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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
4
U. S. Overman is editor and publisher. The paper is entered as second class matter August 9, 1912 at Montezuma Indiana post office under the 1879 act. Subscription rates listed and advertising copy deadline is Wednesday morning. Montezuma Indiana May 13 1915.
Prof. E. F. Snow of Webster City has been reelected Hamilton county superintendent of schools. Born without hands from a railway accident at age two months, he is a renowned penman and tireless educator. Snow graduated Webster City High, studied at Drake University, and has taught since youth, serving two terms as county supervisor. He shaves dresses laces shoes and even drives an automobile, proving extraordinary skill and leadership in Iowa education.
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts a rural home with modern farm upgrades. The narrator recalls a sunlit window, early chores, and a bustling household now transformed by new technology, shifts in labor, and improved dairying while preserving the farm's business ambitions.
The Litchfield News Herald mocks a government commission by recounting its own mission to investigate the man who criticized the paper. It notes the tendency to scrutinize complainants when issues arise. The piece frames the self appointed panel as examining the accuser’s career.
This fragment humorously notes a man born to nothing, whose parents receive credit, who married in his twenties with all details except the preacher’s fee. It claims he never won county fair premiums or donated, and jokes about delaying a proper obituary.
Ferguson Lumber Co to Ella Cunningham transfers in Mecca for 100 dollars. Frank Mathas to Alice M Nichola transfers in Montezuma for 20 dollars. Charles E Benson to Alonzar Benson transfers in Bridgeton for 100 dollars. Doroinie Gisola to George Grey transfers in Raccoon for 20 dollars. Stefanio Bellezza to George Grey transfers in Raccoon for 10 dollars. Minnie L Harwood to Grover C Dowden 531 acres in Howard for 1 dollar. Bertha M Blatchley to Charles Ek eselman lot in Rockville for 333 dollars. Samuel B Sharp to Harry L Hubert lot 1 Moore's addition Northampton and 75 dollars. Grace Wright to Cora C Simmons land in Wabash for 450 dollars. Stephen Lucky to Edward J. Mercer land in Adams for 500 dollars. Mabel L Spencer by guard Martha IX Porter land in Greer for 116 dollars. Ina Lorene Spencer by guard Martha Ik Porter land in Greene for 116 dollars. John A L Doty to Bruce Jessup land in Florida for 200 dollars. Schuyler Grubbs to William J Moore land in Liberty for 8500 dollars. Nettie Rosenblum to Herbert M Cracken land in Wabash for 425 dollars. Lewis McMasters by trust to Florence Hines land in Liberty for 775 dollars. Annie Bourne to Jacob S White land in Washington for 15000 dollars. Columbia South Carolina Miss Clyd Yarborough awarded 3000 dollars damages for loss of three inches of skin after being thrown from a street car in a suit seeking 10000 dollars.
An advertisement proclaims Croxone cures kidney and bladder troubles, rheumatism and related pains by cleansing kidneys and dissolving uric acid. It claims lasting relief regardless of duration or age and offers a money back guarantee if it fails in a case.
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