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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
3
National Geographic Society notes many travel forms worldwide from camels and donkey caravans to raft and wicker boats. O T Austin describes routes across Eurasia and Africa while detailing central Chinese methods such as sedan chairs jinrikisha and central wheelbarrows with loaded carriers and cultural display.
About forty young men at Northern Arizona Normal school and Ringstaff town residents took part in a prank that left many with shaved patches. The incident began when Cornelius Buckley was targeted and his hair shortened. a retaliatory round followed as friends pursued the culprits and shaved others. Haircutting raged as students and townspeople joined the chase.
The article profiles Dr Yatei Kin, a Chinese woman physician celebrated for advancing women in medicine in China and the United States. It recounts a fatherly-found origin story from a plague village, her education in New York, leadership roles with the Chinese government, and hopes for China’s reform as she prepares to return to aid her countrymen.
Joan Switzer and companions hunted foxes near Powell when Switzer stepped into a dry 20 foot well. He spent hours trapped, bruised and dazed before climbing out with both hands and a bush to reach the top. He was found by his companions in a dazed condition.
Rioters damaged two plants in Richmond before authorities mobilized as strikebreakers were escorted to trains bound for Chicago. Police breached a room where eight struck breakers hid behind barrels at the Malleable casting plant. one fired a shot that failed. A fleeing striker was reportedly crushed by debris as mobs halted operations and delayed work despite a wage increase agreement.
James C. Campbell files suit in Clay circuit court to halt state highway commission road work and challenge the constitutional validity of state and federal road funding. The action seeks injunctions against commission members, the auditor and treasurer, the Clay County editor, and the Carpenter Construction Co., which had been awarded the Vigo County state highway contract.
Three hundred ninety five Indiana servicemen from multiple companies sail home aboard Amphion Cathie and Santa Teresa. They departed Brest and Le Havre in late August and are due in New York by early September. The group includes sections from the Seventh Infantry and the Eighteenth Infantry, with officers and men progressing toward demobilization after serving overseas.
Charles W Heimbach aged fifty eight died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in Hammond. He previously served as street commissioner and chief ranger for the Indiana Catholic Forest, and was a longtime superintendent at the Tram mond Packing campus in Hammond under three city administrations.
A young man, son of David Youngs of Oolitie county, was seriously injured when he fell in front of a southbound Monon passenger train near the east city area. He was riding a motorcycle at the time of the accident.
A survey by Miss Elizabeth Wackley of the Vincennes chamber of commerce shows 2849 persons own their homes, 1900 houses are rented, and 3857 people own real estate.
Mrs Mary Myers was badly gored by a cow while visiting relatives near Fairview and was taken to a Madison hospital in serious condition. The horns wounded the lower abdomen area.
Funeral services held Friday at 2:30 pm in Mooresville for James L Mathews a 74 year old banker and farmer prominent citizen who died at his home.
Washington D C Aug 30 Arthur W Taylor of Laporte appointed supervisor of census for the Thirteenth Indiana district replacing Frank C Folant who declined the post.
About 200 delegates attended the annual state convention of the Junior Order United American Mechanics and the Daughters of America at Muncie in August.
Agricultural guidance reports eggs kept eight to twelve months using a five gallon crack and a nine to one water glass solution. Earthenware jars outperform other containers while limewater offers a cheaper alternative.
Prepared by the United States Department of Variculture. The absolutely fresh egg held to the light shows a pinkish flow of goodness. Exposure to sun or heat accelerates deterioration revealing a blood vessel pattern and shifted yolk. Stages include white rot and black rot. an explosive stage makes eggs popular missiles. Another type appears sound but has a greenish white indicating bacteria.
The article notes annual egg losses from keeping a rooster with hens post hatch season. It emphasizes the need to separate roosters to prevent reduced egg production and needless waste in the egg trade.
Guidance stresses cleaning and disinfecting all drink dishes every few days to prevent disease, with emphasis on vessels used for milk. Health officials advise scalding or other sanitizing methods to maintain sanitary feeding utensils.
The rotation of crops should include a leguminous crop. Clover and alfalfa are among the leading choices advocated as essential for soil fertility and nitrogen fixation in rotation schemes.
A brief note on hens receiving excellent care producing about 15 dozen eggs yearly, occasionally up to 20 dozen. It suggests a reliable supply for a normal family, indicating sturdy egg production from well cared for flocks.
It notes that fowls molt after one year, ground feed benefits ducklings, and select vigorous cockerels for breeders. Cleanliness reduces vermin, oats with ground corn and skim milk make a good summer ration, avoid single grains, Guinea chicks are tender, and the American standard of perfection outlines general purpose breeds: Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, Java, Dominiques, and Buckeye.
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