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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1915
Page
1
Saboath School led by S. J. Holmes Superintendent with preaching sessions biweekly. Epworth League hosts preaching and Thursday prayer meetings conducted by Pastor B. Simpson.
Presbyterian and Brethren Sabbath schools listed with pastors and superintendents. Christian Endeavor note references reaching others on alternate Sabbaths. Various churches and pastors named with contact timing details.
Fragmentary text mentions a rule about appearance but lacks clear entities or event details to summarize into a coherent news item.
J Troop outlines the root aphid problem in Indiana cornfields. Aphids feed on corn roots, aided by ants that tend eggs and move the pests to plants. They hatch in spring, then damage increases as corn grows. Remedies include soil fertilization and late fall deep plowing to disrupt ant nests.
The Montezuma Club entertainment course ends with the DeKoven Male Quartette on April 13. The group, praised by chautauqua audiences, offers vocal quartets brass duets solos readings and more with a full evening of variety and piano. Plenty of seats remain for non-ticket holders.
The piece defines a knocker as a two legged entity with a corkscrew soul and rotten principles. It claims knocker elicits fear and moral outrage, contrasting Judas Iscariot’s supposed remorse with a knocker’s lack of character. The fragment ends noting W L McCord’s return to Mississippi on a Saturday.
The paper announces a new feature a 24 section series on Bible history and experiences designed as scrap book ready sketches each standalone yet part of a continuous set. Readers are offered a five cent coupon toward a 360 page hand writing paper bound book.
A bygone editorial extols a simple smile as the best life fuel. It says a sincere smile costs nothing, lifts gloom, and reflects heart and kindness from within.
The Pony Contest wrapped up Wednesday as a committee counts the votes. Early talk hints at surprising winners with a large total, possibly two million votes, though pre-election returns are not to be trusted. The eventual winner will be the happiest child in Indiana and a social envy.
W P Montgomery, Park county vice president of the Pike's Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway, began marking the route Tuesday. James Hedley applied a ten inch white and red band to telephone poles to guide cross country tourists. Officials want the entire road marked and finished by mid April with Parke county expected to complete its section by week end.
Miss Susie Pawley Maude Mathas Lena Coffin and Grace McLaughlin hosted a four course dinner for eight at 7 pm on March 24. The dining room carried a black and old gold color scheme with sweet peas as a centerpiece and candles lighting the table. In the parlor a bouquet of carnations and roses stood beside the guests Foster Jerome Merritt Johnson Homer Thomas Frank McCord Elsie Stultz Shu Jillian and Mrs Jillian attended from the Senior class.
Social notices report visits and gatherings in Montezuma and nearby towns. Names such as Garner Drug Store figures, families like the Higbee and Sutton households, and events in Terre Haute Indianapolis Rocks ville and Raven appear with assorted clerical announcements and club meetings.
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