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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
5
An American millionaire declares he would pay a million dollars for a new stomach, arguing happiness hinges on digestion. The piece extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery from Buffalo, claiming it improves digestion, blood formation, and overall health without alcohol or narcotics.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip recalls a lonely home ringing the telephone when alone. The family man shares comic actions such as playing golf and talking to a punctured tire, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions.
An old promotional ad describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood and strengthens the system to restore normal conditions. It claims to aid nature and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio as the makers and notes free circulars.
An Impecunious caller asks for a loan and is bluntly refused by Mr. Wadleigh. The exchange ends with a terse line about the day and the old law, reflecting a sharp sentiment from the Birmingham Age Herald.
Jones meets his friend Stimson in the street at night and Stimson warns to keep an eye open next week. He says Jones won’t be able to see if he doesn’t, then disappears.
In Clark County Indiana the Socialist party of Louisville faces a quiet title suit in Clark Circuit Court brought by George Schreiber of California and Mary Scribner of Chicago. The case tests if a will can convey real estate to a political party and involves land valued around $600 on Camp Joe Holt’s site.
A reader article outlines methods to build Christmas tree stands using simple cross and measurement schemes. Diagrams illustrate two by four pieces joined, with a 2 inch hole, shoe blocks, and steps to ensure a snug fit.
Lesson text uses Matthew chapters five to twelve to explore how Jesus was received by four hearer types John the Baptist violent hearers stubborn unbelievers and babes in spirit. It presents the kingly acts miracles teaching and the opposition leading to the Sabbath conflict and the unpardonable sin claim.
Tenderness is described as the extreme susceptibility of softer emotions and passions. It denotes refined pity, delicate love, cultivated sympathy, and a deep, fervent, impulsive gentleness.
A terse exhortation urges tight self control and restraint, citing Thoin of Kempis. The admonition frames discipline as a lifelong practice, warning against folly and indulgence.
A wartime vignette from The American Legion Weekly describes a fatigued platoon trudging along a rough French road. Private Red Song jokes about a road paved with good intentions, while Private Long counters that even that road is outdone by their current path.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple method to color wool, silk, linen, cotton, or mixed fabrics. The ad promises rich fadeless colors on skirts, waists, dresses, coats, gloves, stockings, sweaters, and draperies and urges checking the Diamond Dyes Color Card at a druggist.
Mothers urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature as the famous infant remedy marks eight decades in use for children. The notice emphasizes the precaution to ensure authenticity and safety for youngsters.
A Boston Transcript item quotes a couple discussing marriage and careers. The husband, a doctor, has practiced long, yet the joke suggests his work has not made him perfect, illustrating a light social observation from a period paper.
A brief note contrasts happiness with restraint as some individuals pursue dieting with mixed enthusiasm. The fragment hints at attitudes toward weight loss and personal well being.
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