Immigrant Habits From Large City to Rural Areas Revealed
A survey by the Interchurch World Movement maps immigrant settlements in a triangle from Minnesota to Illinois to New Jersey, showing 18 percent of U S area housing 5 percent of 13 million foreigners. It notes most stay near major cities, with 56 percent of the population and 32 percent of 100000-plus cities in the region.
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Interchurch World Movement
Minnesota
Illinois
New Jersey
Delaware
United States
Great Lakes
Canada
New York City
Los Angeles
Rome
Naples
New York
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Fe of
America
Hiss
Japanese Women and Legal Incapacity Spark Suffrage Debate
A Japan Chronicle excerpt argues that married women in Japan are legally incapacitated alongside minors and others. It notes women must obtain their husband’s permission for major acts such as handling capital, loans, property, gifts, and contracts, with penalties possibly canceled by husbands. The piece hints suffrage is premature while legal inequities persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan Chronicle
Albania's rugged dairy lunch echoes ancient customs
The article contrasts Albanian eating stalls with American dairy lunches. It describes a rock-based serving setup six feet by four, with a charcoal hearth cooking chicken, turkey, potatoes, or rice. Tools and plates sit at one end, mirroring durable local practices.
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Republic
Albania
United States
Local Rat Control Ad Sells RAT-SNAP in New Jersey
Garner Hill Gladstone N J sells RAT-SNAP with claims it kills rats, leaves no smell, comes in cakes with no mixing. Three sizes 25c 50c and 1 00. Sold and guaranteed by John Took Sons J Sudranski Co and E P Mullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Took & Sons
J. Sudranski & Co
RAT-SNAP Exterminator Praised for Odorless Control
RAT-SNAP claims to attract rats and mice with three sizes available. The product promises no odor and that rats and dogs will avoid it, with cakes sized for home, farm, and building uses sold by John Cook & Sons, J. Sudranskie & Co., and R. P. Mullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cook & Sons
J. Sudranskie & Co
R. P. Mullins
Rat Snap Ad Emphasizes Easy Elimination Method
U S government bulletins suggest effective rodent control with RAT-SNAP. Break a cake into pieces for travel routes and place where rats travel. Three sizes 25c 50c and 1 00. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook and Sons J Sudranski Co R P Mullins.
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U. S
John Cook & Sons
J. Sudranski & Co
R. P. Mullins
Classified notices and sales in Greencastle Indiana
Lawn mowers sharpened and adjusted on Walnut Street. Coxland Touring car for sale via Christie Thomas Auto Sales Co. Willys Knight dummy car for sale through Carislie Thomas Auto Sales Co. Garden and Sweet Potato Plants offered at 327 S Bloomington. FARM LOANS available from Brown & Moffett. Wanted reliable girl for homemaking Mrs George Grubb 607 N Jackson Greencastle. Men wanted for day and night shifts at American Zinc Products Co. Architect and landscape services by W H Evans. Indiana.
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Coxland
Christie- Thomas Auto Sales Co
Willys Knight
Carislie ‘Ihmas Auto Sales Co
George Grubb
Jackson Street
Greencastle
Wanted All Kinds of Truck Hauling
Advertisement seeking hauling services lists contact Raymond Thompson at phone 210 for various truck hauling jobs.
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Raymond Thompson
For Sale to Highest Bidder Mason Temple Building
For sale to highest bidder the old D. E. Williams son house at Vine and Washington streets on Tuesday May 25. Separate bids on steam heating plant with radiators and piping. Window glass reserved. Right to reject any bid. Successful bidder must remove building. Bids filed with J. L. Randel at Central National Bank. Building Committee Mason Temple C H Barnaby Chairman
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D. E. Williamson
Vine and
Washington Streets
J. L. Randel
Central National Bank
Masonic Temple
Rat Snap Raisin of Rats Promoted in Ad Copy
An old advertisement extols RAT-SNAP rat poison, claiming rapid results and a money back guarantee. It cites a Newark area testimonial about removing seven large rats in one morning and eliminating rats after two weeks, with three cake sizes priced at 25e, 50e, and $1.00, sold by local retailers.
Born Not Made Genius Seen as Spontaneous at Eight
A veteran business man cites a lesson in instinct and early drive to explain the success of a famed industrial leader. As a lad of six he sought to trade a lantern for a pharmacist's lamp, asking his father for counsel and choosing to act on his own judgment.
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Minerva
Zeus
Wall Street Journal
Gum Lost In Chop Suey Gaffe Causes Quiet Morning
A humorous domestic vignette from Detroit Saturday Night features child Harold lamenting a lost gum during a chop suey lunch. His mother interjects, smiling as guests depart, then patches the moment with a sharp pinch. Harold explains he only wanted to say the gum disappeared in the chop suey.
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Harold
Mamma
Detroit
Smoke recorder in chimneys via selenium cell lights
A French scientist L Ancel proposes using selenium cells as smoke recorders in chimneys. A cell on one chimney side and a lamp on the other let light exposure and cell resistance reflect smoke density, guiding fire control via the galvanometer. Finnish farms remain small with state expropriation of large estates and pre war valuations guiding compensation.
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L. Ancel
Finland
Mrs Graves Shares Poultry Raising Experience
Mrs Mary Graves describes starting incubator use three years ago and earning money this year. She notes rats attacked her baby chicks until a cake of RAT SNAP killed them, after which the rats disappeared. She endorses RAT SNAP with pricing 25c 50c and 1.00, sold by John Cook & Sons J Sudranski & Co and R P Mullins.
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B. E. Carpenter
Woodbridge
N. J
John Cook & Sons
J. Sudranski & Co
R. P. Mullins
Ceanery
Notice to Bridge Contracts and School Bond Petition
Sealed bids for State Highway Str No 28 over Johnsons Branch Putnam County Indiana due June 2 1920 at 10:00 AM with 1.5 percent bond. plans available for $2.00 per structure. Also notice of filing petition with State Board of Tax Commissioners to issue up to 30000 in bonds for Greencastle school district for repairs and heating and plumbing with a May 1 1920 hearing.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
Capitol Building
Indianapolis
Johnsons Branch
Putnam County
State Board OF Tax Commisioners
E. 3. Hamrick
J. E. Stoops
J. O. Carmmack
Greencastle
Greencastle School Township
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Limedale Fox Ridge
First Ward
Second Ward
State House
E. R. Hamrick
Local Cleaning Services Advertises Rugs and Floors
An Indianapolis ad lists cleaning services by E Z USE CLEANERS at 208 American Central Life Building. They dust and scrub rugs carpets and hard wood refinishing with inside finishing of all kinds and offer arrangements at 1287 West 30th Street.
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American Central Life Bldg
Indianapolis
Indiana
W. 30Th Street
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Samuel Goldwyn
Madge Kennedy
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the Central National Bank
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A. Hays
J. L. Randel Cash
Ier
Arkansas
Boston
Cleveland
Ixed
Chicago
New.york
Garner Hill
Gladstone, N. J
Langdon & Lo
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S. Bloomington Street
Brown & Moffett
American Zinc Products Company
W. H. Evans
C. H. Barnaby
T.A. Sigler
Fred Nelson
Brothers Barn
Phon
Triumph
National Medical Institute
Wish Avey
Christian Science Society
Ader
Hunt
The
Owl Drug Store
Wyte
East Washington ST
Donner Block
Via
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Ilinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Traction Terminal
Ind
First National Bank
Herne
ORS
State of
L. H. Wright
Dir
J. C. Cammack
Ship
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Rand
Plamond HC
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