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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
1
The Enterprise urges Montezuma area readers to participate in the November 7 to 12 Subscribe for Your Home Town Paper Week. Citizens are asked to renew or start subscriptions, share papers with distant relatives, and promote loyalty to the local press.
Mrs. Howard Thomas died last Friday night at her home in the north part of town from influenza after several days of illness.
The daughter of Henry BE Rohr and his late wife is survived by her husband and three children Ivan Merle and Marie. The funeral was held at the home Monday at 2 PM with Rev. Brown of near Newport officiating and burial in the Oakland cemetery.
The Home Theatre presents Eva Novak in The Smart Sex and Bebe Daniels in Ducks and Drakes with Matinee at 2 45. Kinograms and two 2 reel comedies scheduled. On Tuesday Neal Hart stars in Hell's Oasis. Wednesday features Chas. Ray in The Old Swimmin Hole. Thursday and Friday show Thomas H Ince production Mother O Mine with promotional note by Ince.
The S. S. Convention in Reserve Township met at Coloma church on Sunday afternoon October 22. Parke M. Dooley was elected president with Ivan Causey as vice president and Maude Presler as secretary-treasurer. Officers for divisions include Carrie Manwaring and Bonnie Pressler, with Newton C. Morris and Prof. C. C. Kelso in administration and education roles. The next convention will be at Montezuma M E H church pending date.
Feothurston and Mr. Oliver Phillips family spent Sunday together. Mrs. John Myers with daughters Jennie and Helen visited her mother in Marshall on Thursday. Charles Williams and siblings of Bloomingdale visited Crawfordsville relatives Sunday. Opal Wimmer and daughters visited Mrs. John Myers on Friday. Hattie Featherston Pearl and Mrs. Mathas toured Cayuga Monday. Myers attended Mrs. Howard Thomas’s funeral in Montezuma Monday with daughters planning to move to Tangier this winter to live with the Wimmer family. Vera Knight spent the weekend with relatives.
The article notes abundant game this season and predicts a good hunt ahead. It reminds readers the quai law runs from November 10 to December 20 with a daily bag limit of fifteen per hunter and urges sportsmen to obtain licenses and avoid forbidden lands or risk prosecution.
A mass entertainment is planned for Saturday evening October 29 by the Odd Fellows and Rebs kahs of Hillsdale. The event will offer corn bread beans pumpkin pie sweet milk and coffee and invites all to attend and bring something good to eat.
Reported diphtheria cases increase local concern. Officials warn numbers may grow unless measures are taken. Halloween falls Monday October 31, prompting added public health cautions.
White has accepted a low fee and says he has earned four times his current pay. The notice urges public turnout to hear Mr White and asks help advertising the concert. Admission 25 and 15 cents. Tickets available at the banks drug stores school offices and by teachers and pupils.
The Parke County Historical Society invites all residents to a November 5 1921 2 PM program at Memorial Presbyterian church marking the county centennial. The event aims to include many citizens over age 75 and seeks broad support and cooperation. Official program details to be announced next week. Mrs Rufus Dooley president C K E Lambert secretary.
The Youth's Companion promotes a family oriented emblem on all stationery and ads. New 1922 subscribers receive 52 issues plus remaining 1921 issues and a 1922 calendar for $2.50, or both that and McCall's Magazine for $3.00. Subscriptions available at Commonwealth Ave and St Paul St Boston MA.
The notice corrects figures in a Monteguma article. Street lighting savings should start January 1, 1919, not 1921. The Wabash Valley Electric Co rate date and profits are adjusted from about $1,000 to $10,000 for the period to date.
A humorous card notes a gullible man fooling himself with an Ouija board bought at a corner drug store. He imagines chats with famous figures including Shakespeare Cleopatra and Gyp the Blood, highlighting popular superstition.
The Enterprise invites readers to subscribe during November 7 to 12 for a Home Town Paper week promotion. Subscriptions offer reduced rates and access to local news coverage, sports, and features through the newsroom.
Mr. J F Lee drives a new Ford. Home Town Paper week runs November 7 to 12. Scarlet fever rumors circulate in the south town. Taxes unpaid by November 7 incur penalties. O L Brown & Son assisted a funeral at Marshall Tuesday morning. Teachers attended the Indianapolis association on Thursday and Friday. Mr and Mrs W B Pawley bought the Hixon property and plan to move later. A Danville couple received a marriage license. Prairie chicken season runs Oct 15 through Oct 31 with a limit of five per day. A Mecca couple wed in Paris last week. Emma R Burkett of Hillsdale sentenced to prison for forging Roosevelt endorsement on a $69,900 note. Pythian Sisters group and husbands involved in local activities.
Esther Hann spent last Thursday in Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hancock were guests of Terre Haute friends Sunday. Miss Bertha Swaim of Ridge Farm visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowman Sunday. Mrs. Cal Bartlow went to Chicago to visit a ill sister last week. Harry Machledt and family of Waveland visited John and Mrs. Machledt Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Carter dined with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mannon of Quincy Sunday. Miss Snyder from King store visited Judson with her family. Mr. and Mrs. James Jared attended a surprise dinner for Mr. Wm. Jared of Newport on his birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carty and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Carty spent Sunday in Clinton with James Carty. Guests at James Naylor’s were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Naylor of Camage Illinois and George Naylor of Indianapolis. Mesdames Wm. McCord and Kenneth Morrison went to Crawfordsville Saturday meeting Walter McCord of Bloomington. They then visited R. S. McCord in Attica for Sunday. Miss Lora Reeder visited in Terre Haute with her brother.
A group of friends from Clinton surprised host Taylor Dawson with a party on Saturday evening. Music and a bachelor lunch of pumpkin pie and grape juice followed, then a smoke of home grown banana. Paddy Miles of Scotland, Illinois, joined from Dawson's hometown.
Belle Phillips visits daughter in Gibson City Illinois. Linvilles visit Batesville parents. Manion family from Newport visits Brodericks. Underwood family dine with Cook family. Harriett King Kenneth Thompson visit Bertha Brockway from Indianapolis. Halloween party planned for grade teachers and high school faculty. Reba Adams returns to Maxwell restaurant Montezuma. Machin family with mother from Montezuma travel to Dana for visit with Al Dicken. November 7 to 12 is Home Town Paper week.
Mrs J E Hancock hosted the card club with guests Mrs Harry Machlett Mrs Foster Glover and Miss Vivian Oldshue of Waveland and Mrs Harry Reeder and Mrs Ben Underwood attending. Nov 7 to 12 is subscribe for your Home Town Paper week.
Basil King presents a moving tale of two worlds aided by modern photography. Stars Wyndham Standing Naomi Childers Lawson Butt headline the cast in a dramatic feature at Rex. Admission 15 and 30 cents.
Saturday Samuel Goldwyn presents Reginald Barker's production of Bunty Pulls the Strings the first Scotch feature-size comedy on screen with nonstop laughter from first reel to last Bray Pictograph is also shown.
Vivian Martin headlines a Sunday program in a comedy drama His Official Fiancee followed by the 2 reel Mermaid comedy Duck Inn. Paramount pictures is shown every Sunday highlighting these features.
Irvin S. Cobb notes Will Rogers in a Tuesday feature titled Boys will be Boys with the subtitle nuff said. The piece cites Rogers’ humor and social commentary as part of Cobb’s literary framing.
Coming next Thursday the life and adventures of William S. Cody titled Buffalo Bill will be shown. The program promises a vivid portrait of the famous Frontiersman and his exploits.
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