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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
4
A town editor faces a confrontation when a secret source urges print of a salacious scandal involving a neighbor’s family. The informer calls the editor a coward, while the editor defends printing despite the risk to sources and reputations.
Ford Motor Company announces another price reduction and explains its profit sharing with retail car buyers. About 300,000 customers from the past year will receive a $50 check in August, with the plan tied to unit profits rather than accumulated corporate profits. The company notes costs may not fall for months and excludes profit sharing for cars delivered in August October 1915.
An excited individual rushed into a newspaper office causing a sudden disturbance by shouting and creating a moment of chaos. The incident centers on a heated exchange and a sensory overreaction as staff respond to the disruption.
The editor refuses to print a salacious item, valuing decency over profit. He notes news appetites may demand costly stories but chooses to avoid harming a father, brother, or mother. Local notes mention visits by Mr and Mrs Mark Harding, Miss Sylvia Jackson, Mrs Otha York, Mrs Vina Robbs, J B Smith, Miss Mattie Morton, and E K Douglas attending a Sunday School council in Newport.
Lute Casencer from Clinton visited his parents in Hillsdale on Sunday. John Watson and family from near Newport spent the day with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler from Indianapolis visited Mark Harding and wife for the evening. Mrs. Wheeler was formerly Mrs. Alice Riley.
Frances Ca dero, 20, runs a 76 acre farm near Connellsville Pennsylvania. She oversees six horses and several cows and has managed the property for three years. She has adopted trousers over skirts to work in the fields.
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