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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1921
Page
3
President Harding told the Senate that approving proposed World War I veterans bonuses now would hinder restoration efforts and threaten the nation’s financial stability. He urged quick action on war taxes and other measures while detailing the economic strain and readjustment needs facing the country.
Paris reports extreme heat with temperatures around 95 degrees and Vienna dispatches noting 101 degrees in the shade. The agriculture ministry warns that France crops may be destroyed if rain does not arrive this week as society flees the capital amid record heat.
The Callao steamed into New York in good condition after a week of radio silence caused by static. Master Capt. Thomas W. Sheridan cites static trouble for the silent voyage. The ship carried 74 first cabin passengers and about 1 million dollars in gold for a New York bank. Passenger Louis Swift Jr of Chicago was aboard, hobbling on crutches from a horse fall in Buenos Aires.
In Poughkeepsie New York referee Daniel J Gleason ruled on nine legal points in the James A Stillman divorce and legitimacy action. He sustained seven points for Col Rand counsel to the banker and held the banker could not be the father of baby Guy Stillman, a decision final subject to appeal.
Private John J. Munson of New York died after an operation in a city hospital. Decorated by France and the United States for delivering a message from the Lost Battalion in September 1918, he served with a regular army unit on Governors Island and will have a military funeral planned by army officers and American Legion members.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania after three days of intermittent rain a Monday night downpour created widespread flooding. Farmers report fields covered by small lakes and coal mines struggle to manage the influx of water.
Mrs Mary Ashford McCaskey fifty four year old wife of J G McCaskey prominent Pittsburgh financier died instantly when the McCaskey automobile bound for a summer camp at Mitiwanga skidded and overturned in a ditch near Cleveland Ohio.
A protest filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Indiana Public Service Commission challenges the plan to abandon the Chicago and Indiana division of the Chicago and Indiana Railroad. The coal line serves ten northwestern Indiana counties and argues the operation remains profitable with sufficient traffic.
Altoona and Millston women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after childbirth and for aiding childbearing. Letters from Mrs Benz Mrs Janssen and Mrs Held cite healthier babies and improved conditions. The firm offers a free booklet on women’s ailments.
A quirky Tennessee tale unfolds with a private stock mix up amid a bootlegger encounter. The dialogue features a chauffeur and a jumbled sequence leading to a morgue and hospital, all amid a Nashville setting.
An FDA style caution urges buyers to ensure Bayer on the package or tablets to receive genuine Aspirin. It notes uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain with multiple packaging sizes and low cost. The Bayer trademark is identified as monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
A Boston Transcript snippet describes a youngster at a librarian’s desk joking about the book title Twenty Thousand Legs Under the Sea and a laundress singing O Happy Day as she hangs laundry, noting the Red Cross Ball Blue reference.
The Bulletin notes Brenda-Ireddy weighing marriage as a serious life step. Billy asks how long he has been married, signaling interest in personal milestones and relationships.
A thinker argues that integrity in effort outvalues deception in results, suggesting that genuine attempts build long term credibility. The notion favors transparent processes over deceptive gains.
A brief, humorous exchange from a life section notes a man bidding a touching farewell with a limp handshake as the tall tale unfolds. The dialogue hints at a curious seed catalogue tucked under a arm and follows a comic tone throughout.
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