Birth Announcement and Local Notes From Hillsdale Area
Walter J. Rierden purchases a Moon item. Mr. and Mrs. Reed announce a birth from Philadelphia. Herbert Fulenwider and Mary Reed welcome a son born Thursday night December 9. Purdue University wins first in a live stock judging contest with Parke T. Brown among the team. Chamberlains Tablets advertised for digestion and bowel regularity. Dinner by appointment and a hot launch ad appear among town notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Reed
Philadelphia
Herbert Fulenwider
Chicago
Purdue University
Parke T. Brown
Tangier
Lessons in Optometry Lesson One
Optometry explains measuring vision errors and correction programs. It is growing in importance and scope as an essential human advancement. Public familiarity lags, with about 70 percent having abnormal vision and benefiting from optometric aid. See next lesson.
Disannexation Petition Filed for Unplatted Lands in Montezuma
Quincy Bowman and Jennie N. Bowman file with the Montezuma Board of Trustees on December 9 1920 a petition to disannex unplatted lands within town limits. The tract lies in Parke County Indiana and includes part of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 36 township 16 north range 9 west north and east of the old Plank Road and south of Johnston Addition. Affected properties include all Lots on the south side of Johnston Addition and adjacent unplatted lands. The January 6 1921 hearing at 8 PM will determine action with remonstrances allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Parke County
Indiana
Board of Trustees
Old Plank Road
Johnston
Ind
Johnston Addition
Board Siroom
General Assembly
Armenian Bride Rescued From Turkish Harem In Constantinople
Aghavni Millian, nineteen, from Bitlis, tells of being stolen the night before her wedding and imprisoned for five years in a Turkish harem. Rescued by Near East Relief with help from an American Rescue Home, she awaits marriage arrangements and return home. She ends with a plea for Armenian nationhood and release of many other captives while noting an estimated one hundred thousand girls remain in harems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aghavni Millian
Bitlis
Constantinople
Aghavyni
Armenia
Aighavni Millan
Near East Relief
America
Enia
Aghavni
Christmas Time Truths on Wealth and Happiness
A reflective piece urges readers to measure life by happiness not wealth. It notes that richer means higher desires and warns against competitive gifting. Christmas should focus on inner joy rather than flashy displays or costly displays of wealth.
Enterprise Visit Over Christmas Sparks Local Card
O G Attkisson and wife from Ampbellsburg Indiana arrived late last week for a Christmas visit with their daughter and family Clyde L Brown and wife. The Hillsdale Tile Works has shut down with poor prospects to reopen soon. The plant employed many men and hope remains for resumed operations. Remember The Enterprise for printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. G. Attkisson
Ampbellsburg
Indiana
Clyde L. Brown
Chisen
Hillsdale
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Montezuma, Ind
Holmes
China
H.S. Cornwell
POTN
Tris
Ian
Quaker Oats i Co
Quaker Oats Co
Montezuma Mill & Elevator CO
Flanders
L. Wheeler & Son
Walter J. Rierden
Cash Inn
H. L. Fillenger
Dana
Optometry
Walter M. Leeds
Clinton Indiana
Quincy Bowman
Jennie N. Bowman
H. L. Fillinger
Capes
Lins Clinton
Thompsons
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