Local Notes Highlight Meetings Travel and Life Events
Hillis Shoptaugh leaves for Camp Knox to attend Citizen training camp. Several residents travel or host visitors in Indianapolis and Chicago for short stays and family events. Local couples wed, picnics and Tent Meeting near Main Street plan services, while public notices cover military training, a tonsil operation, and upcoming weddings. The week includes garden party showers, band concert plans, and community meetings with county agents and local clergy.
Silo as Superior Pasture Substitute in High-Value Land
An article argues that a silo serves as the best substitute for pasture, especially on land valued above $100 per acre. It suggests converting land to silage and corn yields six to seven times more feed than pasture, making silo use highly advantageous for livestock feeding.
Army Tanks Demonstrate Power at Camp Meade Exhibit
At Camp Meade Maryland Colonel Rockenbach unrolled a tank display for seventy officers from the Army War College. Mark VII tanks roared through woods tearing trunks, while two Mark VIIs and six-ton French types showcased a future land fleet with a 12 mile per hour medium tank and a seventy five gun carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
Army Tank School
Camp Meade
Staff School
Army War College
Staff College
Col. S&s. D. Rockenbach
Tank Corps
Rockenbach
General Pershing
Adlerika claim guards against dizziness from undigested food
An advertisement claims Adlerika expels poison and gas from both bowels using buckthorn bark and glycerine. It states undigested food decays in the stomach causing dizziness and that Adlerika removes foul matter and may guard against appendicitis, per R P Mullins, Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Mullins
Notice Sale of Road Bonds in Putnam County Indiana
Otto G Webb treasurer announces sealed bids by 10:00 am August 6 1923 for John N Russell et al road bonds Jackson township 20 bonds 1340 each total 26800 bearing 4 percent interest payable semiannually first due May 15 1924 ten year term sale to continue until sold Posters July 19-26
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Putnam County
Indiana
John N. Russell
Jackson Township
Greencastle
Otto G. Webb
Local Folk Visit and Family Attendance in Corn Stalk Valley
Myrtle Storm visits Martinsville with illness keeping her mother at home. Glen Burgess and E. E. Buis host relatives. Rev. Ford and Mrs. Ford from Indianapolis join the Cunningham family for a Sunday. William Hunt and family host Vi rgil and Mrs Hunt. Mary Cunningham calls on Helen Hunter. Harold McNary of Greencastle stays with E. E. Buis.
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Myrtle Storm
Shane
Martinsvile
Mrs. Ford
Indianapolis
Henry Cunningham
William Hunt
Virgil Hunt
Mrs. Hunt
Mary Cunningham
Helen Hunter
Will on Laundry Ticket Stuns San Francisco Court
Gee Cheng Wong a Chinese laundryman left a will written on a laundry ticket in Chinese. It names his wife Gee Wong She and assigns property including money with Bank of Italy Canton bank and Quong Sing Lee laundry of San Francisco. The widow received letters of administration and a $200 monthly family allowance for herself and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Gee Cheng Wong
Gee Fook Sing
Gee Wong
Bank of Italy
Canton Bank
Quong Sing Lee Laundry
Gee Chong Wong
Dog Eating Ends as Igorotes Embrace Beef
The Baguio dog market has vanished and dog eating by the Igorots has dropped to a minimum. Col. Henry Knauber reports cattle and hog meat introduction shifted the tribe toward meats recognized by civilization. Only scattered dog eating cases remain among far hill communities.
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Manila
Baguio
Henry Knauber
Constabulary Academy
Col
Kowither
Curious 1795 Dollar Found in Millersburg Estate
A silver dollar dated 1705 and claimed to be from a rare 1795 series was found in Millersburg California in the possession of Napoleon Keiffer, described as an eccentric local resident.
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Millersburg
United States
Napoleon Keiffer
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Kentucky
Aining
Lee Reeves
Indipolis
J. J. Maloney
Igaret
Jesse Minnick
Northine Street
Cyrus O'Hair
Locust Street
M. E
Sarah Wright
Southckson Street
H. C. Clippinger
E. Sharpe
H. C . Clippinger
Nazarene
Veral
Illiam Deal
Ashland
V. Deal
Main Street
Maplevenue
Needlecraft Club
Frig
Rs. W. M. Rawlins
Olive Street
Fred L. O'Hair
Chigo
Martin H. Shute
Mmandant
DePauw R. O. T
Orton
DePauw
Shute
Ft. Leavenworth
Beeen
Olga Pfahler
Iss Bonnie Moffett
Sylvanus Vermilion Pere
Orville Stewart
Beveridge Street
Melvin Coffman
Mildred Gardner
Marge
Perry Rush
Mack Long
Reeelsville
J. Eharpe
Rs. Long
Sharp
Sumer
Finley Walker
Virginia Lee
Walker
Albert Grimes
Martinsville Street
Marguerite Grimes
Fred Frank
Lafayette
M. F. Burdett
North College Avenue
Frank
Helen Burdette
Capitola Maxfield
Chicago
W. A. Kiessling
Harold McNary
Clay City
Clay County
J. E. Porter
Methodist Hospital
Ralph West
C. W. Otis
WLAX
Stanley Davis
Terre Haute
Jesse Lloyd
Russellville
Putnam
Lloyd
Hays & Murphy
Emory Nichols
Fillmore
Stephen Akers
William Sutherlin
Nichols
Dewey Johnson
West Columbia Street
Monroe
Michigan
Johnson
0. & I. Stone Quarries
Service To
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Indiana Portland Cement Company
Limedale
Call Herald Office
American Music Co
Broadway
Dept. N. Y
Greencastle Battery Co
N. Side Square
Herald Office
Louis Cowgill
Central National Bank Bldg
Roy Hillis
State Automobile Insurance Company
Unle Sam
Lowis B. Cowgill
E. Frenklin St
Jones-Stevens Co
Cream Horns
Paris Bros
Lily
Graham
Louis F. Hays Grocery & Bakery
Southu Sink &Quare
Corn Stalk Valley
Glen Burgess
E. E. Buis
Harold McNary of
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Chinaman
Will
Opera House
A. Cook
Mer
Glady
Walton
King Buggott
Jack Cooper
Jackie
Coogan
Kid Star
Peck
Chester Conklin
Niagara Falls
Thire de
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction CO
Toledo
Cedar Point
Celors
Ind
Avery ST
Buffalo
N.Y
Toronto
Ee A
Foot Insurance
Christie & Potter
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