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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
6
A columnist warns that opportunity favors the proactive while noting a widow’s claim of never being kissed provokes sharp commentary. The remark illustrates social attitudes and moral judgments circulating in the era.
A century ago Dr. C W Grant bought a barren Hudson island opposite Peekskill and planted the Delaware grape. The effort earned him national renown in grape culture but his later plan to grow flowers led to bankruptcy and the island’s return to barren rock.
A father questions what being a patriot means and answers that true patriotism is love for country and service regardless of election outcomes. The exchange frames loyalty as steadfast civic duty beyond political wins or losses.
Frothingham Dodge urges Harvard students that loafing leads to illness and drink. He recalls a hypochondriac named Sweeny who mistakes health for illness and meets a burly friend who credits fruit as the fruit of labor.
In a Birmingham Age Herald snippet, Mr. Dubwatite notes the office boy’s affection for the prettiest stenographer. He expects no action, hoping the assistant will stay by her side and be available whenever needed.
A houseboat youth named Pearlhunter, raised by his mother, meets Wild Rose and grapples with a concealed past. Intruders, a red masked man, a blue pearl, a village gunfight, and a murder drive a tense quest for truth and justice.
The Pearlhunter faces a brutal mob in Buckeye as the Red Mask lynching plot unfolds. A sheriff rescues him at the last moment, arrest follows, and the prisoner reflects on a draft hinting his vanished great day.
The Pearlhunter plots a jailbreak with the Boss and eight accomplices. They plan to break out the Pearlhunter and ambush the town when the Red Mask rumor rouses vigilante fear. The Boss warns of mounting opposition from Bull Afasterson Tre and Pre and the crowd gathered at Mud Hen.
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