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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
7
A Birmingham Age-Herald piece features a defense lawyer appealing to jurors as gentiles while his client jokes seven jurors are regular customers. The exchange highlights distrust and irony in a contraband liquor case with a wry observation on priorities beyond dollars.
Mrs Helen Bennett from South Bend endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nerve health and strength. She notes its benefits since womanhood and cites her sister's improvement after doctors had given up. The ad urges readers to try the medicine in tablet or liquid form from all druggists.
House to house canvassing preferred with a better than average proposition. Includes opportunities to sell patents to progressive manufacturers from a list. Also promotes motor car and tractor oils and paint specialties with free samples and potential full or spare time earnings.
Fashion arbiters shape the season by approving designs rather than creating them. Producers test spring ideas and select those with a higher chance of success. Simple sport suits emerge as dependable for summer wear with the sport concept expanding beyond traditional uses.
The article surveys summer millinery highlighting flowers and fruits as key adornments, broad brims for drama, and a palette dominated by whites. It notes sport suits in gray homespun with blue chenille, and vivid reds and nasturtium shades, while detailing several hat styles including Batavia cloth designs and decorative beading.
The feature extols water cress as a blood purifier and tonic, praising its mineral content of sulfur and phosphorus. It advises choosing pure water sources, suggests serving fresh, and provides a detailed watercress soup recipe with stock, rice, onion, egg yolk, cream, and nutmeg, plus a method for cooking greens without extra water.
Quotation framed as a wry comparison. The line contrasts salt with Greek philosophers and sugar with Italian courtiers, suggesting prudence in choosing company and counsel. Its context appears as a witty historical aside rather than a tied news event.
A vintage guide presents economical recipes including Bean Soup with soda and salt pork, Chocolate Custard using milk and cocoa, Coconut Pudding topped with meringue, Spider Corn Cake with sour milk and custard center, and Baked Apples with Dates served with whipped cream.
A nonplayer woman attending an afternoon bridged event reacts with a huff after a group shouts rubber at a just finished game. She moves between tables chatting with players, unaware of the social cue.
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for superior laundry results for a neat, well-groomed look that appeals to girls. It frames the product as a quick path to a fresh appearance.
A judge questions a man nicknamed Rastus about a chicken theft in a humorous exchange. Rastus admits to stealing a chicken and jokes about counting thirteen birds as an unlucky number for the man.
Elmer Schlesinger, general counsel for the Shipping Board, told a Washington correspondent he dislikes lawyers who browbeat or bully witnesses. He recalled a board case where opposing counsel struck the rail and yelled, provoking a sharp exchange as the witness shrugged and asked why he was asked foolish questions.
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