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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
8
A reader urges Terre Haute and Montezuma police to crack down on speeding autos at the Crawford Main and Wilkinson Main crossings. The letter warns of near misses and possible fatalities, accusing town officials of willful neglect of enforcing the speed limit.
Local notes list Miss Daisy Squires and Master Floyd Squires visiting aunt Mrs. CS Overman in Clinton. Agnes McGinty returns to Terre Haute State Normal. Vern Phillips resumes work in Blanford after smallpox. Various social visits and upcoming eye fittings noted.
Indiana State Celebration runs October 2 to 14 in Indianapolis with County Day on October 6 featuring county floats and decorated autos. County auxiliaries will organize reception committees, ending with a massed band event at the State Fair Coliseum. Frank Pressler reports seventh Ford car shipment. See Sharp advertises screens and fly chasers.
Trustee of Reserves Township Parke County sets 1917 expenditures and taxes at an advisory meeting to run September. Items include township expenditures 866.00 and tax 7c per 100 personal. School and road taxes listed with various amounts and rates. Net taxable property shown as 1248055.00 with assessed valuations for lands improvements railroads and credits adjustments.
The Farmers Bulletin No 716 outlines a soil building system for sandy lands in northern es lana Michigan and southern Ohio. It proposes initial crops of soybeans or cowpeas for seed and later feed, with rye catch crops, progressing to a four year rotation including corn soybeans cowpeas clover and lime or marl soil amendments. Livestock integration and hog production are noted as possible developments.
Dick Harpe, at a fancy ball, tears a stranger's gown while pursuing Susanne Raleigh. Susanne reveals her dress color mauve and hydrangea pink, and Dick later learns the torn gown belonged to Susanne. Dialogue and mistaken identities hinge on a cotillion night and a sought introduction.
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