
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the state bonus law granting veterans $15 a month for Federal service. The measure authorizes a $20,000,000 bond issue for funding the program and applies to both men and women servicemen and servicewomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Supreme Court O. K
St. Paul, Minn
State Supreme Court
Minnesota
Market Report Shows Mixed Grain Livestock Prices
The Markets section lists flour rye and spring wheat prices with bid ranges and retail figures. Hay prices are given for timothy and clover mixes. Cattle and hogs sections show price bands for prime heavy steers, good to choice steers, butcher bulls, and choice light butchers with several weight categories and regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarinh
Lime improves soil on farms as amendment
Lime is not a fertilizer but an amendment to improve soil conditions both mechanically and chemically. It can benefit certain farms by enhancing soil structure and chemistry for better crop growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Markets
Forage and Manure: Farm By-Products and Soil Triage
The article notes silo forage insurance and barnyard manure as key farm by-products. It highlights cowpeas soybeans and velvet beans as closely related crops and suggests fall plowing as a method to destroy garden pests. It argues a wealthier farm needs an owner with brains behind it and points to green crops turned under as a safe investment.
Seventh grade architecture project reveals cost lesson
A seventh grade class studies modern architecture by cutting houses from magazines and noting costs and sites. John asks the teacher the price and is told about $8,000. He then remarks the design suits farmers, noting their money limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Castoria Remains Trusted by Generations for Infants
Classic infant remedy Fletcher's Castoria highlights its 80 year use. The advertisement urges parents to choose Castoria for children and notes its ongoing in use claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Concrete Ships Face Death Knell as Oakland Work Ends
The United States Shipping Board halts concrete ship building in Oakland California, prompting belief that stone vessels as freight carriers may fail. Yet the Faith demonstrates such ships are structurally possible, sustaining some optimism about the concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
Oakland
Cal
Faith
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Blood Action
An old advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh by acting through the blood to mucous surfaces. It mentions testimonials and a $100 reward for cure, listing F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio as the makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Turks a Pastoral People and Stock Industry
Turks in Kurdistan and central Asia Minor have long pursued grazing. Large flocks and herds sustain local food and clothing needs and support exports of hides and dairy products along the desert fringe and adjacent hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Kurdistan
Central Asia Minor
Laundry Tip: Extend Fabric Life With Red Cross Ball Blue
The note says wartime prices for cotton and linen have doubled and suggests lengthening their service by using Red Cross Ball Blue in the laundry. It mentions All grocers sell the product for 5c.
Ex Pastor Toliver Resigns Over Salary Loan Refusal
Ex pastor Rev Walker Tolivér founded Zion Primitive Baptist church in Harrisburg Pa after twenty seven years. He left due to a rejected loan request of 25 dollars on a 60 dollar monthly salary. Elders unfellowshipped him from the Second Ke toctan Baptist association. He started a new church and reports many former members joined him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Tolivér
Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Harrisburg
Second Ketoctan Baptist Association
Toliver
Green's August Flower promotes digestion and liver cleanse
Green's August Flower is advertised as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the bowels, and stimulates bile. Marketed as a sovereign remedy, it claims to aid indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, and related intestinal troubles, sold by druggists worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Local Denial of Coal Shortage Cited
Officials state there is no coal shortage in the area and that supply remains steady. The remark comes amid reports of potential shortages and follows inspections of regional fuel stocks and transport links.
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J. A. Chansler
Portland
San Francisco
Cape Blanco
Bandon
Talga
trans-Siberian Railroad
Tomsk
Bolshevists
Sig. Campanini
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Muaic World
St. Luke's Hospital
Senate
Stanley
Kentucky
Ukraine
Lemberg
Gazetta Wiscrowka
Ekaterinoslav
St. John
N. B
Onwa
America
Lloyd George
House of Commons
World
Jenn
Ane
Eatonic
Mustarire
Begg
C. Wella & Co
le Roy, N
Ustarin
Goaman Farren
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