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Newspaper

Plainfield Messenger

Location

Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1921

Page

4

Publication Rates Listed for Subscriptions

A historical rate card shows prices for subscriptions at 1.50 dollars per year in advance and under one year at fifteen cents per month, indicating early period publishing costs.

President Harding Addresses Congress Outline for Immediate Actions

In his message to Congress, President Harding urges action on perishable foods costs, emergency tariffs, war profits tax revision, and immediate peace with Germany. He opposes the league of nations and calls for federal aid to highways, generous soldier relief, maternity and welfare measures, and restraint on disarmament. He seeks internal tax relief through readjustment and repeal revisions, supports American industry, and proposes aid for crippled soldiers while condemning lynching.

Harding Congress Germany League of Nations Department of Public Welfare Republic

Glorifying Conquest Over Defeat In Sports

The text praises sportsmanship praising acceptance of judges decisions. It argues all contestants should desist from criticizing winners and feel pride in showing manliness or womanliness in defeat. It notes there can be glory in being conquered.

Linhurst Indianapolis Indiana Terias

Ford Facing Cash Crunch Forces Large Credit Move

During a hard winter Henry Ford faced a cash shortage as prices fell and inventory losses rose. He planned for spring taxes and expenses while profits were tied up in plants and materials. Ford rejected New York lenders but sales rebounded, with 80,000 machines sold in March saving the day.

Henry Ford Ford New York

Appreciated Words From Messenger Subscrib ers

Readers renew subscriptions and express affection for the Messenger. Mrs Julia Eshelman of Miami Indl recalls birthplace and praises the paper for local news at a low price. Mrs J P Cope and Dr Cope share a poem about the home town paper and its cheer.

the Messenger Julia Eshelman Miami Indl The Messenger Plainfield J. P. Cope Dr. Cope Campbellsburg Bill Joe France Ladies’ Aid

Aid Drive For Suffering Armenians Led By General Wood

Major General Leonard Wood heads a nationwide appeal for a lent sacrifice offering to aid Near East Relief and starving Christian populations. The list of supporters includes former President Taft, Andrew Melon, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Samuel Gompers, Mary Garden, and many prominent leaders from politics industry and the arts.

Leonard Wood U.S. Army Near East Madison Avenue New York City General Wood Andrew W. Mehlon Pittsburgh the Treasury William H. Taft Frank A. Munsey W. W. Atterbury Pennsylvania Railroad John Grier Hibben Princeton University Alexis Carrel Rockefeller Institute Carrie Champman Catt Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Roosevelt Newcomb. Carlton Western Union Telegraph Company John C. Shaffer Chicago Post Henry van Dyke H. FB. H. Ried Elizabeth Marbury Samuel Gompers Warren S. Stone John G. Milburn Moorfield Storey American Bar Association Mary Garden David 3Zelasco Medill. McCormick Thomas G. Winter General Federation of Women's Clubs George Maynard Minor D. A. Tk Anna A. Gordon Mars Percy Vi. Pennybacker League of Women Voters Philip North Moore National Council of Women Alice Stone Blackwell George Horace Lorimer Philadelphia Mary Roberts Linehart Rupert Hughes Emerson Hough Reed Smoot Utah John M. Parker Louisiana Frank M. McMurry

Hazelwood Sunday Visits Trace Local Social Ties

Mrs Ora Thompson and son Lorenza visited their uncle Jesse Henshaw and daughter at Gasburg Sunday. Many families from Hazelwood and nearby towns spent Sunday with relatives in Danville Clayton Indianapolis Worthington Stilesville and Mooresville.

Ora Thompson Lorenza Jesse Henshaw Gasburg

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En-ar-co Farmers Supply CO Anf Linhurst and Morris Streets Plainfield Car Eugene V. Hardy Chrin Anita Stewart Sydney Grundy Wallace Reed Mr. Reed J. S. Jones the Plainfield Messenger Messenger Printing Co Punishers President Harding Says Brundswick Brunswick Symon First Phonograph Brunswick Phonograph Brunswick Records Altona Brunswick Superior Cabi Symons Hardware Hazelwood Matilda Duncan Porter LaClair Henry Osborn W. O. Headley Sund Gretchen and Elsie Thompson Frances Pettit Sarah E. Craven C. O. Osborn Marcus Patterson Danville Geo. Hodge Allie Hollingsworth Marta Hollingsworth Worthington Hubert Sawyer Robert Bayless Edgar York Martha Sawyer Clayton Oscar Clark Stilesville D. S. Hazelwood Dr. Cooper Herchel Lambert Mooresville O. Osborn Opal Baldock Mathew Moon Org M. L. Goldberg & Son W. Washington St P. S
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