Maud Scott McNamee Ass't Editor Notice
Entered as second class matter April 35 1919 at the Montezuma Indiana post office under the act of March 3 1879.
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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1922
Page
4
Entered as second class matter April 35 1919 at the Montezuma Indiana post office under the act of March 3 1879.
The notice lists subscription prices 31.50 per year in advance for Indiana and Illinois, 1.75 per year for all other states. Advertising rates are one cent per word per insertion with a 20 cent minimum, display rates available at the office 64 and upon request, and a 25 cent card of thanks.
Local visitors include Mr and Mrs J E Hancock in Indianapolis and Mrs Fannie Miles visiting son Floyd in Newport. Rockville hosts Mr and Mrs Freeman Cox for dinner with Mrs Fannie Stiles. Howard Hann and Missouri kin visit near here as guests. For sale old papers 5 cents per package 10 cents per bundle from Enterprise Office. Morse and Wireless telegraphy school ad promises quick training and job prospects with Dodges Telegraph Institute Valparaiso Indiana.
Joe Moore offers guaranteed watch and jewelry repair services at Raynes Frazier Company in Clinton Indiana. The notice promotes skilled service and warranty on work performed locally.
A testimonial from Cummins Pharmacy claims Adlerika clears sour poisons and gas from upper and lower bowel using buckthorn bark and glycerine. It asserts removal of decaying matter, prevents sour stomach, and guards against appendicitis.
Vacant lot north of the Pawley store in Montezuma offered at a reasonable price. Ideal location for a business building or starter commercial venture. Alley on south and rear. Inquiries to P. F. McNamee, Montezuma.
A local note expresses gratitude to neighbors and food volunteers who helped during a recent illness. It praises the care given to the writer and family, mentions flowers, meals, fruit, and letters, and recalls names such as Mrs. P. F. McNamee, Eugene Waggoner, Russe Harper, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Harper. The item also lists various town activities and local updates, concluding with a brief business note about the Enterprise printing department.
James William Bryan of Washington announces an automobile fitted with four legs instead of wheels. He describes a five passenger clutchless gearless springless model half the weight of wheeled cars and says two engines at 40 horsepower deliver speeds up to 81 mph. Tests to locate weaknesses are under way and he asserts priority over a German walking car inventor.
Mrs. Joe Smith and daughters Jean and Judy visited Mrs. Weaver Emmett and children in Indianapolis. Mrs. H. D. Kkohr of New York City stayed in Clinton for an extended visit and attended the chautauqua. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Scott and daughter Edna of Scottland Illinois and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Werden of Davenport Iowa were guests of P. F. McNamee and family on Saturday.
The De Kalb Democrat notes traction companies struggle to compete with trucks as several electric lines in the Midwest may be abandoned. Locally, business leaders must decide whether to keep traction freight service or rely on trucks during bad roads, a crucial forthcoming choice.
In 1882 the Cincinnati Jewish committee located 194 families on Pawnee east of Ravaria in Garfield county. They received home stead fees food and clothing every 60 days for a year two cows and a team per two families. Farming failed and by 1890 most Jews had left Garfield county as mortgages funded stores and other ventures but scattered thereafter.
A historic note from science reports argon and helium found in mineral spring waters. Neon was detected by Charles Moureau in twenty two springs where argon and helium occur. He suggests neon is common in warm springs and may come from radium in rocks.
Planters in the Tular Lake district of California are broadcasting grain from aircraft. Dropping seed from about 100 feet aims to bury it for sprouting, costing about $1 per acre versus $1.50 under the old method.
The total merchant vessels afloat at end of June 1922 exceed 27,000,000 tons the highest on record. Of this total 13,724,562 tons are British, reflecting a strong British share in global tonnage.
A urges saving practices noting an average man saves at most ten percent of earnings and spends nine dollars in living expenses for every saved dollar. Small prudent purchases, like garden seeds or Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, save later costs and even a doctor’s bill.
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