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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1904
Page
3
A poem narrated by a boy named Joe recalls his mother calling him to come inside from play. She checks the yard, calls twice, and repeats until he finally obeys. The piece captures a mother's persistent care and a child’s quiet defiance in Chicago Daily Tribune publishing.
A narrator recalls the death of a woman in a private room filled with mementos. He describes her beauty and intellect, the look of the room, and her past loves as a sense of release follows her final breath. A nurse presents a baby girl as if in contrast to the scene.
The narrator traces a woman’s life from a luminous childhood in Mississippi pinelands to glamorous early fame, then to a doomed Louisiana river romance. Through shifting scenes a devoted lover and a harsh fate shape a haunting, ethereal existence amid joy and suffering.
A gifted female writer endures poverty and peril after her husband’s death. She slips into a tense love affair, then faces renewed hardship. Renewal comes as she nears death, leaving a final breath of gratitude for a life of genius and passion.
A group discusses charm in womanhood as a late blooming quality. A speaker argues charm is the natural blossoming of the soul, not age or youth, illustrated by stories of women whose allure appeared at various stages, averaging about age 59.
Congressman John Sharp Williams relates a Mississippi man’s plight to mock the medical profession. The hypochondriac boasts of consulting many doctors while insisting he feels better, prompting a friend’s remark about his faith in physicians.
Walter Brown, Elkhart manufacturer and politician, was found guilty on 42 district counts in the federal court in Indianapolis for complicity in wrecking the Indiana national bank of Elkhart. Attorneys plan a motion for a new trial and possible appeal.
In Terre Haute Indiana April 16 coal operators and miners of the Eleventh district met in joint convention and adopted the Indianapolis agreement. Miners will remove slate up to six inches at no cost to operators. Slate beyond six to fifteen inches costs three cents per inch. thicker slate costs five cents per inch. The slate issue was the only point causing disagreement. Former District President Hargrove proposed the amendment, carried unanimously. Operators and miners met separately beforehand.
Henry Seward stands trial in Danville Indiana charged with killing his wife. He claims a noon attack by a tramp occurred while he was working the fields near Ferndale. Neighbors initially blamed the assailant and anonymous letters prompted Seward’s arrest.
In Noblesville Indiana on April 16 Mrs Bert Whitesell shot at Marshal Stephenson who had come to arrest her for mistreating a woman. Three shots were fired two missed the third pierced Stephenson’s coat sleeve grazing flesh. She was disarmed jailed on the charge of shooting with intent to kill.
Terre Haute Indiana April 14 The sub scale committee accomplished nothing Wednesday and adjournment was taken until Thursday morning An operator who is a member of the committee said Wednesday night that he could not see that the members would be able to agree on a scale despite others believing an agreement was only a short time away
In Pittsburg a semi official Amalgamated Association meeting decided the tinplate and steel branch must accept a 15 percent wage reduction through the end of the current scale next July. The news reached Anderson, Indiana, on Thursday night.
Factories including Straube piano Table Bros trunk makers and Stearns Tailoring Co all signed contracts to locate in Hammond Indiana. James B Clow Manufacturing Co may move its factories from Chicago to Hammond.
Gov Durbin will cooperate with Indianapolis shipowners and other large Indiana cities to secure enactment of a law at the next legislative session creating a railway and warehouse commission.
Anderson Indiana April 16 Superintendent Albert S Ingalls of the Cleveland Indianapolis division of the Big Four railway arrived on a hand car and planned to continue to Indianapolis despite a cold wave He said the journey would allow a careful check of the roadbed after recent high waters and to meet each section crew Young Ingalls is the son of Big Four president Ingalls.
Walter Jones foreman and two other workers were suspended 60 feet above Newcastle street on a canvas covered platform while splicing cables. A torch sparked the canvas fire, ropes burned, they clung to wires, the platform fell, all three fell to the ground and were burned but not seriously.
The body of Walter Gay of West Point Indiana was found on Missouri Pacific tracks near the Union depot in Kansas City on Wednesday. He was believed to have wandered from Sterling Colorado on his way home from school and was struck by a train. An unexpired $2,500 accident policy was found in his pocket.
In Corydon Indiana on April 14 doctors report a peculiar malady identified as cerebral tuberculosis. The town mourns after the death of a prominent citizen and the loss of Miss Alice Griffin, daughter of former County Treasurer Patrick Griffin.
Eugene V. Debs writes a long article charging that United Mine Workers officials betrayed their members to operators in the wages agreement reached at the recent interstate conference at Indianapolis.
Spencer Indiana April 16 The Second district delegates to the national democratic convention were not instructed. The Hearst men were not strong enough to attempt to force through an endorsement of their candidate.
Richmond Indiana April 15 Miss Elsie Marshal a prominent city figure has been chosen head of the department of household economics at Earlham college The course will be enlarged and improved by the appointment.
Terre Haute Indiana April 16 J O Crockett formerly superintendent of the Terre Haute and Logansport division Vandalia has been appointed superintendent of telegraphs and mails for the Rock Island system.
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