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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
8
An old advertisement claims Bayer aspirin tablets are genuine and clearly labeled Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packages. It presents aspirin as suitable for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism and notes a handy tin of 12 tablets costs a few cents under the Bayer trademark.
A hesitant golfer at Muncie Country Club slices a drive and mutters under his breath prompting a polite quip from his wife nearby. The amused caddy looks up as the scene unfolds revealing a playful exchange about ball address and humor on the course.
A Binghamton woman reports a yearlong nervous condition with gloom and inability to work or consult a doctor. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with alleviating displacements, inflammation, ulcers, irregularities, pains, backache, gas, indigestion and dizziness.
The article discusses winter greens for flocks and lists sprouted oats, chopped alfalfa, alfalfa meal, cabbage, and mangel wurzels as affordable, nutritious options. It notes sprouted oats and alfalfa as substitutes for grass when pasture is unavailable and describes simple methods to feed bulky greens in pens.
Guidance on water access and temperature for hens, using milk and skim milk as economical feeds, thawed frozen vegetables, hay and clover preparation, oat sprouting with proper care, cooking root crops, and the essential role of grit and oyster shells for egg production and poultry health.
Seed clover on winter grain when soil dries. Harrow seed bed if ground is dry to avoid harming grain. Drill sowing reduces seed use by two to four pounds per acre and improves stand. Plant at about one half inch deep for best germination and profit. Price around fifty cents per pound makes careful bed prep essential.
The text notes many shippers fail to provide sufficient shipment details to distributors. Without explicit information dealers cannot offer fair quotations for offered goods.
A coat of paint does not make a farm but neat farmhouse and barns reflect the owner’s efficiency. Appearances do count.
Poultry notes advise Mangels cut clover sprouted oats and cull vegetables and fruit as feed for hens. Mites and lice are major pests. Ducks need damp mash at least once every four days and many raisers feed mash often. Neglect and inadequate nourishment ruin profitability.
A sermon outlines Peter and John healing a lame man at the temple gate. The miracle prompts public awe, leads to preaching about Jesus, repentance, and salvation, and portrays the church’s mission to bring life to spiritually helpless people.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses vocation and service, stating the ideal that leaders serve others rather than seek pomp. It emphasizes humility, faithfulness, and stewardship as core duties of ministers within society.
A fragment from a 19th century column captures a traveling laborer’s resolve to live each day as if it were his last. The terse voice contrasts labor hopes with the stark seller’s life on the road.
An advertiser urges readers to include Cuticura Taleum with toilet requisites noting it as part of the Cuticura Trio along with Soap and Ointment. The scented taleum is marketed for face skin baby and dusting use and priced at 25 cents everywhere.
A Kansas City Star report describes neighbors from Fiddle Creek bursting into Jord Prodd and his wife Miz Prodd’s home to surprise them. Jord allegedly restrained on the floor while Miz Prodd hit him with a skillet as children watched and bet on which would win.
Elizabeth reads of the ex-kaiser sawing his twelfth thousandth leg in exile and contrasts it with Lincoln. She quips that starting life cutting wood and dying a ruler is better than starting as a ruler and ending up sawing wood.
Help wanted notice seeks salesmen county and district managers to sell a pocket check protector retailing at 2.50. No machine needed heavy experience not required earn 100 weekly with small capital, write J D Foster Co Terre Haute Indiana. Free copy of piano musical success incl postage Clarke Pub Co New York NYC.
A Yale rivalry scene reports a Harvard halfback scoring a winning touchdown after a boisterous, cheering crowd in the grandstand. A Radcliffe student asks a calm question as the victory floods the stadium and a waterboy tidies the soggy aftermath.
A farmer refuses to hire returned soldiers, saying they are too good. One veteran allegedly dug a front line trench across the field before he could be stopped, illustrating wartime tensions spilling into farm life.
The passage notes a shift in social norms from sharing art in a private upstairs den to displaying stock in the cellar, reflecting changing attitudes toward display and propriety. It contrasts past gentlemanly conduct with current economic preoccupations.
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