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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1921
Page
2
A sweeping World News Digest lists proposals and events from Washington to London and Tokyo. It notes Smoots tax proposal, a Washington census reveal, Armistice Day prayers, unemployment talks, mine and railway plans, and disaster and political incidents across the United States and abroad.
Sixteen year old Wiletta Huggins of Janesville Wisconsin, blind and deafened by her condition, learns to converse by placing a finger on the vocal cords of speakers. She can engage two people at once by sensing vibrations before speech. Her method, learned at the Wisconsin Show for the Blind, arose naturally and she cannot fully explain it.
Philadelphia report of two quick robberies halted by a driver. J M Sloane, a for hire driver, stopped to repair his car and faced two bandits who fled after he drew a pair of pliers. Sloane’s badge and coat pulled opened aided his defense as the criminals pitched no money and escaped.
Psychologists foresee a new method of teaching the deaf emerging from tests on Wisetta Thaggins. Her growing recognition includes a prominent magazine interview and a feature on her success, signaling wider attention to her work and influence.
A mysterious ability is described where a woman named Wretta allegedly detects who is in a room or adjacent space through an extraordinary sense. The report compares her talent to Helen Keller and claims she can know individuals after brief acquaintance, even identifying two people simultaneously.
The article describes crowds of Russian refugees in Constantinople living in servile roles and outlines the collapse of the Russian aristocracy after the war. It notes Allied, especially French, efforts to overthrow the Bolshevik government and replace it with a regime favorable to Western Europe, including mercenary forces led by General Wrangel.
Milton Brenner reports on Russian refugees fleeing Bolshevik advance, arriving in Constantinople. Families, officers, and civilians crowd the city, while former Wrangel troops drift, beg, and struggle to find work amid scarce aid. Turkish police curb crime as French aid ends.
A London Daily News dispatch from Melbourne reports Miss Jessie Dorman, a young man, and aviator 4.G. Ross all died when Miss Dorman's heel became jammed between a ladder and a wooden bar, preventing a turn and causing the aircraft to crash near Fort Selbourne, Australia.
Harry Novick sues for divorce alleging incompatibility over his wife’s bobbed hair and claims she leaves the baby with a neighbor while going out in the evenings making the marriage untenable.
Sailors aboard American warships touring Portugal witnessed a bullfight described as a display of horsemanship rather than cruelty. The event featured leather‑cushioned horns and a sequence where peasants attempted to cling to a bull, prompting cheers from the American crowd despite a chaotic moment when a bull charged into a group of bullfighters.
A fragment recounts an awkward fishing session where a novice asks the cost of the front tackle. The experienced angler explains it costs about 2d, and the novice reveals he owes 26, claiming the one lent has sunk, forming a light anecdotal scene of mishap and humor.
A seven-year-old girl named Pala Ethel disobeyed her mother and was severely spanked. After crying she walked to her mother, hugged her, and said, Mother, say and I are pals, we don’t care anything about spanking. The mother could not speak or smile afterward.
Town topic item presents a dialogue sketch where Alice asks how one knows love for George and Virginia answers that Gladys desires him, reflecting a sly romantic premise from a gossip page.
A vintage advertisement extols Swamp-Root as a premier remedy for kidney and liver ailments. It claims rapid, gentle relief from urinary distress, promotes sample bottles, and urges readers to order via Dr Kilmer and Co. Also mentions other products and a carbolic ointment.
A brief item notes that there is no excuse for anonymous communications and mentions a push to reveal a publisher for anonymous content. The piece suggests scrutiny of sources and accountability in financial discourse.
A vintage advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a remedy for constipation in children. It promises quick relief, notes the product’s fruity appeal, and urges mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with dosing directions printed on the bottle. The ad warns to say California to avoid fake syrup.
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