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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
2
World will to civilize faces resource desert regions
The article notes that large areas lack natural resources worth exploiting and suggests the world’s drive toward civilization will stall in such outlying portions.
Man’s bravery tied to knowing foe’s cowardice
A line notes that courage in battle or conflict can arise from understanding that the opponent may be driven by fear. It suggests insight into an adversary’s weakness informs heroic actions and composure under pressure.
County Judge and Minister in Trouble -Both Saved
An unsolicited letter from Judge Philip Jonler of Gray County Cimarron Kan and Rev W H Warner of Nanticoke Pa praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for heart trouble backaches and nerve pain. The ad urges readers to write for samples and to forward the notice to friends. It guarantees relief or money back and lists price and ordering options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Dodd
Philip Jonler
Gray County
Cimarron
Kan
W. H. Warner
Ridge St
Nanticoke
Cost Data Made Easy Farm Study of Enterprises
The United States Department of Agriculture reports major progress in cost studies for beef cattle wheat cotton rice potatoes and hogs. It notes 1000+ new farm business analysis records and wide Extension Service outreach with 20 000 farmers attending 800 management schools and 50 000 account books distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department
Central
Wheat Belt
Palouse
Sherman County
Oregon
Louisiana
Department Bulletin
United States
Survey Counts Barberry Areas in Fight Against Wheat Rust
The fifth year of barberry eradication reports 197 counties surveyed by the U S Department of Agriculture with Minnesota and Iowa aiding. 200 397 bushes found on 3 918 properties. 133 365 escaped on 830 farms. 729 721 removed from 6 408 properties. States have enacted removal laws. Montana, Colorado and Wyoming nearly finished original survey. Remaining counties total about 394 across ten states. Further rust spread investigations underline large losses tied to barberry bushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Iowa
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Lime injures Irish potatoes and how to prevent disease
The United States Department of Agriculture says lime promotes potato scab making potatoes unfit for use. Avoid liming potato rows and instead apply sulfur at 600 pounds per acre on heavy soils or 300 pounds per acre on light soils to reduce and partly prevent scab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Preparing Soil for Garden
The USDA says a gardener must spade soil carefully to optimal condition. Do not create large chunks or pound with a hoe. cut into thin spadeful slices to full depth and break up each piece. Use the spade edge to break clods and aim for uniform depth and thickness in every spadeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Plan to Transplant Small Trees
Plan outlines transplanting trees eight inches in diameter or less. Use a three-foot clearance trench from the trunk and lift with the ball of earth intact. Apply manure on frozen ground to ease digging and haul trees upright on a stone boat to the new site.
Timber to insure national forest supply, USDA says
The United States Department of Agriculture argues that using nontillable lands in the Mississippi valley and eastward for successive crops of timber would guarantee a steady forest product supply for national needs and help sustain rural communities in poor soil regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
United States Department of Agriculture
Local notes from Pulaski and surrounding areas
Harold Yarling takes over as agricultural agent in Pulaski County at Winamac with Pauline Walter retained for office work. Mrs Matilda Lidders dies after gas before lighting her range. Petersburg grand jury returns six liquor law indictments. Isaac Riddle pleads guilty and pays 100 fine. Northern Indiana Well Co. struggles to find water for Hartford City projects. one drilled well worthless, three tests fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Yarling
Pulaski County
Winamac
Pauline Walter
Northern Indiana Well Company
Hartford City
Former Indiana Governor James F. Goodrich Speaks on Russia
James F. Goodrich, former governor of Indiana, delivered a vesper lecture on Russia at Huntington Presbyterian Church. The talk occurred during a service under the church’s Men's Club auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Goodrich
Indiana
Presbyterian Church
Huntington
Russia
Men’s Club
Change in teaching agriculture in Columbus grade schools
County agent S R Miles announced a new plan for seventh and eighth grades replacing 15 minutes of general agricultural instruction twice weekly with two subjects, agriculture and poultry growing, to be taught in these grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
S. R. Miles
Fayette county agricultural agent opens year with farm bureau meeting
Marion F. Detrick has taken duties as Fayette county agricultural agent at Connersville and calls a meeting of farm bureau officials to outline the year’s program. Special township sessions will review activities and plans include two sheep demonstrations at the Harry Caldwell farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion F. Detrick
Connersville
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
Harry Caldwell
Taxpayers Challenge $140000 High School Bond Plan
Valparaiso residents file with the Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners opposing a proposed $140,000 bond for a new high school building. They argue the current building suffices for immediate needs and a ward building should be constructed instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners
