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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1921
Page
8
Wonders of America highlights a Texas fumigation plant at Laredo treating freight cars infested with pink bollworm to protect cotton crops. Civil cases list multiple court actions and administrative appointments including executors and administrators with bonds.
Mrs. J W Jackson attended a Daughters of the British Empire meeting in Indianapolis and hosted by Mrs Hannah Shinglers. Several locals visited relatives, traveled to Indianapolis, and hosted gatherings as listed including Mrs Ivy Newby and Misses Parsons, Mills, Rush, and Pritchett. A physics teachers dinner and a Sunday School activity are noted with multiple visits to Indiana University and Purdue University.
Red Cross training at the Institute for the Blind near Baltimore, Md., aided 147 blind ex-service men in 1920-1921. Nineteen transfered to other schools for advanced study, twelve entered occupations, fourteen still receive on the job training, and fifty seven continue in training.
The American Red Cross in Europe outlines a $6,609,000 program to supply medical care and clothing for thousands of children in Central and Eastern Europe. Supplying child welfare stations and medical aid aims to restore children to healthy life alongside Hoover chaired European relief.
A brief item notes church classes meeting on Sunday mornings with lower attendance figures than expected. Local ministers discuss potential outreach to families and youth to boost participation.
Mrs Nancy Clodfelter and daughters and Mr and Mrs David McGuire visited Indianapolis on Friday. Mr and Mrs Freeman of Mickleville came Saturday. School reopened at No 8 after a two week diphtheria closure. Miss Addie Lamb of Bridgeport visited Mrs Hazel Price. Mrs Barbara McOuat and son Malcolm with Andrew McOuat and Alice Gilbert of Southport called Sunday.
Misses Mary and Clara Quick of Indianapolis visited Eli Parnell and family Sunday. Dudley Robey and wife of Holts Crossing spent Sunday in this neighborhood. Mrs. Lillian Parnell spent Thursday with the Misses Jane and Dresse Scudder near Ben Davis.
A list of classic fairy tale figures is offered as a prompt to borrow story collections from the public library next Sunday. It mentions characters such as Aladdin, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty, inviting readers to learn about them through library books.
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