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Plainfield Messenger

Location

Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1921

Page

3

Threshing Losses Hit Johnson County in 270000 Estimate

Johnson county farmers report a total crop loss of about 270000 dollars from Franklin-Wheat threshing. The committee calculates production cost at 24 dollars per acre and crop value at 17.25 dollars, yielding a 6.75 dollar loss per acre on 40000 acres. Detailed expense items include fertilizer seed and labor, with 15 bushels sold at 1.15 per bushel.

Franklin Johnson Farn Bureau Johnson County Lafayette Henry ‘V W. Marshall Lafayette Journal Courier Purdue University W. E. Stone Canadian Rockies Marshall Helen Hand Richard Stone Todor Stone Cleveland Banff Doctor Stone Indianapolis Jacob D. Miltenberger Indiana Taxpayers’ Protective Association Terre Haute Seelyville Frank Higenbotham Clinton Southeastern Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company St. Paul Road McCray State Department of Supervision and Inspection State Legal Department State Department Evinsville Vanderburg County Shelbyville George Carlisle Shelby County Dunkirk Jackson Township Blackford County Kokomo Chicago Leonide Wanger Goshen Ralph Wy. Cripe Otis Zollingerg Cripe Indiana Washington, D. C War Department John Gibson Evansville Twenty-eighth Infantry Cletie W. Smith Wabash, Prvate Gibson Smith Indiana Securites Commission Farmers’ Finance Corporation Delaware Corporation United States Grain ‘Growers, Inc Commission Securities Commission Farmers’ Corporation Clifford Thorne United States Grain Growers, S Commissioner of Internal Revenue South Bend Artificial Ice Company Bluffton Carl Graft Poe Allen County Echo Wells County Graft John J. Pershing The American Legion Warebush Wabash Deaconess St. Mars’s Hospitals Benjamin Bosse Bosse Petersburg Pike County Vincennes Knox County Oaktown Alfred Monroe Kenyon Medina Galion

Straight Line Street Dresses Promise Fall Wardrobe staple

Street dresses in the straight line silhouette dominate fall fashion. Designers align on the simple form with varied sleeves collars and trims. Navy tricotine pictured features slash sleeves crepe-de-chine borders and a white buttoned two row detail with a patent leather belt. Small fur neck pieces may be added for autumn days.

Smart style in knitted outerwear for fall wear

Knitted outerwear shifts to named styles like tuxedo and tie-back with new sweater blouses and middy coats. Worsted middies in white feature navy collars and turned-up cuffs while the tuxedo coat shows full revers and detachable knitted sash. The fashion notes predict more knitted tuxedos and coordinated blouses and skirts for fall.

White veils and dotted patterns in fashion trends

The article notes white veils remain popular with dotted colored accents in jade cornflower blue cherry and coral. It also mentions nine inch ceilings being shown in white, highlighting the enduring appeal of dotted veiling in current fashion.

Soviet agrees to release all American prisoners

Moscow announces release of all Americans held prisoner and immediate start of relief work for famine and cholera victims. Hoover, heading American relief commission, quotes Russian reply via Gorky and Kameneff. No public appeal planned. food shipments from Danzig possible once accord with Russians is reached.

Moscow Washington Secretary of Commerce Hoover Russia American Relief Commission Maxim Gorky Kamenoff all-Russian Central Executive Relief Committee Mr. Hoover Gorky American Relief Administration Brown Reval Riga State Department Messrs Gorky and Kameneff S100ver Danzig

France resumes ties with Vatican via papal nuncio

Archbishop Beneventura Serriti arrived in Paris from Rome to serve as papal nuncio, formally reestablishing diplomatic relations cut in 1904 after the French bill restricting religious associations sparked a clash with Pope Leo XIII.

Paris France Vatican Rome Beneventura Serreti Holy See Chamber of Deputies Leo XIII

Derailment Delays Michigan Central Train No 20 Near Inkster

Detroit reports that six cars derailed and the locomotive overturned on the Michigan Central westbound No 20 near Inkster, 15 miles from the city. Three people were injured though none seriously, with several passengers tossed from berths as delays stretched for hours.

Detroit Mich Michigan Central Railroad Inkster Here

Passport Cancelled for Dr. Ben Reitman in New York

The passport of Dr. Ben Reitman of Chicago was rescinded by a representative of the division of passport control shortly after the cancellation of its British visa at the office of the British consul general. Dr. Reitman gave no reason for the action.

Dr. Reitman New York Ben Reitman Chicago Reitman

Britain to join Washington disarmament talks as planned

London reports Britain will participate in the Washington disarmament conference without a preliminary meeting, confirming November 11 as the date if President Harding deems it suitable. A British delegation will represent Australia and New Zealand, with attendance by Mr Lloyd George possible depending on circumstances.

London Great Britain Washington Yarding Harding Hughes Australia Massey Netty Zealand Lievd George

Absent Bank President Spurgin Detained in Texas

Warren C. Spurgin, former president of the Michigan Avenue Trust and Savings Bank, is reported in custody at Marfa Texas. A telegram from Texas officials asked about a reward, and Pinkerton agents were sent to return Spurgin to Chicago for custody.

Warren G. Spurgin Chicago Bank Marfa, Texas Chicago Warren C. Spurgin Michigan Avenue Trust and Savings Bank Marfa Tex J. Tlumphreys T. C. Claussen Texas Spurgin Ben Newmark Pinkerton Detective Agency

Candy Clearing House Considered By Detroit Confectioners

At the National Jobbing Confectioners association convention in Detroit on August 3 the need for a candy clearing house is discussed. The aim is to balance shifting public tastes by redistributing unpopular brands to new markets, freeing capital and reducing unsold stock for jobbers.

Detroit Mich National

MIKADO HONORS AMERICAN EXECUTIVE FOR WIRELESS WORK

Tokyo Aug 3 Owen D Young vice president of General Electric Company of America has been decorated with the fourth class order of merit and the order of the rising sun for services to wireless telegraphy in Japan. Rob Bank Messenger of 3500 Chicago Aug 3 withdrew pistols as three armed bandits held up Benjamin Zuckerman 28 at 1235 North Central Park Avenue for the Sixteenth Street State Bank. 500 West Sixteenth street robbers escaped with 3000 in cash bonds and cashier checks.

Owen D. Young General Electric Company Japan Tokyo General Electric Company of America Nising Sur Chicago Benjamin Zuckerman North Central Park Avenue

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