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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
3
Fragmented OCR notes mention Fresh Salted Peanuts priced at 10c per pound at The Corner Drug Store. The text also references St Patrick's Day activities and frost delaying digging for sweet peas, with several garbled phrases and partial lines.
An advertisement urges mothers to give the family a thorough spring cleansing with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It claims purified blood and a cleaned stomach and bowels will improve health and happiness, promising better color and well being for all. Available for 35 cents at Corner Drug Store.
W F Starnes traveled to Indianapolis as a visitor last Thursday and spent time in the city.
A local notice highlights community movement with Bert Dixon visiting Bloomingdale and families gathering in Terre Haute Montezuma and Rockville. It notes new posts at Mecca and Viecca, a school exam in Wabash, a birth, and an advertisement for Tanlac as a tonic for debility.
Amnado Ial F D Osborn and Paul Myers attended a Tangier teachers institute while residents report Saturday activities. Several Rockville visitors, examinations conducted by Lucille Moore, and multiple family visits are recorded. A death in Corydon prompts reference to Flock family mourning. School sessions near end with Virginia travel for ill father and a near fatal house fire involving Ruby Engle.
Mrs Lottie Wittenmeyer visited her ill sister Mrs Rebecca De Motte in Sylvania. Alex Armstrong spent time with Tom Causey and family. Charley Coletree did papering all week. Annapolis visitors Mr and Mrs Charlie Harris and baby called Tuesday. Orph Millikan dined with Ben and Sara De Baum near Sylvania on Monday. Elmer Garrard welcomed a nine pound girl Sunday. Will Mason arrived to stay a few days. Miss Mattie Brown visited Terre Haute and Rockville for relatives and nephew Frank Adams in hospital. Sunday guests included Charles Causey Will Mason Levi Linebarger and Ivan Wausey. Louis McMasters wagon found in Sugar Creek near the rail bridge. missing since January near Rush Creek. Ruth Modesitt stayed over weekend due to brother’s measles from Purdue. Will Mason and wife returned to Indianapolis after a Terre Haute weekend. Mrs E B Douglas was in Clinton. L O Ingram in Dana George Richards plans move back to Tuscoia. Perley Lewis visiting home folks after Mecca work.
Hillsdale residents report visits and travel notes. Carrie Hendrix returned to Indianapolis after a month here. Ethel Richards stayed in Clinton over the weekend. Charles Ladd spent two days in the Windy City. Charles James left Tuesday for Niagara Falls for the summer. Adrian Fonecanvion of Newport visited Sunday. Miss Maiss substitutes for Miss Verna James in Clinton. Mr and Mrs Phil McCarty are mentioned along with other local names.
Claim that Adler i ka a buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture relieves constipation and can prevent appendicitis. Advertisement asserts one spoonful acts on lower and upper bowel, offering instant relief for stomach trouble and gas, with quick treatment touted by Murdock Drug Co.
Fragmentary item notes an optician visiting Dunlap on March 28. It mentions William Moss and William Plowman of Camargo Illinois in town briefly Monday after attending a funeral south of Rockville. It also references 1916 auto tags nearing 76,000 and Indiana numbers over 100,000.
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