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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
3
Mrs C F Phillips of Toomsboro Georgia writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her backache and headaches and restored strength enabling her to work again. She recommends the product to friends with similar troubles and asserts it best solves nervous derangements in women.
Retiring sergeant major William F. Brannan, after more than 23 years in U S Army service, is publicly honored by the Sixteenth Infantry and First Division. General Summerall and General Edwards praise noncommissioned officers as morale builders as Brannan departs to return to civilian life with his mother and sister in Cherokee Iowa.
Indiana men train at Camp Knox Kentucky from July 21 to August 20 reenacting chapters from American regiments in France. The three division system red white blue guides recruits through basic to advanced tactics with a three year plan. Maj. Parrell at Fort Benjamin Harrison oversees a 1500 capacity program prioritizing untrained volunteers ages sixteen to thirty five with government funded uniforms food and medical care.
Two children discuss day and night. One explains the earth’s axis while the other jokes about the axle rusting. They quiz where the oiling occurs and are told it’s done in Greece.
The United States flag, as adopted by Congress, was raised over the House in Washington on April 13, 1818. An 1818 law fixed the flag’s form: thirteen horizontal stripes red and white, a blue field with white stars, and one star added for each new state on July 4 following admission, approved by President Monroe.
The text notes guests rarely voice superstitions about room numbers such as 13 or 23, while mentioning rooms bearing hosdoa numbers.
Hotel clerks report guests protest the bed orientation, calling dark rooms spooky and hard to sleep in. They argue the bed direction brings ill omens and prefers beds arranged to suit sleep with familiar head positions.
Judge L K E Cloe of the Hamilton Circuit Court named the Wainwright Trust Company as receiver for the C W Booth stores in Noblesville Westfield and Atlanta upon a petition by Eastern Rock Island Plow Company of Indianapolis claiming 9000. Creditors revealed total indebtedness of about 380000 but the court had previously refused a receiver and gave stockholders a chance to raise funds. Fred Hines, stockholders' attorney, said the firm cannot raise enough to satisfy creditors.
Terre Haute May 23 Judge John I Jeffries instructs the Vigo Circuit Court grand jury to investigate a vice ring operating in Terre Haute and alleged to be in confederacy with county officers. He also asks inquiry into roadhouse connections and the cost of county printing, noting county payments exceed private prices.
Charles W. Kern president of the Building Trades council announces near resolution of the wage dispute with Indianapolis Builders Association. He says a majority of building trades workers will likely be at work this week.
Pete Stephanoff, owner of a restaurant at 72 Ketcham Street, was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days on the state farm by City Court Judge Walter Pritchard after his attorney's failed attempts to block the trial.
The Wesleyan Methodist Sunday schools district convention for the south central Indiana conference ends at Fishersburg with seventy five delegates and many visitors from Westfield Bosley Atlanta Waveland Kirkland Sheridan and Thorntown. The final session featured Rev. Prof. R. Eddy as principal speaker.
The piece notes a shift in social norms as a woman, once viewing wedding invitations as social capital, now sees her daughter compiling such items in a growing list. The observation reflects changing expectations around weddings and family.
A reflective note states the Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean with an area of 30,000,000 square miles and muses that humanity must learn to live with its limits and needs.
A house sparrow is estimated to fly at nearly 75 miles per hour, highlighting its rapid aerial capacity and maneuverability observed by researchers.
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