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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
6
A rural reader comments on English pronunciations and a caller asking how to spell a name on the phone. The subscriber complains about a messenger delay while a new assistant struggles to understand the caller's spelling.
The speaker argues that while wealth is possible it is unlikely and urges immediate enforcement of existing immigration laws rather than awaiting new restrictions. The note frames enforcement as practical and prudent given current statutes and policy debate.
A brief note highlights that the three missing aviators face questions about their fate while Secretary Daniels also bears responsibility for explanations.
Senate Foreign Relations panel will report favorably a Lodge bill to let the United States take over the London residence of J P Morgan as the future home for American ambassadors. A nominal payment would suffice. The piece argues for better funded diplomatic housing across European capitals and cites savings over time.
Paul Urban spent Sunday afternoon at Bridgeport. Mrs. Rena McGuire, recently ill at her sister Mrs. George Clodfelter’s home, is improving. Miss Luella Hall and Edwin Baldwin of Indianapolis visited relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Buckeye Station were in the community Sunday. Tia and Norman Parnell are on the sick list. Clarence Morris, son of Frank Morris of Missouri, is visiting relatives here. William Price and family and Glen Bridges of Buckeye Station were Sunday guests of Fred Price and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Howard and family of Plainfield and Jesse Tomlinson and family of Indianapolis visisted C. E. Parnell and family.
AWire report recalls how baths once sparked civic controversy from Cincinnati in 1842 to Philadelphia and beyond. Legislation taxed or restricted bathtubs as perceived undemocratic luxuries, with towns like Hartford Providence Charleston Wilmington and Boston imposing water rates or medical bans.
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