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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
1
Schedule lists Sabbath School at 9:39 a.m. with J. G. Hirsbrunner. preaching at 7:09 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sabbath. Epworth League at 6:00 p.m.. Thursday Prayer Meeting at 7:30 p.m. E. T. Mines is the pastor.
Delegates at Evansville narrowly outvoted opponents 12 to 6 to locate the Dixie B Line through Vermillion Indiana. The route runs from Danville through Cayuga Newport Clinton and crosses the Wabash into Parke County then south to Terre Haute. Vermillion County led by J N Casebeer secured the prize benefiting Montezuma nearby and promising a direct ocean to ocean highway linking east west and south for travelers.
Garner Brug Store offers high test batteries and electric globes. Miss Lora Reeder hosts the F H Club. Pension day brings older soldiers to town. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kenedy visit from Dana. Numerous social calls, church notices, road work, and fall scenery described along with local business ads and seasonal shopping urged.
A promotional essay praises J A Coleman and the slogan Do your Christmas Shopping Early. It argues advertising drives holiday business, enables pre Christmas stock and order fulfillment, and benefits manufacturers and shoppers. The piece urges merchants to advertise in the Enterprise and begin Christmas sales early.
Sabbath School at 9:30 a.m. led by Mrs. Ed Smith. Evening program at 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor. Preaching at 3:00 p.m. every other Sabbath. Pastor W. E. Dyg to lead services.
Mass will be offered on the 2nd and 4th Sundays each month. Time to be announced. Father A. H. Busald serves as pastor.
Christian church horários list Bible School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 45 a m and 7 00 p m on Sundays with preaching every second Sunday of each month. Pastor R Ohaver leads.
The article explains which woodpeckers help farmers by eating pests and which can damage crops. It guides subscribers on identifying beneficial versus destructive woodpecker species and their role in pest control.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Catholic Church holds a market and apron sale in the King Hotel Lobby on November 20, 1915 at 3 pm. Funds support church activities and community needs.
Local farmer Ben Underwood and Sim Smith report repeated thefts from their chicken coops. They recovered birds from a poultry house and named the sellers, signaling a potential grand jury case as petty stealing rises and calls grow for penalties.
Bert Cook harvested 678 bushels of corn from a six acre plot at 118 bushels per acre after six years of timothy sod. The field yield and crop change are noted as proof crops pay. Martin Warner of Newport renewed his allegiance to the Enterprise. Mrs Minnie Dietzer left for Chicago for her daughter Anna Wagon's wedding.
The Montezuma brick plant fired a kiln last Thursday to resume operations around the sixteenth of the month. It will take about ten days to heat the kiln, after which production runs smoothly. The restart will employ about 100 men, earning roughly twelve hundred dollars weekly, with Gen. Mer. F. A. Cole hoping for steady winter work. The pending spring opening of a delayed building project could absorb all brick from nearby plants, underscoring the clay industry’s importance to Montezuma and the region.
A satirical piece imagines an anti treat rule under war conditions. Patrons must stay forty feet apart and shout drink orders via megaphone while exchanging humorous lines. The mock ritual ends with a toast to continue the anti treat ceremony.
The Salisbury family packed the opera house with a new program and unique features such as a specially built left hand horn. Montezuma theatergoers always welcome them and look forward to their next visit.
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