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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1922
Page
1
The congregation invites all readers to attend morning and evening services next Sunday. Special guest soprano Mrs. Nettie Stoner Rose will perform at both services. Sermons will be “The Failing Of The Brook” in the morning and “To Whom Shall We Go” or “Is Religion reasonable” in the evening. All are welcome regardless of church affiliation or belief.
Harry Reeder closed the oae for the '23 season Monday. The Myers Garage building nears completion as a party member is injured. Rockville beat Clinton Push 5 to 3 at Rockville Sunday.
The listing promotes Thelma a picturization of Marie Corelli's story starring Jane Novak with Viking scenery, plus Prosley Comedy Poonerville Follies. Shows begin 6:30 pm with admission 10 and 25 cents. Also Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles and Aesop fables The Spider and the Fly. Next Friday Saturday Sept 21 22 Norma Talmadge in Within the Law.
Ocklawaha, believed several hundred years old and thirteen and a half feet long, weighs about 1400 pounds. Experts measure age by nose width between eye teeth, noting a quarter inch widening per fifty years after ten feet. The reptile has twenty two tooth sets and is unlikely to spread diseases. myths of limb-devouring are incorrect as it seizes firmly then twists free the captured limb.
An Irish maid from Tipperary tells visitors who arrived at 4 30 that the master and mistress waited until three then left, hoping they would not come, as reported by the London Daily Express.
Officials estimate 8000 or more attended the Ku Klux Klan picnic at Overpeck grove near Clinton. Delegates arrived with Klandom symbols, a noon barbecue, speeches, fireworks, a 9 30 parade on Main Vine Ninth, robed Knights present, a Show me airplane dropping a fiery cross, and a large crowd watching the festive procession.
Wabash Township reports a Sunday Bradfield reunion at Beechwood Methodist attended by local families. Visitors include Oscar McCampbell and daughter Rachel Anne of High Point, North Carolina, and several local residents with ties to Armiesburg Mt. Vernon and Fairview. A guarded grove with red white and blue crosses lit the grounds as songs were sung near midnight.
The event at Mrs. Geo. Mathas residence featured Mrs. Fred Mathas assisting. The gathering occurred on October 2 with candidates gathered around a large fiery cross during initiation.
A dowdy shack and littered alley define Ebenezer Jabez Potts's home as neighbors debate virtue. The poem-like verse contrasts reform desires with personal hypocrisy, urging cleaner living and communal improvement. Potts and his brothers are cited as examples in a moral reflection on civic responsibility.
A grocer told his son to place a sign on bread to deter handling. The son posted a placard reading Please do not handle the bread its unsanitary. Meanwhile misheadlines joke about King Tut’s tomb and a scientist’s flu discovery provide wry commentary.
Theatrical writers announce a slate of Egyptian songs inspired by discoveries in the tomb of Old Tutankhamun. Report suggests these “mummy” tunes may be rewritten with the word mummy in key refrains for novelty and appeal.
Venerable French astronomer Camille Flammarion argues curiosity fuels science and should be praised. He notes curiosity governs children and women’s knowledge, while many eminent men once distrusted it. Le Verrier, who found Neptune, preferred mathematics over active curiosity and reportedly never glimpsed the planet.
An Argonaut report notes rising quicksilver demand for electrical appliances and details Scotland's adoption of a mercury float system for lighthouse lights. The lights rest on a pontoon sliding on mercury, now at thirty coast stations and expanding. Each lighthouse requires seven to eight flasks of seventy‑five pounds.
An eastern city traffic officer known for precision and white gloves left her post after the chief refused her request for an hour off to have her hair washed. A friend asked for details, but she declined to discuss the matter.
After a savage bull injured a farmer, he spent nearly $200 on medical care and repairs. A friend congratulated him on looking well, while the farmer quipped that more work remains and bills are not finished yet.
A Washington Star quote notes that summer beach costumes are designed to keep people from looking beyond the breakers. It suggests unseen serpents or hazards may still be present off shore, though not noticed by beachgoers.
The present game law outlines hunting seasons and bag limits for various species. Quail run Nov 10 to Dec 20 with a 15 bird bag. prairie chickens Oct 15 to Nov 1 with 5. geese and brant Sept 16 to Dec 31 with 8. rabbits Apr 1 to Jan 9. squirrels Aug 1 to Nov 30. fox Nov 10 to Feb 10. Prohibitions include hunting on public highways, without landowner permission, on Sundays, or off your premises without a license. A hunting license must be carried.
Elizabeth Quinlan as administratrix of Jeremiah Conley deceased presents final settlement in Parke Circuit Court. The examination is set for September 22, 1928, requiring all heirs creditors and legatees to appear and show cause why the accounts and vouchers should not be approved. C G Powell attorney.
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