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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
1
A Christmas appeal asks readers to support Near East Relief for Armenian orphans. The message details rates to feed, clothe, and educate children affected by Turkish atrocities and war, with remittance sent to Near East Relief, 403 City Trust Bldg, Istanbul.
The Indiana Tuberculosis Association announces a wide spread Christmas Seal sale with major plans in Miami County for an automobile drive on Tuberculosis Sunday. Peru businessmen volunteer to use their cars to sell seals in cities and rural areas, boosting statewide fundraising efforts. M. Auerbach reports the details of the meeting and drive.
Mr. Hancock of The Citizens Bank touts the third annual Christmas Savings Club as a banner year and announces the 1921 Club starts Dec 20. He urges parents to open accounts for children, noting past participants now have money for Christmas and new clothes, thanks to saving nickels and pennies. The banker offers information on joining.
Rosedale rode hot outside shooting to a one sided win over Montezuma. Patterson Zukes and Seville led the visitors with precise 15 to 20 foot field goals while Omar McMasters and Tom Mc Masters fought through injuries and heavy contact. A large crowd backed the district contender as Rosedale extended its season record.
The Clinton Junior High team won over Hillsdale Juniors Friday night in an overtime contest by a score of 16 to 14.
Wabash Township notes William Wilson and family moved to Montezuma for the winter. Mr and Mrs C W Marshall were Rockville visitors on Saturday. Mrs Bertha Brockway of Indianapolis spent part of last week attending to business and visiting. Jesse Myers and family are moving to a property near Mecy Yehasedes.
Miss Cora Simmons visited Bellmore friends over night on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Aaron Lewis plan to move to Rockville in a few weeks to settle permanently. Geo Osborne of Tangier is spending a few days with James Gosby. Mrs Jennie Pruett of Terre Haute visited her brother Bo Cook and family. Miss Catherine Pence visited from Clinton for a weekend at home. Mr and Mrs Wallace Huffmire of Chanute Kansas, visiting Parke county relatives, were guests at Geo Phipps and family.
Transfers list shows multiple deeds across Indiana towns including Wockville Rockville Montezuma Mecca Adams Judson Jackson and Washington. Notable entries: 118 acres Penn and Washington to Ideoma Armstrong for 20000 dollars. 15 acres Adams to William B. McCormick for 26800 dollars. 15 acres Washington to William B. McCormick for 6500 dollars.
Local readers receive a mixed bag of notices and ads including Montezuma Bakery bread, moves to Glinton, a Rex theater ad for Dont Ever Marry, and social updates. Several residents report illness and travel, with entries on shoppers, visits, marriages, and community events across Clinton and nearby towns.
The piece reflects on Christmas beyond gifts, emphasizing the birth of the Christ Child, faith in Christianity, and the life purpose found in its teachings. It argues Christmas provides hope, truth, and a guiding plan for human growth, kindness, and love, contrasting gloom with enduring light.
A festive message urges embracing Christmas as a time of rejoicing and sunshine. It calls for gathering happiness, sharing warmth, and grasping the true meaning of the season.
Merchants advertise Christmas displays and the Aaron Lewis sale set for next Tuesday at the farm 44 miles southeast of town. Christmas exercises are planned at the Christian and Methodist churches with a program under preparation. Several residents are ill with flu or tonsillitis. James H. Morris buys river street property near W. W. Burk and plans to move soon. Local farmers protest high costs for eggs. Rosenblatt Brothers of Clinton announce a major sale, highlighted on Clinton The Enterprise page.
A notice states payment to Paul Thomas of Dana Indiana for dead animals and telephone charges.
The undersigned is appointed by the Parke County Circuit Court as administrator of the estate of John A. Hollingsworth late of Parke County Indiana. The notice indicates probate actions and the administrator’s authority to manage estate affairs.
Wallace Reid stars in The Man From Funeral Range at The Rex Friday program with adventure tones and frontier settings. A rugged lead drives the plot through tense scenes as gunmen and schemes unfold.
A Christmas and New Year lineup includes The Rivers End directed by Marshall Neilan with Curwood story, followed by Go and Get It, a Wednesday December 29 feature, and Sunshine Comedy Skirts on January 5 by Foxs.
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