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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
4
The article notes Eben Babb intends to abandon the old trade and begin operating buses and chimney cleaning services after ordering the necessary implements. Hew Win McCorkie of Idaville attends to George Bradford estate final settlement as administrator.
Between Chalmers and Reynolds on Wednesday December 8 1920 a farm sale begins at 10 30 am. Items include 4 head of horses all prime with one black and three bay mares and a brood mare. 100 head of hogs including ten sows with pigs and a grade boar. From dairy stock one Jersey and one Holstein cow. Poultry includes Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks with hens and ducks and good breeding stock.
Fragmented OCR entry lists gear like plows seeders and manure spreaders along with prices and credit terms. Mentions Timothy hay Clover hay and various implements. dense garbled phrases obscure full meaning. No clear event or named entities beyond generic farm items.
Records from 15 Benton County farmers with the county association and County Agent M. Derrick show an average oat producing cost of 62.4 cents per bushel. I S Robertson of Purdue argues costs include seeds, fertilizer, manure, land, machinery, storage, and labor but exclude marketing. Lower cost groups yielded more per acre and used more fertilizer and manure, while higher costs linked to less favorable inputs.
In a Missouri town a Chautauqua tent rises as two cars race onto the grounds. Drivers jump out shouting they want the confines to furnish meat for the animals, creating a tense moment for the manager and preparing a peculiar Youth's Companion connection.
A crowded provincial town political meeting hears a heckler cry for six pennyworth of sense during the parliamentary candidate's speech. The speaker stops briefly, but the chairman quickly replies that the man has nothing to put it in.
A fashionably dressed woman tells a tramp to stay away and rejects his offer. He retorts he only meant a little touch for a dollar, revealing a tense brief confrontation in the street.
An old line ad promoting RAT-SNAP for killing rats and lice, touting no mixing, convenient cakes, and no hand dirtying. Mentions Bowman Hro and Riches Pierson Smith as distributors with price 65 cents and 225 dollars, MO-14 sives.
Local ad spot offers the Herald as the largest circulation paper in White County, inviting businesses to boost visibility across the region.
A fragmentary note hints at a literary event titled Livre with mention of a contest and potential readings. Readers await clearer details as organizers prepare a schedule and prize information.
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