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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
3
A terse wartime exchange features a visitor lamenting a terrible war while Mike, badly wounded, insists it is preferable to no war at all, revealing grim stoicism amid conflict.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for cleansing and Cuticura Ointment for soothing the scalp to prevent premature baldness due to dandruff. It invites readers to mail for samples and includes a brief humor line about a “Lives of the Hunted” query and a Red Cross Ball Blue wash day slogan.
A witty exchange cited by the Boston Transcript reflects a playful quip about ownership and value in a light anecdote. The remark suggests a humorous take on scale and portion of a piano piece with a pun on an octave. The note captures a small social moment in a historical newspaper item.
The misaddressed slogan repeats and a quip about temper suggests a light local item. A reader notes the odd marketing line and its oratory humor about following without arriving, reflecting a cheeky newspaper voice.
The clover louse or aphid devastates peas and clover across the United States, with alfalfa largely immune. In Maryland peas worth $3,000,000 were destroyed in one year, Wisconsin saw a 500 acre field wiped out, and aphids winter on clover or weeds before peas sprout. The Empusa aphidis fungus and ladybird beetles serve as key natural enemies.
The Missouri Experiment Station notes lime heals soil sourness to help legumes like clover and alfalfa. Ground limestone is a cheap soil sweetener with long term benefits through improved bacteria in root nodules and gradual nutrient availability, unlike quick crop responses from true fertilizers.
The copper sulfate method to treat wheat smut uses one pound of copper sulfate per 25 gallons of water, soaking the grain for 12 hours with occasional stirring, then brief immersion in lime water made by adding ten gallons of water to one pound of fresh slaked lime. This dust treatment avoids injuring germination.
Poultrymen weigh Leghorns against larger breeds noting two Leghorns feed as much as one Red or Wyandotte and yield more eggs yearly. Early maturing pullets lay at four and a half to five months, cockerels marketable for broilers, and Leghorns forage well yet tolerate confinement. They resist overfeeding and offspring rear easily.
The department of agriculture reports a recent investigation finds pasteurizing milk in bulk and bottling while hot yields satisfactory bacterial reductions in bottles. The process eliminates bottle infection risk and reduces milk loss from evaporation over the cooler while allowing the use of ordinary cardboard caps.
Pruning guidance for currants and gooseberries instructs cutting back one third of last year's growth and thinning out surplus, diseased, and unthrifty old wood to encourage healthier fruit production.
An applicant for a modern language chair at Milledgeville college fails a final test asking for animal language equivalents. The board questions reveal his ignorance, ending with the simian fear query. Additional light quotes humorously illustrate linguistic misunderstandings and misperceived news.
A physician warns coffee harms health and promotes Postum as an alternative. A nervous patient improves after switching, gaining weight and sleep. the doctor links fatigue and stomach issues to coffee. The ad cites Postum Co. Michigan and two forms Postum Cereal and a boiled preparation priced 15¢ and 25¢.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and tron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system for 50 cents.
A judge notes that reputation is key and records a child’s comment about a man reputed to spend fifty thousand a year. The exchange underscores social value attached to wealth and status in the discussion.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a stern waiter and a diner. The diner asserts payment readiness as tension rises over appearances. The moment captures a quiet domestic irony amid a meal.
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