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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1922
Page
3
The term comes from Spanish for the gilded one, tracing to explorers who linked a gold dust covered Indian chief at a yearly festival to wealth. Now the phrase describes any country believed to hold abundant valuable natural resources.
Mrs. C L Scott of South Bend credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring health after weakness and nervousness during pregnancy. She reports no suffering and a strong, healthy baby, urging others to obtain the medicine from their druggist in liquid or tablet form.
Quotation captures Duthwaite noting his income rose from $2,000 to $20,000 a year yet remains tight. The snappy exchange suggests bill collectors may press harder on a wealthier debtor, framing a class angle on debt and dignity.
Two Irishmen who were old friends meet in the street. One recalls a man last week who looked like him, and the other wonders if the man could be a twin older by a few years.
The remark contrasts ease of numbness with the discipline of feeling rightly and choosing proper action. It explores whether restraint or decisive conduct better serves virtue and ethical living.
ALaporte reports Frank and Mrs Scott claim the Middle West record with 19 children born in ten years. Their 13 living youngsters traveled on two tickets, triplets and twins shown in the family Bible. The story spans Greencastle Jeffersonville Gary Terre Haute and other Indiana towns with multiple local notes.
A survey shows Indiana is a major producer of peppermint oil with Starke County dedicating 2 000 acres last year to peppermint. Other items cover the Indiana Masonic Home anniversary in Franklin, statewide deaths and births, new armory in Elwood, a captain promotion for Sanford Starks, charity gifts in Connersville, locomotive shop activity in Terre Haute, a freed group of 25 men in Jeffersonville, diphtheria control at Indiana University, a planned Evansville cooperative bank, Monon railroad shop fires, Kosciusko county Sunday school enrollment, and a fundraiser short of its goal in Anderson.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. It claims no streaking fading or running and guarantees perfect home dyeing even for first timers by following package directions.
A Louisville Courier Journal note remarks on girls growing taller and needing to reach streetcar straps, reflecting social changes and practical adjustments in urban transit.
A collection of 19th century style advertisements and quips mentions Castoria with the signature of its use for children, sentimental lines about Santa Claus jokes, notes on fabric whiteners and a Cuticura skin care routine. The snippets reflect period consumer culture and product endorsements with brief witticisms.
The article explains coal's formation from vast ancient plant matter. It notes forests preserved in coal deposits, such as Nova Scotia where tree roots stand six to eight feet high and four feet wide. An English colliery yielded fossilized stumps of 73 trees on a quarter acre, with roots attached and trunks up to 30 feet long.
The French government appeals to American soldiers who took fragments from Reims cathedral to send mementos back. Thousands of A. E. F. members visited the church and removed statuary and fabric. France plans reconstruction to replace all recoverable portions.
Louisville Courier Journal notes a weather related quip with a retiring tone and brief remark about a dead issue in current discourse.
A Sheffield worker claimed to be perfecting an instrument to focus ether oscillations to steer the weather, but nothing more was heard. A Leeds scientist thought weather control might be possible by altering atmospheric density. Sir Oliver Lodge showed fog could be dispelled by electricity, though at prohibitive cost.
A woman visits a newsdealer to pick up magazines for a day outing. She believes she looks smart in plain clothes, while the friendly dealer encourages her to enjoy a relaxing day in her ordinary attire.
A concise line reflecting hardship tempered by family impact, implying that children's presence eases effort yet deepens sorrow in hardship. The phrase conveys a somber mood about familial ties during misfortune.
The bird known as the California road runner earns its name from sprinting along roads as horses pace by. Once ranging from Kansas plains to Pacific chaparral and central California to Mexico, it is rapidly becoming rare and is noted for its heronlike build, long legs, and limited flying ability.
A couple discusses a quiet home wedding while others remark that such a plan is unusually sensational. The exchange highlights differing views on privacy and social reaction.
A concise moral note observes that speed is most valued by those who neglect duties. It hints at caution against rushing actions without care and suggests prudence in timely behavior.
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