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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
3
In a swampy chorus Miss Marsh Marigold inspires cousins of the Buttercup to rise early for the season. The flowers praise damp marshes, resist picking, and boast heart shaped leaves as they join the first section of the Early Spring Flower Parade amid cool wet air.
A humorous exchange questions if a person can have body parts elsewhere. John asks about going to California for his lungs, and his mother replies with a playful dismissal. The dialogue centers on a child mishearing a phrase about medical travel.
Nine Indiana Service corporation linemen were knocked to the ground when temporary anchors failed during pole resetting south of Fort Wayne along Bluffton road. They were taken to a hospital with Howard Shelly of Bluffton most seriously hurt. Others included Harry Fosnaught, Frank Tellow, Harry Reed, and Harry Lutz with varying bruises.
City judge Lance M. Coons sustains a demurrer for 18 jitney bus drivers charged under a street car route ordinance. He rules banning jitneys on lines used by street cars would create class legislation. City Attorney Arthur McKinley plans appeal to the circuit court.
Lands Farmers of Indiana report to G T Christie shows Indiana farmers donated 107 carloads or 107000 bushels of corn for starving Armenian children. Nebraska led with 124000 bushels. Sixty three Indiana counties contributed, top counties Elkhart Shelby Hancock Noble Morgan with substantial sums.
In Brazil on April 24 a Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction car was halted when the station door jammed shut. Albert McCullough, the station agent, could not unlock it and signaled the conductor to hold the car. After about five minutes police or aid arrived and the lock was broken, while passengers outside urged to break the glass.
A levee along the Wabash river broke at Russellville Indiana causing flood waters to rush through the town of 200. Four levees on the Wabash have failed in Illinois and Indiana in two days flooding thousands of acres. Residents paddled via boats to Vincennes joining others made homeless by flooding of 35 city blocks.
The body of Benjamin Sheeley, 75, was found suspended in a tree in back waters of the Wabash near a Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western trestle at Hillsdale. He had been missing 20 days and was last seen on April 1. Coroner C. E. Ragan reports a quarrel with his wife and a threat to self-harm the day he disappeared.
Lesson outlines Isaiah's vision of divine glory, his cleansing, and his call to ministry. It notes Isaiah sees the Lord on a throne, seraphim singing holy, holy, holy, and the temple filled with smoke. The text explains sin, cleansing, and the prophet's commission with a future remnant and holy seed.
The Bishop of London asserts that genuine repentance and resolve to be good come from contemplating Jesus Christ. He notes Christ as flawless, loving, patient, and ready to serve others.
A biblical verse from Micah 6 12 condemns rich rulers for violence and deceitful speech. The text notes the rich and inhabitants lie with deceitful tongues. The passage emphasizes moral judgment and social critique.
A courtroom exchange shows a lawyer offering defense to Rastus who vows he has a mule several chickens and a hog to pay legal fees. The dialogue highlights a theft accusation centered on livestock and property.
A vintage grocer advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a safe product for whitening fabrics without harming the fabric, claiming it should be used in every home and available from all good grocers.
The article recalls Pius III visiting London and Oxford as a scholar and librarian of the Vatican library. It also notes Pope Leo XIII’s sojourns in London and attendance in the British House of Commons with Lord Palmerston, preceding his papacy.
An exchange features the Professor declaring a diamond the hardest substance able to cut glass while The Cynic remarks a diamond can also impress a woman's heart. Published in Town Topics.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching, followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water bath. Rinse dry and dust Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and smooth skin. Price listed as 25 cents each.
A passage from Lovers and Friends by E. I. F. Benson defends flirting as natural and appealing. It argues that being adored appeals to many, while kindness or beauty alone offer limited popularity and that even the most disagreeable can be worshiped.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a clerical guest invited to bless, with a boy listening, and then he quips that the minister prays at dinner to avoid praying at bedtime, highlighting a child’s humorous remark.
A reflective aphorism notes that hardship linked to repaying obligations should not be seen as shameful, framing debt repayment as a virtue rather than a stigma.
The stern versifier Tenny son J Daft asks Mr. Gloom if he told Mrs Clatter at the reception that he found Daft poems supremely silly.
A compact reflection on desire and fulfillment noting that the joys people chase often differ from what truly satisfies. It suggests reevaluating what counts as meaningful pleasure and aligning choices with deeper values.
A dinner party night drags on as watches mislead a narrator. He and the hostess reveal their clocks disagree, showing a comic lapse when time seems to stand still and embarrassment fades with a shared joke.
A brief domestic exchange shows a husband accusing a loud talker of ignorance and a wife retorting not to shout, with comic undertones. The pair quibble over voice volume and comprehension in a humorous domestic vignette.
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