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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
3
A pair of new recruits debate the paradox of relief from guard duty. One says relief is the perk, while the other argues guard duty is hell. The recollection of forgetting his rifle at relief time triggers a comic punch line.
A town man warns that labor arrogance may turn the honest hired man into a traitor, provoking astonishment from Farmer Bentover in a Kansas City Star dialogue.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. sworn in Toledo Ohio promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Document dated December 6, 1886 before A W Gleason Notary Public. Medicine taken internally and acts via blood on mucous surfaces. Toledo Ohio firm address listed.
A Munice woman trims a doorway tramp who explains he is out of work since the war ended his only taught trade of tramping. The visitor says his father taught him the occupation before the war and he followed it until the conflict. The backdoor encounter highlights changing attitudes as women rise to work everywhere.
Natives of hot climates bathe sparingly, using soap mainly for shaving or shampoo. Eskimos bathe recklessly during fishing season while wading to untangle nets, but wives and families believe wet-net handling excuses further bathing rites.
Indiana reports an aid package from the state deficiency fund totaling 262 538 93 to support 149 school corporations across 26 counties through end of the school year. Several cities note changes in insurance rates taxes and public projects while communities push for improvements from highways to school buildings.
Lesson outlines Deborah as a key judge in Judges chapter 4, detailing her calling Barak, the defeat of Jabin’s army, Sisera’s death at the hands of Jael, and the Song of Victory. It emphasizes courage, faith, and God’s deliverance through a woman under oppression.
A reflective line warns that riches gained for self without laying up inner treasure deprive a person of real inward life. The saying portrays wealth as hollow without spiritual stores.
A succinct reflection attributed to Emerson notes that time is never lost when it is devoted to work. The saying emphasizes diligent effort as the measure of productive use of time.
A quotation notes that to become a great soul in the future one must already be a great soul today. The saying emphasizes present virtue as the seed of future greatness attributed to Hmerson.
A dated health ad advises that backache and kidney discomfort come from heavy meat consumption. It promotes Jad Salts as a grape and lemon acid lithia drink to cleanse sluggish kidneys, ease urine irritation, and end bladder weakness, recommending a dose before breakfast.
In a morning incident a teacher disciplined two unruly boys, leaving a vivid memory. That afternoon she began a lesson on the Civil War, calling it the hammering campaign, provoking amused chatter when a student joked about a prior beating.
An old advertisement claims bilious symptoms come from a torpid liver and sluggish bowels. It promotes Cascarets as a safe overnight cleanse that avoids calomel salts oil or gripping pills while you sleep.
A father questions his son after college graduation. The son boasts of seeking a job in New York at five thousand per year, while the father playfully challenges the figure, indicating ambiguity over the salary. Pathfinder notes the exchange as a light anecdote.
An Indiana farm on a pike near a railroad town offers 14 acres of wheat potential with seven cents per acre evaluation. It features all tillable soil, good buildings, fruit crops, and seeks Avery Knowles in Cleves Ohio for inquiries and purchase details.
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