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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
6
A compact digest of major global events arranged for quick reading. Includes concise notes on politics, economy, conflicts, science, and cultural milestones intended for busy readers seeking rapid awareness of worldwide developments.
Berlin reports Serbian advances halted and Belgrade in German hands while Saloniki dispatches claim Allied troops landing to aid Serbia. Bulgarian entry possible. Serbia and Bulgaria at war. Global casualty and prison figures cited. Naval losses and French Champagne gains noted along with other European events and domestic U.S. notices.
Miss H Meybard White, an artist living in Philadelphia, distrusts ghosts after night prowlers and noises drive away visitors. Her guest Miss Netty Barry fled when jewels worth $1000 vanished, believed stolen by a masked burglar or phantom. A prior bride, dead by suicide, is rumored to haunt the dining room at midnight.
An article extols New York dining culture and the wealth of its waiters. It notes waiters’ influence on diners, hints at luxury real estate profits, and recalls a Delmonico’s anecdote where a waiter reveals ownership of a coveted lot, hinting at insider networks.
Des Moines experiments with a housing plan by the Octavia Hill association to build red brick modern apartments renting for 8 to 12.50 dollars monthly. Forty five families will occupy the first block with a central playground and rent collectors who are trained social workers. project cost near 60 thousand dollars, funded by capital stock and a mortgage at 4.4 percent. The venture aims for a 5.7 percent net income after expenses and taxes.
A fragment from New York discusses the city’s 40 story municipal building, contrasting city expense with private sector costs. It critiques public architecture and labels the project as large and costly. The piece questions value and transparency in urban investment.
The state board of pardons sent its September report to Governor Ralston recommending clemency for four murderers. Included are Vincent Ginn from Henry County serving a life sentence for second degree murder and Farmer Zono rosky from Newton County with a sentence of two to fourteen years for assault and battery to commit felony. Oliver Haycock’s long prior case is noted among pardons.
Indianapolis Oct. 11 The twenty seventh annual meeting of the Grand Temple of the Pythian Sisters of Indiana closed with officer installations in the K of P building. Nearly 500 delegates attended as Iey D. Shafer Terre Haute was elected grand chief. Cora Hood Bluffton won grand mistress of records and correspondence. Maude Constable Goodland took grand outer guard.
Plan Richmond Centennial organizers name B F Wissler of Cambridge City as president with L S Bowman as secretary and D S Coe as treasurer to guide the city’s 100th anniversary next June. A historic pageant in Glen Miller park and exhibits of Richmond’s development are proposed with school children set to perform.
Closing session of the annual Central Indiana conference at Pleasant Ridge featured Rev. H Edwards on Sunday School Activity Rev. O D Stoddard on Education Rev W H Martin on The Indiana State Conference Its Work and Our Part in It Rev C S Masterson spoke Church Extension and Rev W Kibby delivered a memorial sermon
The thirty-second annual reunion of the Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry closed after a two day session in Kokomo with about sixty five survivors attending. Noblesville was chosen as the 1916 reunion site. A. J. Frybarger was elected president and I. B. Austin vice president, both from Noblesville. C. A. Somers will continue as permanent secretary for the 30 years.
Delbert Anderson of Carlisle arrested on six grand jury indictments charging illegal sale of liquor and bonded $250 each. Noah Walters, operator of the Blue Goose saloon near Hymera, held on nine indictments accusing illegal sale and released on bonds of $250 each.
Allied forces rush troops through Greece as Austro German troops cross the Save and Danube into Serbia. Belgrade falls after desperate street fighting. 160 000 Teutons and 150 000 additional Austro German troops are reported to have crossed into Serbia. Diplomatic dispatches discuss strategy and political maneuvers in Athens and Belgrade.
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