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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
1
The church lists 9 36 a m Sabbath School led by J A Sharp on Sept 7 00 year at 7 30 p m Thursday prayer meeting and 7 00 p m preaching Sundays with E T Mines as pastor in this weekly directory item.
The notice lists 9 30 a m Sabbath School led by Mrs Ed Smith on Sept 7 30 p m Christian Endeavor and 10 30 a m preaching every other Sabbath with W E Dye as pastor.
City church lists Mass on the second and fourth Sundays each month with time to be announced. Father A. H. Busald serves as pastor.
The notice lists a Church of Christ gathering in a Baptist building with Bible School at 9 30 a m and social service at 10 43 a m on the second Sunday monthly. Rev Chas T Cook preaches at 7 00 p m on the third Sunday.
Monday Mr Meliciots Assassination featuring Bob Leanard in The Silent Member. Tuesday Vanity Thy Name Is starring Mary Fuller in A Sea Mystery. Wednesday Discontent Her Steady Warfare. Thursday Knocks and Opportunities Across the Line. Friday The Red Lie. Saturday Langons Legacy. Sunday A Daughter of Penance Hired Tired and Fired.
The article notes an Overland touring car mounted with a machine gun tested by U S artillerymen north of Columbus New Mexico. The demonstration showed the car could fire accurately while moving or stationary and four men could ride with the gun, suggesting touring cars as feasible military transport.
Twenty one members of Monte lama Lodge No. 81 F A M attended the funeral of Geo W Assleman at Bloomingdale Sunday. He had previously left the local lodge and joined the Bloomingdale chapter after moving. Harry Barnes of Clinton visited his mother Mrs D C Barnes this Sunday.
Friday night marked the close of the Reserve Township school year as six students graduated from the high school course. The graduates were Rose H. Keen Hazel B Newell Earl M Pearman Lona M Coffin Alta G Broderick and Walter Clary. Dr Logan Esarey of the University of Indiana delivered the address on Pioneer Characteristics.
Read about Eatonville Washington where the new high school building is nearing completion with a 340000 high school 22000 gymnasium and 14 acre campus. Courses include agriculture manual training domestic science art and commercial work as the community prepares a modern center.
The Boys Industrial School at Plainfield will stage the Indiana Centennial pageant on May 15 during the National Conference of Charities and Corrections week. Inmates perform every aspect of the production, from printing the book to making costumes and music, under the direction of W. O. Conway. The event is presented as a community effort and sociological experiment and aims to showcase Indiana’s Centennial efforts while warning against commercialized celebrations. A monument fund for Pioneer Mother gains momentum with six hundred dollars raised from penny contributions, and a promotional stamp is planned for sale at one dollar per hundred. Huntington County leads this week.
The National High way Association promotes Good Roads Everywhere with maps and lists major routes from New York to San Francisco and other corridors. Projects include Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean, National Parks Trans Continental, Lincoln Highway, Midland Trail, and National Old Trails. About 100,900 miles of tentative locations could serve most Americans and cost less than the Panama Canal. Local meetings, notices, and events accompany the push, plus social updates from Barney Davey and community visits.
An attractive program by The Clarions prohibition campaigners is scheduled for Thursday evening at 7 30 at the M E Church. The group includes Prof F W Lough and John W Huddleston with songs speeches and piano. Admission is free and the meeting aims to entertain and inform the public. The Clarions recently performed in Waveland and will visit Annapolis Friday.
The Civil Service Commission calls a May 27 1916 examination in Parke County Indiana for motor rural carrier posts in Bloomingdale Judson Marshell Montezuma Rockville Rosedale and Tangier with salaries 1500 to 1800 yearly. Open to male residents of the county who meet forms 2121 1977 requirements and can provide an 800 lb capacity vehicle. Applications go to Washington at the earliest date.
Fred Mathas son of Mr and Mrs George Mathas wed Minnie Snyder daughter of Mr and Mrs John Snyder of Judson Monday at Rockville. They will start housekeeping at the McGinty property across from the pool. The couple are well known in town and Judson communities and friends extend congratulations.
Fifty years ago the Wabash and Erie Canal company met in Terre Haute to approve a lease deal with all canal revenues for twelve years pending 60000 stock from Terre Haute to this city. Montezuma has raised 18000 and Attica Covington Perrysville likely will fund their share, showing local civic generosity.
A long list of property moves appears across Bloomingdale and surrounding areas. Florence M. Pierce transfers Lot 9 Block 2 Morris Addition to Thadius Fellows for 6 dollars, while Usidor Hessel and others exchange parcels in Newlin and Waterman additions for modest sums. Several deeds reference Florida land, Coff’s addition at Mecca, and Liberty area plots with prices ranging from 1 dollar to 15000 dollars. The report also notes workers from Grant Park, Ill. seeking brick-yard jobs and ends with a personal quip about turning back the clock.
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