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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
4
Weekly mottoes are published in order of reader submissions. The entry quotes Wordsworth and reflects on living today to improve tomorrow. The department invites further motto contributions for future weeks.
A reader argues the millennium has begun, citing Daniel Revelations and prophecy. The piece discusses the beast with ten horns as a symbol of earth’s convulsions, Prussia’s rise into the German empire, and Europe’s shifting powers tied to biblical prophecies.
The article interprets John’s visions as foretelling World War I with Germany and Austria as a two-horned beast under the Kaiser. It notes the Kaiser’s birth date and the war start date, claims a 42 month reign ending in 1918, and cites prophecies about the Turk reviving and war’s ongoing threat. It signals a continuation in a following installment.
Horace L Hanna attorney notices creditors heirs and legatees to appear in Hendricks Circuit Court Danville Indiana January 3 1921 to show cause why final settlement accounts with the estate should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness Clerk Alvin Woodward December 16 1920.
Horace L. Hanna, attorney, announces appointment as administrator of the estate of Celia Simmons, late of Hendricks County, Indiana, by order of the Circuit Court. The estate is believed to be solvent. Alva C. Harvey, administrator, dated December 14, 1920.
Symons Hardware Co hosts display of the Columbia Grafonoa described as the oldest standard phonograph on the market today. The column lists numerous Christmas visits and gatherings across Indiana towns including Kokomo Anderson Irvington Greenfield Martinsville and Carmel with extended family travels from Indianapolis to Terre Haute and Danville.
The text urges belief in personal merit and continuous effort. It compares Merit to a guiding rule, claiming true merit leads to reward and success if one aims high, does better than expected, and stays focused on elevating aims and ideals. It emphasizes perseverance over destiny’s accidents and the legitimacy of striving for perfection.
A mother and daughter face high living costs and hardship as Eunice uncovers a hidden gift from her late father and a secret savings deed. The discovery reveals Randal Marsh’s selfless sacrifice to pay the mortgage and fund a future home, renewing gratitude and love.
A DC Supreme Court hearing features a dead wife’s ghost testifying she procured the iron bar used to kill her, with her mother and an assistant US attorney cited. The piece discusses spiritualism, apparitions, and public trust in legal proceedings as a ghost story is treated as admissible evidence.
Sixty-year-old Mitchel S D Harry Loft, a twenty year old cripple who worked washing dishes in a lunchroom, has gone to Oakland California to obtain his portion of a sizable estate from a relative of his deceased father.
Ned Graham, once an orphan, returns home through a snowy Christmas Eve tale of kindness and bravery. He foils a burglary, discovers a wallet mislaid by Martin Brill, and reunites Brill with his daughter Alice, revealing a hidden Christmas memory in Wade's house. The narrative centers on family, gratitude, and the magic of the season.
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