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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1922
Page
4
Rates and administrative details for The Enterprise A Home Newspaper dated September 2 1923. Subscription costs 1 50 per year in Indiana and Illinois 1 75 elsewhere. Advertising locals 1 cent per word minimum 20 cents. Card of thanks 25 cents.
The piece laments Montezuma's stagnation while neighboring towns boost activity and tourist facilities. It urges locals to publish ads, support business, and stop relying on others to push progress, noting frost signals approaching winter and the need for economic focus.
Local notices include travel, illnesses, family visits, and social events. Residents such as Fred Barnaby, Mrs. Jones, and Miss Phillips appear among routine updates. See also for sale ads, theatre previews, hat and glass promotions, and community travel to nearby towns.
Norma Talmadge headlines the Rex Theatre screening of Within the Law a Bayard VeIker stage hit restored to film. The drama stars Mary Turner a store clerk wrongly accused of theft with a daring vow to seek justice within the law.
The piece urges merchants to maintain honest advertising to inform customers and meet competition, stressing that shoppers should be kept apprised by the store through straightforward promotional efforts.
Report of the condition of the State Bank of Montezuma at Montezuma Indiana at the close of business on September. The statement lists loans and discounts with various items, cash in hands and in banks, due from banks, capital stock, surplus, profits and other data. Notary public confirms the oath and swearing of the statement on September 5th, 1923.
Readers can mail name and address with 5 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Iowa to receive a trial package of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Stomach and Diver Tablets and Chamberlain's Salve. The set covers coughs stomach troubles and skin ailments and costs 4 cents.
Elizabeth Quinlan as Administratrix of Jeremiah Conley deceased files final settlement in Parke Circuit Court. The court will examine the account on September 22, 1923 and all heirs creditors and legatees must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved. Dated August 1923. C G Powell attorney.
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