Miscellaneous World Facts From Early 20th Century Digest
A wide array of brief stats and anecdotes cover topics from fire losses and egg production to numeral origins, wildlife, transport, and technology. Notable items include England’s area versus Colorado, Paris tourism, the treasury’s money handling, and the evolution of the orange, with numerous scattered percentages, dates, and place names.
Tanlac pitch prompts stomach shape claim
Advertisement from Dougherty and Walters urges readers to take Tanlac to avoid suffering and to eat what they want, promising stomach improvement. The concise pitch frames Tanlac as a remedy without dietary restrictions.
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Dougherty & Walters
Girl Wears Diamond Ring On Toe For Burglary Fear
A Kansas town tale notes a girl who keeps a diamond ring on her toe for protection against burglars, a habit she started after fearing nighttime intruders. The item reflects local anxieties and quirky precautionary behavior.
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Kansas
Bostern Transcript
Practical Education Need Aligns with Human Instincts
A defender of hands on schooling argues brain development requires aligning with natural inclinations and practical work. The piece warns current education stifles initiative and self support, overemphasizes degrees, and calls for extensive technical training and apprenticeships to revive American manufacturing.
Homey Philosophy for 1922 Grapes Die After Manure Dose
Jim Jones checked his grape vines in the back garden but every plant was dead. He had manureed them heavily hoping for a rich crop, yet the vines perished. An onlooker notes plants, like people, thrive with some struggle and not too much nourishment.
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Jim Jones
Jake
LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
Constable Si Plum orders Ed Bascomb to replace a dirty pack of seven up cards or call off the game. Whistling Zeb Stubbins entertains at the store with the Mocking Bird and deft whistle. Aunt Sally Hawkins makes soap and sends it to the preacher. Jim Slivers trades a shotgun for a dun mare and plans to sue for the gun. The pastor preaches on unpaid church dues, many present squirm during the sermon. Ed Bascomb bars Lem Fish from the store until he repays salt meat debt. Uncle Johnny Spruceby’s wooden leg is in good shape and he plans to share war stories and songs. Arminta Jones keeps pumping on the organ for a new love song. Aunt Becky Jones reports better rheumatic condition and quitting feather beds.
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Si Plum
Ed Bascomb
Main Street
Gosport
Zeb Stubbins
Zeb
Sally Hawkins
Jim Slivers
Ed Bivins
Jim
Johnny Spruceby
Arminta Jones
Becky Jones
Tanlac Ad Assertion Cites Value of Every Dollar
An advertisement claims every dollar spent on Tanlac is money well spent, attributed to Dougherty and Walters.
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Dougherty& Walters
Turman Homemakers Meet in Graysville High School
Turman township Homemakers Club meets Friday July 14 at 2 pm in Graysville High School. The program features songs and devotions from Washingtons prayer to La Marseillaise, poems by Herschel Reed and Guest, papers on Women in Politics and Keeping Well, Purdue trip reports, and a Memory Verse.
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Turman TP
Graysville
Turman Township
Washington
Brayer
Mabel Nowlin
John William Woner
Glenman Yager
W. H. Herschel
Joe S. Reed
Edgar Guest
Esther Woner
Florollier
France
Light of Lamps and Energy Conversion Rates
An English scientist states energy to light efficiencies: candles and oil and gas lamps two percent, incandescent lamps three percent, electric lights ten percent, magnesium light fifteen percent.
Attention to Detail and the Little Things That Matter
A speaker extols careful attention to small tasks from arranging flowers to repelling dangers. He warns rushing leads to rearward results and notes that prudent money handling reveals spending paths. He comments on women managing homes while chasing greater aims, using humorous local aphorisms.
Weather Sometimes Comes In Bunches And Strung Out
The passage uses a playful metaphor to describe weather patterns as sometimes arriving in bunches like bananas and other times stretching out like spaghetti. It contrasts variable, irregular weather occurrences with a humorous tone.
Tanlac Proclaimed As Family Medicine For All Ages
Dougherty and Walters promote Tanlac as suitable for children and adults alike, branding it a versatile family medicine. The claim emphasizes broad applicability and universal care.
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Dougherty & Walters
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Oregon
London
Canada
England
Colorado
Paris
Spain
Brazil
Idaho
Kentucky
Treasury Department
United States
Tom Thumb
Peru
Air Ministry
St. Paul’s Cathedral
St. Hildegarde
Connecticut
Jesse Fall
Wilkes-Barre
Japan
Topsham
Western Australia
British Isles
Wales
Ireland
Manx
Isle of Man
Scotland
Cornwall
Channel Islands
India
Russia
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
Cheltes
M.A. Matthews
The
Bloomington Star
Uncle John
Schroeder & Price
Sullivan County
Olson
West Side Square
Cass
John L. Taylor
Newton, Butler & Brook
Bolinger
John N. Gray
J. &. Eddington
Sec
Dugger
Ollie A. Houck
Matilda Dickey
van. Coal Co
Ben Freeman
Matilda M. Dickey
Farmersburg
Wm. S. Baldridge
J. S. & Mary R. Shake
West Part
Bledsoe
Bledsoe Vs. Hall Et al, Comr., To C. O. Johnson
Taylor
Fairbanks
Louisa Brewer
C. B
Iona Mayfield
St. Road
Frances Rose
Wolfe
Sherman and Wilson Et al
Sull
St. Bk
G. T. Carruthers
Stanley & Pope
Hymera
Cora Reedy
Wm. Purcell
N. Hinkle
Jefferson
Mary A. Shake
Shake
Hester
Federal Reserve Service
National Bank and
Federal Reserve Systems
Sullivan
the National Bank
Sullivan, Indiana
Asem
Maxwell-Brown
D. N. Railsback
Railsback
Ind
Terre Haute
Star and Sullivan Union