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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
3
In Sprmaenold Mass Mrs M Natale recounts how her husband urged Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to treat her illness. She describes four months of limited work and poor appetite before relief, noting her eighth childbirth was easiest and recommending the remedy to others.
An airman boasts that man has conquered the air after land sea and tides. A listener counters with a challenge asking him to jump from a six floor window to prove who is boss, provoking a tense exchange.
Atchison native Ward Lockwood, studying art in Paris, reports on dialing quirks in the Latin Quarter. A French girl, speaking several languages, ends up on the line speaking Spanish after a message says a Chinaman could only speak Spanish besides his own tongue.
A farmer trains Mr. Dog and Mr. Hound to outsmart Mr. Fox by using beehives as decoys. The plan backfires when the fox tricks them, escapes, and bees drive him away. The fox avoids the farm forever after the failed scheme.
A narrator recalls a misled venture with a blind pig scam and contrasts it with business phone manners. The tale follows a scam involving a blind pig and money and shifts to advice on polite telephone introductions and proper address in customer calls.
Wilbur observes pedlars with wagons in the alley and notes a scissors grinder carrying a heavy machine on his back. He asks the man, with sympathy, if his horse is real. The moment hints at hardship behind the bustling street scene.
A brief poem or prose piece titled A Line O' Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs appears in the collection All to the Good. The tone is light and reflective, with Bangs’ characteristic concise, witty modern humor.
May Allison recalls her first steps toward acting after leaving the South for New York. The future film star describes arriving with no professional background, relying on her charm, hair, and singing voice to build confidence.
In business conversations the word Hello is now seen as rude by telephone directors. The piece urges restraint in social calls made from the home and cautions against excessive verbosity that would force others to pay extra tolls.
The passage discusses correct usage of between and among with examples. It explains that between suits two objects while among covers more than one, and notes exceptions such as repeated neighbors or pairwise relations. It also mentions not to use between for a single object and includes an unrelated Cuticura advertisement.
The text notes claims that Chinese knew of the compass needle by 2000 B C though doubtful. It mentions Alexander Neckam in De Untensilibus noting compass use by sailors. Variation from true North was observed about 1269 A D, with full explanation of the deviation coming later.
An 1851 census paper filled by the Duke of Wellington states he was born in Ireland and deaf. Records show he was born in Dublin, Ireland, specifically Upper Merrion Street, correcting the census response.
The text discusses watermelons containing high sugar in juice and tabling sugar production though not commercially. It contrasts watermelons with cantaloupes noting cantaloupe juice ferments into brandy quality varies by taste, while watermelons have not yielded wine.
A Mobile doctor arrives at the Robinson home to tend Mrs Robinson who lies injured in bed. Her husband Myr Robinson resents the misfortune and notes she recently bought accident insurance for five dollars, recalling the fall with a bucket of coal.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic that acts through the blood to reduce mucous inflammation and restore normal conditions. The notice claims it helps run down constitutions and offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also a separate proverb about debt and advice is included.
A vintage ad urges customers to ask grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue with the promise of good results. The text also ponders amusement, genius, beauty and the endless clash between prejudice and common sense.
A coy exchange unfolds as a bride pleads her father is not ready to talk business tonight. The husband counters with a plan to lift spirits by pulling a quart from his briefcase in a light hearted vignette from the New York Sun.
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