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Newspaper

Brook Reporter

Location

Brook, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1921

Page

2

News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers

Treasury reports Alaska per capita purchases of thrift stamps and securities highest in 1920. Census notes Japanese and Negro population changes in Hawaii and St Louis, Topeka. Bergdoll draft evader located in Germany. oil production and consumption figures set records. farm bill moves to Senate. Awards, admissions, and incidents include hotel fire deaths, plane crash injuries, and political shifts.

Treasury Alaska State of Union Treasury Department Washington St. Louis Topeka Kan

Diverse postwar tensions and incidents across nations

Foreign Prince Peter Kropotkin is dead in Moscow. Copenhagen dispute with Britain and France over Germany's war debt. A Varis supreme council committee to investigate. Lloyd George seeks immediate indemnity fix. Manila dispatch: thirty six Filipinos drowned on the three masted schooner Fiticidad in a storm. Maury Dowles, fifteen, court-martialed at Cork. sentence deferred. A girl arrested after crossing a field with army in possession. An attempted kidnap of Grover Cleveland Bergdorf and Alm thwarted by Americans with German help in Ebersbach. Carloca set ablaze in the Mediterranean, sailing from Norfolk. Disturbances in Siberia grow more alarming per Helsingfors. Berlin dispatch claims German communists push for an offensive alliance with Australia against Entente and US. Grover Cleveland Bergdorf and chauffeur Isaac Stecher claim Canadian passports after escaping the US in 1920 to Germany.

Great Britain France Germany Supreme Council Varis Lloyd George Berlin Grover Cleveland Bergdorf Isaac Stecher United States

New Features in Summer’s Calendar

Fashion pages preview summer dress trends with taffeta and net materials. The text highlights new taffeta gowns for formal and informal wear, including a versatile miniel that sits between a suit and dress, and one piece dresses resembling suits. Black taffeta with white accents recurs, with colored nets featured for dressy afternoon frocks and evening wear.

Spring millinery hints and bright fabric hats emerge

Easter fashion previews usher in early spring hat styles using cellophane, sniper straw and visen cloth in lustrous textures. Five hats show off off-the-face, sailor and dress shapes with satin crowns, braid trims, ribbon finishes, and corsage floral accents in vivid colors.

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Catty to Chair Cat Show Patrons Briefly

Catty has been asked to act as patroness for a cat show and is noted as well qualified for the role. The remark highlights Catty’s suitability and public duties in the event.

Swamp Root for Kidney Ailments Ad

One medicine stands out for kidneys liver and bladder Swamp Root from Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY. Gentle vegetable compound with mild immediate effects proven in thousands of distressing cases. Start treatment now and test with a ten cent sample bottle by writing for details to the company.

Kilmer Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N Adr

Facts of Sacred Writings and Bible Verse Trivia

Summary of a fragmented OCR style note listing Bible verse facts. It mentions Luke 1 as the longest chapter with 80 verses and 1 John chapter 1 with 10 verses. It cites Esther 8:9 as the longest Old Testament verse with 90 words, and 1 Chronicles 1:25 as the shortest verse with twelve letters. It notes the white verse as Psalms 118:8 and references Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 as long reads. It adds Job as the oldest book and Ezra 7:21 containing all letters except V, plus John 3:11 as the shortest verse.

Good Intentions in Honest Talk By Senator Sorghum

Senator Sorghum comments on truth telling noting that people often mislead. He says one may strive to tell the truth yet still circulate mis information. He cautions that pride in honesty can mask partial or misleading statements.

Senator Sorghum

The Kind Presents Fragmented Tale of Cinderefla

A fragment from a vintage page describes Cinderefla charming a prince with a small sip. The text then questions whether to nickname her a shog vamp in a playful, speculative tone.

Cinderefla

Stetson Oil Co Advertising Offer Circles to Sell

A Cleveland based Stetson Oil Co advertisement offers a liberal commission to take orders for their lubricating oils and paints. It invites interested readers to write H We Swift, Sales Manager, for full information and to turn spare time into cash.

Stetson Ol Co Cleveland Ohio Liberal Commission H. We Swift Adv

Rope exceeds leather in power transmission use

For 20 years Manila hemp rope has surpassed leather belting in mills and factories for power transmission. In the United States the shift began after acquiring the Philippines, where hemp rope lengths vary from 6 to 18 feet and claim tensile strength above 50 000 pounds per square inch. Hope drives and 13 mils are noted for their quiet, flexible operation due to air pockets in the grooves between rope and sheath.

Manila United States Philippine Islands

Aura fragments and a warning in a moonlit line

A fragmented verse describes mood and color with a moonlit window scene. The speaker hints at a fall and a note about an aura and pink dye, implying tension and unseen danger as the night unfolds.

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