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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
5
A detective tale credited to Philip G Hubert Jr appears in a 1898 J P Lippincott publication. The prose hints at intricate clues and a chase central to the mystery.
A reporter for the New York Gazette visits Ellen Robertson and her father as they host him for supper while discussing a hidden umbrella patent tied to a possible theft case. He weighs exposing Ellen or shielding her, then contemplates confessing his own journalistic role if needed.
French artist M. De La Neziere returning from West Africa spent months chasing a sitting with Samory the dethroned king. The monarch balked at posing with bashful fits and practical jokes, shifting from hiding behind turbans to splashing water on canvas. After many interruptions, the painter secured a few sketches for a finished portrait.
An excited caller asks a lawyer to sue for damages after being called a shyster with two dozen witnesses. The dialogue unfolds in a village sewing circle where Beulah Blank, a thrifty war widow, weighs marriage amid army draft and a pension of twelve dollars a month, noting that it pays to marry in certain circumstances.
Poem extols a mother as queen of the home, ruled by love and prayer. It imagines a sacred domestic domain where the mother’s love safeguards children and banishes sin, invoking divine support and angelic presence as the household endures.
A disobedient Scotch collie, cared for by the narrator’s family, is finally located via a newspaper advertisement offering the dog’s return after four days. The tale follows the dog’s mischief and a procession of visitors including a minister, a painter, and a colord man seeking the animal, all proving the dog’s owner the rightful pursuer.
A Chicago man’s posted want ad for a lost dog leads to a Baltimore crowd, a misidentified hound, and a fatal dog reaction. The dog bites a minister and whitewash is splashed as police intervene and the advertiser flees to Chicago.
In Paris a police prefecture report urges suppression of fortune telling as a social evil. Over 2000 practitioners reportedly live in luxury apartments and dress fashionably, with fees ranging from modest trance sessions to large sums. The danger cited is blackmail rather than deception.
In Detroit a humorous dialogue unfolds as an agent pitches patent food for brain workers to attract customers, while the proprietor questions the reach noting the product would miss the very brains it targets. The exchange captures a clever advertising banter.
In Anderson Indiana on April 20 John Podmore 54 was shot and killed by his son Edward 20 who says he acted to protect his mother. Edward fired four times as the father allegedly threatened Mrs Podmore with a hatchet after the father struck him with glass. Edward turned himself in and is jailed pending police action. The elder Podmore a skilled worker in the red mill had been drinking heavily and Mrs Podmore had filed for divorce.
Governor Mount and the Nancy Hanks Memorial association announce a plan to purchase 16 acres in Spencer County Indiana for a small park and burial monument. The Culver Construction Co. of Springfield Illinois will build the monument with a fenced, maintained grounds and a permanent committee to oversee upkeep. In Vincennes Indiana Republicans nominate Jonathan Peter S Wadsworth for congress and George Cook for state elector, with delegates selected for the Philadelphia national convention.
In Muncie Indiana April 21 the American Window Glass Co outlined a plan to fill spare factory spots. When independent plants face labor shortages, the trust sends Belgian agents to lure glass blowers with offers to join trust factories. The result is workers moving from Converse to the Haring Hart plant in Muncie and other independents facing similar pressure.
Reports from across Indiana indicate wheat is estimated at 30 to 40 percent of the upfil crop with doubts it will reach 25 percent on average. The weekly crop bulletin notes no major improvement in the south as wheat ripens slowly and many fields are being plowed for spring crops.
In Indianapolis on April 20 the Republican state committee named J Frank Hanly of Lafayette as chairman of the state convention. Other contenders were Gov Mount and Judge R S Taylor of Ft Wayne. The platform was discussed at length and a sub committee chaired by Hanly was appointed to draft it with Porto Rican tariff as the central issue in shaping its ideas.
Indiana Commandery Knights Templar elects officers led by Grand Commander Eugene W. Kelly of Muncie and Deputy Grand Commander Leonidas P. Newby of Knightstown with Sidney W. Douglas Evansville as grand generalissimo Frederick Glass Madison as grand captain general Charles Goltra Crawfordsville as grand senior warden and Nathan L. Agnew Valparaiso as grand junior warden.
Lebanon Indiana April 21 W L Shaffner a leading merchant has filed voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 20000 dollars. Assets are said to be sufficient to pay the claims and the American Trust Company of Lebanon has been named trustee.
Indianapolis April 20 Mary McCarthy aged 63 died after a gas fire at her kitchen stove ignited when she lit the flame. Flames enveloped her as the gas pressure was reported heavy in the stove area.
In Peru Indiana on April 19 William Bryant a factory employee had his hand caught in a large machine. A fellow worker shouted and thrust a knife upward to free him. The flesh peeled from his entire arm while Bryant was drawn toward the gear.
Washington Indiana April 18 The 9 year old son of Veter Cornelius died from lockjaw after a splinter under his nail became inflamed. The tragedy follows the minor injury and subsequent illness.
The State bank of Indiana with Ster ling R Holt as a major stockholder increases capital to 300000 dollars and applies to the controller to be recognized as a national institution. This move would remove the last state bank in Indianapolis.
A terse legal entry from Shively near South Bend Indiana notes a case labeled reeme v nudge Howar with no further context or outcome provided in the fragment. The record appears to reflect a civil action awaiting fuller filing or adjudication.
Lacy Potter, Haynes and Anderson superintendent, ships Kokomo line of motorcycles to Paris for the French exposition. Kokomo machines are entered for all exposition races and hold America’s 1,100 mile 26 day long distance record from Kokomo to Brooklyn. Damages demanded for a dock accident suit in Jeffersonville.
In Brazil Indiana a de legal meeting between black coal miners and operators ended a two month stoppage by signing a contract that grants semi monthly pay. About 3000 miners will return to work following the agreement.
In Lafayette Indiana on April 20 Amelia Nelson five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Nelson died after a wardrobe toppled while her father moved it. The heavy object caused a neck injury and she died minutes later.
Mare Indiana district reports gold discovery two miles west of this town near the Sales farm and owned land of Shuman Pertihe Pease and Urkes. A new company forms and mining will begin soon at the site once yielding ore. In Knox Indiana the Nickel Plate workers strike after pay raise demand. section men and about fifty to sixty colleagues quit over rate to 1.25 a day following a similar action at another line.
Newspaper printers in Peru Indiana strike at the Republican and Sentinel offices demanding a nine hour day with ten hours pay. Since demands were not met, replacements will be hired to fill the positions.
The state convention of the Travelers' Protective association began in Terre Haute Ind with 150 delegates and several hundred visitors in attendance on April 21.
Elwood Indiana residents plan a new rabbit club this week with 20 founders. The Belgian hare craze has spurred growing interest and the area reports at least 500 domestic rabbits in the city and surroundings.
An election in Linton Indiana decided the question of whether to incorporate as a city. The vote carried city incorporation by a margin of four to one. The report mentions multiple other local items including marriages and a jail death.
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