Montezuma Electric Plant Rates to Be Reduced Next Year
The Town Board plans a new rate schedule lowering street and commercial lighting and power charges starting January first. The plant reports a working surplus of 994.95 and intact 1825.86 in the Meter Deposit Fund after paying debt. Historical rate changes show tax savings to residents of about 2764.83 since 1921, with total annual savings projected at 2400.00 for taxpayers and users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Wabash Valley Electric Co
Local social notes from Rockville and nearby towns
Mrs. B A Machin shopped in Rockville Friday. Mrs. R W Johnston hosted a card club Monday. Mrs Braner plans a winter stay with her son. Mr and Mrs Scott Russell visited friends in Marshall Tuesday. Gertrude Cooke dined with Mrs R C Murphy Sunday. A E Higbee and daughter Mary Elizabeth visited Terre Haute last Friday. Frances Naylor spent a weekend with her sister in Terre Haute. Claude Taylor and son Jack visited Mrs R C Murphy Friday. P F McNamee spent Sunday with Edwin B Scott near Scotland. Mary Ferguson of Rockville visited here with Wm McCord. Hilda Clark of Indianapolis visitors in town. Lucile Moore, Urbana teacher, came home for a Sunday visit. Ora Bailey left for Bremerton Washington to stay with her brother. Mae Clark returned from Tennessee last Friday after weeks away.
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Claude Taylor
Jack
R. C. Murphy
P. F. McNamee
Edwin B. Scott
Scottland
Mrs Kaufman Treated in Decatur Hospital for Foot Pain
Mrs. Jake Kaufman of the south part of town was taken to Decatur Illinois this week for hospital treatment. She has endured foot pain for about three years since an injury and seeks relief through medical care at the facility.
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Jake Kaufman
Decatur
Local Notes on Visits and Births in Indiana Area
Lucile McNamee visited Scottland Illinois with grandparents Friday to Sunday. Chas Machledt's illness prompted Fontanet trip for his family. B T Clearwaters welcome William Thomas born early Sunday in Rockville. Mrs A B Higbee and daughter Mary Elizabeth travel to Indianapolis for a weekend with relatives. Mayme and Margaret Jacobs from Indianapolis visited Medora Bipus on Sunday.
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Mayme
Margaret Jacobs
Indianapolis
Medora Bipus
Visiting day notes and town updates in rural Illinois
The report covers various local items from Hillsdale and Edgar county. Mentions of church campaigns, a funeral for Mrs. John White Bana, improvements on River street, and a new fence. An altercation of local infrastructure includes a moved telephone pole and widened Main street crossing.
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Arley Scott
Teen Sues Over Train Jump Accident Near Newport Station
The 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs Gallahue suffered a broken arm after jumping from a moving freight train north of Newport station. He and a friend rode from Hillsdale toward West Montezuma and failed to exit before the grade beyond Newport, causing the injury.
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Wm. Gallahue
Newport
Hillsdale
West Montezuma
Train Schedules for Eastern Western Routes Listed
The notice lists train times for multiple lines including East and West departures morning and afternoon. It specifies Sunday trains and regional divisions such as C. & E. South and Brazil division with afternoon and morning departures.
Youth's Companion subscription offer for 1922
The Youth's Companion promotes 1922 issues packed with serials stories editorials poetry and more. Subscriptions include 52 issues for 2.50 or plus McCall's Magazine for 3.00. Offer directs readers to Commonwealth Ave and St Paul St Boston MA for new subscriptions.
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Companion
Youth’s Companion
McCall’s
Commonwealth Ave
St. Paul St
Boston
Mass
People of Our Town
An unidentified note reflects a local column tone about a business form and a man associated with promoting a hanging crepe. The readable fragments hint at community commentary and social customs in a town setting.
Public Utility Commission proposes rate raise hearing
A public notice indicates the Public Utility Commission will hold a hearing on a proposed rate increase. The announcement appeared in county newspapers last week.
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Public Utility Commission
Town Election Notice for Montezuma Indiana 1921
An election will be held in Montezuma Parke county Indiana on Tuesday November 8 1921 to elect town officers including five trustees one in each ward and a clerk treasurer Polls open 6 AM and close 6 PM The notice is issued by J D Reel Clerk Treasurer in regular session October 6.
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Montezuma
Parke County
Indiana
Board of Trustees
Lost endgate for Ford truck in town
A lost Ford truck endgate is reported missing in town. The finder is asked to leave the item at the Enterprise office and claim a reward.
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Enterprise Office
For LaLue Four Room House and Three Lots
Property listing notes a four room house with garage wood and coal house and other outbuildings in good repair and a well kept orchard. Inquire at Enterprise Office.
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LaLue
Enterprise Office
Presbyterian Opening Service Programme 1921
The programme announces two services on October 30, 1921 at 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. Rev N W Clark will preach at both services with soloists Nettie Stoner Rose and Mary Elizabeth Higbee. Miss Higbee will sing at the morning service and Goldie Hamilton of Montezuma will preside at the organ. The note promises good congregational music and extends a cordial invitation to all to attend and tell others.
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Presbyterian Church
N. W. Clark
Nettie Stoner Rose
Ladoga
Ind
Mary Elizabeth Higbee
Montezuma
Goldie Hamilton
Dinner guests of local families noted in Sunday visit
Mr. and Mrs. Orph Milligan and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kemp with son Walter joined Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones for a Sunday dinner.
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Orph Milligan
Geo. Kemp
Walter
Frank Jones
5 Reels of Fun in Fickle Women farce
David Butler stars in Fickle Women adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story Sitting On the World. The comedy features a doughboy and delivers more laughs than the funniest past hit.
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David Butler
Saturday Evening Post
Five Wires a Picture with Comedy and Pitch
The item notes a picture titled Five Wires featuring comedy and pitch with Mutt and Jeff as likely characters or subjects.
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Mutt
Jeff
Marys Ankle Comedy on Paramount Artcraft
Sunday All Comedy Night features Douglas MacLean and Doris May in Marys Ankle a Paramount Artcraft film about a pretend marriage on a ship as a quirky doctor pursues cash from Uncle. Added attraction Snookey the Chimpanzee in a 2 reel comedy The Big Show.
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Douglas MacLean
Doris May
Mary
Paramount, Artcraft
Doc
O. K
Milestones Presented by Tuesday Samuel Goldwyn
A dramatic portrayal spanning three generations of lovers highlights ambition and love against social expectations. The production is praised as a masterful picturization of stage success by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Arnold Bennett
Edward Knoblock
Goldwyn Week to Feature Notable Programs at Local Theatre
Observers will enjoy an unusually strong line up next week with Milestones on Tuesday Earth Bound on Thursday Basil King drama of the unseen world Saturday Birity Pulls the Strings. The following Tuesday November 1 Will Rogers appears in Boys Will Be Boys.
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Goldwyn
Basil King
Birity
Will Rogers
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