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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
3
A poem of filial tenderness describing a mother as a darling in youth versus aging signs. The speaker contrasts a sunny child with a maiden grown, noting eyes, grace, and a patient, trembling figure. The refrain centers on reverent awe toward the mother and the nearing separation.
The narrator debates trust with St Armando while plotting a perilous journey. St Armando offers aid and hints at danger as Jacopo exploits hospitality at a Rome tavern, raising questions of loyalty, deception, and control.
An old Dutchman tests his son by placing a Bible a whisky bottle and a dollar on a table. The boy chooses the whisky and drinks, then leaves. The father concludes the boy will become a politician, humorously misreading the act.
A humorous exchange shows Biggs and Diggs discussing a strange incident. Diggs recalls entering a shop for a haircut when the barber pinned a newspaper around his neck and handed him a towel to read, prompting laughter and disbelief.
A playful guide to boys enjoying swimming with drills and strokes. It urges bold diving, side and breast strokes, and safe turns. The poem encourages quick escapes from water, drying off, and returning to activity after a refreshing swim.
A toy sprinkler uses a walnut, hazelnuts, two straws, a cork and a bottle. Carve the walnut, bore holes, thread straws, seal leaks with wax, then set on a cork and fill with water to spin the sprinkler.
A simple house game uses a 10 by 12 inch board shaped by trimming one side to test flatness. Players choose top and bottom, compare stability, and adjust with blocks at corners to ensure the board sits evenly on the floor.
The guide explains building a ring toss set on an uneven floor with a central peg or standard, a drilled board, and a cloth wrapped rope ring. It suggests painting all parts, using two boards for two players, and notes the soft rings are quiet and unlikely to cause harm when thrown.
A Chicago Tribune passage describes a forthcoming directory with a wide field for natural life research. It lists numerous birds beasts fishes including quail doves pelicans cranes wrens hawks crows swallows larks and nightingales alongside mammals and even insects. It notes many animal names and related provisions in catalogued entries.
A Philadelphia Press description details the Venus flytrap native to Carolina bogs. The plant rises six to twelve inches, with yellowish green leaves and a trap formed by two lobes edged with bristles. Insects trigger rapid closing, capture without crushing, and reopen by day. Repeated irritation fatigues the trap, requiring rest.
A famed Newfoundland named Sultan, known for arresting a thief, capturing an assassin, rescuing a child, and saving a man from self harm, has died in France. The Society for the Protection of Animals awarded him a collar for his exploits. Allegedly he foiled a castle robbery and was poisoned by those suspected to be involved.
Brazil Ind July 28 Charles Wolfangel, driven by madness, killed his wife and two daughters ages 5 and 12 with a hatchet while they slept then cut his own throat. A daughter survived with relatives after seeking refuge with Alex McCullough in Asherville. Evidence shows a struggle as the eldest may have awakened.
In Fr Wayne Indiana on July 29 Prosecutor Doughman announced evidence to prove a motive behind Mrs Hazenfuss alleged poisoning of Westenfeld. He says she loved another man and feared losing heiress rights if the old man died before marriage. A witness named Schuler said Mrs Hazenfuss spoke of having a “good thing” with the old man and plans to exploit him.
Mrs. Mattie Hassenfuss and her son Otto were arrested on suspicion of poisoning Carl Westenfeldt, an elderly farmer found dead in his bed. Drayer reported eight grains of arsenic in Westenfeldt’s stomach, with notes worth £5,000 in Mrs. Hassenfuss’s possession. The mutilated will and other circumstances spurred the investigation.
Fr. Warner Indiana July 27 A noted society figure Miss Lilie Heather sails Wednesday to Tabreez Persia to run a girls boarding school under the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. She is funded by the Woman's Missionary society of the Ft Wayne presbytery.
Laporte Indiana city officials accepted W H Wheeler of Beloit Wisconsin bid to build a water supply plant for 47850. The pumping station will be on the Little Kankakee river about five miles away and the project must be finished within four months.
Martinsville Indiana July 27 Geo W Harryman of this county while cutting weeds on his farm suffered severe knee pains. He crawled to the house and access was lost as the leg decomposed and death followed.
