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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
3
Alberta wool growers expect 25 cent wool this year as war demand boosts mills. A Grassy Lake sheep man says high prices are possible and a strong harvest of high quality wool is likely. Western farms show good yields and climate suits sheep farming. breeders are urged to enter the industry for profit.
A quoted exchange centers on Jones as a self made man and a remark about his error in not seeking expert advice. The dialogue implies a critique of Jones’s decision making and highlights the tension between independence and professional consultation.
In Judge McKinley’s court prospective jurors were questioned for the boy accused of patricide. Lawyers focused on marriage, paternity and family insanity. Michael McCarthy answered bluntly naming his address 1836 Fulton Street, age 35, marital status, child count, and lack of any family insanity.
A vintage advertisement touts healing emollients for tender irritated skin. It invites readers to “sample each free by mail with Book,” directing a postcard to Cuticura Dept. XY in Boston. Sold everywhere.
In a New York interview lawyer John B. Stanchfield dismisses objections as quibbles with no real bearing on Harry Thaw's case. He likens them to distractions that only confuse matters. A spring morning farmer and wife anecdote follows, illustrating sharp, crude humor about domestic life.
Mothers are urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for safety and the genuine signature. The ad emphasizes the product’s long history of use and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A vintage ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes or dissolve in foot baths. It claims instant relief for tired feet and swelling with a testimonial praising comfort during a California exposition visit.
A brief London Mail item mocks a corpulent man unable to argue against enlisting. A spouse laments separation yet supports duty, ending with a wartime irony about German opposition.
Advertisement notes Ball Blue product from Red Cross occupies grocers shelves and suggests domestic advice about money by referencing a wife and her husband, capturing a vintage marketing tone.
Washington Star notes neckwear shifts with high neck styles pushing new materials like fine sheer voile and net. Homemade designs rival shop offerings, featuring embroidery on vines, jabots with fluffy frills, English eyelet strips, tiny pearl trimming buttons, and back closures hidden by decorative fronts.
A simple blotting pad project uses stiff cardboard as a foundation bound with dark brown silk. Silk pockets on both sides hold blotting sheets and papers, with the cover lined in soft silk and tied by ribbon strings.
Fashion notes describe poke bonnets in crepe or chiffon and evening gowns with minimal sleeves. Short jackets should match full skirts, while bell and bishop sleeves appear in waists and gowns. Day dresses favor short skirts and trained evening gowns. Old fashioned checked silks in dull tones return as novelties with high waistlines dominant on belts.
A quiet house dress in navy serge features graduated band trim and sleeves with a black taffetas waistband. The guimpe and high collar use fine gauze lingerie material noted for its stability, offering a renovating suggestion against last year's black satin or taffeta dress.
A description notes small flat bows of braid-like ribbon seen on smart little hats, highlighting a tidy decorative touch in millinery.
The London Observer suspends all football match reports and results until the recruiting crisis ends. It argues professional football hinders raising new armies and that leagues and clubs act as antinational, distracting the public in a time of national need.
The piece urges a brave mindset to cope with sorrow and hardship. It argues a positive resolve can lift spirits, improve vitality, and raise one’s life path despite desolation. Mary Yeates emphasizes adjusting attitude to gain strength and sweetness from adversity.
Gilbert Stuart, famed for his Washington portrait, drew the salamander caricature that birthed the word Gerry mander. In 1811 Massachusetts politics saw Democrats redraw districts to defeat foes. Stuart's map, displayed at the Massachusetts Sentinel, inspired the famous shape and name.
Report from India notes the domestication of egrets used for aigrettes in millinery. Birds are bred in captivity and plucked without harm as parents rear chicks by hand, yielding nuptial plumage four times yearly. Killing for plumage was banned there about thirty years ago.
Swedish pig owners face an active market with several insurers ready to cover livestock. Only forty of seven hundred livestock- insure institutions insure pigs, mostly in populated areas. Insured pigs must be healthy at policy start and payouts are refused for deaths from mistreatment or neglect.
The Kansas City Journal notes a big headline urging to pay all bills by check and quotes Tom Tompson who describes bank limitations. He recalls banks calling about pending payments and a remaining $16 in red figures needing settlement, illustrating the practical limits of paying by check.
Scientists estimate that more than fifteen percent of the earths crust consists of aluminum indicating its widespread presence and potential uses across geology and industry.
An advertising snippet claims millions of women use Red Cross Ball Blue and notes it is sold by grocers. A joke about Nero’s burning of Rome appears, followed by an eye remedy promotion from Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago offering free book and mail order.
A conversation notes Paris sewers busy by night and day, shaping shirts for soldiers as a curious, period style remark. The snippet hints at wartime supply activity reflected in urban life and common speech.
A brief anecdote from the Saturday Evening Post about a meek Black man named Gabe who migrated from the country near Frankfort Kentucky after marrying a domineering woman. He explains he dislikes moving when his wife forbids it, revealing a simple domestic dynamic.
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