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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
7
A humorous wartime style exchange features a policeman asking for the lounger’s name and address amid a playful scene in the park. The piece weaves in a contrived dialogue about certainty and a pencil, ending with the officer’s polite request.
A reader note explains that birds average vision is about 100 times sharper than humans. It cites a bird spotting a worm on freshly plowed ground from 300 feet away and ends with a reflection on a young man's potential to act despite inherited wealth.
Lizzie asks where Maggie is going and Maggie replies she is going to the dentist. Maggie refuses gas and insists she will not sit in the dark with a strange man. The Houston Post quotes the exchange as a light social moment.
Boschee's Syrup is praised as a long trusted home remedy for throat and lung irritation. It claims to ease coughing, aid sleep, and improve morning expectoration with use for decades. Sold widely in stores.
The article notes that if all water and gas mains beneath New York City streets were laid end to end they would form a continuous pipe long enough to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
A DIY brief outlines wooden craft patterns for gifts such as a Sammy spool holder and clock shelf. It advises basswood, precise cutting, and assembly steps including patterns, bracketing, gluing, and finishing with linseed oil for durable home crafts.
The article outlines several wooden standards for a Christmas tree stand. It describes cross standards using two 2 by 4s, notches, and snug fit techniques. It explains hole size, shoe-blocks, arm patterns, use of boards, and a water tray with a scrub-pail receptacle. It also notes finishing by crepe paper and sanded construction.
A labor leader defends strikes while recounting a tale of a bookkeeper asking for a raise. The boss erupts, insisting the raise is conditional on complete satisfaction, in a sharp exchange about fairness and authority.
A fragment shows Benham and Mrs Benham discussing entering a society prize for old-fashioned costumes at a Kansas City Star note.
Popular Mechanics describes three Bassia tree types in India, two with sugar rich candy flowers and the Indian butter tree. Flowers drop in morning and are collected to dry, yielding up to 8300 pounds per tree yearly. Fresh flowers taste like figs and are eaten or cooked. butter tree seeds provide oil for butter soap and candles.
A six month old infant named Carter is noted as unusually bright. Parker asks how, and Carter recalls taking his wife and the baby to a movie where the child began crying during the saddest moment of the film.
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