California lettuce fields spread across Imperial and Salt River valleys
Lettuces covering 30 to 40 acre fields in California’s Imperial and Salt River valleys are irrigated and hand grown. In peak season January and February, shipments reach about 26 carloads daily to midwestern and eastern markets. The industry, established about three years ago, has become a leading statewide agricultural occupation. Carrots peas cauliflower and table beans are also produced locally on a smaller scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial
Salt River
California
Beaded Bags in window and moving services listed
Classified ads offer beaded bags by Mrs John Brothers and hauling services for hogs and households. Used automobiles including Buick roadsters and Chevrolet roadsters offered by Putnam Auto Co. Hamilton Music Store displays kitchen cabinets. Territory open for Blue Bird Brand ribbons and carbon paper via Miami Ribbon & Carbon Co. Brown & Moffett advertise sale of show and display cases. Denatured alcohol for radiators from Greencastle Battery Co. Central Indiana business propositions and real estate seen through Brown & Moffett.
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Miami Ribbon &Carbon Co
Dayton
Ohio
Hamilton area listings and sales notes in local ads
Classified items including kitchen cabinets at Hamilton Music Store real estate buyers for local properties wanted for sale notices for Nuco Oil Stock office dictation positions arm loans and abstracts from Dobbs & Vestal. Vehicle listings note Chevrolets and four nineties 1919 models. County wood for stove or furnace and contact numbers included.
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Vestal
Dobbs & Vestal Real Estate Office
Greencastle
Ind
Cox & Sellers
M. Randel
MO Hawk Tire Line Promises Long Lifespan at Low Price
Wells and Michaels at 118 Jackson Street advertise MO hawk tires with over ten thousand miles of service and a five thousand mile guarantee. The tires are built with cord fiber and offered at reasonable prices.
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Wells and Michaels
Jackson Street
Typewriter Ribbon Pitch Promises Free Trial Sheets
An appeal targets owners of typewriters offering guaranteed Blue Bird Brain ribbons for one dollar. Buyers receive a free trial order of 25 sheets. The ad emphasizes ribbons and carbon paper use for typewriters.
Local News Briefs From West Town District
Six year old Margaret Monett ill with typhoid fever. Allen and Stoner Grocery sold to Oscar L. Jones with immediate possession. Bert Hall injured when oil truck struck near Roachdale on Monon crossing. badly cut but not seriously injured. James McD. Hays ill with rheumatism. daughter and grandson with him. Fire at Prof. J. T. Dobel residence on Anderson street. roof burned, insured. Twentieth Century Club to meet with Mrs. Frank Farmer. Marie Hillman joins Hurst & Company. Jean Leinberger assists Werneke. Mrs. Rufus Davis dies of apoplexy. funeral Wednesday. Putnam Lodge initiates 17 tonight. old- time presence noted.
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Allen & Stoner
Franklin Street
the Square
Oscar L. Jones
Allen
Ernest Stoner
Bert Hall
Ladoga
Roachdale
Mr. Hall
J. T. Dobel
Anderson Street
Local Lodge to Honor Member in Secret Announcement
Putnam Lodge No 45 I O O F members keep a member's identity secret for now. The reveal and honors will occur at tonight's meeting.
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Putnam Lodge No
Chamberlains Tablets Offer Digestive Relief
These tablets target indigestion and constipation to tone the stomach and restore natural function. They gently affect the liver and bowels, leaving you feeling improved and free from dullness when symptoms arise.
Batum’s Primitive Charm Amid Cobble Streets and Sweet Children
A Manchester Guardian soldier correspondent describes Batum as a cathedral port on the Black Sea’s southeast, with fine buildings and trees but poor cobble streets. He recalls charming local children who beg for biscuits, earning apronfuls of treats before quickly returning to their posts.
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Transcaucasian
Batum
Black Sea
Manchester Guardian
Nobel Prizes Awarded In Five Domains
The Nobel prizes honor top achievements in physics chemistry medicine literature and peace. Founded by Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896.
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Alfred Nobel
Spaunhurst Osteopath announces free office exam
Dr Reesman offers free office examinations at Donner Block Greencastle for both acute and chronic illnesses. Contact phone 226 for day or night appointments.
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Reesman
Spaunhurst Osteopath
Donner Block
Greencastle
Wealth division in 1917 U.S. incomes and taxes
In 1917 there were 1,882,182 individuals reporting $2000 or more, with total income of $11,191,246,207 and an average of $6100 per person. The average tax paid was $368.46. Only 141 earned $1,000,000+ and 315 earned $500,000 to $1,000,000. About nine tenths of wealth was held by those earning under $1,000–$2,000 annually.
Monument planned for Latham Sholes by typists
A proposal urges all women who have earned a living as typists to contribute to a fund for a monument to Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, whose remains lie in an unmarked Milwaukee cemetery grave for twenty eight years.
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Latham Sholes
Milwaukee
Learn to keep your temper, toy friend
A prominent manufacturer urges a worker to control temper in a brief remark, asserting that no one else desires such a trait. The line reflects a sharp, humorous take on workplace psychology and personal conduct.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Their Job Chorus in Vaudeville Act Feeds The Crowd
A fragment notes a chorus of butchers and bakers in a vaudeville act serving as feeders for the show. The lines imply performers play the role of providers or audience fodder within the act.
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Studebaker
North Jackson St
Opera House
A. Cook
Mgr
Robertson-Cole Company Presents
Lewis S. Stone
Strand Comedies Presents
Pn the Comedies Presents
Evens & Moffett
North Side Square
More & Cook’s
Mrs. John Brothers
Buick
Chevrolet
Putnam Auto Co
Hamilton Music Store
Brown &Moffett
Washington Street
Greencastle Battery Co
Indiana
Brown & Moffett
Hamilton
Call 69
Putnam Reality Co., (Inc
Indianapolis
J. K. Langdon & Co
Nuco
Dobbs Bros
Margaret Monett
Ross Monett
Lockeridge
James
Hays
Mrs. Buskirk
Twentieth Century Club
Frank Farmer
South
Indiana Street
Marie Hillman
Hurst & Company
Jean Leinberger
H. S. Werneke
Rufus Davis
South Jackson Street
Elsworth Davis
Lafayette
Ethel Grey
Florida
Putnam Lodge
No. 45
Olc
West Franklin Street
O. L. Jones
Asbury Manuel
Gene Hamrick
Jones & Co
Harry Baines
Clinton
Wabash Valley Electric Co
Putnam Electric Co
James Simms
Charles Simms
Coatesville
Stilesville
Valentine Thomas
Philadelphia
Frank Thomas
South Locust Street
Mrs. Raser Bittles
C. H. Barnaby
Memphis, Tenn
Chamberlain
Christie’s
Jones
School of Auctioneering
Robert M. McHaffie
Stilesville, Indiana
A. J. Duff
Gettif
Chris
Kodaks
Beford
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