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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
3
A retailer and an old customer clash on a street, debating a bill that has run for a long time. The retailer proposes a pause of a month or two to let the bill rest while the customer resists. The exchange shows a sharp, witty tone.
A dialogue contrasts clothing with mental state. He notes riding togs trigger horse mood, business suit awakens business thoughts, evening dress shifts to social focus. She adds a bath makes the mind blank, reflecting humor about attire shaping perception.
The article notes Lord De Broke referring to Miss Milyuns, his fiancée, as "My Subby" and suggests the term hints at a playful sub treasury meaning.
A minister asks three boys what they will be when grown. A farmer, a schoolmaster, and a preacher each answer with practical aims. The parson’s query about purpose yields the quip that dinner duck comes when the parson visits.
A sorrowful report details a man who attempted to ease pain with laughing gas and died without a smile, reflecting a cautionary tale about self medicating with gases.
A lanky man offers his turn to a waiting customer in a barber shop. The response notes the long wait as another client with a bill across the street waits for him to finish.
Bliffers Buncomn is described as a self made man while Wiffers affirms the view. The exchange hints Bliffers is satisfied with his job and stature.
A fish warns a nibbling youth of the danger of chasing glory. The young creature admits a craving for notoriety and hopes to be described as the big fish that escaped a man’s friends.
A terse epitaph notes a life cut short by illness or hardship as the subject sought air day and night, now resting in a corner grave. The fragment hints at a somber, personal memorial within a local burial context.
The letter excerpt satirizes Mrs Waggson's push for women's rights and envisions patriots being replaced by matriots. A Sunday school pupil chimes in with a joke, answering that the first man and woman were Punch and Judy, eliciting laughter.
A playful item notes a shirtwaist girl sunburned yet stylish in a tan coat, pairing light fashion observation with light humor and period voice.
Mrs Stoughtone asserts she always sleeps on her front porch provoking playful rebuttals. The dialogue shifts as another speaker claims a preference for sleeping on the right side.
A fragment recalls a man with vibrant ears guessing the slender young woman works as a school teacher. A man with deep set eyes notes she ran very quickly, as observed in a brief Judge's Library style vignette.
A farmer and a visitor debate birds and business as automobiles rise in the area. The visitor urges the farmer to change the poultry habit, while the farmer resists, fearing loss of income.
An awkward exchange centers on John Bay and a cafe titled Tani as they discuss improvement. The brief interaction hints at changing attitudes and a request for clarity amid uncertain service.
An advertising snippet warns that many men struggle to fulfill duty and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as pure blue powder. It contrasts water content with blue dye claims and urges readers to buy the product.
A fragment notes paradoxical effect in a phrase about a woman with "so much fire in her eyes" when she is put into a situation. The brief text also mentions a barber refusing to shave after a Turkish bath and a soothing syrup for teething with a 26 cent price.
The ad touts Paxtine Antiseptic as a lasting aid for clean mouths and sweet breath. Available at druggists for 25 cents a box or postpaid by The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Massachusetts.
A carnival of wry dialogue opens with a reflection on luck and persistence. The speaker notes how many seek openings yet many end up in a hole, a pointed observation about opportunity and misfortune.
A New York item claims a policeman saved 80000 dollars in a month from a 2800 dollar salary, a figure considered implausible by critics who say such numbers must lie and cannot stand under scrutiny.
The text presents a quoted remark praising Mr Mior as singularly pure and upright. It notes a rumor that a Burns detective had been operating secretly nearby, to which the subject reportedly replied that it was nothing to him.
A Londoner helps a man who dropped a five pound note then keeps it after noting many have lost money. The benevolent hunter comments that a large city like London would hold many lost sums, and he learns the loser’s name.
An ambitious young woman with lifelong nervousness and hysteria found relief and strength after switching to Grape-Nuts. She describes improved sleep, reduced headaches, and renewed hope, allowing her to resume studies and later teach for ten months.
A Virginia reader from Odd shares renewed health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites relief from menstrual and nervous trouble and back pain and urges others to seek the remedy, noting decades of endorsement and confidential advice from the company.
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