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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
2
A wide-ranging report from Washington covers government costs of soldiers bonuses, railroads' earnings, court rulings on evidence, and Acts affecting Porto Rico. It notes political reshuffles, Navy appropriations, labor secretary picks, and looming railroad consolidation plans.
Foreign London report says Greece refuses to accept allies proposal for an investigation of Thrace and Smyrna conditions as a prelude to changes in the Serres treaty. Also notes rumors of Petrograd Soviet overthrow and unrest in eastern Russia and Finland dispatches.
Governor McCray signs the Duncan bill consolidating the Indiana reformatory and state farm and sets up a governor appointed commission to move the reformatory to Putnamsville and oversee new prison construction. The Barker of Boone measure reorganizes the state board of agriculture as a private corporation under the old constitution, with a new board to be partly governor appointed and partly elected by delegates. The actions conclude protracted disputes over board control and state property valued at about 1.8 million with a 0.5 million debt.
The house passed a bill boosting mortgage exemptions from 1000 to 2000 by 64 votes to 25. Two years prior the legislature raised exemptions from 700 to 1000. The sponsor argued higher assessments necessitate this rise to prevent hampering home building and ownership.
Indiana is to subscribe 5 550 900 of 100 000 000 capital stock for the Foreign Trade Financing Corp. Indianapolis quota is 1 263 000. Quotas fixed by the national committee organizing the new corporation to aid American producers merchants and manufacturers with long term credits.
The Southworth bill appropriating 225000 for a new hospital and kitchen at the Indiana Soldiers Home in Lafayette passed the Senate 31 to 5. Senator Moorhead, a two war veteran, opposed, suggesting transferring home residents with mental illnesses to the state hospital for the insane.
The Indiana House defeated the Calef bill regulating automobile headlights and angles, adopting the judiciary committee’s minority report for indefinite postponement. Rep Calef argued the rules would reduce accidents and align Indiana with other states, with support from the Tisosier Motor Club, though several members objected to requiring lights on all vehicles at night.
House bill 400 to appropriate 275000 for deficiency in state and elementary school funds to sustain public schools for 1920 and 1921 was killed. Ways and Means reported indefinite postponement and the house adopted. The committee held that a seven cent common school levy would yield 1090000 more for elementary schools than previously received.
The House of Representatives acting as a committee of the whole approved a 7 cent levy per $100 of taxables to fund common schools, creating about $4,000,000 annually for two years, in addition to 9 cents per poll tax for the state fund. The measure passed 38 to 0 after weeks of committee discussion and minor changes.
Indiana university professors fixed the inland population pivot in Owen county nine miles west of Bloomington and 11 miles from Spencer. The center lies on Melvin Sims farm near a beech tree with marker planned. The 1920 census shows the shift since 1910 moved nine miles west.
A west bound New York Central express crashed through a Michigan Central flyer near Porter Indiana. About forty people died and many were injured. victims include Howard Arney of Cleveland and Mrs Lillian Baehr of Michigan City among others.
W H Johnson of Portland Oregon reports marked health recovery after Tinlac treatment. He describes years of appetite loss stomach trouble and night dizziness followed by fifteen pound weight gain improved digestion and restored energy. He credits the remedy with restoring sleep and work capacity. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
In a Chicago Tribune anecdote, a neighborhood favorite Jimmy visits a mother who notices a button missing from his overalls. She offers to sew one on and James agrees, saying his mother won’t mind and will like it better.
Advertisement touts St. Jacobs Oil as a harmless, fast-acting rub for lumbago and sciatica. It claims immediate relief from backache after a single use and notes a 60 year history of recommendation. Aimed at stopping kidney concerns by denying their role in pain.
The article notes a notable aviation feature in crossing the English Channel by avoiding fogs. By flying at 1,100 to 1,300 feet, pilots can pass above sea fogs that trouble vessels. Recent England to France passenger trips demonstrated this method prominently.
An old advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It asserts internal action through the bloodstream to cleanse mucous surfaces and reduce inflammation, promising fewer colds and possible prevention of chronic catarrh. Circulation includes free circulars from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A man believes his long-held suspicion was true after a period of doubt and eventual confirmation, reflecting on the delay between doubt and certainty.
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