Local Notables and Visits Highlight Greencastle Week
Mrs Louis Zaharakos hosts sisters from New York as Shriners leaders visit Indianapolis. Alma OHair heads to Marion to stay with relatives. Merle Bee starts tin shop job after overseas service. O hair graduates prep for Wisconsin. Civic groups meet in Greencastle with officer elections planned.
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Louis Zaharakos
Angelina Terzarkis
Antionios Terzarkis
New York
A. R. York
Cloverdale
Indianapolis
Shriners
Alma O'Hair
Marion
Roy Reeves
Merle Bee
Fred Williams
Robert John
Barbara
New York City
J. P. D. John
John
MASE UNGROUND WHEAT Bread Reform Idea
The Halians claim a method to make bread directly from wheat without grinding. After washing the wheat is soaked in warm water for three days until soft, then breaded and baked after rising. Bread reportedly has higher food value even with the husk, and requires clean grain for best results given labor and fuel shortages.
Boulevard in Desert Sand Destroys Travel Challenges
The piece describes extreme desert sand near Yuma Arizona and the Imperial Irrigation District where travel is hindered. It notes California highway officials built portable plank roadways six miles long through the worst desert sections to improve automobile passage.
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Imperial Irrigation District
Yuma
Ariz
California Highway Commission
Ithe Popular Science Monthly
Decatur Shorthorn Association Formed For District Sales
Liberty and nearby residents visit relatives in Liberty and Clay City area as Adams County farmers organize the Decatur Shorthorn Association to coordinate district sales. Loyal visitors include May Byers Mrs. Wemeyer and families from Staunton Terre Haute Bowling Green Spencer and Decatur with Keiser Kortepeter and Skelton among hosts.
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William Mullenix
Spencer
John Thompson
Cecil Thompson
R. B. Mustard
Lewis Kortepeter
Sarah Rader
O. L. Keiser
William Skelton
Bowling Green
Decatur
Adams County
Twilight sleep debate in Jewish Maternity Hospital report
Dr. Heller reports 150 twilight sleep cases with no permanent harm to mother or child and support from Dr. O Hanlon. Kronig notes 600+ successful cases. pain relief claimed in 80 percent, with varying memory loss and analgesia outcomes.
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New York
Jacob Heller
Jewish Maternity Hospital
Heller
George O'Hanlon
Genlevue and Allied Hospitals
Gauss
Kronig
Freiburg
Ha Séneludes
Jewish Unity Hospital
Keet
Wien
Dows
Cow Finds a Silver Dollar on Arkansas Farm
Henderson Adkins, a farmer in Three Brothers Ark, found a silver dollar wedged in his cow’s hoof while milking. The coin lay in the fork and was retrieved with surprise. No claim has been made, and the cow is believed to have stepped on the dropped dollar along the public road.
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Maes
Ark
Henderson Adkins
Adkins
Doomed to Blindness Girl Persists in Study Amid Trial
A Iowa City student known as Alma Krazer faces progressive blindness yet remains at the head of her class at Ae Star University liberal arts college. Doctors report irreversible eye damage after a Chiase specialist evaluation, while a near lightning bolt last summer near her home intensified nerves affecting sight.
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Iowa City
Stowly
Mead
Alma Krazer
Berington
Iowa
Ae Star University
Chiase
Chu
Raner Hielir
Mize Krazer
Eagle Attacks Child. Baby Flung From Ground by Talons
In Joliet Michigan Delmar Reeves two year old is attacked in his backyard as an enormous eagle swoops down and lifts him by the dress before dropping him. The incident follows a two week effort by farmers to hunt two large eagles blamed for raiding poultry and turkeys in Wilcox County.
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Joliet
Wil
Delmar Reeves
David Reev
Reeves
Istona
Elili
Miner Finds Rich Ore Vein at Morning Glory Claim
Ai veteran prospector in Morning Glory mine reports a gold bearing vein six to fifteen inches wide extending about thirty feet with ore assaying $220.60 per ton plus 9.20 ounces silver and 20.50 pounds gold per ton. The claim, taxed and sold to Marl D Hoarland, is leased for extraction with plans to ship a carload of ore.
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Nepublic
Waah
Morning Glory
Ite
Marl D. Hoarland
Lorry County
Price
Great Gold Field Is Found in Alaska
G H Collins reports a vast gold field north of Seward Alaska with extraordinary ore bodies in wide ledges. The sites extend 18 miles with future surveys expected to define exact size. Ore rich in gold and silver. Lead and zinc must be smelted to extract value. Assayer Rae of Knik notes high sampling success.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Seward
Alaska
United States
G. H. Collins
Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Company
Canadian Fish Trust
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Wolf
A. H. Tutt
Collins
Rae
Knik
Hobo Cat Rides Trucks Visits Town and Departs
In Roy Washington a hobo cat is reported riding the trucks near the railroad yard. The animal crawled from a passing car as the train stopped and remained about three hours at the depot before the next train arrived.
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Willie
Roy
Washington
H. A. Long
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Brookings
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O’hair
O'Hair
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Plainfield
The
Christian Church
Thomas Sweet
Women's Union of the Christian Church
Henry Bicknell
W. E. Furgeson
Greencastle
Furgweson
Harry Davenport
Frank Lane
Thomas Davenport
William O'Daniels
J. W. O'Daniels
Appleton City
William
Theodore Crawley
Warner- Caldwell
Dorothy Warner
Edgar S. Warner
North Capitol Avenue
R. Miller
Terre Haute
Elmer Long
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Jerome King
F. E. Cowles
Lake Olsoboji
Cowles
DePauw Music School
Desert
Arizona
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Isnade
van Ness Hai Det
Kert Richt
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Richard Roe
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Lek
Standard Oil Company
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Chicago
Liberty
May Byers
John Wemeyer
Lewis Kortepetter
Elmer Hayes
Staunton
Peter Stenerwald
Thomas Tribble
James Loughmiller
Clay City
Fred Dressler
Rockey
Ray Swank
New York Jewish Hospital
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Sum, Alaska
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