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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
4
Brook staying atop the league with a 6 1 victory over Reynolds as Remington defeats the strong sand-eaters 3 2. Reynolds suffers ten straight losses while Brook and Remington prepare for next Sundays fast game.
In the Garn Belt League Remington defeats Parr to drop them from top spot while Brook aims to beat Remington in a forthcoming game at their sulphur water city. Reynolds fell to Brook 6 1 last Sunday as the league title race tightens with talk of post season exhibitions and possible top versus runner up series.
A verbose comic column notes various quips and puns about everyday life. It references a Christian cannibal joke, a sleepwalking letter, dark humor about color, a car bearing joke, a mistaken money gain, and a litany of light verse gags. The piece ends as a call for clever lines to fill a notebook.
Threshing started near Rensselaer with light grain and uneven yields. Frank Kanne reports 20 bushels per acre, Henry Paulus 11 acres at 40 and another 14 acres at 23, Tom Cain 28 acres at 47, Jap Fleming and W J Morris 24, and Charles Doctor 20 per acre.
White County officers raided a Meadow Lake area still near Monday seizing the apparatus and seventeen quarts of liquor. Operator Jesse Arbuckle confessed naming customers who bought liquor at 25 dollars per gallon, implicating Hemmington residents and others in Wolcott and nearby White County locales. The raid tied to the Joe Carr episode, with no contraband found on Joe’s premises.
Helen G Estelic, National Superintendent Anti Narcotics, argues the annual $1.2 billion tobacco bill could fund 2,000,000 college stipends or 240,000 homes, costing $5,600 each, and pay teachers’ salaries for 1,690,000 at $1,200 yearly. The piece asks whether tobacco spending is worth more than education, homes, or public utilities.
An on set incident sparks a blaze at a coal yard near Gus Entizer’s location. Firefighters respond as workers evacuate. Witnesses describe a tense moment with flames threatening equipment and prompt containment. No injuries reported.
A historical note describes Siamese noblewomen wearing headgear and a description of the wives hair arrangement. The text states wives eat their bair to keep hair erect, with an average length around one inch and a half.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt presents a child’s grieved reaction as his grandmother scolds him while dressing him. The boy complains that he is being beaten and questions if she recognizes him, revealing a tense family moment and a cry for empathy amid a domestic scene.
A Nebraska man confronts Italian guards and ushers over seating near George Ade in a royal box incident. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena attend with the Duke of the Abruzzi and Count of Turin among spectators, while Ade asserts his coupons grant access and the crowd watches in stunned silence.
Monday night reports a fine run with visits from Jim Davis and family and other neighbors to Bert Belis and Clyde Flemming households. Farmers discuss wheat yields around 26 bushels per acre. Sam Cunningham relocates family from Kentland to the Hawkins house. Mr Hawkins moves to Donovan to manage the Farmers Elevator. T B Cunningham and Dr Doyel visit from Kentland. A humorous note on “Making a Precious Shaw” describes a cashier shaw project requiring six months and goats.
A fragment recalls a luncheon where dainty sandwiches were served. Little Petty asks her mother to make more of the ice light sandwiches someday, asking for no engagement bark.
Glando Pine advertises a cough remedy claiming rapid relief from throat irritation, coughs, and pneumonia mucus reduction. It touts a volatile formula that fumes on contact with mouth and throat membranes, promises germ destruction, and advises mixing three ounces with syrup for a two pint dose. Sold by Montgomery & Snyer of Fort Wayne Indiana.
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