They Say Early Morning Worth Two in the Noon
A brief exchange notes that an hour before sunrise is valuable if it can be enjoyed in bed. The dialogue hints at billeting time as a leisure advantage.
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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
3
A brief exchange notes that an hour before sunrise is valuable if it can be enjoyed in bed. The dialogue hints at billeting time as a leisure advantage.
Historic remedy Castoria continues to be recommended for infants and children. The long standing formula bears the signature of the maker and has been in use for over 30 years. Parents are reminded that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A melodramatic exchange reveals a romance built on instant attraction and repeated meetings. The narrator recalls meeting Billy and ponders why the relationship did not proceed to marriage, implying unresolved feelings and social expectations.
The war makes table linen valuable and Red Cross Ball Blue promises to improve wear. Use it to see the difference. Available from all grocers for five cents.
A transcriptioned fragment recounts a humorous horse and man swapping harnesses and roles. The unnamed speaker notes uncertainty while a second party confirms a swap leading to an amusing, unspecified change in their positions and duties. The odd scene centers on the animals and people attempting to swap leads.
In a fragment from exchange, one rider remarks about balking while the other confirms, both laugh off the moment and bid farewell. The dialogue captures a lighthearted roadside scene with humor over a stalled horse.
In a hotel lounge Mr. Goodheart proclaims forgiveness and kissing the hand that smites you while Mr. Fact recounts a harsher scene. He describes a porter blocking the boot that kicked him last night, illustrating a grim contrast in encounters.
The Louisville Courier-Journal recalls how travel costs have risen, noting that a world ticket once cost 230 dollars yet now would barely cover a trip to the next town. The remark highlights inflation and changing affordability in transportation.
A promotional ad urges gently rubbing spots of dandruff and itching with Cuticura Ointment then washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It promises clear skin and soft white hands by making these products everyday toilet preparations.
A quoted comic remark by Jud Tunkins challenges the idea of business first noting the harsh price of enjoyment in this world. The line plays on the old proverb as a sharp jab about priorities and consequences.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a systemic cure affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. Claims to destroy the disease’s foundation, boost general health, and aid nature. Circulation through druggists. circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Miss MacSwiney, sister of Cork's late lord mayor, recalls at a New York dinner how the Irish earl of Dunraven sent emus named after their donor to propagate at Dunraven castle. A footman interrupts with news that Lord Lyon has laid an egg.
The fragment quotes the Old Married Woman advising against asking husbands for money and the Young Bride replying she never must. Charlie is described as a darling who sleeps through the night. The note appears in The American Legion Weekly.
A terse saying links two ideas as inseparable, noting that sorrow and experience travel together. It questions the value of wisdom gained through hardship and life’s hard lessons.
The United States Department of Agriculture advises using a turkey hen for hatching turkey eggs. Hens are close sitters, with nests on the ground sheltered under straw, in roomy coops, and with proper management. Incubation lasts 28 days, with fertility checks on days ten and twenty.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports tomato plants in eastern gardens are susceptible to wart disease first identified in potatoes in 1918. Wart infests stems and leaves causing warty outgrowths. yield impact uncertain. Spread is limited by state quarantine in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland. Tests suggest other potato family plants may be affected. results inconclusive and repeated.
Follow the manufacturer's directions to set up and run the incubator. Ensure steady temperature before filling with eggs and do not mix fresh with incubating eggs. Turn eggs twice daily from day two to day nineteen and again before lamp care. Cool daily as weather permits and attend to machine care at regular hours. Keep lamp and wick clean. Test eggs on days seven and fourteen. Do not open after day eighteen until hatch.
The guide says cowpeas should not be cut for hay until pods begin to turn yellow. Highest quality hay comes when most pods are full grown and many are mature. At that point the vines have not dropped leaves and have nearly reached full growth.
A farm diary helps avoid paying the same bill twice by serving as a complete record of all credit dealings. USDA specialists advise using blank diary pages at the back to track accounts and transactions.
Indianapolis April 18 the Indiana attorney general launched an investigation into milk dealers to determine possible violations of the milk act. The department is examining dealer combinations and price practices amid suits filed in Lagrange and Gibson circuits against Schlosyer Brothers Clover Lea Dairy and Vincennes Milk and Cream.
Amanda Biddlestetter, widow, sues in Wabash Circuit Court asking interpretation of her husband’s will. She claims the estate remains hers while unmarried, but reverts to two children if she remarries, naming herself guardian and naming a local bank as trustee.
The text states that the trust or will be construed to convey the entire estate to Airs and Biddlestetter in fee simple, establishing a full ownership transfer to those named beneficiaries.
The Indiana Polis Street Railway gains approval for a 66 cent fare with 70 tickets for single transfer and a 7 cent transfer charge. The commission denies a 2 cent transfer option and preserves a 5 cent basic fare, while allowing a 6 cent fare with 20 tickets for 81.
Joseph Demeo an Italian citizen and World War I veteran from Richmond will be sent back to his hometown of Tadby to live. Harvey Bay Post American Legion provided funds for his departure as health issues from trench service prevent recovery. Demeo plans to depart within weeks for Italy.
Charles Fentney who pleaded guilty in Shelby Circuit Court to issuing fraudulent checks escaped from Shelby county jail. He was sentenced to one to five years in Michigan City state prison and remains at large as police in nearby towns are asked to be on the lookout. Fentney was described as a crusty inmate.
John Mc Alinden aged seventy five, a retired farmer from Greencastle, was hospitalized in Terre Haute after a dynamiting accident at De Pauw University’s Blackstock athletic field. A flying stump fragment caused the injuries during work by field contractors.
Sullivan April 18 Dr. C. B. Hershey president of Union Christian College Merom has resigned effective June 1 no successor yet appointed by the board of trustees
Mrs Natale of Springfield Massachusetts credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a dangerous operation was advised. She suffered four months of weakness and poor appetite before using the remedy, and says her eighth and easiest birth followed. She urges other women to try the product.
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