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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1922
Page
3
Mrs C Rust recommends Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and notes benefit for her husband who uses them for hemorrhoids. The ad urges readers to keep well and obtain a new pocket vial from the nearest drug store.
The article surveys numerous George Washington likenesses from Houdon to Stuart and Trumbull, noting debates over the best representation. It recounts Houdon’s statue, Jefferson’s letters, and Canova's involvement, then details a wooden life-size Washington figure once claimed to stand in Bowling Green, NYC, with a decades-long mystery about its true provenance and fate.
Jacob Shaw a former garden trucker now furnace man at the Seventh Day Adventist church in Hagerstown Maryland has a heart on the right side of his chest. He felt chest pain and his hand landed on the right side prompting tests by about six doctors and X ray images confirming the unusual placement.
Hundreds of men fish through the ice on Lake Erie as ice forms on the shore with old timers predicting a season of repeated freezes. The catch is reported large while risks include sudden blizzards and losing the ice trail to shore. Germany is noted as the only country to abolish tipping.
Columbus residents and the township farm bureau adopt a resolution opposing current property tax assessments based on true value. They urge coordination with farm bureaus to appeal to other boards and seek fairer methods. The discussion centers on equal assessments, true value, and potential shifts in tax burdens.
In Warsaw on February 13 a long legal battle over a drainage project dredging the Tippecanoe river for about fifteen miles and affecting roughly 7,000 landowners in Kosciusko Whitley and Marshall counties will end February 28 with the petition dismissed Special Judge Stevens ruled the case has dragged on for years with mounting costs and bitter remonstrances as names of objectors were counted.
Laytayeuc Feb 18 six percent of Purdue University students were dropped last week for not meeting scholarship standards. About 175 to 200 students across classes were dismissed as the first semester closed, with enrollment up causing the higher number.
Governor McCray informed President Harding that Indiana will cooperate in erecting a nationwide victory memorial in Washington. The memorial is slated for completion by 1925 before the next President's inauguration, with Indiana's contribution to be set by legislative enactment not before early 1923.
Princeton February 13 The jury in the William Bruck riotous conspiracy case over Francisco disorders on June 10, 1921, failed to agree after 96 hours and was discharged. The final ballot stood eight to four for conviction. Prosecutor James J. Robinson said related cases will be tried as court docket permits.
Terre Haute on February 13 reports the local Retail Merchant's association backing a campaign to establish a new federal court in Indiana with Terre Haute as a main division center. A telegram was sent to Indiana senators and congressmen urging passage of the Hickey Bill adding another federal court.
At the Evansville Furniture Manufacturer's Association annual meeting plans were outlined for the semi annual furniture and stove market to be held here next spring.
Mrs. Johnson of Park Rapids Minnesota reports health gains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound leading to a healthy birth. She recommends the remedy to other women and offers to publish a picture of her baby. The notice frames childbearing as tied to female well being and family happiness.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to relieve constipation in children. It touts a fruity taste, claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness, and warns to ask for the genuine product to avoid imitations. The note ends with other ads about laundry bluing and plumbing.
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