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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1922
Page
7
In Indianapolis a family counts on a census addition and a boy named Sonny anticipates a surprise. The friend next door fuels curiosity as Sonny promises to share. During a first visit for the new baby Benny the pal reacts with disgust at the notion of division.
A Birmingham Age Herald snippet shows a defendant anxious that his letters to the plaintiff may be read in court. The defense attorney, engaged for the case, calms him that courtrooms hear terms of that nature and no new phrases were devised.
In a candid exchange, Farmer Corntessel declares support for votes for women while remarking on Hannah's voting efforts. He emphasizes the ballot as a tool to show a woman cannot always have her own way and reflects on voter empowerment.
A clipped exchange in Birmingham shows a speaker urging a shorten message as another notes a father stirring upstairs. The line hints at a domestic scene and a demand for brevity.
A brief ad style clipping mentions weather humor and a housewife admiring clean clothes from Red Cross Ball Blue. It references a weather man taking a day off and a substitute bungling tasks, with ad copy for Ball Blue detergent in grocers.
The Detroit Free Press notes a humorous line about marriage teaching a man more than college degrees. It suggests wives often feel the need to guide husbands even after formal education.
A district visitor questions a ragged child with a baby on her knee. She asks about the mother in hospital and the father’s lack of support. The child answers that the father does nothing.
An old-timer reflects on a sailor’s pattern of switching fellowships and enlistments. He notes the man enjoys each new cruise and, after a third change, it becomes a habit, as described in The Leatherneck. The quip suggests common sense lies in saying little.
The column reports Crescent company plans to hire about 110 part time workers while Indiana Stove company keeps its plant closed for inventory with a possible reopening. It covers the Dearborn County Fair granting use of buildings and race track for a county fair next August or September, plus farm prize stock support from the Federation of Farmers Association. It notes Mrs. L Luella Cox’s recommendations on women and child labor, Commonwealth Edison plans a 25 million dollar electric plant near Hammond, and streetcar line changes near Gary East Chicago and Hammond. It also mentions a donated farm to the Methodist Children’s Home, Shelby county farmer signs, hunting season rules, a free site offer for a county tuberculosis hospital near Marion, and Judge Gould appointing Mrs Sarah Conner as jury commissioner. A rabbit hunting roundup, Christmas at Indiana Masonic Home, Tippecanoe county farmers options on a grain elevator, and other local items fill the page with civic and social notes.
A short note notes that gathering crowds is easier than raising funds for charity as summer gives way to autumn, implying planning for an upcoming garden event to boost donations.
A dairy farmer in a distant town was summoned before the local magistrate on a charge of selling underweight butter. The baker, his customer, complained that every pound of butter weighed less than the standard. The farmer explained he used the baker’s one-pound loaves as weights, stating if butter fails to weigh, the baker is at fault.
A note asserts that full grown toads always return to the pond where hatched to mate and lay their eggs.
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