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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
3
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased ear. The remedy is said to act through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces, reducing inflammation of the Eustachian Tube and restoring hearing, with circulars and Druggists offering the product.
A New York World snippet reformulates a Scottish tale where Donald borrows three pipe fuls of tobacco from Sandy. He offers repayment but Sandy refuses, saying he will clean his pipe after the Sabbath and take it for Donald on Monday.
An advertisement touts Cuticura as a multi purpose cure for sore hands and toilet needs. It recommends soaking hands in Cuticura Soap rinsing and drying then applying Cuticura Ointment and removing excess with tissue. The trio Soap Ointment and Talcum are promoted together.
If you use Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry you will not be troubled by those tiny rust spots often caused by inferior bluing. Try it and see.
A student dialogue discusses what a conjunction is and attempts to craft examples. Thomas defines a conjunction as a word connecting elements and gives a sentence where halter binds horse to the fence, illustrating how a connective term links objects.
Comic exchange between two nannies questions the child’s ethnicity. One nursemaid jokes the infant is yet to speak, while noting the father is French and the mother Spanish. The dialogue humorously probes identity before language.
With three weeks left in the Indiana General Assembly session, both houses rush work. Amendments target a Republican administration tax bill granting the state tax board new appellate and review powers over local assessments and bond issues.
Indiana dairy men plan protests at Washington over Attorney General Palmer’s ruling that butter from neutralized cream incurs a 10 cent per pound tax. Simuel Schlosser of the Indiana Federation of Farmers Associations and the Indiana State Dairy Association will speak at a February 25 hearing, announced by J. G. Brown, president of the state federation.
Governor Warren McCray announced a statewide plan to move about 900 patients from the Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis to four other state hospitals. He proposed abandoning the Central men's building and building two new infirmaries to house 1,200 patients, with each remaining institution expanded to that capacity.
A two hour hearing before the house committee on medicine and health drew over 100 people as sharp interruptions questions and hissing marked the session. The Willis of DeKalb bill would let counties and cities decide by election if they want a state health officer and nurse. Opponents led by Wathaniel Ross argued the bill centralizes power with the state board of health and risks a powerful paternalistic medical body.
Senator Masters proposed a bill to raise state general assembly salaries to 1000 annually and lieutenant governor to 2000 annually. The senate passed 33 ayes 14 noes with a clause excluding the current lieutenant governor. Absent were Self Nichols Fitch. others voted aye. Current pay is 6 a day, a rise over 400 percent if enacted.
The house of representatives adjourned briefly in memory of Rep EF Matthews of St Joseph County who died at Deaconess hospital. The senate also adjourned after a brief session. A resolution extending sympathy to Matthews widow and relatives was adopted by the senate.
After a lengthy battle in the house the Hartzel automobile theft bill was materially amended. The house refused to permit some drastic provisions, including a sentence suspension ban for vehicle taking and a parole veto without advice and consent of a state advisory board.
Bartholomew County sugar camps report a bumper sap run with five farms opened. Frank Oberlies with 325 trees has produced 24 gallons of syrup, far above last season. Other camps note unusually large flows due to alternating freezes and thaws.
An enlisted sailor at the Washington navy yard is under arrest in a suspected plot to blow up the presidential yacht Mayflower. Secret service and police chase the case amid warnings it could extend to other vessels and shops at the yard. The suspect’s name was withheld.
A Munich writer argues disarming the Bavarian einwohnerwehr is impossible as arms are spread across 4 000 farmsteads and 400 000 members in Bavaria resist surrender after Red Terror memories. Police found 2 000 rifles and ammunition hidden in a Berlin seizure linked building.
The naval appropriation bill approved by the house totals about 395 million dollars and moves to the senate. It allocates 90 million for next year’s building program but restricts funds to ships with started construction and let contracts. The bill cuts Marine Corps enlisted levels from 27 000 to 20 000 and Navy strength from 148 000 to 100 000.
The 1920 sugar production reached 2,605,174,000 pounds, up 15 percent from 1916 and 53 percent from 1919. Beet sugar totaled 2,219,200,000 pounds, a 27 percent rise over the 1915 record.
Sir Auckland Geddes British ambassador to the United States sails from London to Southampton en route to Washington. S. Alfred Sze the new Chinese ambassador to the United States also departs London aiming to travel to America on the Aquitania.
Births in England and Wales in 1920 reached a record high while the death rate fell to 12.4 per thousand. The registrar general’s report notes a birth rate of 35.44 per thousand and infant deaths under one year at 80 per thousand.
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