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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
6
A discussion on how rising prices for crops and taxes burden farmers and taxpayers. It argues for a fair price relationship between bread and wheat, controls on school costs, and accountability for education spending, citing a 27 000 population example where school expenses rose sharply and a county superintendent’s conduct.
Real estate transfers filed by C. E. Lambert Rockville Indiana list multiple conveyances including Moler to Laney 26 acres Florida for 1 dollar Lucas to Payne 140 acres Washington for 14000 Willfong to Wilfong lots in Mortezuma for 1 Van Huss to Van Huss 40 acres SL Van Huss to Van Huss 40 acres Greene for 1 Van Huss to Laura G Britton 40 acres Julia Hann et al to Jay Stiles land in Greene for 2000 Ratcliff to Hobson 20 acres Liberty for 25 McElroy to McElroy et al 80 acres Jackson for 3000 Octavia Ratcliff to Ira Hobson et al 15 acres McElroy et al 80 acres Jackson for 3000 Hall to Nora Church Coloma lots for 1 Williams to Cress Jackson land 2500 Bessie Alexander 40 acres Greene for 1.
Several from here attend Ca yuga meeting. Voters must register by Sept 9 or Oct 9 for November election. Mathas reunion set for Aug 27 replacing Tuesday. Cooke Family Reunion Sept 3 at Herman Smith's home near Rockville. Mary Van Hooke hospitalized in Indianapolis shows improvement but remains ill. Modern Woodmen Picnic Labor Day Sept 4 at Montezuma ball park with band music speeches and a baseball game. American Legion boys invited. bring dinner. Program next week.
An old ad style note promotes Hunger the Best Sauce as a food relish and links good digestion to appetite. It touts Chamber Tablets as improving digestion, stimulating appetite, and aiding bowel movement.
A reflection on country life praising women who nurture families on farms and in villages. It contrasts rural fulfillment with city crowds and subway weariness, arguing urban migration erodes spiritual countryside roots despite lure of fame and money.
The Toledo Blade notes a reflection on practical judgment and prudence in public discourse, warning that haste cannot replace sound reasoning. It discusses the value of careful consideration over rapid reaction in civic and personal matters.
The Montezuma Indiana Board of Trustees adopted an ordinance to vacate part of Water Street from the C. J. & W. R. R. north to Main Street leaving 30 feet on the east side for travel. Public notice asserts the vacation, with a public hearing set for September 7, 1922 at 8 PM at Town Hall. Notices published in the Montezuma Enterprise for three weeks beginning August 17, 1922.
Township fund details show salaries office rent and trustees expenses with total estimated expenditures of 16 420 00 and revenues from taxation of 7 052 81. Taxpayers have right to be heard and may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners after levies are set, petition due by the fourth Monday of September. Dated August 19 1922 ROY AIKMAN Trustee.
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