Miscellaneous Facts and Figures from Various Topics
A compilation of brief notes covers diverse items including telephones among Oregon farmers, the 1859 aurora, coconut butter, iodine as a disinfectant, dehydration of produce, rising Scottish tweed imports, a Manchester acid proof cloth, Voltaire’s boast, the 1922 Manchurian wheat crop, New Jersey fisheries value, Volapuk as an early artificial language, rapid forest clearance, the Jordan River origin, Manitoba's size, tractor ditch digging attachment, and changing African aboriginal speech patterns.
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Oregon
United States
Manchester
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic
Jordan
Manitoba
Great Britain
Ireland
Africa
Global Trends in Industry and Society Highlight Diverse Advances
A survey of 1920s to 1930s developments notes 46,648 serviceable U.S. locomotives in use, rising artificial silk production in the United States, and new weather forecasts for air mail at four levels. It covers a Turkish theatres practice, peat production in the United States, and Poland’s war rebuilding progress among many varied items.
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United States
China
Weather Bureau
Air Mail
Hamburg
San Jose
Cal
Minneapolis
U. S. Forest Service
Dominion
Yucatan
Carmarthenshire
Wales
London
Union
New Jersey
India
Hawaiian Islands
Louisiana
Poland
LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
A column of village items notes a taffy party at Peruina Fish’s house with the Bixler kids blamed for spoiling a chair. Zeb Stubbins endorses light wines and beer while Squire Hansford harms his stable door by painting it red. Aunt Beckey Jones is ill from quinsey after yard activity unhatched by bonnet.
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Peruina
Woman’s Uplift League
Zeb Stubbins
Squire Hansford
Beckey Jones
Cross Roads
Si Plum
George Washington
Pittsburg
Arminta Jones
Hi Johnson
Ed Bascomb
Ed Briscoe
Black Owned Banks Open in Washington D C
The article notes Washington D C now has two banks owned and operated exclusively by Negroes. It also mentions Korean girls with bamboo sticks and plaited grass hairstyles for dolls. It states corn meal is the main sustenance for about 2 000 000 South Manchurian Chinese.
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Washington, D. C
State Highway Construction Sealed Bids Invited
The Indiana State Highway Commission in Indianapolis calls for sealed bids by 10:00 A M on December 18 1923 for construction of Dixie Bee Line Road Sullivan County 7511 miles with brick bituminous concrete or concrete pavement options Cement supplied by the commission Plans and specs available free or $5 per set for most projects $2 for Nos 11 12 Low bidder awarded contracts with right to reject any bid Bids bond required Director J D Williams 1st insertion Nov 28 1923 2t.
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State Highway Commission
State House
City of
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dixie Bee Line
Sullivan
Standard
Sullivan County
Indiana State Highway Commission
New York Comptroller Must Serve 60 Days in Jail
Charles L. Craig, former NYC comptroller, faces sixty days in jail for contempt of court after the U S Supreme Court decision. Prominent figures argue the ruling violates free speech and free press principles, prompting calls for a pardon and public support.
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Charles L. Craig
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Julius Mayer
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the Peoples State Bank
Southwest Corner Square
Sullivan, Indiana
West Side
Sullivan, Ind
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Bill
Harry Dilley
The
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Doc Cook
Europe
Denmark
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Esquiman
Methodist Episcopal Board of Public Morals
Board
Greece
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Atlantic Ocean
England
Joseph Pulitzer
Chicago
Adam
Gue
Artie
J. D. Williams
Kuppenheimer
Styleplus
Globe
Clothiers
K. C. Steel
Security Loan CO
Citizens Trust Building
W. V. Jennings Lumber Co
Ind
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