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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
2
The column surveys postwar relief totals and Europe’s needs, notes price spikes for wives in central Africa, and condemns fraudulent appeals to grieving families. It cites Helen Keller’s public tour, warns against safety excuses for fires, and questions early human origins while critiquing driver speed violations and lawless automobile use.
The speaker urges courts to show restraint toward a plea that the automobile acted beyond the driver's control, suggesting many accidents arise from circumstances beyond human control.
The Brooklyn Standard Union reports a device by Capt Poirson that supposedly permits confidential phone conversations by altering the current from the transmitter so a third party on the same line hears only noise while the intended recipient gets the message. Paris claims support the achievement though details are unclear.
A column of local whimsy recounts smalltown vignettes. Pug Koogle tests a gasoline tank at Mick Codys store and fails. Community quips compare Johnny Armitages sentimentality to a hunter, and a hippo tale ends with an aunt remark. Charley Thompson jokes about hypnotism and love.
Beech Grove residents report a busy week of corn planting. Austin Smith spent Sunday afternoon with Omer Griggle and family. Archie Boyd and family visited Mary Gorham and family at Stilesville. Wallace Millikin and family from near Elizaville called on James Dale and wife. Columbus Gorham and Lena Dale visited. Miss Luna Lisby returned home after visiting her sister Mrs Sam Poer who was ill. Austin Smiths and Frank Blantens were in the city last week.
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