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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
4
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The text personifies success as a family led by Work and Ambition with Common Sense as the eldest son. Perseverance, Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm, and Cooperation are male members, while Character is the eldest daughter. Sisters include Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Economy, and Sincerity, with Opportunity as the baby. Getting to know the old man helps one get along with the rest.
In a composing room a Ladies Aid president overheard a sequence of hostile jabs about a public figure and sensational titles. The unnamed speaker urged finishing a murder plot and other crude phrases, prompting the woman to flee in horror and never return.
A mix of social notes from Indianapolis visitors and residents plus a legal notice in the Hendricks Circuit Court. The case Frank O Rammel vs John Tapksley et al requests quieting title to Lot 3 in Carter's Addition Plainfield with defendants named, requiring appearance by May 16 1921.
Miss Katherine Thompson visited in Hazelwood with Thomas Easton and family. John Bryant returned to South Dakota after wintering here. E J Milhon and family stayed with Frank Truah at Monrovia. Miss Clarice Blunk of Indianapolis visited home folks. Ruth Osborn spent weekend with relatives at Mooresville. Mr and Mrs F N Wright were guests of William Wright at Indianapolis. Easter services invited at Baptist church. Elvin Busby visited Carl Harrison at Danville. J B Edmonson and family were guests near Center Valley. James Milhon of Little Point visited William Milhon. Fred Kennedy and family of Conn ersville visited Wesley Richardson. Miss Westine Leitzman and Mrs Lorin Leitzman of Indianapolis visited Mrs Julia Reitzel.
Notice is given that Chester G. Pike was appointed administrator of the estate of George Carr, late of Hendricks County Indiana, by the Circuit Court. The estate is described as solvent. Dated Mar 18 1921.
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