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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
5
A cluttered Plainfield notes column lists for sale items including a Jersey bull for breeding and Barred Rock cockerels. It also mentions a Christian church market for Thanksgiving pies and various social visits, travels, and local happenings across Plainfield and nearby towns.
A business man returning from India reports a method to ship money safely by cutting bank notes in half. Each half carries the same number, so only together are they valid. This scheme aims to discourage theft and loss by making theft less profitable.
A note on trade goods suggesting that scissors satisfy Indian buyers while emphasizing a check book that provides a receipt record and safety in use and transactions.
Social notes report the M. M. Club meeting with Miss Esther Vestal on Monday evening. Mrs. Nora Richardson of Muncie visited relatives in the area, and Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Balch spent the weekend with their sons in Indianapolis. Simons' store hosted a Wednesday event for dressed chickens pies and cakes. Guy Westlake and family from New Palestine were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Westlake.
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