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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
3
A three year old boy named Joe and his mother visited an aunt and uncle for a bedtime moment. The child, urged to recite prayers, instead asks for daily papers, causing his mother embarrassment and humor in the family.
Norah and Claude exchange quips about names as the Harlow Weekly notes a sharp line between crowds and critics. The piece hints at social tension and the pull of notoriety for those who rise above the masses.
Geo Davis of 110 Naglee Street San Francisco says Tanlac cured his three month bout with ptomaine poisoning and constant diarrhea. He reports improved strength and daily work resumed after four bottles. Tanlac advertised as available at druggists.
A snappy exchange shows daughter asking how to answer a marriage proposal. Mrs Rankleigh arrives tonight and the mother advises a prompt, direct response. The brief glimpse captures social etiquette guidance in a Boston Transcript tone.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for sore hands. It urges soaking hands in Cuticura Soap, drying, applying Cuticura Ointment, and removing excess with tissue. It claims using Soap Ointment and Talcum covers all toilet needs.
A French inventor proposes a governor for electric furnaces that controls temperature through mercury expansion. The device uses heat induced mercury expansion to actuate a regulator, aiming for automatic temperature stability.
In Kokomo Indiana Mrs Florence Coop reports feeling greatly improved after using Doctor Pierce Favorite Prescription and Dr Pierce Lotion Tablets for cleansing. She describes the tonic as quick acting and pleasant to take and recommends obtaining remedies at drug stores or writing to Dr Pierce for advice.
A humorous anecdote from Everybody's Magazine recounts a South Carolina vendor being corrected about Armistice Day. A Black man mispronounces the holiday as Mistus Day after hearing news that the war ended at dawn, prompting a regional misinterpretation about the Germans missing the moment.
A humorous exchange centers on grounds for divorce with a pun about coffee. The dialogue plays on bad coffee as a light reason for separation, reflecting playful banter rather than a factual event.
A decorative phone screen with plain and figured cretorie to hold phone numbers and call records becomes a welcome house addition for both men and women during the Christmas season.
A short craft note describes making small Christmas pin trees using corks and florist pins. A green-painted cork forms the base with a gilded cork as the top, joined by a long pin. Colored pins are inserted to create branches and a ribbon-wrapped base adds a finishing touch.
The article describes a capacious cretonne bag with a small envelope, bound with braid and secured by snap fasteners. It folds and unfolds to become a pretty shopping bag, suited for Christmas gifting.
The piece describes pretty candies and wax flowers for holiday decor. It notes painted or gilded items make lovely gifts and mentions ribbon trimmed frames with glass fronts and gold braid backs. A card board easel pack forms a portable display.
These trilliant Nanette fans began in France as a palm leaf and a plaited fiber piece. They now accompany gay frocks to parties with paint satin ribbons organdie and millinery flowers. One fan features green ribbon binding and a bound handle with a ribbon loop and organdie roses.
The article describes bedroom slippers among Santa Claus gifts this year. The slippers are made of ribbons and decorated with small ribbon flowers, offering a festive, decorative footwear option for home use.
A fragment mentions two bibs for a baby: one pink and white Turkish toweling and the other honeycomb cotton. A square bib is described with tape ties, and the smaller bib edges finished with shell crochet.
Unofficial returns show Samuel M. Ralston elected U S senator over Beveridge by about 35 000 in Indianapolis. Ed Jackson wins secretary of state race by roughly 23 000. Reports from South Bend Valparaiso Rushville and other counties cover accidents nurse memorials soil marl discoveries arson probes taxicab ordinances and court actions. Local deaths injuries and legal outcomes populate the statewide tally.
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