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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1922
Page
4
A reflective piece on gratitude and the value of expressing thanks for what we have. It urges appreciating health, home, family, friends, and opportunities, noting that expression of appreciation keeps life moving and spirits alive, with a humorous aside about a dry postal scene in Plainfield.
A compact moral prompt urges treating others as one would wish to be treated, framing empathy as reciprocal conduct and urging consideration of others in daily actions.
The piece frames business life as a set of vitamins including production management honesty push persuasion consumer and publicity. It notes food sustenance and the need for business to enable trade and growth. It closes with a poem about resilience hope humor faith praise and support for a weary traveler.
A fragmentary verse about delinquent subscribers and a silver dollar features a Liberty head without necktie or collar and odd imagery of arrows and stars, reflecting a whimsical newspaper ditty from a bygone issue.
A 1922 McClure Syndicate essay argues that a pleasing personality acts as a powerful magnet, guiding success beyond education and appearance. It notes humble acts and amiable temperament can win influence, shaping leadership across all walks of life.
The article presents a home cooking guide for a ham shank puree served with fried bread cubes, a Westphalia roll made from shredded ham and cornmeal, and a ham tamale variant. It includes steps to steam the wrapped meat, substitute corn husks, and seasonings like cayenne, onions, peppers, and Worcestershire sauce, ending with croutons in a tomato soup accompaniment.
Jamestown postmaster Dr. R A Bolton spoke in San Francisco tracing the postal system from Cyrus the Great in 559 B C to medieval and colonial developments. He noted China’s vast stations, the American post office’s coffee house origin, Franklin’s rise as postmaster general, and Paul Revere riding his regular route to spread news amid growing colonial routes.
In Upper Silesia’s division Germany’s Val entine Paluschke of Krella marked his 117th birthday. Attendees included 215 of his descendants as the ceremony took place in the village now part of Polish territory.
A 1922 Western newspaper recipe describes layering sliced potatoes in a buttered dish, covering with a white sauce and grated cheese, repeating layers, topping with buttered crumbs, and baking until the crumbs brown. Serve hot.
Nathan B. Chamberlain, who uses a wooden leg, slept through a burglary at his lodgings in Rochester New York. The thief unstrapped the artificial leg and took 340 dollars hidden inside. Chamberlain woke to find the leg under his bed and alerted police.
Thieves broke into Scotland Yard's lost property office at night and stole a number of unclaimed umbrellas and overcoats from the collection. The incident targets the world famous sleuth center's belongings, creating a notable security lapse.
The piece describes festive superstitions about Christmas Day births. French peasants link prophecy to Christmas babies, Silesia claims career paths, Vosges traditions split gifts by Eve and Day births, and a 1915 will left five pounds to each child born in the tester’s town on December 25.
A grey bearded philosopher and a young man discuss how even during Christmas joy, sad thoughts arise. The saddest come from reading of a girl’s marriage to the man who gave her a diamond ring last Christmas and is still paying installments on it.
The passage describes Christmas weather as crisp and frosty with fine dry bracing cold air. It evokes a day that could inspire two elderly gentlemen in a lonely field to shed their coats and play leapfrog in lighthearted merriment.
Miss Leone Fraizer aged eighteen married Irving Campbell aged twenty two. Her mother Mrs Cora Campbell became her aunt and Irving Campbell is her wife’s cousin. The husband’s aunt became his mother in law. The chain shows Fraizer’s mother married Frank Campbell, Irving Campbell is Frank Campbell’s nephew via his wife.
Tenry Wagaaner reported a $250 diamond ring loss to police in Peoria Illinois. He admitted to killing 18 chickens after the disappearance and found the ring in a chicken gizzard, with neighbors later eating chicken dinners.
A historical note recalls Christmas card play in England when rules limited gaming to the holiday season. It recounts Henry VII era prohibitions for commoners, Sir Roger De Coverley’s charity with cards and hogs pudding, clergy sermons using dealing and cards as moral illustrations, and a poem from an old collection about a cleric and the Ten of Hearts.
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