Forest Tree Raising for Indiana Farmers
Indiana forester urges farmers to grow forest stock locally to cut costs for fuel posts and timber. He outlines seed gathering, storage, and sowing methods, stressing open-field sources, midsummer to early fall collection, and careful storage to preserve germination. Details cover nuts seeds cones storage trenches and cultivation practices for various species.
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W. H. Freeman
Indiana State Board of Forestry
Catalpa
The Observant Banker Tales of Money and Mirth
An Observant Banker recounts colorful customers from a farmer ruined by rain to a profane, vocally bold patron and a scheming couple chasing money through marriage. He recalls a baseball-tinged encounter, a Jekyll and Hyde banker image, and ten babies using his office as a nursery over fifteen years.
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Jekyll and Hyde
Editorial turmoil in Columbus Press-Post over union measures
New York Times reports a Columbus Press-Post apology explaining newsroom trouble caused by the Newswriters Union No 2. The paper claims its courthouse reporter and city editor authored a vicious editorial, leading to editor Marshall's resignation rejection and ongoing calls for his removal amid management woes. Metropolitan journalism faces strains, with calls to wind up the business.
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Columbus
Press-Post
Press- Post
Board of Equalization
Floren
Mr. Marshall
Welbling
Newswriters' Union
Marshall
The Summer Bread in Philadelphia Homes
The piece notes housewives in midsummer rely on gas stoves without ovens, baking sponge loaves and hiring bakers to finish them in ovens for a russet brown crust. A baker has tried to commercialize this with a sign promising “Family baking from 10 to L” but the practice remains a small niche.
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Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia
Jadelphia
Hadelphia
Notice to Contractors and Builders at Indian Kee Lumber
Notice to contractors and builders to inspect timbers and joists in stock at Indians Kee and Lumber Co office and yards located at B. 224 St. and Monon Railroad for purchase or inspection.
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Indians Kee and Lumber Co
St. and Monon Railroad
Tracing Lost Letters and the Post Office Inspectors
A reporter explores how lost letters are tracked under post office procedures. From initial reports to inspector led investigations, the system seeks missing mail, weighing causes from misaddressed to misdelivery, wrecks, and dishonest staff, with most items eventually recovered or returned where possible.
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Post Office
Post Office Department
The Journals Poets in Midwestern Letters
A multi-voice poetry column from Indiana and nearby states features verses by Margaret Manning of Irvington, Frank Bates Flanner of Montgomery, G. W. Hendricks of Richmond, Joseph Traxler of Indianapolis, Charles W. Stevenson of Warrensburg, and Ralph Leonard Gallahue of Buffalo. The pieces explore youth, nature, fate, dreamlike lands, and moral choices, framed in 19th and early 20th century sentiment.
Life as Education and Growth Beyond Achievement
Rev Lyman Abbott reflects that life education ends only with growth not attainment. From infancy to grandparenthood, each stage trains for the next, with trials serving to prepare for future lessons rather than to prove worth. The purpose is ongoing work, discipline, and character, not final achievement.
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Lyman Abbott
Indiana's Great Library Preserves Domesday and Statham Volumes
Indiana's Supreme Court Library houses four Domesday volumes printed from Farley's transcript under King George III and Statham's abridgment of English law reports. Librarian Hoyt N. McClain notes their historical value and the library's status as one of the world's finest legal collections, maintained through exchanges and a $2000 annual fund.
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Supreme Court
Hoyt N. McClain
Statehouse
Abraham Farley
George III of
England
William I
the Conqueror
Alfred
State Law Library
Farley
Westminster Abbey
Inter Archives Regni
N. Statham
William le Tailleur
Rouen
R. Bynson
Tyne
Statham
Edward I
Henry VI
Fitzherbert
Fuller
Indiana
McClain
Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts
United States
New York Bar Library
Stevens
Boston Book Company
Australia
Supreme Court Mbrary
Supreme Court Library of
New Zealand
Ceylon
Canada
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
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Freeman
Forestry Bureau
New York Times
Minnesota
North Dakota
the Journal
Love of
Earth
Irvington, Ind
Margaret Manning
the Land of
You
Forest
God
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Bates Flanner
Richmond
Ind
G. W. Hendricks
Indianapolis
Joseph Traxler
Laseen
Warrensburg
Charles W. Stevenson
Buffalo, N. Y
Ralph Leonard Gallahue
Indiana’s Fine Library
New York
Nice
Madray
Chambray
A. Burdsal Company
S. Meridian Street
Col
Maryland
F. R. Rice M. C. CO
St. Louis
UNION
Indianapolis Hardware CO
South Meridian Street
East Pearl Street
Indianapolis, Ind
the Sunday Journal
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