Ice Cream Social Benefit Ad At Patoka City Park
WANTED-ADS seek 1000 attendees for an ice cream social on May 29 at Patoka City Park to benefit Bear Creek Cemetery. Also listed are a 1939 Ford truck for 400 dollars, stock for dead and disabled animals, a grain drill, an ice box and a freezer, and an Emmerson electric fan in useable order. Contacts include Henry Carter and Tom Ballance Patoka and Elsie B Gray.
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Patoka City ‘Park
Bear Creek Cemetery
Mack
Henry Carter
Emmerson
Elsie B. Gray
Harrison Cemetery Notice for Working Session
A notice states a cemetery work day at Harrison on Saturday May 29. All interested are requested to be present. Treasurer H. B. Gerish signs the notice.
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Harrison Cemetery
Harrison Ceme
Reed
H. B. Gerish
For Rent Pasture Land and Veg Cake Sale Notice
FOR RENT 60 acres pasture with good fences shade and water H N Potts Patoka. We need 2500 hungry people to eat home made cake and ice cream at the Vernon Gym on Friday evening May 28 6 o clock. The W S C S Rew.
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H. N. Potts
Patoka
Vernon Gym
W.S.C.S
Make Soil Better Blotter for Rain With Organic Matter
Chicago farmers are urged to improve soil by conservation to boost organic matter and reduce runoff. The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee says rain stored in soils can lift corn yields by 10 to 15 bushels and lists practices such as deep rooted legumes lime soil tests contour farming and returning manure and crop residues.
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Chicago
Middle West
Profit Defined as Use of Tools in American Industry
The piece argues profit should be seen as the portion of the sales dollar spent on tools for production. It notes Americans’ rising tool value, driven by savings and investment, and warns that taxation and poor policies reduce tool investment. It cites 1946 profits at 5 cents per dollar, urging focus on tool-based incentives and capital formation.
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America
Wanger
Plastic Diaper Cover Saves Washing for Babies
Mrs. Robert C. Miller describes an easy to make plastic diaper cover from shower curtain material. She explains cutting a 40 inch fabric, doubling pieces to 13 by 18.5 inches, sewing edges, and threading tapes to tie at the sides. The cover fits over the diaper, keeps sleepers and rompers clean, and reduces laundry.
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Robert C. Miller
Capper
Farmer
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Mead Stock
Home Rendering Co
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Carroll Mojonnier
Tom Ballance
East ST. Louis-Rendering CO
Sandoval
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Eunice
Floyd Walker
Illinois
Raont. Borne Voll
Jesse James
Law
Tony
Killer Mickey Rooney
Briah Donlevy
Ann Blyth
James Dunn
Sam Levine
Mickey Rooney
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Jac
Sie
Washington
Milnot
Patoka, Illinois
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