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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
7
Writing from Maxey's Georgia A J Gillen proprietor of a large department store says a customer who was bed ridden for three years and seen five physicians improved after one bottle of Tanlac then kept house on the second bottle and did all cooking and housework for a family of eight on the third. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
A Richmond Times dispatch recalls a daughter requesting permission to attend a prayer meeting at night, prompting her mother’s calm, surprised reaction and noting the scene as unusually serene for the daughter.
Catarrhal deafness is tied to inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine works constitutionally through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal mucous conditions. Free circulars and available from Druggists. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
A pair of publicity men joke about current work as they discuss assisting a screen star facing a lawsuit for alienation of affection filed by the wife of a multimillionaire. The dialogue jokingly reflects publicity work and courtroom oversight.
Mrs J F Hursgy of Star North Carolina reports four years of monthly trouble with two doctors saying operation was needed. After seven months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills she regained strength to work. The letter endorses the remedy for ailments peculiar to women and suggests publishing the testimony.
A William K. Conway verse celebrates Labor's newfound strength on Labor Day 1921. It portrays toil as a mighty giant ready to decide whether to balance justice or tilt toward oppression, questioning if labor will use power for brotherhood or vengeance.
The text outlines the AFL platform calling for eight hour workdays federal protections and public utilities ownership, anti-child labor laws, woman suffrage, free education, anti injunctions in labor disputes, factory safety, government issued money, and various social reforms. It discusses worker responsibility, cooperation, and the goal of improving conditions while resisting selfish interests.
The article discusses mixed views on organized labor in the U S, noting some see labor as a tool for profit while others warn that power could grow too strong. It argues that labor can win battles, shape industry and government, and stresses that force without right is dangerous.
The text argues workers must control power through withholding labor to secure fair wages and working conditions. It emphasizes collective action over individual efforts as the means to pressure employers into fair terms.
A 1921 piece on summer breakfasts suggests melons and fruit dishes as refreshing starters. It recommends simple linens, chilled fruit centers, cereals or warm porridge, custard pie with walnut bits, marshmallows, waffles, eggs with bacon, tea or coffee, and notes Brillat Savarin's line about trust as greater than love.
A catalog of home tricks includes using music to speed laundry tasks and keep laundresses cheerful. It suggests sandpaper for can lids and as a non slip on table tops, pie racks for picnics, and thread from linen hems for darning. Also notes grinding toilet cap scraps for soap, polishing bricks with oil, and alarms to time cooking and medicine. It ends with watermelon ball preserves and a step by step for making a ginger flavored syrup.
At a dinner in Golder's Green Greenwich village of London Sir Arthur Doyle is teased about how he will take his beef. The hostess interrupts with a joke that Doyle will have it medium, of course, because it takes no Sherlock Holmes.
A judge’s daughter, visiting his court, described the session to her mother saying papa and others spoke to twelve men who sat together, then the twelve were put in a dark room to be developed. This odd remark appears in Pearson's Weekly. An advertisement touts Red Brass Ball Blue for household fabrics.
A brief Scotsman item notes a painter asking a husband his opinion of a portrait of his wife. The husband retorts the portrait “serves her right,” reflecting sharp social wit in a compact anecdote.
Edith tells Miss Passeigh that Jack asked her age last night and Ethel asks if she got angry. Edith says no she was flattered, believing she must look young for him to dare asking.
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