Unusual Bargains and Local Personal News
Unusual bargains in used machines and signs advertised by Symons Hardware Co. Local residents share holiday travels and visits, including E. S. Fike and family returning from Chicago, Mrs. Fidelia Hollingsworth's indefinite Chicago visit, and Mrs. Kendall’s improving condition at a sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symons Hardware Coo
E. S. Fike
Edwin Jester
Eloise
Chicago
Wallace Jessup
J. E. Kendall
Clark and Blake Sanitarium
Indianapolis
Symons Hardware CO
Notice of Administration in Hendricks County
Goldie M. Maxwell, administratrix of the estate of Horace E B Maxwell, deceased, appointed by the Hendricks Circuit Court. The estate in Hendricks County Indiana is claimed solvent. Dated December 20 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Hendricks County
Indiana
Horace EB. Maxwell
Goldie M. Maxwell
Face warmth in cold weather and sensory adaptation
The text explains why faces feel less cold in cold weather due to sensory adaptation of temperature nerves. It compares barefoot exposure and facial coverings, noting how habitual conditions alter perceived cold and heat.
Ghosts that Really Live in the Writing World
The piece discusses professional ghosts who edit, finish, and embellish others work. It notes painters, minor authors, and historians who hire ghostwriters to supply information or craft endings and dramatic effects, shaping celebrated works behind the scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Indians Welcome at Miami in Seasonal Seminole Camp
Visitors to Miami enjoy the Seminole Indians in the Everglades and along the Miami river. A winter camp near the city hosts 30 to 50 people living in thatched huts around a central campfire. The tribe is described as peaceful and rarely troublesome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Everglades
Miani
Miami River
House Wren Chooses Odd Nests and Bold Homes
The house wren, playful and busy, selects unconventional nesting sites. It uses hollow branches, knots in posts, old hats, pots, and even copper containers. The bird adapts to cluttered human spaces, often occupying forgotten clothing or rooftop receptacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Wren
Gandhi portrays nonviolence as cure for empire strikes
British leaders fear Gandhi's nonviolent campaign could cripple exports and tax revenue. Syed Hossain describes Gandhi as a mild 52 year old who condemns violence as a mortal sin and favors passive resistance and boycotts to topple British rule in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Popular Government League
Syed Hossian
Mahatma Ghandi
Hossian
India
Orient
Ghandi
John Bull
Colonel Wedgewood
Hessian
Shell carries message device for coded artillery system
Carlo Serra of New York demonstrates a patented message carrying shell and receiving station. The shell fires from any gun or by compressed air and uses entangling pins to latch onto a wall mounted receiving station with spring buffers. The hollow shell interior carries the message and the stations withstand the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo Serra
New York
Giant squid legends tied to Norway’s kraken tale
New York Evening Post reports scientists locate giant squids in Norwegian habitats where folklore of a monster spreads. Dr James Ritchie cites a 80 foot tentacle span specimen and a body nearly ten feet long with 14 foot tentacles, linking legends to Architeuthus.
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Norway
James Ritchie
Royal Scottish Museum
New York Evening Post
Living Game in Forests Elevates Recreation Value
For Living Game. Hunting and outdoor life attract sportsmen and drive forest use for recreation. A vital yet often overlooked point is the value of living animals in the landscape, seen by visitors during their life, which outweighs the value of dead animals in the recreation scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Forestry Magazine
X Ray Solves Theft Case in County Inquiry
An X ray of a woman's stomach helped county authorities recover a $1200 diamond ring, leading to custody actions for Eva Hammond who was arrested after a dance night theft last October. A tip from Hammond’s dancing partner prompted the X ray examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wye
Purcell
Eva Hammond
Suffragist Faces Citizenship Test Hurdle
A deaf suffragist sat for a citizenship class for the first time and answered the standard questions with effort. She struggled on the occupation item, then calmly declared she was a second wife, prompting the attendant to press.
Death Takes Man Watching by Bier New York
The body of Abraham Berger, sixty, was found kneeling beside the coffin of Albert Rosenblatt. The medical examiner ruled Berger’s death from heart disease. Crowds gathered, discussing superstition and folklore surrounding the scene.
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New York
Abraham Berger
Albert Rosenblatt
Berger
Forest chief warns 80 million acres idling timber supply
Col. W. B. Greeley of the forest service travels from California to Washington warning that more than 80,000,000 acres of forest land in the United States have been denuded or underused. He urges turning idle land into timber-growing areas to avoid future shortages and notes high domestic lumber use and per capita consumption. He cites needs for railroad ties, repairs on farms, and industrial wood demand driving an urgent shift to wood growing.
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Portland
Ore
Col. W. B. Greeley
The
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Mather Field
Cal
Forest Fire Conference
Colonel Greeley
United States
France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Ecutover
Ana
Mississippi Valley
Miss Sadie Offerman Wins Case Against Brother Thief
In Tacoma Washington Miss Sadie Offerman testified she saved earnings from a New York garment factory and pursued her brother Sam Offerman in Superior Court where a jury found him guilty of theft. She described returning to Tacoma to prosecute him after a quarrel and a trunk mix up at his home. The trunk sent to New York allegedly contained cardboard instead of her clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Sadie Offerman
Sam Offerman
New York
France Is Second In Wheat Production
Winnipeg report shows France ranked second in world wheat production behind the United States and ahead of Canada. U.S. produced 740,685,000 bushels, France 315,689,000, and Canada 294,388,000. The figures come from the International Institute of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
France
International Institute of “Agriculture
United States
Canada
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Infield Messenger
Plainfield
Ainfield, Mnd
Jenger Printing Co
Pass. Las
Tuer
Pescuan
A. M. Davis
Jeff Miles
Mooresville
Dorothy L. Roe
Evanston
Mrs
Otis Kirtley
Mary Blain
Miss“idna New
Her Brother
Edgar New
Co. E. Barker
Ernest Heringlake
Will, Heringlake
Everett Newlin
Ira M. Holsclaw
Lebanon
Donald P. Little
Oregon
California
Mrs. T. H. Little
Mabel Ellis
Nona Calbert
Mrs. Walter Mercer
Clinton Witty
Center Point
Walter Witty
Horace L. Hanna
Florida
All India
SHELL
Death
Bier
Washington Court
Our
Franklin Grocery
Marlin & McHargue
First National Bank
Resources
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
U.S
U. S&s
Total
State of
Hendricks
G. Pixs
C. G. Prxs
G.G. Cumberworth
B. W. Anderson
OC. M. Havens
W. H.matrrern
Eae
L. Kinfey
Fred Hall
Clayton Mooresville
Hazelwood
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