LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
Local items note Aunt Sally Hansford’s quarrel over a lazy husband and a dusty floor. Buck Creek baptism planned with Rev. Perkins. Dick Bledsoe late to church after a neck washing dispute. Ed Bascombe reports rising Bryan grape juice sales. Cy Hawkins withholds yarn fund while banked money noted. New store sign warns No Whittling Around the Stove. Len Haskins returns from college to do his bit in the sawmill.
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Sally Hansford
Buck Creek
Perkins
Dick Bledsoe
Bill Blithers
Ed Bascombe
Jim Slivers
Zeke Stubbins
Cy Hawkins
Gosport
New Orleans
Len Haskins
Baby boy brings joy to W. J. Cooper home
Mrs. W. J. Cooper presented her husband with a thousand dollar gift Sunday October 7 in the form of a baby boy. At last accounts mother and baby are doing well with Watt sporting a broad smile.
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W. J. Cooper
Hess visits college, recalls school days in Merom
Lewis Hess, brother of the late J. N. Hess and Mrs. Sutton, well known in Mercin, visited the college last Monday. A former student about thirty years ago, he showed pleasure at campus improvements and discussed the oil business while nearby in Merom.
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Lewis Hess
J. N. Hess
Sutton
Mercin
Hess
Merom
Pretty Waste Paper Basket
Decorative basket options for writing desk or floor use. Built on a stout cardboard foundation of seven pieces sewn together, with a sateen bottom and inner sateen sides. Outer silk with contrasting silk embroidery in dark brown green or crimson, pale pink lining, and gold cord and embroidery.
Towels with Meaning Celebrate Occasions in Needlework
The article explores towels embroidered to mark events such as departures and farming life. Designs include a horseshoe of French knots, four leaf clovers, farm motifs, animals, and a towel bearing the line Here’s for a Good Swim. Such towels serve as purposeful keepsakes beyond drying.
Egg Candling Then and Now A Progressive Device
The article contrasts consumer views of eggs with dealer graded quality. It explains traditional candling in dark rooms and introduces a newer device that confines light to the egg area, allowing candling grading and packing in one room.
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Popular Science Monthly
New Sveltling Military Suit for Stout Women
The article promotes a new sveltling method to tailor military style suits for stout women. It claims the design creates long slender lines and a youthful up to the minute appearance, offering fashion equality with slimmer sisters.
Chicks Infested With Lice and Prevention Tips
Chicks raised with hens may suffer lice infestations that stunt growth or cause death. Powder the hen with insect powder before pairing with chicks, then inspect chicks for lice on the head wings and vent. If found, rub a small amount of grease such as lard on affected areas and repeat inspections regularly.
Capitalizing on Capons for Profit
The piece explains fattening capons at ten to twelve months, two to three weeks before market. It advises feeding with cornmeal middlings and milk, using grit and even glass as digestion aids, and stresses keeping extra male birds to maximize profits versus turkeys.
Ventilation of Henhouses for Summer Comfort
Henhouses must be ventilated in summer as in winter to prevent birds from roosting in trees due to heat. Provide at least ten inches of perch space to avoid crowding and keep houses open in warm months. A north side two foot high hole with constant openness improves cooling and odor removal. remove windows and insert screens, keep doors wide.
Take Good Care of Broodes Brooder Cleaning Advice
Be sure that the brooder is cleaned and disinfected frequently and regularly. Vermin and germs of disease should not be allowed to get into a brooder but if they invade they develop more rapidly in worm wreathey than in coel.
Notice to Non-Residents in Sullivan Court Foreclosure Case
In Sullivan County Indiana the State Sullivan Circuit Court September term 1917 docket 17481 John Funkhouser Receiver of Union Building Association of Humera v John C Bridgewater Susie E Bridgewater complaint on note and foreclosure. Defendants nonresidents notified must answer by December 18 1917 or risk default.
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Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
John Funkhouser
Union Building Association of Humera
John C. Bridgewater
Susie E. Bridgewater
Hunt & Gambill
M. A. Haddon
Susie F. Bridgewater
State of
Unconscious humor at Keswick church pulpit
A lady's watch found in St John’s churchyard Keswick. The vicar announced it could be claimed in the vestry and joked about hymn No 362, “Lord, Her Watch Thy Church Ie Keeping.” The line drew a smile as worshippers heard the unintended pun.
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St. John’s Church
Keswick
England
Butcher Seeks Pig Breeding Site in Ancient French Priory
The Rochefoucauld Gothic priory in France dating from around year 1000 has been purchased by a butcher who plans to convert it into a pig breeding establishment.
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Rochefoucauld
France
Walker Agency Listing of Farms Near Palestine Illinois
Real estate ad lists 166 acres with a six room house two wells orchard and barn priced at 6400 miles to village. Also 60 acres fenced on gravel road for 5550 and 25 acres with new house barn suited for a dairy and poultry farm at a corver lot. 120 acres near school 12000 and 40 to 320 acres fine stock farm offered by THE WALKER AGENCY J. & WALKER Mer Palestine Il.
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Corporation
Newspapers Offer One Year Subscriptions For 3.00
The Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union advertise a combined deal listing one year for three dollars. This promotion targets readers in the two towns, with details unavailable for exact dates or renewal terms.
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