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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
3
Diamond Dyes promise rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics with simple directions that any woman can follow. Buy Diamond Dyes only to guarantee perfect results even for first timers. color card available at the druggist. Corporate quote from Corneille underscoring bold triumph without danger.
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid priced at five cents. It claims snowy linens as a housewife's pride and urges keeping them pristine with the product.
In Andalusia writer Hamilton Fyfe stayed at a fonda near Los Boliches. At dinner he marveled at the innkeeper’s many daughters. The innkeeper lamented a 1917 disaster in which a chimney collapse killed all but eleven of them.
A mother mocks Mildred’s choice of the Smith boy while the father defends the couple. The mother recalls her own courting folly and rebukes listening to elders.
A chorus girl’s progress often hinges on her grasp of craft, timing, and stage presence. Mastery of performance, repertoire selection, and audience connection shapes advancement and opportunities in the chorus.
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia and pain in general. It highlights the Bayer Cross safety stamp and states aspirin has been prescribed for over eighteen years. It notes small tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists. Long skirts referenced as not indicating small feet.
Advertised remedy Othine double strength claims to remove freckles with small nightly applications. One ounce often suffices for complete clearing and a money back guarantee is offered if freckles persist.
A stern citizen asks an official to restrain the Elm Grove express whistle at 11 55 on Sundays. The railroad official calls the request impossible, while the citizen explains his pastor preaches until the whistle sounds and the express was late last Sunday.
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge tells in Tomlinville of Liberty editor that Lafe Sagg recovered from influenza after drinking a quart of bone-dry liquor. The editor doubts the illness will fully pass given the stubborn habit.
A witty dialogue between patient and doctor questions cucumber effects. The doctor replies that cucumbers affect only those who eat them. The exchange highlights humorous medical banter in a light tone.
Chicago railroad leaders meeting with the government's railroad labor board urge an elastic wage scale that can adjust as living costs increase or decrease. They warn against permanent wage levels and call for automatic reductions when postwar costs fall.
Chinese bandits seized a missionary houseboat tour from Szechuan to Shanghai near Ichang in Wupeh province. Four missionaries, Mr and Mrs Caldwell and Mr and Mrs White, were robbed of clothing watches rings and other valuables as about 20 gunmen looted the craft. The women opened baggage while men were kept on shore. a doll was returned after the infant’s walls allegedly moved the robbers.
Reports from May 19 describe food shortages sparking disturbances in Caceres and Hervas where mobs attacked shops. Similar clashes occurred in Plasencia and Avila where shops remained shuttered. in Avila a demonstration of more than 3000 women ended with a woman wounded in clashes with police.
In Butte Montana on May 19 the miners’ strike ended as the workingmen's union accepted a wage increase offered by Montana Power Company, ending two weeks of halted operations across the district.
Greek and Turkish forces clash 25 miles east of Smyrna with Turks massing reinforcements for further advances against the Greeks. Jafar Tayar reports 40,000 Turks and Bulgarians ready to resist and meet Greeks between Tchatalia and Adrianople if Thrace occupation begins. Trebizond seized by local Bolshevik administration amid flags and emblem swap. Russian agents blamed. The move seen as protest against Allied terms and a bid to block Trebizond as a port for Armenia.
Des Moines, May 19. The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in session here will consider a constructive recreation program for the church youth. Three committees will prepare reports to be correlated and presented soon. Dr. Charles W. Burns of Minneapolis was elected bishop on the fifth ballot, after the fourth ballot failed.
William D'Alton Mann editor of Town Topics and founder of the Smart Set magazine died at his Morristown home from flu complications. He is survived by his widow and daughter Elizabeth Mann Byrne. Born September 27 1829 in Sandusky Ohio he trained as a civil engineer and served in the Union Army rising to colonel of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry.
Los Angeles May 19 superior court judges and attorneys form the Uniform Marriage and Divorce League adopting a constitutional amendment to give the United States government jurisdiction over marriage and divorce as its chief object.
South Bend reports a forecasted seed potato shortage due to seed scarcities strike disruption and weather. Chamber of Commerce aids in sourcing seed while growers face high prices and low yields. Other towns note labor shortages delaying plowing and rising equipment demand.
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