Christmas Jewelry Ads and Local Notices Highlight Milan
Local Milan scene features Goodrich Jewelry Store Victrola displays and Walton and Rexall product promotions. Residents such as Joe Stille G. G. Banner and G B McNabb make Thursday business trips. Ed Martin and Miss Edith Guffey are among those visiting. Public notices include a December 18 dance and marriage of Charles F Gillum and Davie L Thompson with plans to reside in the southeast county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlea F Gillum
Stahl
Davie L Thompson
Greencastle
Recorder's Office
R M. Hrasfield
Proposed postage rate changes across zones and weights
The notice outlines adjustments to parcel post and third to sixth zone postage rates. Weight limits increase for some zones, and rates for gold shipments from Alaska are set at 2 cents per ounce. Reductions target third to sixth zone rates, with new first pound costs and per extra pound charges. Beginning March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Sock relic from 1858 admired in Lincoln township window
Fifty five year old Sock Al Thompson presents his first worn sock from 1858. The brown striped sock, saved by his mother and now on display in this office window, sparks memories of bygone days and tells of Putnamite pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Thompson
Lincoln Township
Mr. Thompson
Union Township
Agricultural study cites leaf water use per pound of dry matter
Investigations by the National Department of Agriculture show that certain crops consume more leaf water per pound of dry matter than any other economic plant. The study notes a water requirement of 275 pounds for one pound of dry matter for the cited crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Department of Agriculture
Millet
Water use per unit dry matter for various crops
The article compares water requirements for grain and forage crops. It lists pounds of water per pound of dry matter for corn 369, oats 614, wheat 507, red clover 709, alfalfa 1 068, sorghum 790, millet 123, and oats 1 689, noting deep rooting in legumes and efficiency of millet and cane in low rainfall regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuling Coca - Farner & Stockman
Question In Etiquette Does a King Ever Answer the Telephone
A playful look at royal manners asks whether monarchs personally handle calls. It contrasts etiquette expectations with modern everyday tech use and imagines how a king might respond to a ringing phone.
Sold Mummy Fraud Tarnishes Cairo Exhibition
A manufactured mummy made largely from calf bones was sold in Cairo to a U.S. tour as the remains of a palace dignitary. The fraud was detected and the native seller was placed under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
United States
Strenuous Life In St Bernard Monastery Takes Toll
The hard climate and demanding tasks at the famed St Bernard hospice shorten the monks' lives. The practice wears down robust men after only a few years of service. Dogs are periodically sent to Mar for a rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
St Bernard Hospice
Exen LN
Mar
To Clean Leather Bag Instructions
Instructions describe cleaning a traveling bag by washing with water and soap, then applying oxalic acid in hot water, wiping with a rag, drying, and brushing with egg white to restore a new look.
Worth of Knowledge and Parenting Training
A fragmented reflection on licenses and child training, arguing there is a best method and a worst in all things. It emphasizes the immeasurable value of a well trained child and urges parents to master the matter despite imperfect guidance.
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S. Pixler
Archie
Goodrich Jewelry
Joe Stille
Kirksville
G. G. Banner
Pollock
G. B. McNabb
Walton’s
Dan Comstock
Keokuk
D. A. Conner
Goodrich Jewlery Store
Ed Martin
Mendota Waa
Our City
C. Way
Howland
Nyal
P J Tatman
John Hall
Burlington, la
Dewey
Billings
Mont
Rexall
Leon McCeov
Mendota
George Louse
Walonville
J Steckel
Bloomfield
Iowa
Tate
Joseph
Haynes
Roodrich Jewsiry
Ara Rentiels
Big Brother
Janes Lacock
Linneus
H. M. Applegate
South Sidd
Square
A. Stokes
Milan
City
Edith Guffey
Miss Stella
Robert Robinson
Kansas City
G W. Porter
Eilis Chandlee
Centerville
Goodrich Jewelry Store
Bixler Hall
Esie Richardson
How- TV
S. H. Newell
D. C
Keouk Canning Company
Margaret Thomas
How
van Fossen Produce Company
New York
Mary McClure
Cincinnati
J H. Lightfoot
Taxpayers of
Liberty Two
Omaha der
Chariton
Albert Earhart
D'Eter
Emerson Fowler
Spears Laundry Agency
Kirkaville
Candy Kitchen
Air Tren
Wataon
Denver
Colo
Store P,j
Tatman
Jobst. Smith
iHeire
Keokuk, Ia
John Mowrer
Sam Walker
Seymour, Ia
Anna Rawlings
Velma Lawson
Jobb Lawson
Quinlan, Okla
S. W. Purdy
Purdy Bros
Harrig
Frank Guffey
S. Worthman
Davenport, In
Harry Livesey
Queen City
Pian
Barga
Piaro
Wiaiburn Pias
Wii
Olney Music
St Joseph
Richard Freeborn
Perea Peat
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Vorthels Saaale Nieres
Worste
Belenies
Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Bart
Schaffner Ee Marx
SUL
AO Schaffner & Marx
Hart, Schaffnar & Marx
Hart Schelf
Norrt Side Square
The
Era As
Vidar Sss Schattiver & Matz’Clijthes
Unionviele, Missouri
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