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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows names of state officers and candidates for White County offices including treasurer auditor clerk of court and prosecuting attorney. Also cites a patriotic wartime broadside asserting American unity and duty. The readable text blends political slate with a pro American message from the era.
A fragmentary discussion extols Americanism as a safeguard of liberty and national unity. It argues representative democracy as a beacon of freedom, with the federal constitution described as the ark of American liberty and a lasting temple of equal rights. The text laments alien influences and stresses devotion to constitutional sovereignty.
Report from a Central Department track and field meet at Camp Grant notes athletes from 1st, 6th and 7th divisions of the TLS Army and other posts competed for national trials entry at Otherforvard Stadium. Participants included Obie names and Doughhey amid a field indicating contenders and outcomes.
Instructions advise watering house plants with a copper on glass spa pot and spray from above to cleanse leaves. It suggests watering all leaves evenly, preventing water from damaging carpets or floors with a catch beneath large plants and notes that natural water is best.
A fragment recalls a captain punishing a cook with three days of pain buried in old naval slang. The admiral, angered by the punishment, called the commander to the quarterdeck and praised the cook as uniquely valuable.
The committee at Lafayette Fairgrounds reports arrangements completed for a record crowd amid advance ticket sales. The program includes four auto races, a five mile match race, a ten mile open event, a ten mile state championship and a ten mile free for all with twenty cars entered. Auto Polo between races, jazz, fireworks by American Italian Fireworks Company, and a World War Veterans endorsement. Admission is free for automobiles and a single ticket covers both attractions. fireworks night features forty events. If rain, event moves to Saturday July 10th.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of White County Indiana appoints Chester Wickersham administrator of the estate of Armanda Wickerham, late of White County, deceased. The estate is stated as solvent. Notice dated June 12 1920.
In a dramatic act a female cochineal insect dies after laying a large number of eggs. Her body then rests over the eggs to shield them from the sun’s rays until the hatchlings emerge.
Wanted Pennsylvania System Northwestern Region seeks forosites. contact To Bo Thomas at Insurance Espehance Building Chicago Illinois. Hire notice seeks man and wife to dive out during harvest. inquire Mrs Marggert on Railroad Street Monti cho. Monticello hire desired. Peter J Haught Jr. FOR SALE OR TRADE Ford cars 1918 1918 1915 1919 in good condition. also buy second hand Fords via Joseph Gilsinger Son Buffalo Ind. $8-t1
Symptoms of kidney disorder described with back weakness and dull ache after colds. Patient reports difficulty bending and lifting, with knife like back pains. Mentions Dean's Kidney Pills providing temporary relief.
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