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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
8
Miss Mary Meek visited her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Meek at Cataract Falls last week. Althe the recent rains had put the Illinois roads in bad condition with many Illinois roads rough on the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway Sunday. Mud had dried somewhat but roads remained rough.
The Indianapolis News explains the Black sea spans about 740 miles by 390 miles covering roughly Ohio Indiana Illinois and Kentucky in area. It notes the Caspian sea is nearly twice as large and may figure in war news, highlighting vast distances in the eastern theater.
An old New England squire acquits Zed Smith of larceny after ruling the horse owner’s grain was used for the horse, not Zed. Yet the judge adds a month in jail for a lesser charge, remarking Zed is guilty of something and must serve time.
An Irish correspondent notes the General Post Office in Dublin, built in 1820 with grand pillars, lacked a door for a century. A back approach revealed a front door finally appearing on Sackville Street as workers finish Johnson’s omission.
A brief exchange has Creat Scott noting a Smith girl’s intelligence as a point of contention. Taw questions the knowledge, while JT mentions hearing her speak. The item captures a small social moment with sharp, terse dialogue.
The report says some Pritish prisoners in German camps have been shaved on one side of the head and beard to thwart escapes. The text links this to historical precedents such as King Hanun shaving half the beard of David's servants and Demosthenes shaving half his head to curb foreign travel.
A remark contrasts a man who is seen as unusual noting he would not want a billiard table at home. The exchange highlights his distinctive preferences and sets a curious tone for the social scene.
Col. G O Shields of New York, president of the League of American Sportsmen, cites annual farm losses of 1 billion dollars due to bird destruction. He notes 10 million shotguns, 900 million cartridges, and rising usage to control pests, with cotton, grain, and Hessian fly damages mounting across the economy.
Jones Bros. Meat Market and Grocery Store offers nine kinds of flour,17 coffee brands, canned goods, fresh produce, butter, eggs, tobacco, cigars, and affordable groceries. They butcher their own meat, buy country produce, and pay top cash or trade prices for fat stock, beef, horse hides, and more in Montezuma Indiana.
Instruction to readers to route all legal notices through the ENTERPRISE for publication including notices of appointment administrator executor or guardian survey ditch notice sale of real estate non resident notices and related items to ensure they are paid for and published.
An old newspaper notice promotes No. 40 as a cure for a severe poison disease with symptoms including mucous eruptions, coppery spots, bone ache, sores, hair loss, gland swellings, pimples, constipation, and desepsia. The product is boxed in a blue carton bearing J. Mendenhal signature and sold at Corner Drug Star Evansville Indiana. Also mentions a Ford sale from Pressler garage to Mrs Lula Nickles.
A Poland boar weighing 400 pounds is offered for sale for 25 dollars cash. The seller advertises immediate cash transaction and single item purchase.
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