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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
7
Mrs. Helen Bennett of Bend Indiana lauds Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription noting his remedy helped her sister aged 16 after doctors gave her up. She says the medicine brought relief when the girl could not move from her chair and ultimately cured her illness.
An advertisement touts a 30 day kidney treatment claiming to cure Bright's Disease Diabetes and urinary issues. It promises rapid relief from frequent urination and related symptoms and urges immediate purchase from The Mitchell Chemical Company of Altoona Pennsylvania.
Advertisement offers beaded handbags and decorative signs with "$10" price. Claims limited quantities and money refunds if unsatisfied. Mentions mail order to Hudson Novelty House in Weehawken New Jersey and a lubricant carbon remover offer with guaranteed fuel efficiency.
A twelve year old writes to the newspaper arguing that children rarely cause panics and that nervous excitable women are at fault, challenging prevailing fears and offering a gendered critique in Collier's Weekly.
An advertisement touts Ely Cream Balm as instant relief for nasal congestion from colds or catarrh. A drugstore topical uses a fragrant antiseptic formula to clear air passages and soothe inflamed membranes, promising quick breathing and night comfort.
A Mrs John Hill, aged 80, says sour stomach and indigestion improved after a week on Katonic. The advertisement touts Katonic as quick relief for stomach pains and gas, promising relief for those who have tried everything with Eatonic as a secondary option.
A USDA summary explains trap nests boost laying efficiency by forcing hens to be observed. It outlines setup for flocks and details construction of three compartment nests, timing of visits, banding, and adjustments for nest doors and ventilation to prevent nonproductive birds.
The text urges providing a simple, dry sheltered shed for breeding ducks before winter. It notes adult ducks endure cold with feathers, but breeding birds need protection from rain and snow and a dry roosting floor. A basic shed may be inexpensive compared to one for hens.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports areas free of bovine tuberculosis include Clay County Mississippi Island County Washington Clatsop County Oregon and the District of Columbia. Officials say area wide testing will accelerate eradication beyond prior pace.
The article notes blackhead as the most destructive infectious disease in turkeys. It adds that free range and avoiding overfeeding reduce cases, and that no positive cure exists though proper feeding and range management aid successful turkey raising.
USDA specialists say cowpea hay is better for feeding cows than horses. Difficult curing of the vines and uneven quality limit its use, leaving the harvest with little presence in city markets.
Finely cut silage from corn with grain hardening is first class feed for sheep and can be used in limited quantities. A standard ewe around 150 pounds should receive about 1.5 to 3 pounds daily to supply the proper amount of silage. Do not feed silage that is spoiled or of inferior quality.
Ohio station data show 20 bushels of soybeans provide 40 percent more protein and 25 percent more fat than 50 bushels of corn. Soybeans offer 80 percent more protein and 65 percent more fat than two tons of clover hay, endorsing wider use of soybean forage and grain.
Fragmentary text hints at themes of suffering endurance and deliverance with religious overtones. No clear persons or events identified.
A compact wartime style recipe excerpt provides instructions for plain doughnuts, jelly doughnuts, and doughnut balls. It covers batter ingredients, mixing steps, frying tips, and finishing with powdered sugar, noting hot oil is essential and that jelly doughnuts require a yeast sponge and a second rise.
A reflective maxim notes that a man’s true wealth lies in the number of things he loves and blesses, and in the ways he is loved and blessed in return.
This feature suggests oat cakes honey hermits caramel rice pudding and Demionico pudding as frugal seasonal options. It provides step by step measures for ingredients such as oat flour eggs milk butter honey cinnamon and raisins with baking and meringue directions.
An advertisement claims Nod Cross Ball Blue makes clothes white as snow and never harms fabric. It suggests using one dose per home and endorses the product as good for grocers. The text also loosely references Pringle and Potter in unclear context.
A warden found an inmate simulating suicide by hanging with a torn blanket. The warden freed the noose and held the prisoner until he chose life, prompting the inmate to abandon the plan.
A quotation from The Nation's Business argues that any business action creating one friend and one enemy is poor. It notes the enemy can do more harm as a knocker than the friend can as a press agent.
Archibald Periwinkle, with $14 in pocket, starts walking home when a masked robber confronts him with a gun. The thief cites no permit and, after Archibald remarks on gun legality, the criminal yields the weapon and vanishes.
German residents in Japan are rising, now nearly twice the prewar level. Most work in firms as engineers. About a hundred German engineers have applied for positions in Japan. Germany’s imports of toys chemicals and dyestuffs reached 1 million dollars in the first ten months of 1920.
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