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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
3
An attorney advises a new lawyer to assess a client's likely answers before putting them on the stand. He recalls a prior case where a baker’s wagon was struck by a train after the driver described crossing carelessly, exposing the attorney to a spilled-beans moment that doomed the trial.
In the exchange a boy named Richard anticipates punishment for eating unripe cherries. His mother warns him to wait for ripe fruit. As she approaches with a switch, he remarks that if she had left the cherry a moment longer it would have grown into a sturdy limb one day.
Kansas farmers learn from Scientific American that a bullsnake in an alfalfa field is worth at least $2.50 a month as it harbors about six gophers per acre. One adult bullsnake keeps an acre free of pests. The animal is harmless and also feeds on rats and mice near barns, warranting farmer protection.
A brief dialogue features a request for Brown’s estimate met with accusations and a sharp retort. The exchange centers on trust and honesty in a terse, wry tone.
A concise admonition arguing against fanatic behavior as a form of mental imbalance and urging restraint in expressing extreme views. The remark emphasizes danger of rigid thinking and calls for measured discourse.
A proverb notes that a man often yields more respect to his servant than the servant shows in return, highlighting tensions in master servant dynamics.
A traveler jokes that the girls in the railcar refreshment room wear black in mourning for late trains. The exchange notes the somber dress as a humorous reflection on delays, ending with a quip about alarm clocks and trouble.
A horticultural note stresses careful apple picking to prevent bruising and skin puncture. It warns against leaning into trees, explains proper twisting fruit removes it from the spur, and discusses receptacles like bags versus bottomless pails to reduce damage during harvesting.
A Farm Journal note by W J Murray explains a simple roaming contrivance for sheep in an orchard. It describes using two old wagon wheels with an iron axle cut in the middle and bolted to a 12 by 4 inch frame ten feet long to pasture sheep.
A plan describes a wheeled sheep pen built from 2x4 frames seventeen feet long with a gate frame two and a half feet wide, using a 1x2 gate. Hinged handles allow easy packing and the gate swings inward. Three Rambouillet sheep can be kept on a small plot, operated by a fourteen year old.
An Oregon experiment station device gauges pear maturity by the pressure needed to punch half inch holes in the fruit flesh. Bartlett pears requiring 35 pounds of pressure are ready for picking and long distance transport.
A brief urging farmers to develop small orchards to boost farm life comforts and family income. It argues that even a tiny orchard can yield notable benefits and suggests practical steps to start and maintain fruit trees.
The advice suggests a practical summer tactic for young orchards by planting peas in rows as a beneficial companion crop to improve soil and growth conditions.
The article notes that lime sulfur is used to combat fungous diseases while lead arsenate targets insect pests.
Evansville August 12 Operators and mine owners in Evansville and southern Indiana expect a quick resumption of work after the Cleveland conference ends. Most mines are being cleaned up and ready to start at once. A settlement of the miners strike is anticipated, with workers already clearing premises in the past week.
The Indiana state highway commission announced plans to pave 97.4 miles in 1923 at about 3 million dollars with federal aid covering half. The schedule includes potential total paving near 114 miles next year depending on contract costs, and notes a shift from 85 to 2,000 per mile in recent costs.
Indiana's 1922 corn crop is projected to yield about 4,500,000 bushels more than 1921, per the monthly crop report by George C. Bryant of the cooperative crop reporting service. Wheat oats rye and barley show a decline totaling 3,500,000 bushels. corn statewide stands at about eight percent below normal on August 1 with 174,286,000 bushels expected, up from 169,848,000 last year, due mainly to favorable southern weather while the northern central area lacks rain and some firing is reported on sandy soils.
Samuel M. Ralston former Indiana governor helped dedicate the Delaware county fair industrial building and reviewed the stock parade after addressing the combined men's civc clubs of Muncie. Governor McCray was unable to attend. The fair drew large crowds from eastern Indiana with exhibits and attractions numbering about twice last year.
Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall commanding state troops guarding the strip mines in Staunton district notifies Pennsylvania railroad authorities he will send from Staunton fields a train of five and possibly eight cars loaded with coal. He asks for additional flat cars for loading as soon as the cars are removed. The coal has been mined by steam shovels.
Indianapolis Aug 12 Thomas Kelly of 241 North Gray and James Cooper of 216 North LaSalle were convicted in city court of violating the anti picketing ordinance and each fined 10 dollars and costs by Judge Delbert O Wilmeth. The judgments were appealed to the criminal court.
Indianapolis Aug. 12 John Perdine Jr seven sacrificed his life to shield his nine year old sister Mary from an oncoming passenger train. The boy is son of Mr and Mrs John Perdine of 754 North Holmes Avenue.
Coal shortage leaves City Ice and Cold Storage with only two days of supply and forces closure of both plants. One worker remains on site to guard ice stock sufficient for two weeks. Public notices warn residents of reduced service as the plants cease operations.
Windy the orangutan in the zoo's monkey house narrates how a visitor plans to tell his tale for People’s Talk. He describes guiding the visitor, eating a banana slowly, dressing with a ribbon, and writing notes in a keeper’s room while expressing affection for children and the public.
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