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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
6
In a postwar style notice readers are urged that overindulgence in meat causes urinary and rheumatic symptoms. Dr. Pierce's Anuric is claimed to purge poisons via the kidneys and relieve gout dropsy cold extremities and sleepless nights. A 10 cent trial package is offered through Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY.
Goshen Indiana reader Arthur J. Bickel says he used Dr. Pierce Anuric tablets for about four and a half months and was cured of rheumatism and constipation after eight years of suffering. He calls Anuric the greatest blessing and offers to answer questions to help others.
A Chicago Tribune clipping describes a social scene where a man compliments a young woman’s locket worn since infancy. He blurts out a remark about loving things, causing an awkward silence before the conversation shifts.
An old advertisement notes Bayer is the genuine aspirin used for colds, headache, neuralgia and rheumatism with directions on a Bayer package. The Bayer trademark is tied to the manufacture of acetylsalicylic acid. a tin of 12 tablets costs a few cents.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip explains a misunderstanding over slang noting that the speaker misreads a phrase about the top floor as the head while wearing a hat and monocle. The exchange contrasts American slang with polite Britons in a humorous exchange.
Advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children. It claims to relieve stomach liver and bowel poisons and highlights the product’s fruity taste and dosage directions on each bottle. The copy urges mothers to insist on the California name for best results.
Japan establishes a school in Kyoto offering free instruction in the silk industry to train workers and promote textile production. The program aims to boost skills and employment in the silk sector.
Federal troops, acting with Indiana authorities, seized a large cache of Red literature, arms, and materials in Gary, while General Wood ordered that meetings be allowed under U.S. law after the crisis. The incident followed Governor Goodrich’s appeal for federal aid.
First Polish Minister and Army units moved to quell economic trouble and alien anarchists in Gary. Seven foreigners were arrested for deportation while arms and propaganda were seized. General Wood noted striking workers supported the action. violence ceased and order restored.
West end tobacconists say Englishmen largely approve wives smoking and even encourage it. They report selling many cigarettes to women, with male customers buying for wives and clergy requesting Turkish cigarettes for their women. Smoking among working class women remains rare compared with middle and upper classes.
In Dayton an enterprising grocer offered to carry home a hundred pound sack of sugar for a woman customer during a city wide shortage. The act showed pragmatic wit amid the ongoing canning season scramble for sugar.
Lieut Lawrence D Butler recalls a night assault in Siberia where 72 doughboys faced a superior Russian force. Forty-four Americans were killed or wounded, and five were recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross as the unit fought, suffered and buried their betrayer.
A gold handled penknife so small it could pass through the eye of a sewing needle is shown in Solomon L. Baxter the jeweler’s window in Wellesley Massachusetts. Baxter claims it is the world’s smallest penknife with two blades each measuring three thirty seconds of an inch and tiny rivets securing the parts.
At a hunting and fishing club near Haven New Hampshire diners heard barking from guard dogs. The dogs led members outside where they found the upper part of the club building in flames.
Boonville resident Jeff Davis preserves a gold coin scale used in Cole Neck sixty years ago. The device balanced coins with a brass weight and slot sizes for 1, 2.5, 8, 5, 10 and 20 dollar coins, rejecting misfits as misweighing.
Judge Loggershy questions a new arrival about party loyalty in a Democratic stronghold. The visitor admits being a Republican and is warned to be cautious amid local tensions. The judge suggests avoiding provocation and keeping a low profile in the volatile area.
Marie Dressier leader of the Chorus Girls union in New York says the strike seeks a clean life as clubmen joke about the French maid stereotype. A Detroit Free Press quip recalls a singer seen with Mrs Smith Peterson, her baby, dog, and husband in a single day.
A resident quotes Mr Growcher arguing that innocent people suffer more from others' noise. He criticizes a trombone player in the next flat who appears to enjoy the disruption while neighbors endure the racket.
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