Franklin college delegates visit Indianapolis church event
Fifty men from Franklin college including the basketball team toured Indianapolis with president Charles F. Goodell and coach Griz Wagner. They traveled by a special interurban car and were met at Terminal station by the First Baptist church young men's Bible class and escorted to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin College
First Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Charles F. Goodell
Griz Wagner
Franklin
Terminal Station
Howard County Music Memory Contest Set for March 15
The Howard County schools will compete in a music memory contest at Kokomo High School auditorium on March 15. County winners advance to the Ninth District contest, with district victors then facing state entrants in Indianapolis on March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County
Kokomo High School
Indianapolis
National Guard inspection praises Company I at Terre Haute
Federal inspection of Company I First Infantry Indiana National Guard at Terre Haute cited the unit as among the best. Many recruits are under 21. Col J C Burt of Columbus Ohio led the inspection. Seven men fined in Wabash police court for drinking and fighting at a public dance. Fred Bahler paid 100 dollars and costs. Leonard Bitner Garl Owens and Guilford Gardner paid one dollar and costs on public intoxication. Rettig Lamaree Dick Lutz and Phillip Wassman paid one dollar and costs for assault and battery. Laporte county grand jury to meet for first time in two years. Axton investigation underway after assault charge at White's Manual Labor Institute. Amos J Wilcoxson testifies he was attacked when seeking a paycheck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Infantry
Indiana
Terre Haute
J. C. Burt
Columbus
Wabash
Fred. Bahler
Leonard Bitner
Garl Owens
Guilford Gardner
Rettig Lamaree
Dick Lutz
Phillip Wassman
Charles’ Axton
White
Manual Labor Institute
Board of Trustees
Amos J. Wilcoxson
Axton
Oolice
Health for Working Women Promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Affected women in Brooklyn Milwaukee and Webster report improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters describe monthly troubles backache dizziness and fatigue improving with the remedy. The company offers a free private text book on ailments peculiar to women upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
N.Y
Carolyne Mangels
Milwaukee
Wis
Eleanor Sheblak
36Th St
Milwaukee, Wis
Webster, Mass
West Street
Chamois Leather Origins Explained
The chamois shows itself on mountains yet most leather called chamois comes from sheepskin lining. It is stripped and processed to become soft and pliable. Only a small portion of chamois leather actually derives from the animal chamois.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Quick Blood Action
Cold season disease described as acute nasal catarrh. The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with two parts a local ointment and a systemic tonic said to build up the body against colds. It notes over 40 years of sale by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HALL
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Sharkskin Leather Production Expands Amid High Demand
Sharkskin leather manufacture advances with a plant processing 200 sharkskins daily. Demand for the finished product already exceeds supply, signaling strong market interest and growing production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miuch
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Advert for Liver Tone
An advertisement promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a gentle liver booster to improve digestion and food assimilation. The copy urges readers to tone the liver using the product’s herbal formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Surly Inflated Thing Accepted at Face Value Compliment
A concise observation notes that a conceited object always taken at its face value is considered a compliment. The remark hints at social tendency to mask arrogance as praise.
The wages of sin is death, but there is always a man for the job
A terse saying hints at accountability and competence, asserting that every task finds a suitable worker. The line juxtaposes moral consequences with practical remedy, implying a responsible choice of person for a given duty.
Foreign visitor opens new laundress business in town
The laundress boasts a new customer, predicting six weekly washes will boost earnings. The Family Welfare visitor asks if the client is a neighbor. the reply notes the client is a foreign lady who struggles with English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Welfare Society
Grocers Promote Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Aid
Advert says wartime doubts on cotton and linen prices. extend service life by using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry. All grocers.
Strictly Business with a Kiss in the Office
In a Stray Stories vignette Henry admits to an employer that he kissed the typist while the boss was away. The employer confronts him with a stern question about the incident and Henry explains he was told to handle all the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
The Cellar Down Method clothes proclaim the man
A compact cryptic note references the cellar down method with a line about clothes revealing character and a taunt about a collector preempting disclosure. The fragment hints at a puzzle or proverb style, implying hidden motives and identity clues.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Danaruff
Phuggists
Chesebrough
Ardeactoring. Co
Consolida
State Street
New York
Oni Miro
Dodd's
Main St.alo
N. Y
Department of Agriculture
South
North Central States
Matilda Lidders
Rock Island
Hel
Petersburg
Isaac Riddle
Laporte’ County
Laporte
Lydia E.pinkham
14Th St
Brooklyn, N.Y
Garcia
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