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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
2
Government requires all subscriptions paid in advance and will enforce strictly. The American Press Association notes wartime tax collections totaled £3,944,557,737, up about £1.25 billion, contributing to high prices. Fewer than one percent of 24,000,600 selective service registrants desertion figures cited as record low.
The article contrasts the treatment of women voters with men, noting women faced rough talk without the poll turnout and asserting women still received respect typical of the average American man.
A French system, the brevigraph, claims to let a stenographer write 300 words per minute. The article notes a language can convey paragraphs with a shrug and a full column with a single raised eyebrow.
Airlines announce new routes and service expansions as carriers explore fresh destinations. Plans include adding flights, updating schedules, and boosting frequency to meet rising travel demand across regions.
The piece describes live crank transport starting with carriage of two pies from England to France. It notes not the airplane but pigs face sudden readiness. The pilot reports the pigs protested loudly during the journey, a detail tied to a famous Walrus and the Carpenter debate.
Reports from Fall River and Seattle depict gypsy families interacting with compulsory education enforcement. Courts order parents to cover boarding costs for their children in parental schools, with advance payments noted and society relieved by the arrangement.
A US Department of Agriculture survey finds farm women average 11 hour days with extensive domestic duties. It cites high sewing and washing rates, remodeling of 1,200 farm kitchens, and efforts to improve conditions through state cooperation. The piece also includes poems and a humor note about a Maine hen and collective bargaining.
A fragment notes that the first snow of winter does not elicit the same reception as the first violet of spring, hinting at seasonal attitudes and mood shifts. A brief aside mentions someone with an automobile in the scene.
The Herald ends sample copies on two mail routes from Coatesville and requests new subscribers to continue at four dollars. A reader said the paper keeps him informed about Hendricks and Putnam counties and local happenings.
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