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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy to cleanse and regulate the stomach and liver, remove sour food and toxins, and ease constipation without griping, promising a morning feel good effect from nightly use. It claims millions use Cascarets to prevent headaches biliousness coated tongue and indigestion.
A dialogue notes a boyish misbehavior with stones at a poor peddler and comments on parental responsibility and excusing childish acts. The exchange questions ownership of the boys and ends with the phrase let the children play.
A dialogue between Mr Gibbs and Mrs Gibbs centers on starting the year by church attendance with a sly jab about identification, as a judge quietly notes possible need for recognition. The exchange blends humor with social ritual as the new year unfolds.
An advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine as a fortifying remedy against grip colds and influenza. It claims the product destroys germs and acts as a tonic and laxative, noting a single formula sold for five cents with E. W. Grove’s signature on the box.
A light exchange reveals Watson sent a congratulatory telegram to his mother for his birthday. The exchange underscores a festive mood and family recognition on the special day.
A Boston Post reader notes a wild pigeon near the old Boston City club that has taken to nightly street dining on Beacon Street. The writer asks why pigeons would roam so late and wonders about their unusual habits.
A stranger joins a group listening to a seasoned veteran recount a fierce battle. When urged to imagine shells bursting around him, the stranger reveals he is an actor, not a soldier, provoking a notable exchange cited by the Philadelphia Ledger.
A Georgia physician shares his experience with Grape-Nuts, claiming it rebuilt his nerve and brain tissue and restored strength after a period of illness. He says 10 days on the cereal helped his digestion, weight, and ability to work, and urges others to try it. The notice promotes Postum Co. letters as genuine human interest stories.
A compact portrait of Abraham Lincoln from childhood hardship through Civil War trials to his hopeful last birthday. The piece highlights his compassion, decisiveness on discipline, and mercy, ending with his famed second inaugural resolve to heal the nation and care for the wounded.
A Boston Herald observer laments declining grammar and the erosion of distinctions like would versus should and who versus that. The piece notes New England holds on to subtler contrasts while other regions merge forms, urging careful usage to preserve thought-expression.
The article notes Jellico joined the British Navy as a cadet before thirteen and has served 43 years. It also mentions other historical snippets about windmill irrigation in Kansas and cemetery arches in New Hampshire. The Kaiser Hohenzollern fortune is now estimated seven times its former 5 million dollars, with a military tax of 965000 paid eighteen months ago. Hero dotus is cited as the first historian, and the Old Testament and Kings are among the oldest historical works.
Erastus Pinkley accuses a man of passing counterfeit quarters during a game and requests more money to gamble, saying others have been lucky and he needs a handicap to stay in the game. He implies he will shoot craps with those who carry such luck.
S. W. Strauss of Chicago argues in Leslie's that 66 of every 100 US deaths leave no estate, 34 leave small estates, and most elders depend on others. He notes Europe’s thrift as a guard against pauperism and cites government stats: 98 percent live day to day on wages, with only 2 percent escaping poverty if employment is lost.
In a warm, tense game Hank O Day worked alone after his partner was injured. Heine Zimmerman urged Hank to inspect a ball cracked against a wall. Hank replied that they could manage with cracked ball players as the crowd observed the exchange.
A narrator recalls attending a concert with Hiram and notes Lawmore's technique. The speaker admits not noticing the method but praises Lawmore's fiddling as grand, reflecting a warm, subjective music scene impression.
An old health ad urges a hot water and limestone phosphate inside bath each morning. Drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush stomach liver kidneys and bowels, then wash out toxins upon arising.
A tramp recalls two nights in a farmer’s barn eating poultry and drinking cider, while the farmer threatens to eject him or set the dog on him, exposing harsh human nature and class tension.
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims cleansing effects on the stomach liver and bowels without griping and urges mothers to use a 50 cent bottle with dosing directions for all ages.
The forum site covered five acres costing 4 150 000 dollars at 830 000 per acre. The annual rent per acre was 33 330 dollars, totaling 166 650 dollars for the five acres each year.
A noted authority warns that meat forms uric acid hindering kidney function and causing pain, dizziness, and bladder irritation. He recommends four ounces of rad Salts daily in water before breakfast to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids, promoting healthier kidney activity. Jad Salts is touted as inexpensive and safe.
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