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Newspaper

Plainfield Messenger

Location

Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1920

Page

8

Farm sale lists Holstein herd and farm equipment in county auction

Beginning at 10 am the sale includes 25 Holstein cows and 18 calved heifers plus 53 heifer calves, a 4-year-old milking cow, a 18-month bull, and five fresh Holsteins. Also offered are five brood mares and numerous wagons, implements, corn binders, plows, rakes, seed corn, hay, silage, and household items with federal-supervised cattle and stock inventory.

Lapttle Studebaker Johnson Janesville Emmerson Oliver John Deere Masse- Harris Masse-Harris Black Hawk

Local Notes Report Connections and Illnesses

Gus and Guy Krebs return to work after illness. Maggie Quinn of Dayton visits due to brother EF Ross's illness. Anna McCarthy of Canton expected soon. EF H Ross, Hotel Hendrix manager, remains in very low condition at St Vincent's amid cancer battle.

Kis. Ross Anna McCarthy Canton EF. H. Ross Hendrix St. Vincent’s

Illness and surgeries tied to local residents

Hospitalized Sunday, surgery Monday failed to relieve the condition. Mrs. Ross hopes for discharge soon. Miss Neil Mills assists Mrs. J. E. Vestal who is very ill with flu and quinsy. Baptist Ladies Aid holds all day meeting with Mrs. Ed Hiatt. Mrs. J. A. Stephens leaves for Pennsylvania for her mother’s illness. death soon after. Geo. W. Jessup called to Farham for stepdaughter Edythe Young’s illness. she remains critical.

Pennsylvania Mr. Stephens Cincinnati Geo. W Jessup Farlham Edythe Young Mr Jessup Miss Young

Paul Pritche Dies of Flux Pneumonia at St Vincent’s

Word came early Friday of the death of Paul Pritche who died of flux pneumonia at St Vincent's hospital around 2:30 in the morning.

Paul Pritche St. Vincent’s Hospital

No Preaching Or Praying Monument Despised Beliefs

The article recalls Martin Lenners of Lafayette who erected a cemetery stone declaring no preaching or praying on the lot. It notes his death by gas asphyxiation in his room and reflects on personal beliefs and tolerance toward religious expressions and funerary rites.

Martin Lenners Lafayette Jenners

Ignorance Cited Over Reading Habits and Self-Improvement

A community admonishes residents for neglecting literature and home papers. It contrasts busy talk about neighbors with the value of reading, urging self improvement and reflection on becoming more than a mere possibility.

War Savings Stamps 1929 Promote Independence

War Savings stamps of 1920 era are carmine with George Washington and price 4.12 in January rising to 84.23 by December. The 25 cent Thrift stamp remains usable to evidence payments on War Savings stamps. Thrift cards can be exchanged for a 1920 War Savings certificate at any authorized office. Post offices require a ten day written demand before payment and the certificate must be surrendered within 60 days of demand.

George Washington

Local Social News Highlights From Rockville Road Area

Mr and Mrs Bert Overholser and family spent Sunday with relatives on Rockville Road Oscar Bradford and Fred Price are able to be out after a weeks illness John Poland and daughter Gladys and C E Parnell are on the sick list Miss Hazel Pollard of Six Points spent Sunday with friends here Mrs Naomi Bradford and Mrs Lilian Parnell attended the funeral of Robert Delaney at Bridgeport Friends Church Sunday morning Miss Nellie Polard spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folk at Six Points

Bert Overholser Rockville Road Oscar Bradford Fred Price John Poland Gladys C. E. Parnell Hazel Pollard Naomi Bradford Lilian Parnell Robert Delaney Bridgeport Friends Church Nellie Polard

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