Morrison and Thompson Grain Market Named Local Favorite
A Kokomo based firm Morrison and Thompson is praised as a leading grain and feed market serving farmers in the surrounding countryside. The review highlights its up to date feed department, expert manager, fair treatment of customers, and strong community role with the elevator serving as a key meeting point. It commends progressive methods and consistent honesty, urging readers to visit, write, or call for competitive prices.
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Morrison and Thompson
Kokomo
Kokomo Malleable Iron Works Lauded as Key Local Asset
The Kokomo Malleable Iron Works is praised as a premier regional foundry under skilled leadership. The facility provides reliable malleable castings, supports extensive and small jobs, and employs many highly trained workers, contributing to the community and industry as a major enterprise.
Premier plumbing and heating service for farms and towns
A local firm offers complete plumbing and heating systems for country homes and business buildings. They install baths in rural residences, handle residential and commercial contracts, and provide prompt repairs with high quality materials and fair prices. The staff emphasizes courteous service and planning help.
The Maytag House of Kokomo Promotes Washer Values
The Maytag Company promotes its Kokomo dealership as a leading Maytag dealer with trusted service. It highlights Maytag Gyrafoam Washers using aluminum tubs, 50 pound per hour capacity, compact 25 inch floor space, and versatility for electric or motor/Gas engine operation. advocates on farm use and emphasizes ease of operation and lack of exposed clothes-catching parts. The piece endorses visiting the Kokomo establishment for sales or demonstration.
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Kokomo
Maytag
Maytag House
Butter as Medicine In Early Mik Cultures
Long trace notes that butter making from mik dates to at least 2000 B. C. When first known, it served more as medicine than food and was often rubbed on the body for therapeutic use.
Inked ballots in San Juan voting scandal disclosed
In San Juan Porto Rico each voter is marked with indelible ink on the ear to deter repeats. a local ink eraser supplier allegedly distributed ink remover to others enabling possible multiple votes.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
All Nations Cheaps Gum Entry Spread In War Time
A fragmented note describes gum chewing spreading among soldiers in wartime and passing to other nations as troops introduce the habit. It notes an exchange of chewing traditions across armies and borders during conflict.
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Globe
Truffles Found Under Oaks and Other Trees in France
Truffles are mostly located beneath oak trees in France but can also be unearthed under beech hazel and birch woodlands. The porous soil and mycorrhizal networks make these fungi detectable with trained dogs and specific seasonal conditions.
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France
Broadlick's Bakery Wins Local Praise for Quality Bread
Broadlick's Bakery operates in Howard County delivering Purina whole wheat bread rye raisin Pullman and sandwich loaves along with cakes and cookies to Kokomo Russiaville and surrounding areas. The article lauds sanitary production using high quality flour and pure ingredients and predicts expanding business as existing patrons praise its products.
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Kokomo
Russiaville
Purina
Howard County
Broadrick
Tueoss
Oakland Sales Co Promotes True Blue Oakland Cars
The Oakland Sales Co led by J. O. Pearcy highlights the True Blue Oakland lineup including the Landau sedan and coupe with advanced features like four wheel brakes and Duco finish. The firm touts service efficiency and broad model options to attract buyers spending around a thousand dollars.
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Oakland
Fisher
Blue
Oakland Sales Co
J. O. Pearcy
Gardeners Use Heated Beds and Unheated Frames for Crops
Gardeners heat a bed with pipes or fermenting organic matter to speed seed germination and early growth for short-season vegetables. An unheated frame protects half-hardy plants over winter for spring planting or light protection. Washington note.
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Washington
Unclear Import of Italian Bee Specimens Found on Farm
A government farm reports 2 750 Italian bee specimens kept for observation purposes. Details on origin and purpose are limited in the record.
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United States
In the Distance About the eniy tax free securities
A fragment from a historical page mentions a poor man and treasures in heaven amid cryptic phrasing. The unreadable OCR text limits clear facts or names.
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Heaver
Frufeth Phernta
Unclear Traditional Gift Exchange Described
The fragment describes a custom where a man who loses cattle or property gives a colored cloth parcel with brown sugar to friends. In return he receives a cow sheep or money depending on circumstances, reflecting reciprocal exchange norms among Heipo Tartare Kurds.
Music His Hobby In The World The Poets View
A fragment from a person named Sameel Pepys emphasizes music as the chief pleasure and life focus. The quirky phrasing suggests a reflective aside on music as a central passion.
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Hee -Sameel Pepys
Clowns' Masks Use Zinc Oxide and Benzoin Resin
Clown makeup relies on a mix of zinc oxide based paste and benzoin resin. The lard oxide and benzoin glaze are applied to the face as a disguise or cosmetic.
Lincoln Oil Company praised for exemplary service and products
The Lincoln Oil Company led by O R Rich with headquarters in Kokomo at Washington and North Street is celebrated as a premier local firm. It supplies Linco gasoline and lubricants refined at The Lincoln Refining Company in Robinson Indiana and is praised for quality, experience, and customer service.
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Kokomo
Washington and
North Street
LINCO
Lincoln Refining Company
Robinson
Ind
Lincoln Oil Company
O. R. Rich
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Uncle Sam
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