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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
6
A marine writes to the editor desiring another tour in the Orient. He recalls Kipling’s east of Suez line and the old recruiting slogan See the World. The poetically sincere note longs to brush elbows with the slant-eyed sons of Confucius among oriental shores.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are praised for clear complexions scalp clarity and soft hands. The advertisement also touts the Cuticura album as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio for daily use and occasional care.
A doctor cheerfully informs a patient that surgery is needed. The patient protests about lack of funds, noting insurance won’t pay until after death. The doctor reassures that billing to the patient’s estate is acceptable.
An advertisement asserts Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world with a claim that every woman who uses it knows it to be true.
The Bank of North America, the first national bank, began with a 1741 charter from the Confederation. Doubt over its legality led to a 1788 Pennsylvania charter, revoked in 1785 and renewed in 1787, with its location in Philadelphia.
A widow contests a railway company settlement after her husband’s death. The lawyer suggests £400 or £500 as compensation, while she recalls a decade of courtship and pursuit, arguing her loss includes love and companionship beyond bare costs.
An old advertisement urges consumers to take only genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and follow the physicians’ dosage guidelines. It promotes protection against colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism and related pains, notes Bayer cross on tablets, and mentions small tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists.
An eight year old boy, neatly dressed, asks a passerby near Market and Pennsylvan ia streets how to find Bellefontaine street. He describes a big double white house and plans to continue seeking it before consulting a policeman for help.
General Pershing quotes a maxim on turning adversity to advantage. A veteran anecdote follows a young drug clerk who charges a bottle fee on glycerin during a sale. The clerk insists the bottle costs a nickel, adjusting the price to 60 cents after a prior uncharged bottle.
Two miners new to golf watch a rough player at work in a bunker. After seven failed tries the eighth shot lobbed and rolled to the pin, dropping into the hole. One miner quips that the player has a deuce of a job ahead now.
Abe confesses love to Ann and asks for hope while she wavers between John McNamar and him. Lukins earns a colonelcy through Abe, and Sampson and Harry help Kelsos settle in Hopevale as frontier life unfolds with plans for progress and new machinery.
Early autumn details Elijah Lovejoy staying with the Traylors on his way north. By the fireside he spoke of slavery cruelties and revealed confidential revelations during a night at Henry Brimstead's house with Samson and Harry.
The article describes an ancient Persian fire cult temple near Beku with concealed masonry channels feeding from earth fissures to vent natural gas. Pilgrims visited the temple into the 1st century, and a modern refinery now stands beside the ruined walls, showing a contrast between old gas use and contemporary oil and gas production.
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