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Newspaper
Hobart News
Location
Hobart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
1
House bill 33 passed both legislative branches and signed by the governor. Township trustees and assessors will be elected in off years instead of presidential years. The measure extends current terms two years to Jan 1, 1915.
After a short absence the jury at Crown Point last week found John Carlson not guilty in the Howard murder trial. The defense argued self defense and Carlson was on the run during the case tied to the recent Gary strike.
A brief humor and philosophy piece by Duncan M. Smit delivers a playful exchange about parental prowess in wit and bragging. The dialogue format highlights clever counterclaims and light bragging in a humorous stylistic tone.
Anna Pearson wife of Per Pearson of Miller died Saturday March 4 at home from pneumonia. Born in Sweden 57 years ago she and her family had lived in Miller for some time. Funeral held Tuesday with interment in Miller cemetery.
Hobart people who have spent two months in Pensacola Florida are expected home about the fifteenth of the month. All except Mr and Mrs B Strattan. Mr and Mrs Gib Bullock and Mr and Mrs W C Halsted and Mr and Mrs Jacob Fiester will return next week.
The store touts competitive flow prices while emphasizing its good groceries. It invites customers to compare prices and visit to see the value firsthand.
Jesse Seaver twenty is a former theological student at Richmond Indiana pleaded guilty to passing a forged check on Earlham College. He was sentenced to the state reformatory for two to fourteen years. Seaver said the forgery financed his studies and that he obtained similar means from several colleges in recent months.
The Milk Producers' association representing 4,000 farmers in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana approved a wholesale price cut of about one cent per quart for the next six months. The new schedule per 100 pounds or 48 quarts runs April 1 150, May 120, June 110, July 140, August 150, September 155, with expected impact not reflecting retail 8 cent quart prices. The six month average to April was 1.65 per hundred pounds, and the 1911 summer price will be slightly higher than last summer’s 1.32.
The anti foreign corporation measure known as mysterious senate bill 105 was killed by a 54 to 41 vote in the house on Friday. Representatives Wasmuth and Wells charged Indianapolis News owner Delavan Smith aimed to use the bill to curb Gary Land Co and favor his Gary real estate interests, while opponents argued it would bar foreign capital and hinder large Indiana investments. Mrs Cooper wife of the second trick operator at the J returned Thursday from Centralia Illinois after months with relatives.
The piece mocks Mary Andersons plan to write about the American man detailing her mistaken views of dress suits and social types. It contrasts readers assumptions with the real male archetype seen in workers and laborers, arguing the ornamental image fails to capture true character.
Hobart High School defeated Hebron 49 to 18 in Saturday basketball action at the school gym. The Hobart alumni, Hobart versus Wheeler, produced a strong showing with Hobart winning 23 to 5.
The first case before Judge Kopelke was Larson versus Nelson of Hobart a suit to quiet title. Attorney Joseph Conroy represented the defendant and Tinkham and Bozarth represented the plaintiff in whose favor the case was decided.
Last Saturday Jerome Shearer suffered a deep gash to his instep when his ax struck his foot while splitting wood. He fainted on entering the house, neighbor Mrs. John Mathews aided him, Dr. Dwight Mackey sewed the wound, and Shearer remains laid up but improving.
At Miller a Panama canal worker’s widow Mrs A W Fisher died at the Crown Point poor farm after hardship and illness. Weeks earlier her husband left a 30 dollar check for the family, funds that arrived too late to help his wife and two children in their time of need.
Prisoners in the county jail petition Sheriff Thomas Grant to find wives to win release. Michael Sacha, a young man from Indiana Harbor, agreed to wed Mary Dragan who said Judge Riley would free him. They married by Judge Joseph Atkins, prompting more requests from inmates.
A playful rural verse discusses hoarding and self improvement through hens and money, weaving sayings about blessings and getting rich. The poem contrasts frugality with get rich schemes while noting a marsh hunting outing by L. E. Barnes Ed Scheidt and John Hillman.
Miss Edna Rowan of Caldwell Kansas associate secretary of the National Loyal Temperance Legion will speak at the Methodist church Sunday morning and evening March 12. Arrangements will be made for an organization of the L T L and the entire Sunday school is urged to stay for the service.
Officials from Benton Harbor Cassopolis Kendallville Goshen Laporte Crown Point Valparaiso Rochester Bremen Bourbon met at the Oliver Hotel to discuss forming a new fair circuit including South Bend. The plan lists fairs starting Crown Point week of Aug 22 then Valparaiso La Porte South Bend Goshen Kendallville Cassopolis and Benton Harbor, omitting Rochester Bremen and Bourbon whose fairs occur later.
Harvard Egyptology expert George A Reisner reports discoveries in Samaria showing inked messages on potsherds from the Israelite kings palace. The shards refer to fishes and taxes paid to King Ahab, using lampblack ink, suggesting early Israelite writing contemporaneous with the Bible.
Washington dispatch notes Senator Beveridge will return to Indianapolis this week. He may travel through Canada in the coming year or two and write magazine articles or a book on his observations. He intends to pursue literary work after his senator term ends.
A humorous note promotes a winter camp with many guides and good shooting. A playful reply mocks the idea, saying I couldn’t shoot a guide, highlighting lighthearted modern wit.
William Lyon Phelps discusses Robert Louis Stevenson showing Russian cosmopolitanism through a 1874 Mentone letter. Stevenson recalls lunch with two Russian girls, a three-year-old polyglot who spoke Italian German and unknown Russian, claiming he was a madchen before revising the verdict. He notes the other child, two and a half, speaks six languages.
A spokesman reviews a social note about a business marriage connection. He says the speaker married the other man’s daughter and clarifies the informal ties within the Commercial Age.
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