Indiana News Briefs Highlight Tax, Roads and Local Events
Indiana items report the state tax board’s final 1921 session, road work contracts near Ligonie r and new rural education department head J L Mcbrien at Terre Haute. News from Gary Laporte Danville North Salem and Indianapolis covers streetcar costs, golden anniversaries, drought beet yields, beverage and school health notes, Grange meetings, and National Guard mobilization.
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Aporte
Laporte County
Columbus
Gary
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Gary Street Railway Company
Laporte
L. B. Frame
W. M. Goodwin
Goodwin
Frame
Indianapolis
Ligonier
State Highway Commission
State Department
Indiana State Normal School
Terre Haute
J. L. McBrien
Washington, D. C
L. N. Hines
Normal School
Frankfort
Clinton County
W.P. Gleason
Indiana Association of Park Departments
James H. Lowry
Adolph Schrmidt
Evansville
R. E. Elbel
South Bend
George A. Gluick
Carl Paalmeister
Oscar Dix
Terre Traute
Indianapoli
Purdue University
Lesh
Indiana
McCray
Danville
North Salem
Eel River Township
Here
Prepare Garden Late in Summer for Spring Planting
The U S Department of Agriculture urges fall garden prep and soil protection. Clean up garden debris to prevent pests, then plow or spade and apply horse manure to improve soil, enabling earlier spring planting and earlier harvests of peas beets lettuce and onions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Strong Appeal for Healthy Cattle in Tuberculosis Fight
The United States Department of Agriculture urges dairy farmers to use tuberculin testing as the most reliable method to detect tuberculosis. Veterinarians warn that healthy appearing cattle may hide infection and can pass disease via milk, underscoring the need for trained operators and careful campaigns.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Putting Plow Away In Full
When you store your plow for the season apply axle grease to the point and moldboard and seal with dry dust. The dust keeps the grease from drying out and reduces future scouring when plow time returns.
Manure Increases Clover Yield In Iowa Trials
Cool spring and early freeze let Iowa State experiments show barnyard manure boosts clover. Plots manured once per rotation tripled the stand versus unfertilized plots. Eight tons per acre were applied with stronger leaf surface and root growth. Adding phosphorus with manure produced even taller, more vigorous plants.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
CARE FOR LATE VEGETABLES
The article explains storing late vegetables for profit, using existing basements or outbuildings as storage, or building outdoor cellars. It notes outdoor pits or banks can preserve root crops with no cash outlay beyond labor.
Sheep as Scavengers Do Not Make Profitable Flocks
The article argues that while sheep can work as soil renovators and eat waste, a profitable mutton flock requires moving beyond the scavenger mindset. A shepherd must genuinely care for the animals and provide the best possible nutrition and meticulous management to avoid ongoing troubles.
Submarine R-6 Sinks in San Pedro Harbor
The R-6 of the Pacific fleet sank at night in San Pedro harbor after water flooded through an open torpedo tube. Three crewmen are believed drowned, and a sailor cut mooring hawsers to prevent further loss as divers search the harbor floor. An inquiry will probe the disaster.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Fleet
San Pedro
Los Angeles Examiner
J. Dreffen
Spaulsberg
California
Inxaminer
Navy
Navy Department
Washington
Eberle
San Diego
Camden
Naval
Trolley Pole Fatalities Shock Kingston Students
Four school children died when a trolley pole detached from a car serving their routes in Kingston Massachusetts on September 28. The feed wire broke causing electrocution as they jumped off the car. the vehicle then caught fire but other youngsters inside escaped serious injury.
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Kingston
Mass
King Constantine Arrives in Athens for Victory Prayers
King Constantine reaches Athens from Brusa with Crown Prince George and Prince Nicholas, escorted by Minister of War Theotokis. He receives public welcome and goes to the cathedral to attend prayers for the success of the Greek armies.
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Greece
Athens
Constantine
Brusa
George
Nicholas
Theotokis
Emma Goldman to Return to United States
Emma Goldman plans to leave Russia for the United States in November, saying a Moscow dispatch notes she has found less liberty in Russia than in her home country of America.
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Emma Goldman
Riga
United States
Moscow
Russia
Americas
Hard Lines in Philadelphia Ledger Excerpt
A zlove counter girl with red hair laments unfair treatment of a ship from England. She notes the vessel crossed the Atlantic in four days, ran nonstop, and still faced docking delays upon arrival, reflecting public frustration with maritime handling.
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Zlove
England
Atlantic
Retail Ledger
Philadelphia
Lost Lure of Titles and War-Time Guests
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt quotes a seaside hotel owner lamenting business as he ponders attracting guests. The publicity man proposes Noble foreigners as draw cards, but postwar suspicion shrinks their appeal.
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Seashore Hotel
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Hoosier News
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Hartford City
Blackford County
Will Shimer
State Board of Health
Indiana State Grange
Sherman J. Lowell
New York
National Grange
Rushville
Indiana National Guard
Indiana Regiment
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Charles Kettleborough
State Bureau of Legislative Information
Portland
C. O. Mitchell
R. C. Julien
Julien
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Federation
Indiana Federation of the National Convention of Farmers’ Associations
Atlanta
Govenor
State Highway Department
White River
Northwestern Avenue
Board of Park Commissioners
Richard Lieber
State Departement of Conservation
Star City
Glendora
Vandalia
Kentland
Orchard Lake Farm
Crawfordsville
Wabash College
U. S
Asolin
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