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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a January 2 1921 date with a motto calendar and pricing note. The snippet reflects subscriptions or periodical pricing with a public notice style, mentioning a year in advance and per month charges. It includes a quoted proverb about bearing troubles and a stray name fragment.
A classroom scene shows pupils debating arithmetic with Miss Stephens as a pupil asks about half of eight. The exchange underscores confusion and curiosity in a young student’s life while the teacher responds with surprise.
A terse aphorism questions how a strong concept can take root in a mind that lacks readiness. It underscores the challenge of grasping substantial thought without prior attention or context.
An Amo high school junior earns praise for comforting a distraught sister after a tragic train accident near the Amo traction station involving students awaiting a car for the Plainfield game. The incident left one man fatally injured and another seriously hurt, sparking a broader discussion of male conduct and protecting sisters.
A farmer near Raleigh, North Carolina, nabbed a night intruder milking a cow. He found the thief battered by a farm mule after confronting him with a shotgun. The thief had no hat and left a wrecked milk pail and damaged gear.
City to install red and green lens signals at intersections as added safety devices. Signals will flash alternately every few seconds and be suspended from poles or arms to be visible from approaching directions. Intended to warn drivers of dangerous intersections and reduce accidents.
A chaotic episode on an island colony ends as Governor Terhune dies by his own hand amid a naval inquiry. The court absolves Terhune while pressing charges against Greene, Boucher, and Wail, amid accusations of illegal salaries and unrest incited by native factions.
Archaeologists describe two well preserved skeletons found in the upper strata of a mound complex. The bodies show knee‑to‑chin poses and evidence of decomposition requiring careful preservation measures as they suggest remains of individuals from an early construction phase.
Mrs. George W. Cleven ger of Losnusport preserved a watermelon last August by sealing the end with paraffin and on New Year’s Day she brought it to Peru for dinner at her sister’s home. The melon had a wooed flavor and was said and soon.
In Allentown Pennsylvania G Beitler of the Bittessville fire company suffered a fractured rib after a sharp palm struck him in the side while he yawned widely in the hose house. A physician was called and confirmed the injury.
Fragment describes unemployed groups in New York reacting to snow removal costs. It notes claims of payments and protests over snow shove hogging funds, with references to delays and public unrest surrounding city snow operations.
A travel snippet describes the fertile land at the foot of Vesuvius turned devastated by lava. The view of Naples and surrounding beauty fades into ash and smoke as life dwindles, leaving a desolate, deathly landscape marked by lava furrows and barren soil.
The text outlines Armenia as an early Christian nation with Kine conversion noted and Arigenian civilization long established. It explains Armenia’s position between Asia and Europe and multiple invasions by empires, Turkish rule from the fourteenth century, and recurring Armenian massacres, linking American interest to sympathy for a persecuted Christian race in the Near East.
In Cuba and parts of the West Indies and southern Florida, Cepehrus echinatus bears sharp spikelets that pierce insect wings and entangle victims. Most perish, though two insects, Cebalus, a large bug, and an earwig, can free themselves. Minute insects escape. the grass seems not to feed on prey.
Lawrence Mass honors a public citizen Joseph Shattuck who offered to erect a flagstaff and fund flags with the interest. The proposal followed a flag parade during a past strike where 40,000 people carried flags in protest. The city accepted and now the flagstaff stands on the common as a prominent civic feature.
Stanford University announced receipt of a private Russian history library donated by a former University of Moscow Russian history professor. The collection, among the most complete of its kind, was bulked together during his tenure in Moscow and shipped from Helsingfors Finland on December 2 after six years in storage.
A five yearly October census in the French and International concessions of Shanghai reports a foreign and native population around 26,800 with foreign settlements totaling about 22,507 in the international area and 6,002 in the French concession.
Dr. LR Tait MeKenzie of the University of Pennsylvania reports that over sixty years statistics show the average college girl is about an inch taller and six to seven pounds heavier. He attributes the change to greater interest in sports and outdoor activities.
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