Proper Laundry Equipment Reduces Wash-Day Drudgery
The article from the Special Information Service of the U S Department of Agriculture advises on arranging a home laundry to minimize effort. It covers ideal locations, suitable equipment, and correct working heights for tubs and ironing tables, comparing materials and noting risks of wood and metal tubs. It emphasizes using portable options and proper drainage to ease daily chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Local notices and personal items from Merom and area
A skating rink on the bluff provides entertainment for youths. Various residents and visitors, including Mrs. Nan Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Colvin, Dolores Hoilman, Miss Bernice Burke, and others, are mentioned with travels, visits, and health notes. Also notes a seven pound birth, church visits, and local moving patterns. An 1886 affidavit by Frank J. Cheney notes catarrh treatment with Hall's Catarrh Medicine, with notarial attestation.
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Nan Kelly
Roy
Kingsley
Roy Colvin
Paul
Terre Haute
Hoilman
John Mason
Bland
Bernice Burke
Indianapolis
Clara
Walline Boone
Biseigel
Merom
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Cal
Early spread of rice cultivation through history
The text outlines how rice farming began in India and Egypt and spread to southern Europe by 1468. It notes Sir William Berkeley introducing rice cultivation to Virginia in 1647 by planting half a bushel of seed.
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India
Egypt
Europe
William Berkeley
Virginia
Newspaper Group Offer Rates Listed
The Terre Haute Star and The Sullivan Union publish a joint rate for a one year subscription at four dollars and fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Star
Sullivan Union
Terre Haute
Maxwell-Brown Shoe
Terre Haute Daily Star
Terre Haute Daily Tribune
Daily and Sunday Tribune
Indianapolis News
Globe Democrat
Miscellaneous Shower for Hymera Teachers
Mrs Homer Davis hosted a June 20 shower from 2 to 5 pm at Mildred Self and Ethel Willis home three miles north of Hymera. Guests numbered twenty six and celebrated Myrtle Barnett and Flossie Halberstadt as they prepare to wed John Curry and Edward Ford. Myrtle, former Hymera high principal and Bloomfield Latin teacher, and Flossie, who taught in South Dakota, were honored with pink and white decor and gifts. Myrtle will live on Curry farm. Flossie will move to Los Angeles.
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Homer Davis
Mildred Self
Ethel Willis
Hymera
Myrtle Barnett
John Curry
Flossie Halberstadt
Edward Ford
Los Angeles
Cal
Myrtle
Bloomfield
Flossie
South Dakota
Mr. Curry
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Woslin
Louis Celvin
Kate Beagle
Elma Thornton
Bert Hubble
Martinsville
Ind
W. M. Alumbaugh
Cicero
Mandy Wolfe
Oaktown
Rebbert Houpt
C. F. Vickery
Charles Boyd
Hutsonville
Harvey Cooper
G. T. Carrithers
E. G. Carrithers
C. E. Thomas
Rev. Bennett
Newton
W. L. Nichols
California
Lizzie McClain
Prof
Hatten
Sherman Theater
Ablph Zitor
Fitzmaurice
New York
J. E. Tilts
Dr. Reed
Julius Hatry Shoe Company
Sali
the National Bank
OF Sullivan
Cincinnati
Suippine
Cincinnati Union Stock Yards
Ellis
The
Sullivan, Indiana
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