17 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
1
Members of the legislature met in Indianapolis with incoming Governor Warren T. McCray urging careful legislation over new laws. Gov. Goodrich questions taxation reform and many topics were discussed, including road, tax, primary, and school laws as remedies. A mix of political chatter and local notices follows, including event ads and community updates.
Tuberculosis kills many in homes offices and shops, with 150000 US deaths yearly and 1.506 million current sufferers. It is preventable and curable, spread by ignorance and neglect, and fought by the National Tuberculosis Association and 1200 local groups financed mainly through Christmas Seals sales at drug stores.
Advertisers are urged to bring ads early next week with no display ads accepted after Tuesday due to Christmas. The Chicago Journal criticizes high purebred breeding prices and notes past stockman debt schemes used to boost prices, arguing ordinary farmers cannot justify fancy cattle costs. Rev and Mrs Emil Sommers shared Belgian Congo missionary work insights at the M E Church, detailing native education and cleanliness efforts. Chas Lowe and Treasurer J J Sell visited from Kentland on Thursday. Come to The Gem Grocery for Mitte candy and fruit.
A lengthy list of prize victors across categories such as 40 ears yellow, 11 ears yellow, 10 ears white, and various classes like Yellow and White divisions. Notable names include Jas Corbin, J W Johnson, Len Cole, C L Constable, Clifford Clark, Oscar Stucker, Ray Hilyar, and Geo Handley among many others. Contests cover oats and related farm produce with multiple classes and sweepstakes results.
Schoolteachers eye DeLuxe Confectionery for Christmas candy purchases with favorable prices. Local buyers seek bulk deals for holiday gifts and classroom treats.
A Midwest chain of overdrafts ends with the arrest of Clarence Rush after he used faulty bank checks to fraudulently obtain funds across Brook Goodland and Rensselaer. He doctored drafts, drew on multiple banks, and maneuvered payments to cover earlier bad checks before being captured in Mt. Ayr. Several related fraudulent attempts involve towns in Iowa and Indiana, with authorities pursuing collective defrauding actions.
Temple Theatre presents a week of films with Ireland related drama For the Freedom of Ireland on Thursday and a double bill of My Ladies Garter with mystery and comedy on Saturday Maurice Taurnier hosts. Marion Davies stars in April Folly on Monday Little Lilla Lee in The Daughter of the Wolf on Tuesday Thou Art the Man with Robert Warwick on Wednesday Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran feature ONCE A PLUMBER on Thursday Jack Pickford in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come on Friday Mary Miles Minter stars in Innurse Marjorie on Saturday Also Bazil Earthbound and a selection of other titles and newsreels offered all week
A fragmentary notice from Brant’s Bank of Brant requests readers to settle debts with Vencenzo Montanarello of 84 Seventh Ave via Bank of Brook Indiana. The message from France implies telegraphic transfer of funds and invites prompt payment. A stray ad for Leopold's highlights a 23 13% saving on suits and over costs.
Local shoppers find bargains at The Gem Store and Bossing & Merchant offering glass ware sweaters and coats while Ades from Chicago return. Obituary records Jesse Bringle died after long tuberculosis, with funeral at Brook M E Church and burial at Weston Cemetery. family thanks neighbors for support.
A grab bag of small items: thanks to neighbors for sympathy after a husband and son’s illness, local ads for Christmas baskets and fresh produce, found auto curtain, pool-room minor cases being pursued, businesses to stay open evenings then close, livestock prices and sales, Christmas trees and poultry prices, residents visiting relatives, a new home opening, and holiday shopping notices from The Gem Store and DeLuse Confectionery in Indiana.
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