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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
2
Fires at the New Willard hotel caused about 250000 dollars in losses. Senate and House debated tariffs and flood control funding while issuing new debt and policy measures. Secretary Mellon warned of a 350 million deficit. Langley and McNary bills advanced. wages rose for coastwise workers. and a train wreck injured eight.
The Chicago based United States railroad labor board faces a challenge to its authority as a federal court decision limits its procedural powers. Workers' strikes loom nationwide after delegates to a Chicago convention vote to launch strike ballots. The report covers multiple industrial, political, and international developments from Detroit to Dublin and Belgrade.
Personal James Dickie shipbuilder of San Francisco died after a prolonged illness at age seventy five born in Arbroath Scotland. James Kimball Hooper former president of the Chicago Board of Trade died at his Chicago home aged seventy. Dr Frank Newall Patterson sixty two heart specialist and head of the medical staff of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company died in New York of heart disease.
A digest of Indiana and nearby areas reports land values, labor shortages, forestry plans, library expenditures, court decisions, farm conditions, school graduations, tax data, market reports, and local municipal actions. Key items include shift in tobacco land use along Clark county bluffs, Gary labor scarcity, Indiana forestry funding plans, and a tornado death toll of 21 with 300 injured.
A nonplayer woman invited to an afternoon card gathering moves between bridge tables. She chats with players until reaching a group where partners just won a rubber. One partner shouts triumph, and the card night ends with the woman leaving in a huff.
Short ad copy touts Ball Blue laundry product promising a dainty well groomed appearance for girls. Emphasizes use to achieve a admired finish.
The judge questions Luck, nicknamed Rastus, about a chicken coop incident. Rastus admits being in the coop and stealing thirteen chickens, claiming thirteen is an unlucky number for the man to have.
Elmer Schlesinger, general counsel of the shipping board, told a Washington correspondent that he applauds aggressive lawyers who browbeat witnesses only when they are defeated. He recalled a shipping board case where the opposing counsel struck the rail and shouted at a witness, who calmly replied with a shrug and a question.
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