Farm Foreclosures Rise Amid Deflation and Costs
An inquiry by the Department of Agriculture shows farm owners in 15 corn and wheat states lost farms through foreclosure or surrender with or without court action totaling about half the owners. Tenants suffered higher losses as justice records indicate rising farmer bankruptcy shares, up from 5 percent before the war to 14 percent in 1922. The drop stems from price deflation and higher production costs rather than inefficiency, per Henry C. Wallace's annual report.
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Department of Agriculture
East North Central
West North Central
Mountain States
Department of Justice
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Political Craft of Murray Crane in Coolidge Race
In Terre Haute Star reports Murray Crane’s political craft will be in the Coolidge race against William M. Butler at the Heim venue for a one year term at $4.00.
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Murray Crane
Coolidge
Wm. M. Butler
Heim
Terre Haute
Star and Sullivan Union
Butler Named to Lead Coolidge Campaign in 1924
From Massachusetts politics comes William Morgan Butler, new Republican National Committeeman, chosen to manage President Coolidge's 1924 nomination bid. A longtime state power and ally of Winthrop Crane, Butler is 62, a mill industry president, street railway head, and lawyer, with a reputation for quiet influence and hard work.
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Washington
Murray Crane
Massachusetts
President Coolidge
William Morgan Butler
War Weeks
Butler
Senate
Winthrop Murray Crane
Othe Holding
Crane
New Bedford Mill
Boston and Worcester Street Railway
New Bedford
Boston University Law School
John W. Weeks
Mr. Butler
Hughes
New York
Weeks
Elysian Fields From Classical Paradise to Italian Landscape
The term Elysian Fields marks a mythical happy land in Greek and Roman myth. It also describes the garden rich landscape near Cumae Italy noted for its abundant vineyards and greenery resembling Virgilian Elysium.
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Elysium
Cumae
Italy
Evolution of Whales From Land Animals
Whales likely evolved from land mammals. They retain hind leg vestiges and hair tufts near the snout and skin. They nurse their young, typically one calf per birth, and breathe air like land animals rather than by gills.
Olden Tales Claim Dead Man's Hand Heals Tumors
Folklore asserts a dead man's hand could dispel gland tumors nine strokes the afflicted area. A caveat notes a hand from a man hanged yields the most potent effect according to popular belief.
How Bats Avoid Collisions In The Dark
Bats use echolocation to detect obstacles when flying at night. Their high frequency sonar travels as vibrations in air guiding movements away from trees and other hazards.
Persian Rug Blues and Reds Reproduced by Chromatins
Advances in vegetable and chemical Chromatins from American and European labs enable accurate replication of the distinctive blue and red dyes in Persian rugs, a feat that has puzzled scientists for centuries.
The Deserter Ends Cupid’s Tangled Web
Cupid meddles in others affairs causing disillusion and deceit then deserts the couples resolving their troubles in unforeseen ways. The piece portrays romantic mischief and the fallout of meddling love.
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Cupid
To Keep Watch Clean Use Gasoline Soaked Paper
To keep watch works clean cut a piece of white paper to cover size soak it in gasoline and place inside the inner case. Replace the paper periodically with a fresh gasoline soaked sheet. The same method can be used for clocks of small and medium size.
Blessings of Poverty in Urban Sewers and Paving
A lyric note from Liberty Press laments poverty in cities where lack of funds stalls work on streets and sewers. It contends that even small gain requires money, warning that infrastructure remains unfinished without funds.
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Liberty Press
Cowboy Pool Sharks and Indian Medicine in Leather Chaps
A nostalgic note recalls old business scenes where vendors named Cowboy Pool Sharks and Indian Medicine wore bong hats and leather chaps to operate. The Buffalo Evening Times comments on bygone days of cheaper costs and rough trading.
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Buffalo Evening Times
Missionary Society Meets at Graysville Home
The Women’s Home Missionary Society met at Rev. and Mrs. Avery’s Graysville home. A noon dinner followed by a program included devotions, a Bible-verse roll call, readings, songs, and business. Active members named. new member Mrs. Bailey welcomed. next meeting planned for January third Thursday with Mrs. Jim Bates.
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Frances Burton
Edna Bates
Bertha Ryland
T. B. Avery
Clyde Shields
Will Corbin
W. H. Huff
Edna Houpt
Richard Johnson
Blanche Canary
Marie Boles
Rev
David Huff
William Boles
William Corbin
Bailey
Jim Bates
Marriage Licenses Report From Local Counties
A list of couples from Indiana towns including Shelburn Coalmont Carlisle Dugger and Hymera filing for marriage licenses. Names ages occupations and hometowns appear for twenty plus couples with miners teachers and railroad workers among the professions.
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Orvil Ernest Miller
Ethel Florence Rilenge
Shelburn
Ind
Roscoe Dwight Padgett
Lillian Rachel Sims
Oscar Thomas Black
Coalmont
Naomi Madge Crosby
Irvin Edward Baker
Freelandsville
Mary Hazel LaMar
Carlisle
Piez Raymond Sligar
Dugger
Bessie Dunbar
Charles Clifford Loveall
Miner
Carbin
Edith Irene McGranahan
Russell Charles Smith
Gladys Dorothy Cochran
Hubert Botts
Frances Phillips
Claude Barker
Maybelle Wolfe
Tencher
Oaktown
Jackson Wade Phillips
Jackson
Mitch
Naomi Hembree
Ralph Vernon Rooksberry
Agnes Jones
Ira E. Harris
Hymera
Budget lecture by John T Adams on Republican tax cuts
John T Adams outlines the 1924 Budget praising President Coolidge for a planned $500 million cut in federal expenses and a $2 billion reduction in taxes since 1921. He notes expenditures are lower than three years prior and argues the Mellon plan mainly Benefits small incomes while preserving overall fiscal restraint.
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Coolidge
Congress
Republican Party
United States
Mellon
Treasury Department
Local residents named in early 1900s Dugger area listing
The report lists multiple residents by name age and occupation from Dugger and nearby towns in Indiana. Names include Glenn Anderson miner Lealand Shounk Frances Sparks Paul Boles Mabel Chambers Moral Alsman and Mary Doyal among others. The entries note ages from 15 to 27 and ties to Dugger Clarence Merom New Lebanon and nearby communities.
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Ind
Janie Everhart
Glen Anderson
Farmer
Merom
Marie Mattie Irvin
New Lebanon
Lealand Elvin Shounk
Miner
Frances Geraldene Sparks
Dugger
Paul Hubert Boles
Mabel Chambers
Clarence Moral Alsman
Near
Mary Elizie Doyal
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Col. House
Harry Doughygerty
Patel
AEW
Maxwell-Brown
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
Harding
God
B. Milton Clasen
Dopce Brothers
Dodge Brothers
T. J. Dugger & CO
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