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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
2
Miscellaneous brief items cover jewelry theft in Minnesota, a fatal electrical accident in Washington, a will probate in Illinois, Sunday restrictions from Presbyterians, a Chicago reward for wagon robbery, immigration quarantine at Ellis Island, aviation fatalities, a plane crash near Paterson, a West Virginia martial law claim, and a Pennsylvania crude oil price cut.
Washington reports a 40 to 30 Senate vote against the naval appropriation bill granting 1 500 000 for Alameda California base construction. Other actions include tariff measures, a new independent budget bureau concept, and executive appointments in Washington.
Notices of the deaths of Ashley Musgrave Gould and Chief Justice Edward Douglass White with summaries of other international events. Reports include labor, political unrest in Italy and Turkey, Polish and German actions in Silesia, Cuba’s presidential inauguration, and shifts in French currency policy.
The article details a rift over Upper Silesia with France backing Poland and Britain and Germany clashing over demobilization and reparations. It notes Secretary Hughes reaffirming US noninvolvement, and reports on disarmament talks, reparations payments, and political moves in Washington and Berlin amid tense European tensions.
The French forces exceed 800,000 troops. Poland ranks second largest in Europe excluding Soviet Russia. The text notes France’s material advantage amid wartime armistice context.
Last week Senate votes showed strong opposition to the Borah amendment seeking negotiations with Britain and Japan to curb naval construction. Senator Poin dexter noted administration supporters might face embarrassment voting against the amendment. The naval bill, approved by the committee, calls for 500 million dollars for the navy next year and was amended by insurgent Republicans and Democrats.
After a day of consideration the federal railway labor board announced a preliminary plan to cut wages across railroads effective July 1. A decision on disputes filed before April 18 will come June 1, setting a standard for two million workers who got a 600 million annual raise last year. The reduction could reach 12 percent. Immediately 3,000 Chicago and Alton employees were rehired, with predictions that most of 250,000 laid railway workers will be back by the wage cut date.
Mrs Emma Bergdoll of Philadelphia and her son Charles F Braun and others were sentenced for aiding the escape of Grover and Erwin Bergdoll from the draft. Bergdoll faces a fine of 87000 or a year and a day in prison. Braun and Romig received the same sentence with others due for smaller fines or shorter terms.
Edward Douglass White chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and Franklin K. Lane former seven year secretary of the interior in Wilson's cabinets died last week after surgical operations. White, a Louisianan, was seventy six. he served in the Civil War, entered the Senate in 1891, was appointed to the Supreme Court by Cleveland, and became chief justice under Taft.
Mrs. Cora M. Jackson of Terre Haute Indiana reports severe nervousness sleeplessness and rheumatic pain before taking Tanlac. She says after starting Tanlac her nerves are steady joints pain vanished and her overall health improved dramatically. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
Edith reveals only two daughters are estranged while Mabel remarks on the odd fortune of reconciliation. The exchange hints at a familial rift and a possible turn toward harmony.
An advertisement warns that true Aspirin carries the Bayer name on the package or tablets and cautions buyers to follow the Bayer label for relief from colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and other pains. It notes aspirin is Bayer’s trademark and mentions small tin boxes of twelve tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
In a terse exchange the two speakers discuss stage realism and a critique of a musical comedy, questioning whether the housemaid portrayal reflects real life. The dialogue hints at tensions between performance and authenticity without detailing the production.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood to restore normal conditions and support natural healing. Circulars are free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. available at all druggists.
Quote notes that a man cannot degrade a woman without sinking himself and cannot lift her without lifting himself, attributed to Alexander Walker.
Advertisement praising Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes. Recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and a dusting of Cuticura Talcum. Claims purity and fragrance, priced at 25c each, sold everywhere.
A humorous exchange in a drug store features a customer asking the price of perfume and a clerk replying fifty cents a dram. The punchline questions selling by the drink, capturing light wartime retail banter.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to soothe painful swollen feet. It claims to prevent blisters and sore spots and to ease stinging, helping with new shoes and bunions.
A fragment notes ordinary people rarely attend a house party and reflects on luck that goes unappreciated. The text hints at social distance and unspoken exclusions in a casual, reflective mood.
Snowy linens are the pride of every housewife and kept in that condition with Red Cross Ball Blue. The advertisement notes the product costs five cents at grocers.
A call to ignore past deeds and focus on future plans. The quote urges concrete action over reflection, emphasizing preparation and decision in pursuing new work. It frames ambition as measurable progress rather than history.
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