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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
4
Montezuma Indiana December 27 1912 readers see a booster campaign success with conservative estimates of about 25000 in twenty days. Merchants report many new faces in stores and praise low prices and a wide display. Community events include local visits and funeral notices as residents return home from military service and share time with kin and neighbors.
John Kendall who has been working in Ohio spent Xmas with his wife and daughter. Mrs. Phil McCarty was shopping in Terre Haute Tuesday. Mrs. Orahood has taken charge of the hotel and Me Laughlins moved on Chas Deeres farm east of Montezuma.
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ben Phillips include John Featherston and wife. Emmet Crabb and wife visit Mrs Crabb at her parents James and Mrs Dale. Harry Vale of Georgetown Illinois visits J H Daniel family. Rildy Nicholls returns home after stay with sister Mrs Elen Morgan who was ill. The community notes multiple illness including Mr and Mrs Ron Phillips and slow improvement of John Hutson. Funeral of Peter Warner draws many neighbors. James Lewis wife Hattie Featherston and others visited Rockville on Saturday.
CoLOMA Mrs Weller and Hugh Harvey attended the Xmas entertainment at school on Friday evening. Mr and Mrs James Baldwin spent Sunday with local residents.
Wabash Township schools will reopen on the 30 inst. A dance at Odd Fellows provided entertainment for local youths Saturday night. Santa Claus visited Mecca and other district pupils last Friday. A Brockway Club House raffle yielded a pleasant crowd on Monday. Various residents, including Mrs. Ethel Kennedy and Misses Alta and Clara Broderick, visited relatives or stayed with family across counties.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Brafield hosted a family dinner to honor guests A. H. Brafield II and Mrs. Brafield. J. H. Snodgra and Hancock County associates are visiting for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Hebert D768 sent out invitations for an At Home Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Brad field who plan to move to Terre Haute soon.
Local notes show visits and greetings among residents in Annapolis and nearby towns. Mentions include Mrs. Alice Ramsey in Chrisman Florida visiting J. J. Clark and Mildred Mitchell, and several Charleston era exchanges with Rockville Bloomingdale Cissinia Park and Tangier friends. The community notes Christmas week events and a vacation break for the school along with religious associates from Bloomingdale.
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