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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
4
A fragmentary newspaper item lists a banquet notice with a Stag event dated Thursday 25, 1922 and mentions subscriptions and a pay schedule. The text includes garbled phrases about purchases and ammunition and a remark about Lady Astor and female politicians.
Democratic senators privately admit a filibuster against the tariff bill in the senate. Public denials mask the aim to deprive Mr. Harding and Republicans of political credit. Delaying the bill until the election could slow the administration’s claimed economic benefits.
The article notes rails ordering materials, contractors in rising demand, higher building costs and scarcer supplies, rapid highway work, rising pig iron demand, and stock market gains with lower discount rates. It urges faster tariff passage and stronger financing for agriculture to sustain prosperity and lower freight and passenger rates.
The Genoa conference has faded and nations propose another meeting likely at The Hague in June. The United States declined the invitation after replies from Italy Japan Belgium and Great Britain. Secretary Hughes said the U S cannot participate as it would repeat Genoa and fail to resolve Russia’s economic crisis.
The piece recalls bitter foes turned allies in Congress Charles M. Steadman of North Carolina and Henry Z. Osborne of California. Steadman, born 1841, served as a private in the Civil War with Lee’s army, wounded three times, later major. Osborne, born 1848, enlisted at sixteen in New York.
Thousands attended the Liberty memorial unveiling in Liberty Missouri on Memorial Day last year. The statue cost $4,000 and honors the silent heroes from Clay County who served in World War I. the county supplied more than 1000 men.
The excerpt from James Russell Lowell's commemorative ode honors heroes living and martyrs dead. It rejects anger and pride, urging a grave, martial, gratitude filled mood that draws strength from all levels of society to empower a nation in its hour of need.
A reflective piece traces Memorial Day from Civil War contentions to a peaceful observance honoring graves overseas. It asserts time's law of change, noting human bias fades as nations grow toward betterment and distant resting places aid healing.
The item recalls Memorial Day salutes for World War I and earlier conflicts, honoring Spanish American War veterans and noting who should be remembered. It includes public sale notices for an Oakland Sensible Six and formal bids for road improvement in Plainfield Indiana, with details on bids, bonds, and compliance requirements.
Poem fragment laments a lost beloved as war rages. Speaker mourns death and the haunting presence of the grave, while drums and flutes mock the war’s cheer. The verse captures grief, numbness, and a longing for connection beyond battle.
The piece reflects on how 19th century Civil War veterans and Confederate veterans with their sons, along with World War I era soldiers, shaped a national memory that nearly erases the enduring curse of war from the 1860s.
A concise meditation on the value of loyalty devotion and heroism in commemorating Memorial Day stressing national unity and responsibility to sustain the country for future generations.
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