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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
4
Furnished at office or sent upon request. Locals 5 cents per line each insertion. Card of thanks, 25 cents. Montezuma Indiana August 26 1920.
Merritt Gritton visited home recently. Miss Ruth Davis left for Mt. Vernon Indiana. Mrs Eva Whitson of Indianapolis visiting friends. Local ads promote Marshall's bread and a 45 cent ice cream quart at Murdock's Pharmacy. Various families travel, host dinners, and attend gatherings. VWRAT SNAP kills rats. multiple residents make trips to Michigan Kentucky Illinois and Ohio. community events and meals noted.
An advertisement for RAT-SNAP rodent killer from H. S. Cornwell and Murdock's Pharmacy offers 35¢ for single cake, 65¢ for two cakes, and $1.25 for five cakes. It promises no smell, non attractive to cats or dogs, and suitability for pantry kitchen cellar farm out-buildings and factories.
The Red Cross reports six million dollars in food clothing and medical supplies sent to the Balkans Romania Bulgaria Albania Montenegro Serbia Bosnia and Greece since relief began. Funds funded hospitals orphanages dispensaries and mobile units while American farming implements aided agriculture. Withdrawal is expected by year end as regional self sufficiency grows.
The document outlines Red Cross aims under the Congressional charter to aid the sick and wounded, relief during disasters, and prevention measures. It lists annual, contributing, life, sustaining, and patron dues and urges readers to send dues to their nearest local chapter.
The Fourth Annual Roll Call of the American Red Cross runs from Armistice Day November 11 to Thanksgiving Day November 28. During this period men and women will pay dues and renew their membership.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs B H McCarty on August 20 at Hillsdale. Mrs Lucy Carman of Anderson visits her nieces Mrs Ollie Dash and Mrs Lillie Newell. Mr and Mrs Lee Bennett host Orin Bonebrake and wife from Indianapolis. Rev A H McKee and wife visit aunt Mrs Anna Vanasickle before moving to Benton Illinois where he accepts a charge. Private Karrie Elwell visits from Camp Grant. O P M Penton travels to Indianapolis for business. Tra Peer and wife of Clinton visit local friends. Mrs J H Morrow visits in Indianapolis.
Mr. E. KE. Morgan and family from Tuscola were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright at their country home east of town. The Morgans are cousins of Mrs. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hartlep and daughter Mary of Knightstown were guests of Manson Keller and family Sunday. They were joined home by Leone Hartlep who had visited relatives here.
This medicine is praised as highly effective for bowel complaints. It claims to cure ordinary diarrhea after a few doses and has been used in nine epidemics of dysentery with perfect success. It also promises relief from colic and cholera torbus and is described as pleasant when diluted in water and sweetened.
A dramatic film depicts a steamer wreck with a woman and man swept overboard. They cling to a floating spar for a night and a day before rescue and later reunite on stage in a world opera house.
KILLS RATS and mice RAT SNAP comes in cakes no mixing with other food. Money back if it fails. One cake for pantry dog size fits kitchen or cellar. Two cakes for chicken house coops or small buildings. 19 cake ALD size fits all buildings or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by Murdock's Wharmacy and H S Cornwell.
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