Diverse facts on science history and world matters
A broad volume of notes covers topics from London street mileage and oak insect habitats to Japan textile exports in 1921 and engraving history. It notes aviation between Paris and London, hawk speeds, petroleum reports, and urban utilities in Honolulu, plus agricultural yields, labor issues, and historical plagues.
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Vegetable Gardens of Big Importance
The U S Department of Agriculture urges farmers to revive home vegetable gardens citing labor shortages and a belief that gardens do not pay. It notes excess farm crop production and reduced purchasing power, urging 1923 gardens to boost home food supplies and conserve family income.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Device to Restrain Swine Invented for Safe Pig Surgery
The Scientific American describes G. Cortez of Los Angeles California's restraining device and operating table for pigs. The apparatus aims to hold a pig securely with no strain while operated on and adjusts for different sizes, operable by a single person with full access to the animal.
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Scientific American
G. Cortez
Los Angeles
Cal
Early Sprays for Fruit Trees in Late Winter
Preparing for early sprays in late winter and early spring. Lime sulfur treats oyster shell scale, San Jose scale on apples and leaf curl on peaches. Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead combat moths caterpillars canker worms and fruit rot on apples pears cherries plums and grapes.
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San Jose
Potato Growers Plan Changes After Loss in Middle West
Middle West potato growers facing last year’s losses plan moves to prevent repeats. Michigan Kansas North Dakota Nebraska and Minnesota harvested about 100 million bushels. They consider reducing acreage boosting storage seeking new markets and improving marketing plans.
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Middle West
Michigan
Kansas
North Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Lickskillet Items From The Bloomington Star
A Bloomington Star column notes Aunt Sally Hawkins hosting a pot luncheon for a visiting preacher. Various town characters are mentioned including Zeb Hawkins with a city paper, Ambrose Fish lingering around Love Ann Long, and Squire Hansford who killed a sheep and sent the liver to the preacher.
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Ed Bascomb
Ambrose Fish
Love Ann
Bixler
Zeb Hawkins
Indianapolis
Happy Hooligan
Jiggs
Boob McNutt
Eph Keef
Squire Hansford
Becky Jones
Si Plum
Duncehettes Call for Tax Reduction Through Reform
The piece argues taxes are driven by excessive government, waste, and graft. It proposes slashing government bureaucracy, ending the spoils system, and electing meritorious officials to reduce tax burdens by substantial margins. It urges citizens to support government with informed, prudent oversight.
Liberia's Schools Teach Pupils to Instruct Peers
In Liberian schools a student who masters a class begins teaching others and is taught by peers who finished the next level. Many children walk eight miles through swamps to reach these schools.
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Liberia
Woman on fire flees to husband after dress burns at home
Mrs Elmer Lucas aged 45 suffers severe burns when her dress catches fire from an open hearth grate. She runs to her husband for help as Willis Lucas aids in smothering flames. Both she and Mr Lucas sustain serious injuries. Dr Whipps attends from Carlisle.
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Elmer Lucas
Indian Prairie Church
Carlisle
Lucas
Willis Lucas
Mrs. Lucas
Mr. Lucas
Dr. Whipps
Mrs. Isabelle Wortman Dies in Vincennes Hospital
Mrs. Isabelle Wortman wife of Martin Wortman died at Good Samaritan hospital Vincennes at noon after a locked bowels operation performed Monday night. Born September 22 1856 she was 66 years 6 months 25 days old. She leaves husband two children Emma and Robert four grandchildren four sisters and one brother. Funeral Friday at Carlisle Christian church with burial in Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Isabella Wortman
Isabelle Wortman
Martin Wortman
Good Samaritan
Vincennes
Emma
Henry Charles
Robert
Harold
South Dakota
Helen
Mary Elizabeth
Isabelle Charley
Maxwell Wortman
Mary EK. Nevelin
Chicago
Elia Herrin
Kate Eaton
Denver
Colorado
Amanda Calvert
Gill Township
Edward O’haver
Busseron Township
Carlisle Christian Church
Odd Fellows
Carlisle Mine Closes For Short Break As Market Woes Hit Coal
Carlisle Coal Mining Company announces skin up days Monday and Tuesday as the mine shuts to load coal and allow tool removal due to lack of market. Superintendent Will Cooper says duration unknown. shaft to be retimbered during idleness. Nearby mines also close. $1,000 of output sold retail over the two days, much to farmers for threshing.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Coal Mining Company
Will Cooper
Cooper
Worth While Lottery Supports Virginia Colonization
James I provided funds for Virginia colonization through a state lottery. The monarchy backed the venture as a means to spread English settlement and boost colonial expansion.
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James I
Virginia
Digesting a Shakespearean Reflection on News
Quote reflects on the burden of bad news and the virtue of careful delivery. It emphasizes honesty tempered by discretion and the natural impact of ill tidings on audiences and hosts.
His Record: Buddy Counts Right and Wrong in Arithmetic
At supper, Buddy tells his father he did well in arithmetic, saying he had almost as many correct examples as wrong ones, reflecting pride in his schoolday performance.
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Buddy
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Wyman Bros
Sullivan
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Haddon
Carlisle News
Frank J. Murphy
Pacific Coast
Rose Helm
San Francisco
Miss Helm
Sherman & Sons
Tom Meighan
Sherman & Sons Value First Suits
F. M. Douthitt
Clothier
South Side Square
Cincinnati College of Embalming
D. N. Railsback
Martin & Martin
Chiropractors
Palmer School
Washington Street
Sullivan, Indiana
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