Public Sale Off Farm at Whitman Farm Near Monticell
Owner offers at public sale at his Whitman farm residence starting 11 o clock sharp. Sale includes horses and mules, cows and hogs, sows with pigs, Holstein cattle, farm equipment, wagons, cultivators, plows, implements, and farm stock. Terms: cash under 10, credit 11 months with note, 2 percent discount for cash. no removal until paid. Goose given away after sale. lunch not provided. Addressed to buyers from surrounding area including Reyn olds Monon Monticell Guernsey.
Auctioneers Frank Plumb Adam Winyard and Harry Bridge
Auctioneers Frank Plumb Adam Winyard and Harry Bridge handled the sale with D. McCuaig as clerk.
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Adam Winyard
Harry Bridge
D. McCuaig
White County Board of Commissioners Sealed Bids
The White County Board of Commissioners announces a bid letting for the county’s furnishing and supplies for the inmates and county poor farm. Bids are due with audit and verification, to be opened by the superintendent on a specified date in December 1921, with terms including price, place, and delivery conditions. Named items include house furnishings and general supplies.
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White Country
Diana
Psall Pac Davitor
Board of Commissoners
White County
Indiana
Auditor's
Said County
Othe Court House
Aya Materi
Auiditors
County seeks bids for 1922 stationery supplies
White County Indiana Board of Commissioners call for sealed bids to furnish blank books stationery and supplies for 1922. Proposals due December 28 1921 at the Auditor's office in Monticello. Bid forms must show prices per item with totals and comply with stated paper bindings and quality standards.
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Oye
Im Sa Do
White Courts
Indiana
Osaid
Othe Board of Corissioners
Byron
Wheaton
Brown
Crane
Eye
Measierdla
Tvo
Tvo Ondernd Teed
Shell
Bid Notice for 1922 Fuel On Court House and Farm
The Board will receive bids until 12 noon December 28 1921 for fuel including hard chunk wood 18 inch or cord and city wood for the Court House Jury and County Farm. Bids may cover any or all items. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Board of Commissioners of
White County
Indiana
Public Sale Listings Highlighted by Herald Notes
It will pay you to list your public sale with the Herald and avoid conflicts with other sales in your neighborhood. The notice urges timely placement to secure attention and reduce scheduling clashes among nearby auctions.
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the Herald
Nitrogen Losses in Midwest Soils Highlight Need for Conservation
Purdue studies across 31 Indiana localities show cropped soils losing 27 percent of nitrogen, versus about 10 percent for phosphorus and potash. Over 32 years without fertilizer, nitrogen declined by about 25 percent on wheat plots, with greater losses in corn due to nitrification. Lime phosphate and potash boost legume crops, supplying nitrogen indirectly until more legumes regrow.
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Purdue
Indiana
Purdue Experiment Station
Mid-West
Middle West
Tecumes
Christ candle movement spreads Christmas light to homes
John H. Stedman of Rochester proclaims a Christ-candle tradition inviting households to light a Christmas Eve candle. He cites Irish, Norwegian, and Swedish customs and notes Rochester’s growing participation, with reach spreading across a 49 mile radius and inspiring homes from Wisconsin to Florida.
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Rouur
John H. Stedman
Rochester
Emerald Isle
Norway
Sweden
Boston
Wisconsin
Maine
California
Florida
The Truer Things of Life and Public Sale Note
A reflective piece argues for a return to simple values and a new birth of goodness amid modern change. It references Christmas and human and divine confidence and urges readers to seek deeper human satisfaction. The item also notes a recipe for a butter and oat cookie and a reminder to list sale dates in the Herald.
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James KF. Freeman
Last of the Twelve Days Epiphany Celebrated Longer
The article explains Epiphany was once celebrated with Christmas on January 6 as the end of the Twelve Days. Early church fathers favored Epiphany the baptism of Jesus as the true birth, influencing the shift to December 25 for Nativity in the West while the East retained combined observances for longer.
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Jesus
Christ
God
Church of Jerusalem
The Gifts of the Season Reach From Many Lands
Eliza beth R. Wingsley notes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Christmas customs travel from around the world. Carols come from the Holy Land, trees from the East via Germany, Santa from Holland, stockings from France and Belgium, cards from England, with Christmas turkey as a distinctly American product in the season’s gifts.
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Elizabeth R. Wingsley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Holy Land
Germany
Santa Claus
Holland
France
Belgium
England
The Invention of Christmas Greeting Cards
The article notes greeting cards as a modern Christmastide custom. It credits three men Edward Bradley known as Cuthbert Bede J Horsley R A and W C T Dobson R A with inventing or popularizing the practice. Bede printed a card in 1845 and Newcastle printers followed in 1847. Horsley designed a card in 1846 for Sir Harry Cobes Summerly Print House Old Bond Street, with one thousand copies produced. Some authorities credit Dobson as the first in the field. Westminster Gazette.
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Edward Bradley
Cuthbert Bede
J. Horsley
R. A
W. C. T. Dobson
Newcastle Firma
J. €. Horsley
Harry Cobe
Summerly
Old Bond Street
Dobson
Westminster Gazette
Old Fashioned Doughnuts Recipe Copy
A nostalgic recipe describes making old fashioned doughnuts. It lists ingredients including sugar butter eggs milk soda salt nutmeg and cinnamon with flour to form a stiff dough. The dough rests 24 hours then is rolled cut fried and kept for a week for daily frying.
Prompt Settlement Amid Holiday Decorations
A playful exchange implies gratitude for help decorating a Christmas room. The speaker then invites the helper under the mistletoe to settle outstanding charges in a lighthearted, flirtatious tone.
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Jack
Beads Provide Affordable Gift for Youngsters
For youngsters, colored beads inspire creative kindergarten projects. A box of assorted colored glass beads offers an inexpensive, engaging gift idea suitable for classroom use and at home.
Early Days of Tobacco in England Narrated
The piece notes tobacco’s early foothold in England and its touted medical benefits. It mentions Raleigh’s ostentatious smoking and a popular belief in health among smokers. By 1614 about 7,000 tobacconists operated in and around London amid the era’s tobacco persecution.
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England
UC Tm
Raleigh
London
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