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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
2
A note appears to describe the capture of a man named John Vaughn who fled with a boy from Michigan City Prison. The two were reportedly headed toward Arizona when authorities tracked them to a farm near Koutz. The report also contains garbled text and unclear names.
A garbled report mentions police action against alcohol runners and names several streets and individuals. Vague accusations reference arrests or detentions, with scattered addresses listed including Cottage Avenue West Henry Street and Clinton area names. The text is highly incomprehensible and contains numerous misspellings and disjointed phrases.
Fragmented OCR outlines multiple legal references and property bequests. It mentions Mr Kierren’s death and a sum of 5800 in property, with remaining assets left to an association and the Art school. Several cases of owed property stall are noted as pending in courts.
An Indiana native Thomas I. Darebin formerly of Dearborn county sent to the state department of conservation will place seven Civil War relics in the Pudimuseum as items from his nativity state.
In Traummond on October 11 a boarder found Belesliw Spir gewski and his wife along with their two sons and daughter dead in their beds. The deaths occurred with the family reportedly unable to escape due to no water heater.
News review reports Polish gains in armistice terms with Soviet Russia with a border set east of Dvinsk creating a corridor to Lithuania and diminishing Lithuanian ties to Russia. It notes Polish diplomacy, Turkish and British influence, and concerns over Wrangel in southern Russia as well as Ireland’s constitutional movement and U.S. presidential campaign push for the League of Nations.
The report describes Wrangel’s northward push with thousands of prisoners and war matériel while his sea coast advance reaches the Don region. It notes Makno’s alleged junction and later Bolshevik alignment claims affecting Wrangel’s position, with uncertainties about truth and leadership shifts.
The allied delegation reaches Suwalki on Tuesday to start work on the Poland Lithuania dispute as fighting ceases the same day.
Taly and Juzea Slavia cabinet members met in Venice to resume direct negotiations on the Adriatic dispute. Past statements by Llord George and Millerant, then French premier, were cited as support for a regional solution and influence on Fiume's status.
The article notes cautious U S Japanese diplomacy amid electoral tensions. Viscount Tsht discusses staying peaceful, saying war will not occur unless either side seeks territory. He asserts Japan has no intention to seize American land and rejects a trade war as a cause for conflict.
Moderates from across Ireland push a plan for dominion rule as Sinn Fein leaders indicate support if majority backing is shown. Premier Lloyd George demands clear Irish backing before any Parliament submission. The council asserts they have a workable scheme and seek public consent.
Senator Warding toured the Middle West and spoke in Des Moines on ratifying or rejecting the League of Nations covenant. He vowed to oppose acceptance and urged keeping American freedom free of entangling commitments while consulting Congress before any decision.
President Wilson rejects Senator Spencer of Missouri over alleged wartime pledges to aid Teassonia and Serbia. Spencer cites a stenographic record from the eighth plenary, claiming Wilson said force guarantees peace. Secretary Tumulty says no such report exists and no record is known in this country.
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the conspiracy to violate the selective draft act and espionage acts conviction of Big Bin Haywood and 98 others tried before Judge Landis, pending possible Supreme Court action.
A historical religious lesson outlines Jesus leaving Judea for Galilee after John the Baptist’s imprisonment, calling fishermen to become fishers of men, and beginning a threefold Galilean ministry of teaching, preaching, and healing in Capernaum and surrounding regions. It links prophecies to Jesus’s mission and urges repentance and belief in the gospel.
A pointed reflection urges patience and humility as God teaches life’s lessons in his own way. The author cautions against hoping for an easy pause or a swift reward before learning the intended moral.
Quoted fragment notes that spies and talehearers may do more mischief than poison or dagger. British tone references a speaker labeled Schitler, implying a caution about gossip and covert influence in conflict. The text presents a provocative historical quotation fragment.
Carrollton Kentucky woman Lillian Tharp describes long suffered female weakness and fatigue yet after twelve bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and now works as a state hospital attendant. She recommends the remedy to friends and invites others to seek free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
An advertisement promises a $500 secured business backed by a U.S. patent and urges contact with Frank J. Grady of Madison Wisconsin. The page also promotes song hits from Columbia Records and a freckle removal ointment by Dr Berry with a free book offer from Chicago based firms.
A Birmingham Ave Herald item quotes Hon. Thomas Jefferson Wapples addressing accusations that he broke pre election pledges. He notes four years in Congress and hints at difficulty passing constructive legislation while his barber shop visits obscure recognition.
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