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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1921
Page
3
The article details fur fabrics and accessories, from coats and skirts mimicking pelts to novel fur ties, bags, bracelets, bands, and corsage ornaments. It highlights rich, warm, decorative items in imitation fur, including feather bags, silver mesh, and jeweled combs, plus fox fur trims and opulent ribbon details.
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Edward W. Bassett argues that city zoning protects small home owners by limiting stores and apartments in D and 4 districts. He notes prior exodus to New Jersey and Long Island and says zoning encourages equity and local welfare, with detached homes rising in Brooklyn and Queens.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes the annual cleanup week has improved the city’s moral atmosphere and cleanliness. It highlights removal of rubbish and ongoing tidying of stray corners as proof of Milwaukee’s enviable tidiness and healthful environment.
A Charles P. Coffin note from Popular Mechanics urges practical aims in city planning. He argues beauty matters but should serve functional improvements, citing Los Angeles park rules as example of protecting practical development over aesthetic excess.
The report notes about 6 million families live in their own homes in the United States, with an aggregate investment around 30 billion dollars. Builders say the average home value is 5 thousand dollars, and at 5 percent homeowners pay roughly 1.5 billion dollars in costs for ownership including repairs taxes and interest.
Fragmentary lines urge action over words to improve homes and communities. The text contrasts thinking with doing, imagining happier households and cleaner communities if people act together for each other's good.
Madrid Dec. 6 Three columns of ten thousand troops each move from Tetuan Ceuta and Laresh toward the Beninros tribe in Moroc co as Spanish aviators bomb the Tuzarut district. The Atadsetut have surrendered and Keddan tribesmen have turned over over a thousand rifles to Spain.
In Lackawanna County and nearby areas, Glen Alden Coal Company mines will operate on half time for three days causing about 19 000 workers to be affected. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad crews will be cut by roughly half. Hazleton area lines report multiple closures with about 12 500 workers affected.
A rescue by a helicopter of the British motor boat Vriselila crew occurs after 90 days on a reef near the Bulwain Islands. Twelve men are saved by Aeromarine Airways personnel. A separate note from Chatham reports wreckers failing to recover safe contents at the Nine Tri¢noh system station.
Grain prices show weakness in hard spring wheat and variances across soft and hard winter types. Live cattle, hogs, and sheep deliver broad ranges with steers and yearlings trading from moderate to high, while potatoes onions and eggs move with retail demand and storage conditions.
In Alabama a prosecuting attorney famed for success became feared by criminals and admired by many, especially Black residents, as his later defense efforts still led to clients' convictions. An elderly Black man named Joe Clinton observed this shift and quipped that whatever side he chose, offenders still faced prison.
In a consoling scene Johnny Dohate laments that his infant cousin weighs only two pounds three ounces daily and fears he will be useless on the team. Isabel tries to comfort him as he broods over future usefulness and slow progress. A brief comic aside follows about a bank titled Cultivate Your Natural Destiny and a plain girl refolding her purse.
The readable fragment shows a couple discussing their wedding journey with light exchanges about happiness, eating candy freely, and enjoying a charge account. The garbled text hints at a candid, domestic moment from a personal life segment.
A dialogue scenes a playful exchange about truth versus flattery. Molly asks a probing question, while the man weighs honesty against flattery and chronic vanity. The banter touches on engagement and social pretensions with a wry tone.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch note recounts an Atlanta gathering where a charity hat was passed by the chairman and expected to yield a nest egg. The container proved empty despite every hand contributing, prompting Mose Taylor to declare a moral lesson about honesty and expectations.
A humorous interview quotes Chairman Lasker on needless offense and recalls a gaunt woman at Wawa station demanding a ticket to Cheater Heights. The exchange features sharp wit, bold language, and a defiant retort about personal business and luck.
A humorous reminiscence from the forties about a bachelor wooing a young woman. He serenades with a piano piece but she interjects that growing old together isn’t acceptable for 25 more years. The exchange captures playful courting norms of the era.
An Indianapolis woman visited her three year old grandson. The boy stood before a mirror and said, Yes, that's me. The grandmother suggested saying Slint's 17, but the child hesitated and replied it might be him but it looks like me.
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