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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1922
Page
3
Mrs. T J Archer of 1147 Shepard St Peters burg Va praises Tanlac for ending years of indigestion headaches dizziness and rheumatic pains after three months of misery. Her husband bought the medicine and she now claims no indigestion headaches or rheumatic symptoms. Tanlac is sold by druggists.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt shows Mr Grampson dismissing table rapping and cabinet rattling as nonsense. He says he will attend a high noon public demonstration with an open mind if spirits reveal themselves.
The George P L Cram Company on East Georgia Street Indianapolis offers profitable seasonal work selling a new atlas to schools and homes. College students or school teachers preferred. Ambitious men or women can apply for details.
A young woman calls on a friend and is told the friend is away. A five year old child misstates the house, and a cryptic reply about payment follows. The text ends with a paid advertisement praising Red Cross Ball Blue for keeping cloths white.
A fragment cites a claim that support for a federal program will rely on government funding and taxation. The note suggests skepticism about using public money to accomplish a stated goal.
The exchange imagines high costs of five Gi in the South Sea Teint and ponders the impact if thousands of Americans were moved to those islands. The dialogue hints at market forces and labor in a tropical setting with a sharp aside about coconut workers.
A dialogue fragment shows a character claiming a childhood start to reform efforts. The remark attributes the 5 year old founder's motive to his grandmother's authority and references a local campaign to abolish an entity named Morher Gaoase.
Senator Serghium says he has been offered a large salary to enter motion pictures, but he declines the offer. He explains a desire to keep up with his surroundings and notes the pay would not be enough to justify leaving his current duties.
A quoted exchange questions superstition and a claim of seven years of bad luck. The talk turns to a tragedy an explosion that occurred days after a prior omen, suggesting disbelief in superstition amid a fatal event.
A London Telegraph snippet notes a suitor wooing a young woman whose sister declines him. After first call he showers praise by comparing features and ends with a sharp joke about their noses. The sister interjects with a playful retort.
A brief snippet quotes a conservative remark about European newspapers being less enterprising than American ones. The line hints at a debate over press initiative and national differences in journalism. The source text is fragmentary and lacks full context.
A joke exchange on old price and value. The teacher remarks on steak at 45 cents per pound and asks about four pounds and a half while Johnny notes guests would not visit their home.
A reflective verse noting how people label changes during stress as reforms. It hints at predictable human behavior where calling for change becomes a routine response rather than a genuine shift in policy. The piece critiques fashionable reform language.
Judge notes no active case beyond plans to relieve congestion in New York. Parker comments reflect general movement toward traffic relief measures. No further actions or dates are stated.
A nervous woman warns John of a burglar at their flat. He vows to fight for their safety, saying fear is no match for a determined intruder, insisting the intruder underestimates their resolve.
Quote dialogue contrasts parenting ease between families. One says others’ children are easier to raise, highlighting a social observe about childrearing challenges across households.
The passage contrasts popular Puritan sternness with a lighter side, noting that Puritans were not as austere as tradition claims and that contemporary views misjudge their drinking habits.
A proposal suggests delivering alarm clocks to communities in Uganda to combat sleeping sickness. The plan aims to spur early reporting and treatment by waking residents during critical hours.
A humorous Punch cartoon caption features a small girl asking how birds sleep at night. The mother replies that birds likely sleep, while the girl imagines a mummy bird in the nest reading to her eggs.
A conversation reveals a playful tug between two characters. One asks if the other would be happier without a kiss and contemplates selfishness versus care in a moment of intimate doubt.
Indianapolis reports nine year old Robert Silvery, charged as a slaver of Bernard Teeters, will be committed to Indicata Keys School at Plaintiela for one year by Governor McCray. After one year custody returns to Jay County Circuit Court with possible recommitment. The boy was brought from Portland by his father. The prior sentence to a ten year term at another facility is now curtailed to a one year stay under governor's special authority.
Coroner investigations in the vicinity of the spar follow reports of a man found burned and soaked with kerosene. Authorities seek identity while notes and slips point to possible witnesses and missing men named Andersen. The crime theory rests on money found in the victim's pockets and fear by suspects.
Word from Terre Haute says industrial and domestic coal users will not gain from the Interstate Commerce Commission 1 percent rail rate cut. Local carriers plan no reduction of short haul rates 45 and 65 cents for under thirty miles, affecting all coal moving to the city factories and households.
Rushville will celebrate the Rush County centennial with dedication exercises parades and pageants. Miss Lucy Elliott assistant director of the Indiana historical commission says Senator James Watson and Frederick Van Nuys will speak. A parade depicting the century’s progress and a concert by the Soldiers and Sailors' Home band Knightstown are planned.
In Greencastle on June 12 a serious auto accident injured Mrs Ida Springer and her ten year old son from New Maysville twelve miles northeast. Their car overturned after hitting soft gravel near Bainbridge. The boy lost an eye and the mother was badly burned and soaked with gasoline.
Mrs Jules Grumbent and her daughter suffered severe injuries when the automobile they rode in turned over on the Market highway near Mitchell while attempting to pass another car. Mr Grumbent drove the car which carried three other women. they were returning from Indiana University commencement exercises in Bloomington. The vehicle was badly damaged.
In Lafayette on June 12 a fire broke out in the projection booth of the Lyric Theater. Fireproof booth walls prevented greater loss while damage is estimated at 5000. About one hundred patrons were evacuated safely as the blaze was discovered.
A religious study outline on the fall of Jerusalem under Zedekiah cites Kings and Chronicles passages. It covers the siege timing from Zedekiah’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar’s siege, famine outcomes, Zedekiah’s flight, and the city’s breach, framed as a lesson on national disobedience to God.
The text recounts Zedekiah’s capture at Jericho and execution in Babylon after being brought to Riblah, his eyes blinded, and imprisoned. It then details Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of Jerusalem, burning the Temple and the royal palace, breaching walls, and deporting remaining inhabitants while Gedaliah governs from Mizpah.
A paraphrased biblical line urges a thief to stop stealing and instead labor with his hands to gain what is needed so he may share with the needy as instructed in Ephesians 4 28.
A devotional line echoes Nehemiah 13:22 urging remembrance by God and mercy according to the greatness of thy mercy. The verse emphasizes divine compassion and steadfast memory in faith.
A brief biblical verse from Isaiah 48 22 proclaims there is no peace for the wicked in a stark, religious message. The line emphasizes divine judgment and moral warning without further commentary or context.
The excerpt sketches a charged scene with a mob mindset and calls for restraint. It contrasts polite public duty with mob impulse while musing on regulation and personal accountability. The tone hints at social friction and cultural critique through terse, quotable lines.
A quip notes that wishes lose value as one ages past thirty and many men stumble in trying to step forward. It frames effort as key while cautioning against misplaced confidence.
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