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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
3
An anecdote from a salesman in a speed debate over car pricing. The buyer notes lamps are extra, while the salesman quips that a model includes a woman in the illustration but not with every car. The Washington Star quote adds a Christmas street musician story to show stubborn optimism.
A drugstore ad touts ethine-double strength as a guaranteed treatment to remove freckles. Apply nightly and morning with one ounce often sufficient, promising complete fading of dark spots and lighter freckles. Money back guarantee if it fails.
Benny asks his grandmother if engines have ears. She replies skeptically. He counters with a pun about engineers, prompting a playful back and forth.
A short ad style note urges women to keep homes tidy with early laundry, highlighting the need for good bluing and soap. It promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the recommended product. The piece contrasts Greater London’s population with Greater New York’s, noting London has about 2,000,000 more residents.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every Castoria bottle for the signature, noting it has been in use for more than 300 years. The advertisement emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and mentions that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A professor in the Landsturm tells a comrade after a successful trench charge that as a student he gave a low mark but as a comrade he must grade him 1-A. The dialogue reflects wartime rigidity and camaraderie among soldiers on the front.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves aching feet and bunions and is sold everywhere for 25c with a trial package free. An eye substitute patent is granted, made mainly from thoroughly cooked yams.
Ad describes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills sold for forty years. The pills purportedly regulate liver and bowels. A separate line notes a girl loses self-possession when she puts on a wedding ring.
A Paris fashion note highlights Russian turban toques by Lewis with russet red feathers and bluebird accents, plus white variants with green birds and raven blue feathers. It covers milliner names, ribbon trends, and the evolving use of tapestry-like textures in hats and veils.
An old column offers practical tips such as eating an apple before breakfast to stimulate digestion and using a grated potato to reduce swelling from a bad fall. It prescribes remedies for earache with a hot raisin, a wash for chapped hands, and white of an eye for burns, plus a tea leaf poultice for a sty to restore appearance.
A look at wallpaper and fabric coverings shows tapestry effects gaining interest among followers of design developments. The article notes evolving textures and patterns adding depth to interior decor, highlighting how traditional wall coverings adapt to modern aesthetics.
The piece suggests a practical, decorative alternative to flowers for invalid friends. It describes making a bell shaped linen egg cozy three and a half by four inches, scalloped edges, thick interlining, and embroidery of a chicken or egg in bright colors.
A dressy gown of silk features a skeleton waist over an under bodice of chiffon, a straight full skirt, long sleeves, and a four-ruffled skirt band. The wide girdle matches the silk gown.
New luncheon sets trend toward square shapes with a wide hem and three quarter inch drawnwork border featuring colored threads. Swedish weaving resurges in household linens, built on drawn work yet colored and simpler. After mastering a few stitches, readers can design their own patterns.
Create a new carriage cover from white pique or natural linen using a paper pattern for back and sides. Bind edges with wash braid and add buttonholes. Sew pearl buttons to the upholstery and button the cover onto the carriage for a refreshed look.
Lucile asks if biscuits come from a recipe or pattern and wonders why fashion plates appear with a cook book. The dialogue plays with kitchen learning and light humor about cooking methods and green habits.
An old ad touts drinking water and Jad Salts to flush kidneys, claim relief from backache and bladder irritation, and prevent kidney trouble. It explains a formula from grape and lemon acids with lithia, selling Jad Salts as a safe, inexpensive tonic for daily use.
A humorous dialogue features a man questioning a woman's skirt length. The woman replies that view depends on perspective. He insists on speaking on general principles, while the exchange ends with a facetious remark about point of view.
An ad promotes keeping eyes youthful with Marine Eye Remedy products from Chicago. A Yale scientist notes radium’s activity for about 1,650 years. The piece jokes about married men admitting they know it all.
Spring calls for ordering house in order and using Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse impure blood after winter illness. Pure vegetable formula claims to dissolve poisonous accumulations and improve skin conditions like eczema pimples and boils. Available in tablets or liquid purchase at drug stores or request trial package by mail.
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