Plainfield Messenger Dec 2 1920 front page
The Plainfield Messenger announces new annual and monthly subscription rates for the newspaper dated Thursday December 2 1920. Advertisements and local notices appear amid community updates.
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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
4
Panama Canal Profit A Financial Joke
The Panama Canal shows a last year profit of 2 387 599 dollars while officials insist it was built for public benefit not direct profit. Critics call the seeming annual gain of over two million a third a financial joke given vast losses and the half a billion dollars of public funds invested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
RAT-SNAP Rat Control Ad From Plainfield
Plainfield Motor Car Co markets RAT-SNAP for mice and rats with no odor. Cats and dogs avoid it while vermin ingest it. Three sizes priced 35c 65c and 1.25. Suitable for pantries to large farm or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by E. Watson Symons Hardware Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Watson
Symons Hardware Co
E. E. Watson
Infant Strength Hidden in Weakness
A provocative line contrasts strength and vulnerability, noting that resilience often lies beneath apparent fragility and challenges the reader to rethink conventional notions of power.
Time for everything and Armenia’s fate in limbo
A reflective column riffs on modern life and irony. It notes old wives still dressing slowly while husbands wait and landlords allowing phonographs but not babies. It references Wilson and Armenia, hinting at political boundaries and territorial turmoil as Armenia’s armies sag and its capital sits under Turkish occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Wilson
Armenia
Russia
RAT SNAP Claims Big Savings For Farmers And Chickens
A Jersey farmer James Baxter reports RAT SNAP keeps rats out of home and storage. He estimates spending about 2.00 yearly on the product and saving 300.00 in chicks eggs and feed. The bait comes as a ready cake in three sizes 35c 6 and 1.25 sold and guaranteed by Symons Hardware Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Baxter
N. J
E. E. Watson
Symons Hardware Co
Rifts and Alignments Shape Mid East Stakes
The text notes Russia and Turkey vie for influence in the Caucasus and Anatolia while Lenin and Mustafa Kemal temporarily pursue shared interests. It hints at shifting alliances affecting control of key regions as the two powers consider collaboration over confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Russia
Turkey
Caucasus
Anatolia
Lenine
Mustapha Kemal
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