Corn Borer Exhibit Prompts Local Awareness Drive
The Illinois Central Soil and Legume Special will tour the county carrying a Corn Borer Exhibit led by Dr. Flint of the University of Illinois. The piece urges immediate action to combat the European Corn Borer, touted as the gravest menace to American agriculture, and invites all residents to visit the agricultural train to learn to identify and swarm the pest. The notice calls for farmers and civic groups to join the campaign and meet the Bandit Corn Borer on Saturday morning April 2, 1927, from 9:50 to 12 noon.
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Illinois Central
Flint
University of Illinois
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Army of Fighters
Swat
Temple cleansing cited in Christian Science Sunday Lesson
The March 20 Lesson-Sermon topic Matter cites Psalm 46 10 and Matthew 21 12 14 where Jesus drives out buyers in the temple and heals the blind and lame. It also quotes Science and Health noting that tyranny and pride must be whipped from the temple and divine science welcomed today.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Jesus
God
House of Prayer
Mary Baker Eddy
Patoka Hardware Ad Sells Long Flue Oil Stove
Mrs. Dave Troyer has been reported quite sick for several days. A three burner long flue oil stove is offered at a special price of $15.00 by Patoka Hardware.
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Porter B. Simcox
Springfield
Cecil D. Martins
Brick White
Greenville
Parker Kious
Martins
T. W. Walker
Vernon
Claud Smith
Chicago
Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Brown Gray
Edwardsville
Patoka
O. A
Port Simcox
J. W. Delassus
Martinsville
Walter Parks
E. M. Davidson
Carrigan Township
Sandoval
Denver Adams
Centralia
Denver
J. L. Parks
Tom Stephens
Virginia Parks
Wichita Falls
Texas
Nellie Lee
Central Hotel
W. GC
Pugh
Ae Donna
Cliff
Trath
John. W. Epps
Vernons
Ducomb
Sherman
Walter Adams
Lisle Gray
Decatur
John Roth
Graham Paper Company
St. Louis
Dave Troyer
Patoka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Boosting Edition Proposed by Local Merchants
Local business leaders urge a Home Town Booster Edition of the Patoka Register next week. They note advertisers fund the weekly paper and urge each store to buy space, arguing outsiders would buy only if given access and urging consistent support from Centralia firms.
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Register
Centralia
Patoka
Music sparks political dispute in Bengal province
Washington reports controversy over Hindu music near mosques in Bengal. The province, larger than Kansas with a population rivaling New York and many languages, faces a Muslim-Hindu power balance. Calcutta and Sundarbans loom large with jute exports and vast river networks shaping daily life.
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Washington
Bengal
India
Kansas
Bay of Bengal
Himalayas
New York State
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Michigan
Idaho
Ganges
Sundarbans
Calcutta
Lises
Hooghly River
Assam
Hooghly
Dundee
Scotland
Detroit
His Rocket to Moon Ends in Blast in Lancaster
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Thomas Mitchell, a seventeen year old Franklin and Marshall College freshman, was injured while mixing two strong chemicals in a home laboratory causing an explosion. He had toyed with building a rocket to reach the moon during the past two years. Glasses saved his eyes as flames burned his face and hand. his mother found him semiconscious.
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Lancaster
Thomas Mitchell
Franklin and Marshall College
Mitchell
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Dinosaur tracks found near North Branford by Yale professors
Yale professors have uncovered six inch dinosaur tracks in sandstone while dam construction reveals tracks dating back millions of years in North Branford Connecticut. The discovery highlights a preserved trail of ancient life within the building area.
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North
Branford
Conn
Yale
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C. T. Malan
Terre Haute
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Christian Science Churches
Ervin Satinsky
University of Pennsylvania
REX Motor Company
Salem, Illinois
Maidan
Howrah
Darjeeling
Himalaya
Altom’s
Bulletin Pring
Pisece Suv
Vargas
NCCU
Vlalucs
Ucbu
Inofulern
Ducinay
Asa
Vay
MALLY
Vminivin DE
Pera
Paad
Peromad
Imanel
Olle Nall Price
Sioux City
Ferry
J. Altom & Son
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