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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
1
Methodist Episcopal Church holds 9 30 Sabbath School led by Jf Al Sharp with E T Mices as pastor. Evening preaching at 7 with 7 30 Thursday prayer meeting. United Brethren church offers 9 30 Sabbath School led by Mrs Ed Smith and 10 30 preaching every other Sabbath with W E Dye as pastor.
Mass will be held on the second and fourth Sundays each month. Time will be announced. Father A H Busald serves as pastor.
Christian Bible School at 9 30 a m and social service at 10 45 a m every second Sunday. Church of Christ meets in Baptist building for preaching at 10 30 a m on the first Sunday and 7 00 p m led by Rev Chas T Cook.
Illustrated Weekly lists a seven day cinema lineup including The Quiet Honeymoon two reels on Monday and The Line Up on Tuesday. Wednesday features Lord John in New York four reels and Thursday presents The Widow's Secret. Friday shows Bride of Nancy Lee and Blackmail in a Hospital. Saturday offers My Old Dutch and Special Sunday presents His Real Character and The Doomed Groom.
The verse urges workers to keep smiling and work cheerfully even under stress. It notes that men can laugh while on duty and emphasizes maintaining a positive attitude to complete tasks without shrinking. If unsure, the poem counsels sharing a grin and staying productive in the trenches.
Frank Pressier runs six sheet posters at The Corner Drug Store promoting Overland cars. They highlight the Overland 83 and list a price of 8750.00 later reduced to 605.00. Morses Candy is advertised as best made at the same store.
Work on the new gymnasium progresses rapidly with foundation walls nearly two and a half feet thick of cement. Despite winter, excavation is near completion apart from a rock strip at the north end. The building is touted as the finest in the middle west and among the best in the United States.
The seventh and final Tangier teachers' institute met last Saturday with 31 of 33 teachers present. Reserve township teachers arrived late due to a broken machine. Highlights included papers on Indiana resources, schooling, and the rise of the American people, plus musical solos and a bounteous teacher-furnished dinner. An eighth Institute for Reserve township is set for April 8 at Montezuma.
A mass meeting is set for Thursday night at 8 at the Montezuma Club rooms to organize a Good Roads Club of Reserve township. Citizens are urged to attend to bolster Parke County roads and urge better road maintenance and planning.
An egg marked WAR and a chicken with four legs four wings and two tails are described by the article as symbols of wartime strength. Mrs. Charles Graham hatched the unusual bird and showed it to local businessmen.
Mrs Eva Jones wife of Add Jones died at home in the north part of town Saturday morning after a lingering illness of more than a year Funeral services were held at the residence Monday at 2 00 PM Rev Thomasson of Tangier officiating Internment followed at Oakland cemetery She leaves a husband and five children a son and four daughters
The display bedstead in Hugh Montgomery's shop, once owned by William Brockway and bought by his parents in 1848, is described as wild cherry wood with yellow pine rails. It is a keepsake of the family and will likely furnish a Brockway room in that style.
The H S Domestic Science Class entertained trustees Arn Mrs Arn and school teachers with a Friday evening dinner at Mrs S G Yows home. A green and white St Patrick decor theme accompanied a five course dinner skillfully prepared and served. The class members included Maud Mathas Madge Griffith Lola Naylor Mildred Murdock Clara Broderick Mate Bellows Tantra Pearmay Beulah Hamilton Southard Deleta Hann jeee Cook.
W P Montgomery called a meeting of Montezuma business men on Monday night at the club rooms. Attendees discussed forming a permanent local organization and agreed to issue a call in the Enterprise. A three member committee was named to raise Montezuma’s share of funds for the National Organization and report at Thursday’s gathering. Public enthusiasm showed Montezuma and Parke County will participate, with strong support for the highway project and better local roads.
The equinox arrived Monday at 4 47 pm marking equal day and night. Leap year shifted the crossing to a day earlier than last year’s date of the twenty first.
Public notices list transfers including James C Swaim to Lydia Wymout in Washington and Haney McClure to Lottie McClure in Washington, with varied sums. Other deeds cover Marshall and Green counties, including 17 to 40 acre plots, prices from 75 to 8000 dollars, and multiple buyers and trustees.
A detailed reminiscence by B. F. Hudson born March 16, 1826 in Clearmont County Ohio. He traces family moves to Vermillion County near Newport and Montezuma life, medical education in Cincinnati and Miami College, marriage to May E. Stacy, and decades as a physician and public servant. Hudson highlights community roles, Parke County Medical Society founding, bees and flowers, and a 90th birthday gift from Montezuma students.
Instructions for making salt rising bread with detailed steps. Emphasizes maintaining 75 to 80 degrees, preparing a cornmeal mash, creating a yeast sponge, and forming dough. Includes notes on warming milk and flour, kneading, rising times, and baking for a moderate hour.
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