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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
7
A vintage craft note explains a handcrafted wall letter rack with a silk pocketed panel. It details materials a 14 by 6.5 by 0.5 inch board, silk covering, plaited folds, back tacking, edge finishing with braid nails, and two picture rings for hanging.
A young woman learns a costly lesson in fabric choice when she substitutes fine cream cotton net for silk net in a guimpe. The cotton net stretches and pulls on the silk edge, causing fraying and requiring darning and tucks to salvage the garment.
A sewn lined bag with pale green ribbon edges and two bows is described for holding knitting wools or crochet cottons. It features a central buttonhole hole for drawing material, embroidered pale green leaf designs, and a simple circle guide for stitching. The bag keeps yarn from rolling away and is presented as a practical, attractive project.
A description notes a method to sort mail by requiring letters to be gathered at once for all recipients without inspecting each letter separately, avoiding the need to examine letters for different people individually.
To remove canker in the mouth, touch it frequently with bicarbonate of soda. To remove rings from a finger swollen by tightness, dip the finger in ice cold soap suds and the ring will come off easily. A sponge for washing and bathing is not sanitary, as it cannot be thoroughly cleansed.
Summer cottage item Quaint Towels come ten inches wide and priced at 15 cents a yard. Most effects feature blue patterns on white grounds with occasional pale green and white pieces. Each design is complete within a yard measure.
Lulu recalls engagement with a man who bungled a renewal last winter. Anna confirms the failed reengagement would have allowed a summer engagement if not for his mistake.
A man offers tickets to a convention to a friend and his wife and asks who else he might invite. The friend seems honored yet modest, insisting he has no pull but would be glad to go and take a few friends if possible.
A fragment quotes a line about Death loving a shining mark and contrasts it with a doctor preferring an easy mark, hinting at a witty city-press bon mots. The tone suggests a satirical snippet from a column or vignette.
A humorous exchange centers on a wife resisting a summer at a Chigger farm due to lacking clothes. The husband pushes the idea that old clothes suit the place, joking about packing seven trunks of the oldest duds in the state.
A neighborly ruse surfaces when a man pursues a runabout and is told to marry the next door neighbor’s daughter to obtain it. The exchange reveals a humorous social plot from a bygone era.
The quote records Senator Sorghum saying they avoided harmony at the convention due to fear of being seen as entering into a gentlemen's agreement under heavy public suspicion. The dialogue reflects mistrust in political caucusing and consensus among the attendees.
A dialogue hints at danger as Miss Flirtgirl sinks and rescuers argue. Jack claims to help, Tom says he saved her, and a stranger on the beach is suspected. The text reads like a melodramatic cliffhanger with uncertain identities.
In a Harper's Weekly vignette, Bunkerton struggles in a barren, impassable highway. His temper erupts at a nearby farmer who dodges the insult with a laconic reply about the road’s state, calling it Mose Whibley’s trail when the stream dries.
A magazine quotation notes Holder as a long serving desk figure who vanishes abroad. The speaker warns that trust and reliability may be illusory as even the most trusted depart to Canada. The fragment reflects themes of loyalty and exile.
A doctor remains unfazed by heat while a person named Winks faces an uncle's death and an ice trust inheritance complication.
A cryptic notice describes a peculiar man in town noted for unusual behavior and bright remarks from his children. The piece emphasizes his unique character without repeating the odd phraseology of the original text.
A department store scene features a wife claiming a rib was broken at the bargain counter. A floorwalker replies they will reset it in the surgical department and jokes about other operations, offering an appendectomy for 19.99 dollars as a summer rate.
A traveler laments repeated disappointments while explaining that his wife has finally agreed to join a planned Yellowstone Park trip after initial hesitation. The back and forth hints at adjustments to travel plans and shared decision making.
A brief dialogue where a parent mentions three children—two daughters and a son in college—and laments feeling unable to act in a way that earns their pride. The exchange highlights family pride and expected reciprocity within parent child relationships.
A local exchange recalls someone visiting Binglehurst to view a property but finds the site submerged. The conversation notes the asset remains underwater despite prior trips.
The scene depicts a bantering exchange between a revolving door attendant and a flustered lady as she circles the entry, unsure if she is entering or leaving. The judge comments on the absurdity of the moment, highlighting memory lapse.
A domestic dispute over expenses unfolds as the wife presses for a reception while the husband rejects costs claiming rentals and items like sandwiches and ice cream are unaffordable.
The speaker argues poetry should live in daily life and cites streetcars billboards soap wrappers and breakfast foods as carriers of verse. The remark prompts reflection on how art infiltrates common surroundings and everyday objects.
A flaxen-haired girl told President Taft she knew who he was and cheekily called him Humpty Dumpty during an afternoon Washington stroll. The anecdote, quoted from Popular Magazine, highlights playful mistaken identity between a child and the president.
A reflective editorial questions how justice should begin between power and suffering. It argues both sides focus on exact rights rather than just and right action, contrasting the cry to pay what is owed with the moral duty to do what is just.
A New York representative attended a social function in an East Side political club where the entertainment chair introduced guests and municipal officers. The official was presented with his wife as The Honorable and Mrs. Congressman Blank, and another couple was announced as Mr. and Mrs. Inspector of Hy Grants Faucets and Shopworks Casey, per Lippincott’s account.
A physician reports using Postum instead of coffee for five years in his family and with patients. He notes improved digestion and nervousness, cites store sales spreading townwide, and says convalescent care benefits from Postum as a liquid easily absorbed diet. The letter ends with a business reference to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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