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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1922
Page
7
A historical note highlights Dr. Pierce a Pennsylvania physician who moved to Buffalo New York and launched Favorite Prescription and An uric for kidneys and backache. The text claims vast female health benefits and invites 10 cents for trial literature and free medical advice.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance outlines key feeding practices for hens. It covers principal grains, feeding methods, health indicators from droppings, litter management, and sample rations including mash and six numbered rations with corn meal, oats, bran, middlings, and meat or fish scrap.
The article argues mulching offers limited moisture savings in arid regions. Dust and straw mulches fail by blowing away or blocking rainfall. straw can harbor rodents and absorb water, then evaporate it quickly. Effective mulch must stay put, absorb rain, and allow sun and wind for crop development.
The article lists seeds per pound for grasses including Timothy 1 200 000 Kentucky blue 2 400 000 Redtop 4 000 000 Sudan 50 000 Orchard 500 000 Canada blue 2 700 000 Tall meadow 150 000 Meadow fescue 240 000 Foxtail millet 200 000 Sheep's fescue 680 000 Red fescue 500 000 Italian rye 280 000 Perennial rye 280 000 Bermuda 1 800 000 It also gives typical sowing rates per acre: Timothy 15 lb Kentucky blue 14 18 lb Redtop 10 lb Bermuda 5 lb Orchard 25 lb Canada blue 18 lb Tall meadow oat 40 lb Meadow fescue 25 lb Foxtail millet 12 25 lb Sheep's fescue 28 lb Red fescue 30 lb Italian rye 80 40 lb Perennial rye 30 lb Sudan 12 25 lb There are about 6 000 grass species worldwide but only ~20 important in the United States.
The British ministry of agriculture estimates 1922 wheat production at 63,040,000 bushels from 1,969,000 acres, 6,736,000 bushels below last year. Barley area 1,362,000 acres yielding 40,720,000 bushels, down from 42,472,000. Oats area 2,161,000 acres producing 74,820,000 bushels, below 80,264,000 last year.
A short ad set touts sun and sand leisure with a call to brothers and sisters, then shifts to Cuticura talcum powder as a toilette essential. It promotes the Cuticura trio Soap Ointment and Takeum as a complete line priced at 25e each and sold broadly.
Col. Thomas Powell of Columbus Ohio, Civil War veteran and brother of Gen Eugene Powell, owns Lawn Mower the sole living descendant of Marys lamb. The original Mary was Mary Sawyer of Sterling Massachusetts eight years old when the poem was written. The verses were authored by John Roulston.
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the laundry aid to make babies dresses dazzle in the wash. It urges readers to try the product and buy at all good grocers.
A brief reflective note from Atchison County Missouri contrasts childhood happiness with adult weight and burden, suggesting adults are heavier and less joyful than children. The piece presents a concise view on growing up and its emotional impact.
A Birmingham Age-Herald playful line recalls gathering friends to hear Blithershy recount a vacation en masse as an alternative to taking turns. The jab frames a social plan as simple entertainment rather than formal proceedings.
A Seattle area boy shoveling snow found no ground to cover and cried after two hours. A neighbor asked what mattered, and the boy explained a tramp stole the shovel from the boy next door. He sobbed that he cried because his own shovel was not stolen too.
A primary teacher asks students to define blessing as a class discussion stalls until Johnny speaks. Johnny explains that Pana says the blessing whenever there is company, shaping the students understanding through a family practice.
Humorous exchange from Life magazine noting the question and reply about returning husband. The line highlights wit and the idea of unpredictable reunion.
A segment highlights testimonials from women who credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing nervous spells and female troubles. The letters describe improved health, weight gain, and renewed ability to perform housework after using the remedy and related products.
The Chicago Journal notes two large crown diamonds once valued for ruby tint were washed before an exhibition and sale, losing their color and becoming indistinguishable from white stones, leading to a lower price.
A brief humorous remark contrasts roles in politics. Senator Sorghum notes the shift between campaigning and governing, suggesting a statesman becomes a politician in a campaign and a politician becomes a statesman after the campaign.
Jodking, a dissatisfied staff member, warned colleagues he might quit. When questioned after leaving the chief’s room, he said the boss did not view it as a threat but as doing the firm a favor.
Mrs Johnson scolds a child at Rumpus Ridge telling him to wash up with soft soap after a surprised question about a birthday. The line Is It my birthday? captures the humorous mood in this Kansas City Star excerpt.
A man described as hen-pecked is portrayed as the quiet collaborator in his wife’s ongoing troubles, shaping the household dynamics and public perception of the family quarrel.
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