Miscellaneous World Facts From Ancient to Modern Times
A collage of historical trivia covers England to Alaska with notes on steel, caissons, lions, currency, taxes, and notable discoveries. It mentions London's taxis replacing the fiacre, Gibraltar and Mesabi iron ranges, and a Massachusetts treaty on marital food expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Babylon
B.C
America
New York
Queen Alexandria
Canada
John Shore
Handel
Christ
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Spain
Siam
Hungary
Philippine Islands
United Kingdom
Newfoundland
Norway
Ceylon
Territorial Historical Museum
Juneau
Alaska
Mesabi
Lake Superior
Venezuela
Birmingham
Ala
Africa
Pacificus
Verona
London
Bristol
Washington
Tibet
Kansas State Normal School
Asia Minor
When Your Farm Stock Is Sick Look For Rats
Farmers are urged to check for rats as disease carriers on premises. The ad promotes RAT-SNAP in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 with sale guarantees by Turman and Riggs and H V Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turman & Riggs
H. V. Bennett
LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
Local column shares small town happenings with humor. Pastor lunches with Aunt Sally Hawkins and cleans her porch after a feast. Blacksmith Bill Blithers dies in a cannoning bass drum accident while practicing for Washingtons birthday. The Bixler twins reform. Feuds, courtship, and petty shenanigans ripple through the community as Arminta Jones seeks an Old Maid valentine and local merchants trade goods and gossip. Doc McFadden notes health overall as Zeb Stubbins and others display ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Hawkins
Sally
Bill Blithers
Washington
Delaware
Bixler Twins
Ed Bivins
Zeb Stubbins
Arminta Jones
Valentine
Minta
Ed Bascomb
Peruina Fish
la Grippe
Doc McFadden
Tanlac Promises Rapid Weight Gain Reported by Many
Dougherty and Walters note that Tanlac customers, both men and women, report an astonishingly quick increase in weight after using the remedy. The claim highlights widespread positive results among diverse users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dougherty & Walters
Ivory nut palms and the Phytohepha macrocopa fruit
The text notes two palm species yield nuts hard enough to substitute ivory in small domestic articles. It highlights the best known ivory nut as the fruit of Phytohephas macrocarpa, native to New Granada and Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Granada
Central America
Wound Up Comment Sparks Family Banter
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reader recalls a scene where a mother complains of Jennie being run down and a four year old boy quips about being wound up like dad said the night before. The anecdote highlights a humorous domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Bob
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Causes of Insomnia Disturbances Linked to Brain Blood Flow
The article explains that reduced brain blood flow during sleep versus wakefulness leaves the mind active. It notes factors increasing brain circulation such as hard work or play before bed can prevent sleep. Other causes include tired muscles, late meals, and poorly ventilated rooms.
Etymology of alloy traced to French law phrase
A linguistic note explains how the term alloy comes from a literal French phrase meaning according to the law. English speakers mispronounced loi as loy and dropped the final syllable.
Real Estate Transfers and Bridge Bids in Sullivan County
A long list records transfers and deeds across Sullivan County Indiana including properties in Cass Fairbanks Haddon Jefferson and Gill Townships with buyers such as Macey Johnson Thomson and Leach. The notice also invites sealed bids by the County Board of Commissioners for reinforced concrete bridges including the Worth David A Worth and several Cass Township structures with varied costs and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder & Price
Sullivan County
Olson
West Side Square
Cass Two
Dugger
M. Yung
Laura A. Yung
M. C. Macey
Cen. Coal Co
Wm. M
Florence Macey
Curry
Audrey C. Lamm
R. E. Jennings
Fairbanks
Abijah Thomson
C. A. Thomson
Nicholas Yeager
R. K. Johnson
Alice Johnson
John Johnson
Cc. A. Thomson
Sarah E. Thomson
Ind. Coal Co
Gill Twp
Tanlac Ad Ends Health Hype By Dougherty and Walters
An advertisement from Dougherty and Walters promotes Tanlac as a cure for persistent illness and low energy, urging readers to quit feeling half sick and improve daily comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Dougherty & Walters
Tree Seeds Vary Widely in Germination Times
Seeds show diverse sprouting timelines with the Kentucky coffee tree needing at least two years in soil for the hard coats to soften enabling sprout escape, while cottonwood seeds perish within hours if not landing on favorable soil.
Rats ruin restaurant business prompt RAT-SNAP cure
A restaurateur laments loss of top customers after a rat infestation and promotes RAT-SNAP as the solution. The ad lists three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 and notes it is sold and guaranteed by Turman Riggs and Ti. V. Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Adams
Turman & Riggs
Tamed Without Being Taned in Australian Paper
The play presented was Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The Boston Transcript notes Petruchio may brandish a whip in one scene but does not depict him beating the obdurate heroine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petruchio
Boston Transcript
Sullivan County highway bid invites gravel road improvement
The Sullivan County Board of Commissioners will accept sealed bids for grading draining and gravel paving of a 9531 foot highway in Gill Township known as Samuel Phegley et al road No 2. Bids due March 6 1922 at noon. Estimated cost 15317.32 with bond required double the bid. Affidavit of noncollusion mandatory. Bedrock bidders warned, inspections at the auditor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Sullivan County
Board of Commissioners
Court House
Sullivan
Gill Township
Samuel Phegley
Said County
Frank M. Daniels
Sullivan County road project bid notice in Indiana
State of Indiana Sullivan County. bids up to 12 o'clock on date for Jeff G Jackson et al road Sec No 5 in Jefferson Township Sullivan County. estimated cost 16082.66 dollars. extra compensation possible on affidavit. security bond equal to bid. action dated February 8, 1922. 3t
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Paris
The
Bloomington Star
Courty Eaton
Emma McNabb
David Lemon Et al
Chris Vickrey
Ida M. Leach
C. L. Davis
Josh Beasley
Chas
Booker
Elm Park
Matilda Mason
W. V. Jennings
Wilford Raines
R. P
Ina Lewellyn
Mapleton
Haie M. Anderson
Wm. H. Anderson
Beasley F. W. Pk
Ad. J
Jefferson
Ira E. Herndon
Roy Mishley
Martha A. Ennis
Frank
Alta Jerel
David A. Worth
Cass Township
Delmar Stark
Jackson Township
Township 9
Arthur Kauffman
Auditor's Office
Fidelity Loan CO
Dr. Crowder
East Side Square
Kemp
Jefferson Township
Jeff G. Jackson
Terre Haute Daily Star
Sullivan Union
Terre Haute
Terre Haute Star
Washington, D. C
Mark Sullivan
David Lawrence
Everett Watkins
Ind
Graysville Road
Farrow
Poland
John Deere
J. I. Case
Janesville
Syracuse
J. M. Hayden
Harrison & Drake—Auctioneers
Co. E. Wilkey—Clerk
M. A. Haddon
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