Prosperity Reigns in Indiana Amid City Land Sale
Indianapolis reports a boom in real estate as a $800000 business block at Washington and Pennsylvania streets tops prior prices, with $10666 per foot. Democratic Chairman Riley Dunham touts strong 1916 prospects while Republicans tout farm credibility in a volatile political climate.
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Indiana
Willis S. Thompson
Indianapolis
Ind
Republican State Central Committee
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Christmas Celebration To Be Elaborate This Year
Merchants in Greencastle and other cities prepare for a grand Christmas as 1915 harvests boost buying. Farmers reap a ten billion dollar national crop with corn leading yields and high prices. Estimates show corn could pay the national debt and wheat could clothe every man, while oats and hay exceed state wealth and cotton would fund major projects.
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Savings
United States
Buffalo
Greencastle
Putnam County
U. 8
Kansas
Lansing
Kan
Dan Monroe
State of
Georgia
Trustee notices from several townships listed
Trustees announce weekly hours for township business. J O Mullinix in Reelsville on Tuesdays and Fridays. Edgar J Wilson at Floyd home on Wednesdays. Emerson E Ruark at Fillmore Tuesdays and Fridays. Harry Talbott at S C Sayers Bookstore Greencastle on weekdays. Phone 388.
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Washington Township
J. O. Mullinix
Reelsville
Floyd Township
Edgar J. Wilson
Floyd
Marion Township
Emerson E. Ruark
Fillmore
Marion Ownship
Greencastle Township
Harry Talbott
S. C. Sayers
Greencastle
Fashion Adv Glove Gift For Any Man
An ideal present for any man would be a pair of fine gloves from the Fashion. adv. Pa.
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Adv
Real Estate Transfers Record Two Parcels
David M. Springer transfers land in Monroe and Floyd townships to Fred M. Stair. Cora L. O'Brien transfers land in PIMOS to Nathan C. Clingenpeel. 1850 transfer entries appear in this real estate notice.
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David M. Springer
Fred M. Stair
Monroe
Floyd
Cora L. O’brien
Nathan C. Clingenpeel
Pimos
Indians Able to Outrun Horses
The Santo Domingo Indians of New Mexico showcase generations of footmen in their physique and endurance. They outrun and tire wild horses on the ranges as a matter of necessity, with runners featuring great chests, slender waists, and sinewy calves. A courier rode thirty miles before his horse collapsed, proving travel by foot is valued over horses in their culture.
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Kansas City Star
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingos
Dakotas
Simple Ivy Poisoning Treatment Proposed by Dr Lane
Dr John F Lane of New Haven describes a simple ivy poisoning treatment in the medical Record. A gauze or cheese cloth layer kept moist with boric acid solution is applied, changed as needed, and blebs opened if large. Cold tea in solution soothes hot weather cases, with optional mild alcohol sponging and a simple ointment after healing begins. The method is cheap, harmless, accessible, and suitable for all stages.
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John F. Lane
New Haven
Lane
Strangest Tree in Cuba Strangles Host Tree
A Cuban yaguey tree seeds on a host tree and grows downward as thin roots. The roots reach ground, the parasite encircles the host, and the outer tree kills the inner, turning into the sole tree.
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Cuba
Hotels Abandon Book in Favor of Card Registrations
Chicago hotels replace the guest register with numbered cards listing name address firm and room details. The system preserves privacy provides a filing trail and a ready guest list while reducing public access to personal data. Hotels plan to roll out the idea widely.
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Chicago
Strange Minnesota wells show daily and storm related level changes
Wells near Winnebago Minnesota exhibit daily level fluctuations with lows around 10 AM when barometric pressure is high and highs about 4 PM as pressure falls. Storms boost water rise, and returns to normal afterward. An artesian well 470 feet deep reportedly flows 25 percent more during northeast winds. Storm approach makes some southern Minnesota wells cloudy or milky, others turn bright yellow or deep red due to fine particles of iron oxide or salt clay.
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Winnebago
Minnesota
Minnesotan
Scott County
Waterville
Lescueur County
Birds Check Boll Weevil With Insectivorous Birds
James Henry Rice of the U S Department of Agriculture says birds are the surest check on boll weevil. He notes 66 bird varieties feed on the pest and criticizes excessive shooting for driving birds away. A campaign to plant mulberry trees and encourage bird presence is planned, urging farmer cooperation.
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James Henry Rice
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Migratory Game
United States
Commissioner Rice
Rubber rock in the Ozarks a freak mineral found in Arkansas
A spongy bluish black rock that bounces like rubber was found in northern Arkansas. Prospectors report surface finds on several farms, including J. L. Nomgood’s, 8. K. Matton’s, and Possum Nevins’s, but mineralogists say it has no commercial value.
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Arkansas
Ozarks
J. L. Nomgood
8. K. Matton
8. K. Matton and “Possum” Nevins
Parrot Panic Sparks Wedding Plot and Family Feud
A young man recounts a chaotic tale around a parrot sent as a gift from his boss to his fiancée Ethel. The bird causes chaos on trains and in the home, provoking the future father in law and crowds, with the man admitting his nerves are shattered and a wedding parrot looms as a present.
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Ethel
Griggs
Griess
Polly
Ruth
Hart
Parableu Doubts Spur Strained Love Exchange
A fragment shows a barbed flirtation where a speaker asks if she doubts his love and retorts with humor, revealing tension in a domestic or interpersonal dispute. The brief line hints at embarrassment and mutual doubt within a relationship.
Bulls and Bears in Trouble
A caricatured stock market scene unfolds in berryville as Ebenezer Skilduck questions the ticker while a cellar market hums with roosters and chickens. Deacons, bankers, and Col Ramsdell’s gardener react to a fall in the reserve on a bank statement signaling market peril.
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Ebenezer Skilduck
United States
Willie Snocks
Col. Ramsdell
Berryville
Mr. Snocks
The New Minister Sees Congregation Largely Women
The new minister notes the congregation is mainly women and quips that men prefer to title mansions in the skies in their wives names. He invites the assembly to sing I Want to Be an Angel.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Rotten eggs hit young Tory heir during speech
A young Tory heir to a dukedom faced a rotten-egg attack while delivering a political speech. He wiped his face and quipped that his opponents’ arguments were unsound, a line attributed to him in the report.
Identification of Good Layers
A method to select profitable laying hens by pale beaks and shanks indicating early maturity and strong laying performance. Early maturing pullets are often the best layers, while pale legs can result from poor conditions and do not guarantee good production. Cull underperformers and disease signs. optimize next year's flock by focusing on early layers and removing late developers.
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Ayers
Marc
Feed Suggestions for Hen Health and Egg Production
Advice on rationing hens emphasizes a full daily feed to sustain egg production. Reducing intake cuts egg yield and risks underfeeding. Free-range birds may eat less but still need greens grit and grain. Use a balanced mash with meat scrap or gluten feed, add other grains as price allows, and avoid overloading with low-nutrition fillers. Also notes pigeon housing essentials.
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