Purdue official tours Putnam County fair displays
G M Frier from Purdue University visited Greencastle with county agent Harold McNary to view local displays and praised farmer efforts at promoting the first Putnam County Fair. The piece also notes weather quirks and a flurry of community notices and meetings, with various local activities and debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Frier
Purdue University
Purdue Agricultural Extension Department
Greencastle
Harold McNary
Mr. Frier
Putnam County
Norfolk oyster selections at Hotel Richardson Cafe
Big Oyster Stew priced 35 cents and Big Oyster at 85 cents offered at Hotel Richardson Cafe. The Norfolk oysters are described as fine.
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Hotel Richardson Cafe
HOTEL
Richardson Cafe
Brookhart urges Dawes removal amid Coolidge clash
Iowa Senator Smith W Brookhart demanded the resignation of Charles G Dawes as he attacked President Coolidge and Dawes in Emmetsburg and Des Moines. The Republican central committee reported Brookhart bolted from the party with his public statements while continuing to back Coolidge Dawes and the Republican ticket.
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Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Iowa Republican Central Committee
Mr. Dawes
Sapp's Farewell Recital At Meharry Hall
John Browning Sapp, DePauw graduate, presents a farewell violin recital at Meharry Hall on Tuesday Oct 7. He soon goes to New York to compete for Juilliard Foundation fellowships worth 1000 or 1200 dollars. Esther Green accompanies. program includes Bruch Violin Sonata and Dvorak Slavonic Dance among others.
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John B. Sapp
DePauw Music School
Sapp
New York City
Juilliard Music Foundation
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Meharry Hall
John Browning Sapp
Esther Alice Green
Dawes under fire as Brookhart targets vice presidential spot
The piece attacks General Dawes as autocratic and anti labor while linking him to the Lorimer bank failure and Pure Oil. It notes Brookhart’s charge of Dawes as a plutogog and argues Democrats won t support dropping him from the Republican ticket despite opposition. It ends by citing a campaign book line about office worth and officials.
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Brookhart
Dawes
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Lorimer
Pure Oil Company
Senatee
Gen. Dawes
President Coolidge
Fall
Forbes
Daugherty
Denby
Roosevelt, Jr
Slemp
Salvation Army a Refuge for Homeless Girls
Continued report outlines Salvation Army efforts to protect exposed girls and prevent their downfall. It notes the bureau searches for responsible parties and urges expansion into rural districts to shield expectant mothers from criminal influences.
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Salvation Army
Big Oyster Stew and Fry Report in Norfolk Area
A brief notice notes Norfolk oysters featured in a big oyster stew and a large oyster fry event. The item emphasizes the use of Norfolk oysters in both dishes and highlights local seafood sourcing.
Local Poultry and Produce Quotations Reported
Saturday's Quotations list Poultry and Produce prices reported to the Green castle Herald by Haven Brothers Poultry Company. The item notes Leghorn Springs and other entries with cryptic figures and jargon, followed by a political note that Secretary Wilbur joined a club for which the President is a life member, while former secretaries Fall and Denby remain active and Harry Daugherty was expelled for talking.
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Greencastle Herald
Haven Brothers Poultry Company
SIGUE
Maroc Chong
Ibs
Ecs
Howelee
Leghorn Springs
Hs RS Erie Sr Esceecs
EEO
Wilbur
Coolidge Club
Fall and
Denby
Harry Daugherty
Mexico Inspires Pragmatic Verse Says American Poet
An American author, seasoned in Mexico, argues that Mexican culture honors poets yet prizes the patriot over the poet. He recalls a Mexican official asserting poets write well but cling to traditional imagery like nightingales while neglecting native terms such as cuit lacoche zeutzontl cocomitl and yoloxochitl.
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Mexico
Odd Epitaphs Seen in Old Graveyards
A Kansas City Star piece recalls humorous and punning grave markers seen in old graveyards. Epitaphs include Henry Long I still live, James Maguire dead I own up to it, Walkers Particles, Fullers earth, Finis Maginnis, and witty couplets about widows and tavern keepers.
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Henry Long
Massachusetts
James Maguire
Doctor Walker
Walker
Doctor Fuller
Iit
Arabella Young
Jonathan Oakes
Zion
Kansas City Star
Irish Attorney Joins Volunteer Lawyers Corps Amid Troubles
An Irish attorney, described as very lame, moves to participate in military preparations in Ireland. He contemplates joining the lawyers' corps and follows the camp. Curran jokes that he would halt the moment orders arrive, illustrating doubt about discipline.
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Ireland
John Philpot Curran
Curran
Mr. Curran
Hand-reared trout travel by rail to English streams
Baby trout from Cumberland and Northumberland hatcheries travel by rail to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire waters. Ranging from ten weeks to two years old and four to ten inches long, the tame fish feed from the hand during transit and become wild after a month in their new waters, supplying sport for anglers.
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Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Cumberland
Northumberland
London
Calcium the common metal in earth and in limestone
The article notes calcium as the earth’s most abundant element by mass, not iron, and explains why it is underused. It describes calcium as light and workable but hard to isolate from ores, and to rapidly form slaked lime when exposed to moisture. It mentions calcium’s price as about twenty times that of gold.
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London
Saving Window Shade
A simple method to double the life of a window shade is described. Remove the shade from the roller top and hem the end, then move the stick from the bottom hem into the new hem. Cut off the old bottom hem and attach the raw edge to the roller. The formerly bottom portion becomes the top and when drawn down half the window, a clean shade appears.
Modern Midas Representative Mudd Comments on Dubious Politician
The Minneapolis Tribune reports Representative Mudd of Marylane criticizing a politician as dubious. In a hotel lobby two senators discuss his quasi-prosperous spells with sharp bars on touch turning to value and a light joke about a ten-spot.
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Mudd
Marylane
Minneapolis Tribune
Meat and fish main dishes from a historic kitchen
A guide to wholesome meals using meat with vegetables and assorted seafood methods. It describes Bird's Wheest nests with mashed potato and steak sauce, a roast pig with force meat and gravy, and fish scallop with mashed potato spirals topped with browned potatoes.
Oxford led Arctic expedition to explore North Eastland
An Oxford led expedition plans to start a five week northern reach of North Eastland, a 90 mile square island northeast of Spitzbergen. Previous attempts by Nordenskiöld in 1878 and a 1912 German expedition ended without success. A specially designed seaplane with closed cabin and collapsible boat will aid the mission, carried on two vessels: an 800 ton Norwegian whaler and a Norwegian sealing sloop. George Binney, who led last year's Oxford party, heads the effort.
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Oxford University
England
North Eastland
Spitzenbergen
Nordenskiold
George Binney
Oxford
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