04 Mar 1909
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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
1
The Kankakee Deep Waterways Project is reported progressing quite satisfactorily with ongoing work and steady development across key sections, signaling positive momentum for the waterways initiative.
The Illinois and Indiana Deep Waterways Association directors met in North Judson at the DeArmond hotel last Saturday with six of eleven present. A decision was made to postpone director elections until after the Kankakee meeting on March 16, as they seek consultation with absent directors and other members. The group plans a drainage canal to connect South Bend to the Mississippi and Gulf and lists $200,000 in capital with shares at $50.
Secretary J N Hurty of the state board of health notes women often choose self destruction methods that spare their faces, preferring heart gunshots. He cites a 32 person suicide in the month, 11 women, and calls the rate frightful. He says investigators struggle to find the causes behind deaths by own action.
Over 25 North Judson ladies entered a bread bake off at Mosher's store last Saturday. Judges Miss Lois Foust Miss Mary Blaschke and Mrs. T M Smith awarded first to Mrs L H Warvel second to Mrs C R Deardorff and third to Mrs Fred Kasch using Gold Medal flour as the secret ingredient. The event promoted the brand and drew strong local interest with profits for participants.
Uncle Mat Lawrence presents a February weather digest with daily temperatures, notable notes on wind sleet and rain, and a prophetic poetic forecast about spring and Roosevelt era imagery. Mentions of local visits and travelers accompany the weather chronicle.
An article notes a Sunday event at the Winona Assembly marking a radical shift in strict observance practices. Details describe a notable departure from traditional Sunday routines and services.
The Winona Assembly, owner of an electric interurban system, plans a Sunday service starting the first Sunday in March and to sell tickets at the gates on Sundays. The move follows debates over Sabbath observance, with potential additions like bowling, baths, and balloons considered for summer. Local residents Lon Craig, L H Warvel, E M Lawson, C Christensen, Joe Potlack, W R Myers, Mrs W C Ford, and J Lampadius noted in town visits and farm developments.
The author argues against imprisoning convicts for long terms, claiming it harms families and breeds crime. Government should punish guilt without harming dependents, as taking labor from the wife and children yields starvation and social decay. He denounces tax-funded punishment as unjust and calls it blood money carrying a curse.
Chas tells James he fished. The problem asks to compute a numeric expression using counts from Bible events: books of Old and New Testaments, apostles at Transfiguration, Luke's gospel, marches around Jericho, Judas’s thirty pieces, spies Moses sent, letters in the home of the tree climber, and the Sons of Thunder. The result equals the number of fish caught.
The Purdue University seed corn special train will stop at Aldine at 9 30 AM and No Judson at 10 30 AM this Thursday. It carries lectures and demonstrations at each stop and will distribute literature and bulletins free. It offers educational value for attendees.
I N Short of Toto reports his wife Mrs Short has been seriously ill for three weeks with liver trouble. He notes it is the first time in 31 years she has needed a physician's services.
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