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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
3
A gloomy morning with Henry feeling cross ends in a dreamlike visitation by a sunshine fairy. The fairy arrives when Henry looks for light, drives away the heavy cloud, and leaves him waking to a brighter mood.
A piece on etiquette advises women and men how to behave during walks and social moments. It discusses arm linkage, pace setting, helping a stranger who drops an item, and how to handle situations with propriety, age, and company.
The article traces the name Theresa from Greek harvest roots to its adoption in Spain France England and beyond. It notes variants such as Teresa Therese and Teresita, mentions Saint Theresa and royal ties, and adds beliefs about amber as a talisman and Thursday as a lucky day.
The passage dissects proper usage of stop and stay with hotel and travel phrases, noting that one stops when motion ceases at a location and stays only when residing. It cites the Waldorf Astoria example and concludes with a note on Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, owned by the Duke of Rutland as a medieval English residence.
A farm tale features Red Top the Rooster condemning pretentious friendliness. Crown Rooster quizzes him about work and vanity as Red Top recounts attempting a feather curling business before giving up to dig worms. A fable style exchange ends with mutual understanding of speaking one s mind.
The Indiana Taxpayers Protective Association named district chairmen across 13 districts to lead opposition to two proposed taxation amendments on the September 6 special election ballot. Leaders include E G Hoffman Fort Wayne T N Taylor Terre Haute William Robinson Lebanon and Fred C Gardner Indianapolis with former governors Winfield T Durbin and Samuel M Ralston as president and VP respectively.
Aug. 22 dispatch lists senior brigade commanders for Indiana division units. Robert H. Tyndall of Indianapolis to command artillery, Col. W. G. Everson of Muncie to lead infantry, John J. Boaz of Indianapolis to be chief surgeon. Governor McCray attended a troop review with Maj. Frank M. Maddux. Official naming of the new major general awaits completion of the Thirty-eighth division early next year. Potential successors and promotions follow, with Col. Walter H. Unversaw and Maj. Alfred J. Moody among likely moves.
Indiana reports show five northern cities cut pollution from rivers and streams by treating waste. After spending hundreds of thousands, watercourses are improving and producing by products. Industry cooperation with the state conservation department increased, contrasting with past inaction and resistance.
Fifty masked men stormed the Glendora mine in Sullivan on August 22 and ordered Roy Settles and John Brown to leave. The two men departed unharmed.
The Indiana Kiwanis district board, meeting with Kokomo Kiwanis, chose September 29 and 30 for the district convention to be held in Kokomo.
A sequence of light verse and puns about poets and seasons. It ponders which American poet evokes a long man Longfellow and when one reads best in the woods during autumn. It asks why summer passes quickly due to evening mist and ends with a riddle about a candy Guin drops with a first part bought in packages and a last part meaning to fall.
Evansville Indiana girl Stella Linxwiler aged eighteen reports relief from headaches cramps backache and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved periods and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy and share her testimony.
The text claims that of 1.7 billion people, 550 million were white and 1.15 billion colored, meaning colored peoples outnumbered whites by more than two to one.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing itchy baby rashes. It recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap, followed by Cuticura Ointment, and finishing with Cuticura Talcum. A fragrance touch is suggested with the talcum. Available at 25 cents each.
Four cisterns near Jerusalem dating to Pontius Pilate have been expanded to hold five million gallons of water. Previously the city relied on local rainfall and some cisterns had not been cleaned for a century or more.
An old advertisement notes use of Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten water blue. The brief line hints at cleaning products and period marketing language without further details.
The governor asks the arriving forger what he can do, and the prisoner replies he can forge signatures after a week of practice to sign official papers for the governor, as reported by Pearson's Weekly.
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