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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
4
Phoebe Cary lines reflect a hopeful message about love in the heart and minimal words needed to show kindness as a guiding principle for every day. The verse emphasizes simple deeds and positive feeling over grand proclamations.
The text urges steady courage and determined effort to drive business and life forward. It compares action to a wheel with hub rim and spokes working as one, and notes results come to persistent workers while opportunity favors those who organize and pace their day.
A Parent Teacher Association might serve as a valuable bridge among home, school, and the community. The idea has found success in many towns and could work well in Plainfield.
A soldier on picket duty in Tennessee writes home about longing for family, letters from loved ones, and the hope that Union victory will come. He reflects on father, mother, and siblings, the dangers of war, and the resolve to endure until the rebellion is crushed and the North and South are reunited. He ends by sending his thoughts to his sister and assuring them of his fidelity.
A colossal tower clock at Colgate and Company’s Jersey City factory features a 40 foot diameter dial, 20 foot minute hand weighing 3870 pounds, and 42 electric bulbs. Built in 1908 in Thomaston, Connecticut, it runs eight days on a winding and averages less than one minute weekly variation.
Al Chamberlin announces a public sale of a 1914 Studebaker at the Chamberlin & Fletcher Garage in Plainfield Indiana. The automobile was left for repair and unpaid for over six months, with the mechanic claiming payment is due. Auction set for Saturday October 29 1921 at 10 o clock A M. Cash terms.
Horace L. Hanna as receiver will sell at public auction at the Odd Fellows Building Plainfield Indiana on Saturday October 29 1921 at 1:30 PM a list of farm implements including Furrow Spreaders Planter Runners Cultivator Stag Sulky Cultipacker Spike Tooth Harrow Disc Harrow Walking Plow Manure Spreader Oliver Tractor Plow. Terms: one third cash and balance in thirty and sixty days with approved security and seven percent interest on deferred payments. Col Sam Reagan auctioneer.
Chicago's municipal pier extends 3000 feet into Lake Michigan and spans 292 feet wide. It offers 8500 feet of dockage, 450000 square feet of freight storage, 20000 pilings, 1500000 cubic yards of sand and clay, and 50000 cubic feet of reinforced concrete. The structure includes headhouse freight and passenger sections, a terminal, a recreational area, streetcar incline access, and 16 foot boardwalks to the recreation end with a hospital restaurant art room and a roof garden.
A description of Yosemite valley in California highlights its dramatic scenery with eight cataracts. The Yosemite fall is noted as the tallest, plunging 1,430 feet with a total fall around half a mile, far surpassing other famous waterfalls such as Staubbach in Switzerland and drops claimed in New Zealand and Labrador.
In the Hendricks Circuit Court September Term 1921 Emma M. Hiss Executrix has filed final settlement of the Dorcas G. Hiss estate. A hearing to approve the account is set for October 31 1921. Heirs and creditors must appear to show cause or prove heirship.
The Savings Division of the Treasury Department warns Americans lost as much as half a billion dollars last year to fraudulent stock and oil schemes. It urges safe investment in government savings securities as the protection against sharpers and peddlers.
Mollie Jordan administratrix of Marion H. Jordan deceased offers 96 acres in Hendricks County Indiana at private sale October 22 1921 in Plainfield. Tracts include 16 acres described and terms require one third cash and balance in six and twelve months with mortgage security or all cash. Sale at 10 am with continuations if not completed.
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