Kingman items highlight sale land and local travels
For sale 27.14 acres in southwest Kingman with orchard and house offered cheap if taken soon. Also surfaced: Guy Bales avoids serious injury after a Kingman Hardware Co Indian motorcycle mishap. Cal and Mrs Sanders visit from Hanford. C M Spencer family and others travel to Sikeston for a week with acquaintances. Ross Irwin leaves for Terre Haute to enter state normal.
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Kingman
T. M. Jackson
Ind
Guy Bales
Kingman Hardware Co
Guy
A Humorous Alderman Tricks Council With Hidden Bills
At a council meeting facing multiple contracts the alderman pulled banknotes from his own book, then watched others pretend to flip pages. The staged stunt, a clever scam, aimed to expose suspicion as each member searched their own volumes for cash.
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Council
Seaweed Forecast as Future Popular Food Across Regions
French scientists cite seaweed as a rising staple with Japan already using it widely. Brittany and northern France peasants harvest large amounts, Iceland moss among locals. Corsican doctors prescribe it for goiter while gelatins and alkalies give it medicinal value for indigestion.
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Japan
Brittany
France
Corsica
Clever Baby Observation by a Rochester Doctor
A Rochester physician recalls a young mother boasting of her baby's intelligence and abilities. She demonstrates by lifting the child and claims to observe how intelligently he breathes, illustrating maternal pride beyond others.
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Rochester
Lippincott
Another Privilege Gone in Parcel Post Debate
Hi Peters notes Hank Winters fuming over a new parcel post rule. Winters complains it ends his trips to town to buy butter for his city-bound son, claiming the government is changing things too much.
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Hank Winters
Peters
Fragmented Exchange on Change Across the House
A short dialogue captures a joke about taking change in silver and hiding it in pockets to avoid jingling in front of a wife. The exchange hints at humor and domestic life.
Weather Prophet Praised by Farmer in Almanac
A farmer, Corntessel, notes a weather prophet in an almanac stands out for predicting more good weather than rivals. He says he has compared all forecasts and finds this man most reliable.
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Farmer Corntessel
Objections Mention Installment Plan Prompted Refusal
The remarks suggest Mayme objects to Jim entering her home citing dislike of the installment plan as a key reason.
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Mayme
Jim
Dialog on Phrasing and Execution in Pantomime
A quoted exchange centers on a piano performance described as an execution for killing time. The dialogue contrasts literal and metaphorical phrasing in a theatrical or media context.
Urges More Dairying In Indiana To Cut Food Costs
Purdue bulletin urges expanding milk production as a low cost source of animal protein. It compares milk to loin steak, noting 1.5 quarts equal one pound of steak in protein and cost 12 cents at 8 cents per quart, promoting milk as ideal for children and invalids. It cites milk shortages last summer and Indiana’s favorable soil and climate for dairying, urging farmers to shift toward dairy farming as a profitable, intensive agricultural path. It also mentions a cement industry idea repurposing waste slate with limestone and Portland cement mixtures.
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Purdue University Experiment Station
Indiana
Clays Shales and Slate Geological Portrait and Waste
Clays originate from older rock decay with silica and alumina, often iron oxide lime magnesia and alkali. Shales are clays hardened by pressure, fire clays from Coal Measures, and slate is a shale form with parallel cleavage. Slate’s local importance as Portland cement material is noted, with 75 to 90 percent of quarried slate wasted in splitting and dressing.
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County
Real estate transfers reported for Fountain County list multiple deeds filed for record. Transactions include Jennie E Sterns and husband to T J White in Kingman for 150 dollars and Belle B Lucas to Sophronia Bove in Millcreek township for 7300 dollars with other minor transfers in Covington Hillsboro Attica and Yeddo varying from 1 to 500 dollars.
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Fountain
O. S. Douglas
Covington
Ind
Jennie E. Sterns & Husb
T J. White
Kingman
Belle B. Lucas & Husb
Sophronia Bove
A. Millcreek
For Sale 37 Acres West of Harveysburg
Property listing offers 37 acres of land for sale located 1144 miles west of Harveysburg. Seller identified as Irs Ira Maris of Montezume Indiana.
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Harveysburg
Irs
Ira Maris
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Grismore
Drake
Ratcliffs Meat Market
Hudson’s City Restaurant
Blue Front
A. Dickens
C. C. Carter
Calvin Sanders
M. Spencer
Wm. Ephlin
Ruby Ephlin
Sikeston
J. W. Black
Ras Ratcliff
Ross Irwin
Terre Haute
State Normal
Countries
Goodby
H. P. McCrary
Ira Livengood & Husb
D. McKee & Wf. S
Hillsboro
Sarah E. Vice & Husb
T W. Gleanes
A. L. Ratcliff & Wf
C. L. Steinbaugh
P. Kingman
R. Samuels & Wf
Lewis N. Samuels
A. Fulton
J. W. Fewry
R. Samuels
John B. Samuels
Delbert R. Thornton
Mary E. Babb
Harland Darvey
A. D. Mann
Boston
C. L. WoOd
James W. Bonebrake
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