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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
3
An article urging preparation for motherhood highlights physical strain and nervous stress of childbearing. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to strengthen the female system and improve health, offering confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A Carmargo Oklahoma dog, owned by Mr Storey, lost two legs after a train collision months ago. The animal now moves on two legs on one side, can walk and run, and navigates as well as a four legged dog.
Nearly 500 women in Aberdeen and district join the war register at the Aberdeen labor exchange. Also note that millions use Red Cross Ball Blue sold by all grocers. An old adage implies a man saves little post marriage unless a wife saves for him.
Fashion writers note a shift to flattened hips and deep flounces for fall skirts as designers in Paris delay openings. American buyers already see models with silhouettes moving toward wide circular skirts and reinforcements like Spanish flounces to maintain fullness at the knees. The era's fabrics include organdie and satin, with finishing methods to smooth uneven hems and secure the look.
A sulphur remedy works after months of use. Mix one ounce sulphur with a quart of soft water, agitate daily, then use the clear liquid and saturate the scalp each morning. In a few weeks dandruff disappears and hair becomes soft and glossy.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Rodier collection colors for fall and winter blending pansy to lavender shades in new pile fabrics including paneda velvet. Reds range from bordeaux to wine with silk velvet blends, while soldat and marine blues forecast strong demand. A new hazel-nut brown and two tone stripes update color combinations.
Roy resists his father's attempt to hand him a worm for the chickens and laments a perceived change in gender identity during a garden scene. The dialogue centers on fear and self-perception as Roy declines the task and questions being a girl.
In an editorial note from Topeka Capitol the piece argues that with discipline shifting away from corporal punishment, a father bears the consequences for the family as the system adapts to new norms. Read as a social commentary on parental responsibility and child welfare in a changing era.
A clerk asks for a week off to attend a friend's wedding. the employer jokes that the friend is very dear, and the clerk explains that after the ceremony the friend will be his wife. This brief exchange appeared in the Boston Transcript.
A humorous remark attributed to Uncle Eben contrasts the high cost of living with the instability of a craps game, suggesting financial strain stems from gambling unpredictability rather than expenses. The line captures a streetwise view of economic hardship through a witty quip.
A brief observation notes that in many households the title to property rests with the husband while religious affiliation remains with the wife, reflecting traditional division of private life.
A compact remark on inaction and public duty. The speaker notes that people claim to want change yet fail to take personal steps to address issues.
Buffalo Express notes a town reception committee celebrates a murder case resolved by a jury finding the accused sane. The item frames the event as a notable public reaction rather than a triumph.
A passage notes the Australian cattleman who controls 28 800 000 acres of land, a domain as large as Pennsylvania, contrasting grand industry titles with a single imposing figure. It reflects on how such vast holdings shape rural life and economic power, per Youth’s Companion.
A playful exchange frames gargoyles as medicines to use for a sore throat. A father explains the imagined remedy to his son in a rural or domestic scene. The snippet blends whimsy with instructional tone.
Fragrant soap and ointment promise relief for red rough chapped hands with a one night test. Free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept XY Boston with postcard request. Sold nationwide.
A cheap horn substitute is described using wheat flour and sodium silicate. The paste is colored with organic dye during mixing to imitate horn. Mix 10 parts sodium silicate to distilled water, add flour to form a thick paste, let stand three weeks for a hard hornlike material that can be molded and machined.
Captain Bean of the British army reports in the Westminster Gazette that Tommy Atkins strives to live up to Shaw's Chocolate Soldier. Chocolate sweets are in high demand with candy makers busy. Australians in Cairo have eaten the chocolate supply. The canteen's demand is five times expected for sweets and soft drinks, but one fifth the demand for beer.
The report notes Sweden expanding adoption of kerosene substitutes and gasoline powered engines across sectors. It highlights shifts in energy and transport policy, with emphasis on practical deployment and potential economic impacts.
A city senator advises a hopeful to avoid government service noting the job is promised to the senator's son, emphasizing that public service can ruin a young man and that the role is unavailable.
An advertisement proclaims London as the healthiest European capital in a retail page blurb. The copy promotes Red Cross Ball Blue and suggests grocers stock it widely.
An early 20th century health ad warns that infant mortality in civilized countries is high and links many deaths to narcotic infant syrups. It advocates Castoria as a safe alternative, claiming it stimulates circulation and relieves fever, and stresses the need for the genuine product bearing Chas. H. Fletcher signature.
The excerpt extols sleep as a priceless jewel and a vital force. Dekker calls sleep a golden chain binding health and body, noting its peace even amid love and life’s troubles, and urges gratitude for its restorative power.
Blind from birth Ole H Flow of Pierre South Dakota passed the state bar examination before the supreme court. He memorized Blackstone from readings by his sister and wrote his answers on a typewriter as court stenographers read the questions. Flow and a fellow aspirant both succeeded, proving his long effort despite his handicap.
A Springfield Republican opinion argues nearly a billion bushels of new wheat will grow in America this year and questions whether refusing export to preserve supplies at home would hinder the war, urging a national stance on wartime grain.
Consul Frank Deedmeyer reports large mussel shell deposits along Prince Edward Island shores, mixed with mud, forming a potent fertilizer. The shells provide phosphates and alkalies, and a dressing improves soil fertility even in poor lands. Deposits vary from five to twenty-five feet deep and are harvested by dredging from rafts in summer or ice in winter.
A playful exchange between a woman called the Widow and a bashful youth turns cheeky as he jokes about kissing and sand in the mouth. The quip ends with a Life magazine style aside on swallowing sand to “get it in your system.”
It isn’t the girl who grows indignant when he tries to kiss her that a man dreads. It is the one who laughs at him.
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