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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
4
A note explains that the front page feature Proverbs Not by Solomon was miscredited to Missouri Valley Farmer and credits were corrected after an oversight.
The Marshall News reports a Commercial Club has been formed at the location. It is praised as a positive development and something Montezuma should have, signaling local civic progress and business community interest.
Citizens of Montezuma and nearby areas may list stock machinery tools or other sale items cheaply in the Enterprise Every body’s Column. Public notices invite prompt free listings to reach readers across the community.
Representatives of the Prairie Farmer collect county data for a Farmers and Breeders Directory. The firm published a directory for Edgar County Illinois and the copy was secured at the time, noted as a valuable piece of work.
The text proposes creating a school news department within the Enterprise to cover both grade and high school reports. It suggests securing student reporters, naming the department, and asks teachers to organize and discuss the proposition at the office.
The editor notes a school journal is impractical due to rising material and labor costs and infrequent publication. They express willingness to assist if the project proceeds and pledge support if possible.
The message asks readers to share likes and dislikes about the paper’s humor and serious items, promising to consider improvements. It explains the paper aims to serve supporters and invites suggestions while noting no reflections are intended on anyone.
Local brief mentions elicit names and movements from Eli Craft and Miss Helen Naylor to Mrs. Roe Wilfong and George Hartman. Reports cover visitors, shopping trips, kinfolk visits, outbreaks of crime with safes blown, shipments of shells by George Mathas, farm produce street sales, and shop bargains at Lins Ladies Shop Clinton.
Wwm.Metyz and family spent Sunday with Fred Pitman while Mrs. Jennie Thomas moves to the vacated property of Chas Flowers in Terre Haute. Chas Doss and family return from Fort Wayne after visiting a sick daughter. Several local residents travel and host, with a sale notice and community notices interwoven among personal updates.
An advertisement by Dr. S. L. Pope promotes chiropractic care at Kirst National Bank Building in Montezuma Indiana. It asserts that removing the underlying cause cures all ailments and urges readers not to delay treatment. It claims thousands have been restored to health.
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