Notice For Bids To Contractors On Center Street Improvement
The Town of Plainfield Indiana invites sealed bids for Center Street improvement from the town south corporation line to the P C C and St L Railway right of way. Bids due June 12 1922 at 2 PM with affidavit and certified check 2.5 percent of the engineer's estimate. Bond and warranty required. bids may be rejected. Attest Town Clerk Ralph J Bly.
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Center Street
Plainfield
Indiana
Board of Trustees
Pp. C., Co. & St. L. Railway Company
General Assembly
State of
Charles N. Symons
George Longmire
William V. Stone
Vine Street
South Street
North Street
Vine Street Improvement Bids Sought by Plain Town Officials
The town invites proposals to improve Vine Street from South Street northward to 278 feet beyond North Street. Bids include guaranty for materials and work as required by the Munici amendatory acts. The Board reserves the right to reject bids. Ralph J. Bly, Town Clerk.
Ravages of Jim Crow in Spring Weighs Deterrents for Crows
The article uses satirical framing to discuss how farmers battle crop pests like crows and locusts with deterrents. It outlines methods from coal tar to strychnine paste for corn, cautions about legal and safety issues, and notes local regulation differences.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Jim
Jim Crow
Grass as balanced ration for dairy production
Pasture grass is described as a balanced ration among feeds, offering abundant natural nourishment. The text argues that plentiful, palatable forage can reduce milk and butterfat production costs.
Stories of Great Indians by Elmo Scot Watson
Elmo Scot Watson recounts Pontiac the Ottawa and his doomed plan to unite tribes against the white settlers. The narrative follows Pontiac’s bold 1763 attack around Detroit, betrayal by Catherine, French-English peace, and his eventual assassination by a Kaskaskia warrior in 1769.
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Elmo Scot
Watson
Opechancanough
King Philip
Little Turtle
Tecumseh
Pontiac
North America
Quebec
Detroit
Catherine
Gladwyn
Ottawa
Fort Chartres
England
France
Ilinois
Cahokia
Williamson
St. Louis
Napoleon
Tedyuskung Delaware Chief's Declaration of Independence
Tedyuskung, a Lenni Lenape leader, declared independence from the Six Nations around 1756 after Iroquois pressure. He earned a monument in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and later guided Delaware affairs, securing peace with the English and protecting the Ohio Valley before dying in a 1763 house fire tied to his drunken downfall.
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Tamaneund
Tammany
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Tedyuskung
Delaware and
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Easton
William Penn
John
Fort Allen
Corinne Griffith A Texan Star In Motion Pictures
Corinne Griffith praised as a leading beauty and fashion influence in film and society. The article notes her Mardi Gras queen title at eighteen and her status as a well gowned motion picture star. It shifts to a reader question on travel born from palmistry principles and defines two methods to predict voyages through lines on the hand.
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Corinne Griffith
New Orleans
Miss. Griffith
Miss Griffith
Luna
Jupiter
Thunder, Milk, and Humidity Cause No Sour Milk Change
The author argues thunder itself does not sour milk, since sound cannot drive chemical changes. Milk sours quickly in moist warm air, a condition often present during storms. Observers misattribute the souring to thunder, while it reflects humidity and air conditions. the same may occur after a warm rain.
Superiority of Purebred Livestock Shown by Inquiry
Purebred livestock shows about 40 percent higher earning power than scrubs. A 1921 U S Dept of Agriculture study of 25 000 breeding stock and 30 000 poultry from 525 owners found purebreds yield about 48 percent higher financial returns, with improvements due to better conformation, production, and earlier maturity.
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D. S. Burch
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Vision Experts Tackle Industry Losses From Defective Sight
In New York a large group of educators, industrialists, economists and eye specialists gathered to address the substantial losses in industry caused by defective vision. The meeting aimed to study causes and seek solutions to improve eye health and productivity among workers.
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New York
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the Plainfield Messenger
Messenger Printing Co., Publishers
Ind
Ralph J. Bly
Cornfield
Western Newspaper Union
Stories
Elmo Scott Watson
Your
Mary
John Kendrick Bangs
Earth
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