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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
1
Church directory lists Sabbath activities led by Pastor A B Simpson. At 9 30 a m Sabbath School with S J Holmes on Sept 10 45 a m preaching every other week 6 p m Epworth League 7 30 p m preaching and 7 30 p m Thursday prayer meeting.
The notice lists Sabbath School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 45 a m with a 7 00 p m service led by Pastor J D Ulay. It also notes a second Sabbath schedule with B F Hoover and W E Dye, Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m and preaching at 8 00 p m.
Mass is held on the second and fourth Sundays each month. Time to be announced. Father A H Busald presides.
Christian church announces 9 30 a m Bible School and 7 p m preaching with monthly first Sunday services led by Pastor R R Ohaver.
A Christian Bible school invites all to bring wrapped white gifts for distribution to the worthy needy before Christmas. The program Sunday evening will include appropriate exercises and the gifts will be shared regardless of church affiliation as a testament to the kings birthday.
The president outlines new tasks and duties for the United States arising from the European war. He emphasizes peaceful relations at home and abroad and urges continued strict neutrality between the United States and the warring nations.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church hosted a Japanese Tea at Mrs. F. A. Stebbins’s home on Wednesday afternoon. Many attended as booths offered a variety of Japanese items for sale, yielding good profits for the group.
Merchants group pools a Shetland pony, buggy and harness for a children under sixteen. Votes are free, earned by cent-spend at named merchants from December 1 to April 1. Over sixty kids have entered, with polls closing on the final day.
After shutting down the Montezuma Brick Works management renovates the Hague Kiln installing new coal and fire walls. Workers fit shale, add a steam shovel and a new crusher. General Manager Frank A. Cole expects the plant ready for a record run next year.
An appeal offers 500 votes per paid in advance yearly subscription in the Pony Contest. Readers are urged to subscribe to the Enterprise for $1.25, with the promotion running now until January 1st, 1916. The message encourages participation by boys and girls to boost votes.
Monday evening at seven o clock the marriage of Roy Scott son of Mr and Mrs D M Scott and Miss Gladys Frazier occurred at the home of Rev A B Simpson. The mothers of the bride and groom witnessed the ceremony. Both young people are well known locally and the Enterprise extends best wishes.
An all day market and flower sale will be held in the Sylvester building near Sharp's store by the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church on Wednesday December 23. Items include bread cakes pies dressed chickens candy popcorn gingham and calico aprons plants cut flowers bulbs holly wreaths and mistletoe fresh from Kentucky Tea is served in the afternoon. Wreaths priced at twenty five cents. Call Mrs John Pickel or Mrs Will Kemp. Doors open at ten o'clock.
Mr Powell manager of the Electric theater announces this week’s high class features Thursday In Line of Duty a Famous Players subject Friday A Tragedy of the Arena Saturday Helen Gardner in A Sister to Carmen Thousands of pony tickets await the holder with the nearest time to the clock stop each evening all productions cost thousands of dollars to mount.
A young boy sells Red Cross Christmas Seals to raise money after explaining his father and two sisters died from tuberculosis. He earned twenty five cents from the first purchase and continues to work for the cause when possible.
W A Laverty and wife spent Sunday with relatives in West Terre Haute. The Electric theater is boosting its business with prizes and top quality pictures. Many youngsters in town have registered for the Pony contest.
The December 11 Friday lecture features George C Aydelott with a famous Lyceum course talk The Man of the Hour Aydelott is noted as well qualified with a northern university background and English philosophy study His delivery praised as perfect and his message deemed valuable for all time.
The Rev Irl R Hicks Almanac 1915 is advertised as essential for homes and businesses across the continent. Prof Hicks, nearing his seventieth year, promotes the almanac plus his Word and Works magazine, with mail orders priced at 35 cents for the almanac or one dollar for the magazine and almanac together from Word and Works Publishing Co., St Louis.
J. M. Johns of Rockville was in town on business Friday. Mrs. Geo Adams and daughter Olive were Dana visitors Friday. Mrs. O N Henderson returned from Indianapolis Friday where she had been six weeks with Mrs. C H Matson.
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