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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
3
Mrs J M Craig of Los Angeles says Tanlac restored her health after influenza and nervous strain. She gained twelve pounds, slept well, and could do housework again after five bottles. She notes other medicines failed before Tanlac helped and urges friends to try it. Adv.
A reflective line argues few photographers value subjects as they truly are, highlighting how image craft may distort worth and identity in portraiture. The remark points to ethical questions in photography about representation and respect for subjects.
Advert says rub St Jacobs Oil on tender spots to relieve rheumatic pain and stiffness in joints muscles and bones. Claims soothe sciatica lumbago backache and neuraglia without internal treatment or skin burning. Encourages trial bottle from any drug store and promises rapid freedom from pains.
A curious exchange notes a three man approach and a claim that Tengezzo, a woman, can make him jam through hoops. The brief centers on a quirky athletic challenge and a bold statement about feats in sport.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. The ailment stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the bloodstream to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, with circulars free from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
An advertisement urges women to buy the exact package Diamond Dyes noting it contains easy wool silk cotton linen dyeing directions. It warns of possible poor results like streaks fades and ruined material and mentions a druggist color card. The ad ends with a proverb about dogs knowing their day.
A wide array of briefs across Indiana covers bread prices in Jeffersonville and New Albany, a new policewoman appointment in New Albany, and county levy debates in Wabash. Reports detail auction proceeds for Summitville 38-bred clubs, road-material costs in Decatur, and an arrest in Columbus on a joking indictment. Fort Wayne notes police expenses vs property recovery, while Seymour and Bloomington report agricultural and library facts respectively. New Market faces school-building location disputes as Elkhart pushes Sabbath enforcement and Brazil reports a destructive Jackson Street school fire.
Indiana lawmakers move toward a day for the Dunn prohibition bill to align with federal law while the lower house kills a boxing bill backed by the American Legion. The chamber also rejects a waterway funding measure and discusses highway reform, education bills, and the state budget totals.
The House of Representatives approved the deficiency appropriation bills prepared by the legislative visiting committee as written. Readings occurred while the chamber acted as committee of the whole and consumed most of the session. A few amendments were offered and adopted unanimously.
Gary Illinois Hammond East Chicago Indianapolis and South Bend, ranked in that order, report postal savings deposits above 100000. Gary leads with 424926, Hammond 211563, East Chicago 107188, Indianapolis 187814, South Bend 110139, all as of February 1 per the Post Office department.
A Midwest group of the American Farm Bureau will convene in Indianapolis March 29 and 30 with officers from 12 state federations to discuss general farm problems. Speakers include J I Howard of Chicago and Andrew J Smith of Indianapolis. Directors plan a February 22 23 meeting to set county program activities.
1920 census figures show Indiana with 200,126 farms covering 21,063,382 acres of which 16,680,212 are improved. The farm count fell 4.5 percent since 1910 while white farmers numbered 201,554 with 131,737 owners and 61,168 tenants. foreign born farmers totaled 6,342 with 5,107 owners. Woman farmers numbered 6,259. Total farm property value reached 8.042 billion dollars, land and buildings valued at 2.654 billion with land per farm averaging 12,937 dollars and land at 104.57 dollars per acre.
Engineers from Indiana University will determine the precise center of U S population now shifted to Whitehall Indiana near Jim Herrin s 120 acre farm. The move follows a 1910 Bloomington center and shows Whitehall s small population near the county line with Owen.
President elect Harding nears a full slate with Edwin Denby of Detroit named secretary of the navy. Hoover and Davis near cabinet posts with tentative offers for commerce and labor. Other announced picks include Hughes for state and Daugherty for attorney general.
William F. Ale Combs, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, died of heart disease in Greenwich Connecticut. He rose from campaign manager for Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to lead the national committee and declined an ambassadorship to France. Born December 26 1875 in Hamburg Arkansas he lived at the Vanderbilt hotel for years.
New York awoke to a second heavy snow fall in progress after a two day storm. More than 20 000 snow fighters with improved snow moving equipment labored through the night to clear the streets as big flakes resumed at seven o clock.
The Volks Zeitung, leading Catholic organ of south Germany, reports Germany will charter 15,000 tons of ore for relief aid donated by American Catholics as announced by Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey ordered three repair shops closed Saturday for lack of funds. The shops employ about 3,000 men and are located at here Ashley and Mehr Chunk, Pa. They will remain closed indefinitely.
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