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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
4
A fragmentary humor page presents a collage of quips and lines about society trends, travel humor, and odd observations. It includes jokes about accidents, marriages, and good manners, with playful snippets and a note about a new song hit.
The piece notes Carpentier and Dempsey set for July 2 in Jersey City with Carpentier tipping 172 pounds on fight day and Dempsey at 185. Odds run 9-5 against the French challenger, who enjoys strong support to topple the champ. Jim Jeffries attends and backs Dempsey as winner.
The local ball club and Parr lads were to meet last Sunday but the match was moved to May 30 due to seasos. Both teams vie for first place in the Newton-Jasper League as the Brook Symphony Band performs at East Side Park before the game. Next Sunday Brook travels to Mt Ayr for another test amid expectations of a good contest. Danvila A H C Goodland Semi Prog and Rensselaer Remington results noted.
A brief, informal notice invites readers to consider a job with good pay and short hours in a cool workplace. It humorously notes the writer’s hope for a heavenly afterlife and teases readers to read a feature on the Indianapolis race. The piece ends with a call to subscribe for the Reporter.
A 10:00 a.m. start fuels anticipation for the Indianapolis Speedway event with drivers De Palma Resta Wilcox Chevrolet Mulford Ford Boyer Milton Sarles and others from four nations. The winner earns 85 000 and a 1 060 point boost in the American Automobile Association championship along with a French marble clock and bronze urn set as prizes.
The report details a tense chase around windmills and silos as a besieging force disputes the area. A gray dog, later identified as Shepard, is mistaken for an enemy, while Wolves and a gray dog are observed near the ditch and road. Residents recall large wolves seen by Gena Thayer and others.
An obituary notes the death of Mrs Walter Murfitt with a long list of relatives and associated families from Wanatah Gary Chicago Whiting and Indianapolis. The fragment lists names and places connected to the deceased and family network.
Mildred Alice Osborn born December 29 1897 on a Wanatah farm Indiana died May 20 1921 at home near Brook Indiana. She joined the Ohylsetian Church at eleven and remained a devoted member. She married Walter F. Murtitt February 8 1917 and they had one son Ray William. Survived by husband son her parents four sisters two grandmothers and many relatives and friends. The mills of God grind slowly yet exceedingly small yet exactness grinds he all.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends for floral tributes during illness and death of Mildred Murfitt. Public Health Nurse Mis Carpenter reports eighteen TB cases in Mis county and sixty in Benton county. doctors urged to report all cases. Seventeen Trachoma cases to be cared for. some patients to hospitals. Observer notes physicians cooperating, warns against overcharging and upholds health laws. Also mentions mourning colors, a local eyelike fashion ad, and a Phoenix justice planning fines for speeding.
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