How Linoleum Is Made and Its Global Sourcing Exhibit
Readers invited to Thompson’s Hoosier Bargain Store to view a Linoleum Department display from Armstrong Cork Company Lancaster Pa. The exhibit shows cork bark ground cork flax linseed oil pigments jute burlap kauri gum rosin and printing blocks plus photos of block cutters color mixing calendering machines and curing rooms illustrating the full manufacturing process and the origin of ingredients.
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Spain
Iberia
India
New Zealand
Thompson
Hoosier Bfar
Armstrong Cork Company
Lancaster
Stamp origins tied to 1840 England reforms
The adhesive postage stamp originated in England in 1840 as a result of postal reforms led by Sir Rowland Hill. The United States later adopted the system, featuring engraved portraits of Franklin and Washington.
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England
Rowland Btill
United States
Frenklin
New York Ape Bootblacks Idea Sparks Debate
The New York mini proposes training apes as bootblacks, a concept seen as fitting for New York yet likely to be rejected by Boston readers. The Boston Transcript notes strong sentiment against such monkey shines.
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New York
Boston
Boston Transcript
Graysville Community Notes Holiday Plans and Local News
Graysville prepares for Christmas with meetings led by Br. Johnson at Tabor Tuesday and a planned Sunday school program to be announced. Local notes include visits, oil well abandonment on the Pugh farm at 177 feet, ham market activities in Terre Haute, winter trips to Florida, a new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Turman, mail order mixups, and school class activities with the Girls Junior Sunday school group hosted by Mrs. Frank Bruner featuring music and games with named students.
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Bro. Johnson
Tabor
Sim Yager
Jasonville
Pugh
Co. E. Watson
Terre Haute
Joe Gray
Riley Ransfeld
Florida
Ross Turman
James Heck
Sullivan
Graysville
L. L. Johnson
Yager
York
Ills
Frances Burton
Ruth Eno
Harold Eno
Indiana
Edgar Ransford
California
Edgar
Frank Bruner
Margaret Thornberry
Lois Shields
Helen Phillips
Irma Yager
Alta Monk
Leanore Irwin
Mabel Laughrey
Jessie York
Observing Robins Fast Ground Hops and Proud Heads
A brief note on robins behavior describing how they hop swiftly across ground when moving and lift their heads high, appearing proud of their pace. The text contrasts running with quicker hops and notes the birds’ confident posture during movement.
Backward Gird Describes Famingo Daily Duties
The article notes the famingo performing daily tasks in a reversed posture. It explains how the flamine feeds by resting its head in mud and straining insects from water, observing the world from an inverted and backward perspective.
Artar Invites Guest to Eat and Drink
An artar guides an honored guest by the ear to the table for a meal and drink, illustrating a ceremonial or ritual hospitality gesture from historical practice.
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Artar
Seen om the Gonurt House Cupola and Sunday humor
A collection of light notes and quips ranging from Sunday school lessons to jokes about alfalfa, home brewing, and fashion. It references a Milwaukee exhibit with two beer bottles, a skunk drawing, and local residents Ed P Reed and Robert Reed at Robinson ill. Doings include Mrs Ora McArthur traveling to Freelandsville then Tulsa for millinery work with Mrs Golden Borders.
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Ed P. Reed
Robert Reed
Robinson, Ills
The
Elks Lodge
John Do. Chaney
Ora McArthur
Freelandsville
Tulsa
Okla
Golden Borders
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Phoenix
Julius Flatty Shoe Co
Ryptok
C. E. Fisher
Optometrist
Seitz Jewelry Store
Sullivan South Side Square
Gonurt House
Bill Lindley
Bill
Milwaukee
Cupid
Kitchen
Mr. Harding
Panama
Luther Burbanks
Santa Claus Headquarters
Brassieres
Chenuse
Opringer
Gouckenour Co
Awmevrury Christas
Maxwell-Brown Shoe CompAny Foot- Fitters
North Side Square
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