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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1915
Page
1
Sabbath School at 9 30 a m led by S J Holmes with preaching at 10 45 a m every other week Evening services at 6 and 7 30 p m Epworth League at 6 p m and prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m Pastor A B Simpson leads these services in this church directory style notice
The schedule lists 9 30 a m Sabbath School 10 45 a m Preaching and 7 00 p m Preaching led by Pastor J D Ulayy.
The notice lists Church activities with times and the pastor W He Dyk. Sabbath School at 9 30 a m, Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m, and preaching at 3 00 p m on every other Sabbath under Pastor W He Dyk.
Catholic mass will be held on the second and fourth Sundays each month. Time to be announced. Father A H Busald officiates.
The church holds Bible School at 9 30 a m and preaches every first Sunday of each month led by Pastor R R Ohaver.
A Good Roads appeal from the National Farmers' Union urge faster road improvements. It argues better highways boost markets, reduce taxes from bad roads, and grow communities while deriding mud holes as civilization’s parasites.
A. Connor announces contract let by the National Drain Tile Co for excavation and fill to open a new clay pit on the Ingram farm north of the Burns and Hancock plant. Work starts when weather allows and aims for rapid completion. Will Carty received the contract.
A humorous tale of a town spendthrift known as Dingle Dollar Dan who hoards a first dollar and gleefully buys cheap goods at a bankrupt sale. A rain incident ruins his new coat and shoes, merchants flee the scene, and his funeral draws many potential heirs. The story ends with the moral that the customer is often the principal thing sold.
Citi zens Bank stockholders met Tuesday in bank parlors and elected officers for the year S P Hancock as president J B Oldshire as vice president J E Hancock as cashier and Miss Lora Reeder as assistant cashier Directors named were Wm E Dee Geo W Hughes J E Oldshue A Connor M McGinty S P Hancock and J B Hancock
The forecast lists rain and snow for February 1–2, a cold wave on 3–4, moderating conditions 5–6, a storm forming over the West Gulf States on the 7th that moves northeast, heavy rains 8–9, another cold wave 10–11, a great Gulf storm 12 bringing a blizzard, then rain or snow 13–14, moderating 15, warmer 16, new storm from the lower Mississippi Valley 17 followed by unsettled weather, cloudy with rain 18–19, pleasant 20–21, cold and squally 22–28, warmer 24–25, clear and pleasant 26–27, and a mild close on 28.
Ministers and denomination members plan a town union revival to begin in about three weeks. A Tuesday meeting arranged details but did not fix the date or venue. Organizers promise one of the best revivals the town has ever seen.
The Holiness church concluded a successful two week meeting on Sunday night. Large crowds attended nightly sessions and many new members joined during the revival.
The notice invites readers to ensure their names appear on an upcoming Renewals and New Subscribers list to be published next week. It urges participation and submission to be included.
At the meeting last Thursday the Masons adopted articles for a building association and formed a committee to organize a stock company to erect a building on the Main and 2nd street corner. Plans include two business rooms on Main Street and a rear room with a lodge on the second floor. Albert Brooks and Noah Hutson began a new building on A. C. Sharp’s lot for a pool room and bowling alley. S. H. Pawley D. C. Kerns and Harry Malone bought Sanford Taylor’s lot and started clearing debris for a modern picture show.
Local readers urged newspapers along the Dana Montgomery Rockville route to publicize support for a proposed Ocean to Ocean Pike's Peak Highway. The piece frames the road as a needed link in a national system of good roads and calls for community action to generate “noise” in favor of the project.
The town awoke Friday to thirteen inches of snow from a storm that began Thursday night. By Sunday night temperatures swung from deep subzero to modest warmth as the cold front broke. Snow plows cleared roads and drift patterns formed before the thaw began.
Harvey Kohr came back Sunday from New Cambria Kansas where he visited his parents. He reports his father and mother in good health and the family well. He says the wheat crop is in fine shape with prospects for a bumper harvest. He hunted a jack rabbit on the trip and jokes about “cracking two or three hearts” though no proof is offered. He is ready to resume work.
The piece laments winter cold and frost as harsh and compares it to easier relief of summer. It notes chilblains and cold feet, then prefers summer heat and breezy clothes as relief from winter woes. The column cites Howard from the South Dakota Democrat.
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