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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
1
The church lists Sunday services and activities led by Pastor A B Simpson. Sunday School at 9 30 a m, preaching at 10 45 a m every other week, Epworth League at 6 00 p m, evening preaching at 7 30 p m, and Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m.
The notice lists a 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School and a 7:00 p.m. preaching service led by Pastor J. D. Utay. The entry specifies the church schedule and the pastor in charge.
The United Brethren church lists 9 30 a m Sabbath School led by B F Hoover on September 7 30 p m Christian Endeavor and 3 00 p m preaching every other Sabbath led by Pastor W E Dyer.
Catholic Mass will be held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays each month. Time will be announced. Father A H Busald officiates.
At 9 30 a m Bible School and 10 45 a m preaching occur each Sunday First Sunday preaching occurs monthly at the church noted in the listing.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church hosted a well attended reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Hancock last Wednesday evening. Over a hundred people attended and enjoyed a two course luncheon prepared by D. I. Dunlap F. S. Bipus Jno. Machledt A. Demotte J. A. Burns Jas. Spencer J. E. Johnston R. W. Sutton J. E. Hancock Lora Reeder Marie McCord Margaret and Mary Hill.
Reports from multiple states tell of two smooth strangers posing as Chicago house sale agents to push sugar and flour at unreal lows. Farmers paid in advance 10 to 60 dollars each, with one community losing about 3000 dollars as no groceries were delivered.
Mrs Frank Arn acted as hostess for the F H Club Monday afternoon. A M Kay departed Friday to visit his niece Mrs Ethel Rutherford of Mattoon and Miss Maud Stevens, the boy and girl impersonator, at the opera house Monday night.
A February 22 program at Tomlinson Hall will feature children from about a dozen nations with folk dances and drills by Roumanians Serbs Italians Belgians French Austrians Hungarians and Greeks. The event aims to promote infant care and multilingual literature for foreign born families in Indiana.
The exhibit by the United States Geological Survey at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco explains gaging rivers and the use of automatic electric gauges to record water heights in a tank river. It notes daily data collection across streams nationwide guiding water power, irrigation, and drainage projects.
Mrs. Elmer Hixon of Clinton visited her parents here on Friday. Charles Russell spent the past week with his parents at Bridgeton. Foster Jerome worked at the Corner Drug Store during his absence.
The speaker argues that farm life deters people not by poverty or exposure but by lack of teamwork. He urges farmers and families to form clubs and organize for shared goals, likening cooperation to soldierly comradeship and stressing hands-on joint effort to build rural communities.
An unannounced visit to a printer’s room exposes a boss printer who orders vile headlines and sensational phrases including murder and salacious titles. A church society president overhears the remarks, prompting a moral uproar as the woman flees with her children.
Warm rains over the weekend melted snow and soaked into the ground. The river rose little, leaving soil moisture improved for the upcoming farming season.
A Montezuma entertainment note urges attendance for Maude Stevens Concert Co. at the opera house Monday night February 5th. The article praises Stevens for authentic portrayal of children and guarantees a bright season highlight with general admission 25 and 15 cents.
H B Simmons a tailor and would be sport left town a week ago after packing his clothes in a red ban dana. He claimed Terre Haute on business and would return, but no return has occurred. He left several creditors short as he fled, and the Enterprise notes he was not alone in this conduct.
W W Downey, longtime engineer on the C H D yard engine, is promoted to the Springfield Illinois yards. He left Saturday to assume the new post as his family plans to join him soon. Merritt Gritton, long time fireman, now runs the yard engine here and expects steady work. Blain Miller remains as fireman.
An Enterprise classified call encourages readers to place ads to buy sell or trade items. Rates are 5 cents per line for one insertion 10 cents per line for three insertions or 25 cents per line for ten insertions. It promises to attract buyers or renters.
Local reader alert invites attendance at a February 8 showcase featuring Miss Stevens in Swedish folk games at the opera house.
The Burns & Hancock Clay & Brick Company resumes operations after twenty days of startup work. The new modern plant rises on the former fire site and promises improved service with a larger patronage in this region.
February signs point to an early spring with unusual warmth and activity. A farmer bitten by stinging bees seeks medical help, bluebirds and robins appear across the state, and a live cricket at John White's home adds a summerlike note. The writer hopes these signs bode a prosperous farming season and factory activity returning to normal.
William H. Crook, Lincoln's former bodyguard, discusses three dreams of Abraham Lincoln reported in The Enterprise. The article details the president's fearless stance toward danger and his refusal to accept closer guard, intriguing readers with a glimpse of his mindset before the assassination.
Claude Ingram of Vermillion county came in Monday and renewed his allegiance to the Enterprise and joined a bargain club. Steve Whitson, long seriously ill, remains in critical condition with uncertain prognosis though hopes for improvement exist.
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