Indiana News Briefly Told
Purdue at Lafayette hosted over 1200 youths for the fourth annual roundup of rural club work with corn pig steer cooking dressmaking and hose making clubs a battlefield pilgrimage to Tippecanoe and a history lecture by Purdue. Indiana Christian Missionary convention in Muncie May 15 18 includes Rev Roy Deadman and supervisors. Indiana University alumni celebrate opening with 250 attending in Washington DC and a Foundation Day broadcast to 28000 statewide alumni. Burial for Mrs Otela Grace Snyder killed in Shanghai.
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Purdue University At
Lafayette
Indiana
Tippecanoe
Robert Phillips
History Department
Purdue
William Henry Harrison
Christian Churches of State
Muncie
Indiana Christian Missionary Association
C. W. Cauble
Indianapolis
Roy Deadman
Lebanon
O. E. Tomes
Gary
J. Francis Ashley
Poseyville
Aubrey Moore
Tipton
Disciples of Christ
John C. Quick
OC. Fisher
Indiana University
William L. Bryan
Bryan
Indiana University Alumni Association
Washington
University Club
Washington Post Office
The
State University
United States
Otela Grace Snyder
Brazil
Shanghai
China
Giichi Tanaka
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Terre Haute
Snyder
W. J. Snyder
Prospect Street
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Lelch Wholesale Drug Company
Evansville
Gilbert I. Thomas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hamilton
Richmond
Carlos City
Better Roads: Federal Aid for U S Road Building 1921 Summary
A United States Department of Agriculture summary shows federal aid funds from Congress authorized four years four months totaling $211,135,276.31 allocated to 28,135 miles of roads, part of a $496,151,683.48 program. Concrete roads received $75,600,279.30 for 4,653.6 miles. gravel roads $47,192,895.41 for 10,043.5 miles. graded and drained roads $24,721,020.92 for 6,864 miles. bituminous-macadam $18,646,066.17 for 1,322.2 miles. bituminous concrete $9,290,864.32 for 772.5 miles. brick roads $6,925,482,123 for 444.6 miles. and sand clay roads $10,495,172.10 for 2,695.5 miles. Total cost across all types was $496,151,683.48.
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Department of Unite At
Washington
Indiana
Census of Agriculture
Albert J. Beveridge
United States Secor
Harry Ss. New Hy
Beveridge
Samuel N. Ralston
Alstan
Ralston
Jesse Sanders
Garrett
Hines
Charles W. Camp
Indiana State Bank
White River Bank
Logansport
Camp
Indianapolis War Cest
Community Chest
War Chest
Columbia Club
Gus Kaasen
Hammond
Paul Robinski
Eric Hachnel
Hachnel
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Department
Cheese Muffins and Salads From a Home Cook’s Guide
A Victorian style recipe roundup covers cheese muffins with butter and yeast, cheese biscuits, a cheese salad with whipped cream and gelatin, a cheese potato salad idea, Endive Soup with butter and cream, and a corn and potato salad. It closes with a poetic quip from John Dyer.
Hot Breads and Variations for Yeast Rolls
A traditional guide to making flexible hot breads using a milk and water dough. Directions cover yeast amounts for different rising times, shaping into rolls, increasing shortening and sugar, adding eggs, and preparing Kromasks biscuits with butter and cinnamon. Also notes coffee cake assembly, fruit flavorings, and clover leaf rolls in gem pans.
Concrete road vibrations test bearing capacity impact
The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads starts an experiment with two concrete slabs. one will have a gasoline engine with an unbalanced flywheel to create vibration. Soil moisture under both slabs will be measured to see if vibration increases subgrade moisture and reduces bearing strength, aiming to improve testing methods.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Money Waited on Highways and Road Care Standards
The piece argues that modern road building and maintenance techs remove excuses for poor roads. It urges local communities to use funds wisely to avoid waste, noting the Wisconsin highway department publishes weekly blue maps of routes and conditions for chambers, hotels, and garages.
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Wisconsin Highway Department
Chambers of Commerce
Roads Speak: A Community Advertised by Its Streets
The piece argues that a town or community is defined by its roads and layout. It claims well kept roads signal a welcoming place for tourists, while poor infrastructure deters visitors.
Rural Works Through Repairs and Supplies
Repair and paint machinery and tools. Lay in bolts washers nails rivets and other essentials. Sharpen plow edges oil and repair harness build fences keep the lime stone grinder running.
Asphalt Growth Reaches 5 Million Tons for Highways
Over the past eight years the United States has laid 5,000,000 tons of asphalt and asphaltic materials on its highways. This amount could pave about 50,000 road miles.
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United States
Three Rules for Home Making Shared by Decorator
An interior decorator advised a young couple on home making with three rules: provide utilities, choose an attractive color scheme, and ensure livability. The rest is unclear.
Admiration for Art Over Flaws in Technique
The best feature of public admiration for art is that people overlook technique flaws. Appreciation focuses on overall impact and beauty rather than technical perfection.
Women Need Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble may not realize the cause. Swamp Root, a physician's prescription, is advertised as a remedy to restore kidney health and ease back pain headaches and fatigue. Readers are urged to try a sample by sending ten cents or buy a bottle at a drug store.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Peculiar Toothache Remedy in Middle Ages
A fragment notes a medieval belief that a toothache could be eased by serpent skin steeped in vinegar. The text also briefly references a Sunday school scene with a boy named Robert humming a hymn and a mother asking what is wrong.
Balloon Burst On Fourteenth Street Incident Cited As Circumstantial
A young woman artist recalls walking on Fourteenth Street when a baby carriage containing a balloon bursts after being inflated beyond its capacity. She notes the mother blamed her, though she says she did not cause the accident and views it as circumstantial evidence.
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Fourteenth Street
Baltimore American
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Double Razor Efficacy
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap vouching for doubled razor efficiency and improved skin purity comfort and health. It claims no mug slimy soap germs or irritation even with daily two shaves and presents the soap as a single product for shaving bathing and shampooing.
Piker taunts Daniel and boasts of bank interview
A thin pale speaker dismisses Daniel as a piker for entering danger. He then proclaims superiority and reveals he plans to interview the bank cashier where he is overdrawn, implying personal financial trouble.
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Daniel
Nice Game New Society Game Headline
A quirky exchange hints at a social game with playful wording. The dialogue suggests casual banter around a "Put and take for Kisses" scenario, implying a lighthearted social or party activity.
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