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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
4
Kontezima Enterprise C. S. Overman editor and publisher notes the paper entered as second class matter August 8 1912 at Montezuma Indiana post office under act of March 3 1879.
One year in advance one dollar twenty five cents six months sixty five three months one dollar. Advertising rates on application. All copy for ads should be in this office no later than Wednesday morning to insure insertion for that week. Montezuma Indiana January 24 1913.
The fifth joint institute of Re serve Penn and Liberty townships met at Tangier on Saturday with full teacher attendance. Despite a sense the outline fell short of past standards, discussions highlighted local condition focus and practical school improvements. Patrons and friends attended, and trustee Lindley shared a letter from Mrs Iva Linebarger Scott of Santiago Chile describing her overseas teaching work. Herman Smith moved his paper from West Union to Montezuma R R2 Thursday.
An elderly man in our town shunned advertising claiming ink equals waste yet his vanity hid his crime. He believed publicity harmed wealth and proclaimed restraint, only to be revealed as a burglar exploiting quiet, unadvertised spaces in the community.
A reflective piece catalogs recurring winter hardships from storms and frozen pipes to rising prices and worn-out clothing. It lists familiar woes like shoveling, gas failures, mud, slipping streets, and transportation grips, underscoring persistent seasonal strains on households and routines.
The column merges sales steps with local civic notes. It urges action on a town walk project as property owners have the balance and Montezuma Lodge No 89 F and A M calls a meeting Wednesday evening February 5 with special business on the agenda. Bill Skeeters comments on a hunting trip ending with his gun and a note of travel on Tuesday.
A list of real estate transfers shows prices from 50 to 95 000 dollars across Mecca Washington Adams Bloomingdale Lyford City Marshall Jackson Rockville Penn Greene Montezuma and Liberty. A light aside mentions Billie Wright bringing rib meals and a birth notice records an eight pound girl born to Mr and Mrs Harry E Jones Hillsdale on January 1.
The document lists a sequence of biweekly or monthly meeting dates for 1913 with Wednesdays across January to December, plus occasional Tuesdays and a few weekend religious observances at St John Baptist and St John Evangelis. It records recurring cadence and variations in meeting timing throughout the year.
Arthur Deitz notes a six inch mud charge in a firearm is improper and dangerous. He recalls a hunt when a similar mud load caused a gun to burst, risking injury and property damage.
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