The Chicago Indiana & Southeastern railway plans another run to Muncie after debts stalled a prior attempt near Daleville. The line links the gas belt with the Indiana coal field and aims to resume service.
In Rushville Indiana on July 27 Elmer Hilling was bitten by a kissing bug while asleep in a hammock. Mary Vansickle also reported a sting from the same insect.
A Norwegian scientist studied plant sleep using chloroform and found that the fumes induce deeper sleep and faster growth after waking. The article notes plants rest in winter in cold climates and during rainy or drought periods elsewhere, similar to humans choosing night for work. It also mentions 65 steamers on Swiss lakes, with the largest carrying 1,260 passengers.
Maj. T. C. Stunkard of Terre Haute has been offered a commission as surgeon captain in the regular army by Surgeon General Sternberg and will likely accept.
During a heavy electrical storm a seven room schoolhouse at Crowthersville was struck by lightning and burned down killing no one and causing property loss in Seymour Indiana on July 26.
A crclone struck Laporte Indiana on Monday night damaging Butterworth & Co boot and shoe store. It is feared that the families of excoct Morton and Wm Steele living on the Kankakee marsh may have been killed.
In July 26 edition from Ind, Gilbert Earils aged 21 drowned while bathing at Mennett's Landing two miles below the city. His boy was riding the morning.
In Muncie Indiana July 29 a carload of nearly starved young horses arrived and frantically fed on manes and tails. They had been shorn of hair on necks and tails with few exceptions. The horses ate hair as if hay. Shippers may face prosecution for unloading without knowledge. Arthur Sweat was fatally injured when kicked in the chest during unloading.
Sheriff Kopke informed Governor Mount by telephone that the situation could require troops at any moment. The governor pledged prompt response. Hundreds of miners gathered in the park with some armed, 50 deputies were sworn in, and the police were on duty though no trouble occurred.
Mrs Laura Sharp George Siebohm and Orville Hardwick suffered bites from kissing bugs over the last 24 hours. Orville Hardwick twelve years old remains in serious condition after a bug flew into his mouth and stung the inner lips.
Auburn Indiana will gain an additional industry as John Buck of Bluffton Indiana plans a new handle factory in the old heading factory, expanding local employment and production.
WasnamGton Indiana July 29 Mr William Luke husband an engineer killed in a wreck near Mitchell last May filed suit Thursday against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Co for $10000 damages.
The Wol fang le murder tale near Denmark in Spencer County is false. The man threatened to kill his family and was arrested, remaining in jail since last Sunday.
In Morgantown two years ago a gas well yielded a small flow and was abandoned. A later dynamite charge used on the site caused the gas to surge fifteen feet high before the well was secured.
Terre Haute Indiana July 26 Captain G W Lpeigler formerly in command of Company B 159th Indiana volunteers has been appointed to a captaincy in the volunteer service and has accepted.
Washington July 27. The post office at Henderson Rush county Ind has been discontinued mail to Rushville.
Washington July 29 A post office has been established at Wakefield Jefferson county Ind with John B Tewell named postmaster.
Mrs Rebecca Seagner of Locansronrt Indiana died Wednesday after breaking her right hip two weeks earlier. Doctors described her bones as brittle as chalk.
Prof. H. L. Frank of Fostoria Ohio was Tuesday chosen as superintendent amid a field of fifty applicants for the Frankfort Indiana school system.
Indicated by a parolee from Jeffersonville State Prison, John Keifer admitted to the July robbery of his jailmate in Mencik Indiana. He is held in jail pending further proceedings.
James E M O Hair aged 95 died Monday night at his son’s Greencastle home. He was a native of Kentucky and father of Robert O Hair cashier at the Central National Bank of Greencastle.
Butler Company of Butler Indiana, bicycle makers, is pursuing horseless carriages and is constructing a sample vehicle as of July 27.
Was Hindex Indiana July 27 Tuesday morning William Pinkstaffs livery stable at Bicknel ten miles northwest of here was destroyed by fire. Fourteen horses were cremated. No insurance.
A report from Wabash Indiana notes a young woman identified as Bertha Ex was struck by a vehicle early July morning. The injuries proved fatal, with officials confirming the fatality and continuing inquiries into the incident.
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