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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
8
Prof Kra M Price of the University of Chicago presents at Pine Lake Chautauqua Laporte arguing that laws were in force a thousand years before Moses. French archaeologist M J De Morgan supports Hammurabi as having a civil code around 2285 B C with twenty two offenses punishable by death.
Ira Parker and Ralph Gatewood, both colored, are missing from Indiana Reformatory with fears they died in the sewer to the Ohio River or escaped. Three Jeffersonville robberies the same night fuel the liberty theory. The sewer, 24 inches wide and about a mile long, carries all refuse from the reformatory population of about 1,090.
Russell's general store in Hanna Indiana burned to the ground in the early hours. Cause undetermined but proximity to the railroad suggests a passerby train spark starting the blaze. Loss estimated at about 82 000 dollars.
Adam Imhof of Chicago files suit in Porter circuit court against Carlsbad Indiana Mineral Springs Company of Porter and directors B. C. Cocke H. Jefferson O’Brien L Jay Carter. He declares a $16 000 claim against the company.
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for a range of ailments including dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. The copy claims the pills are gentle yet thorough and priced at 25 cents, guaranteed by E T Scott's drug store.
Beaver Dam residents Edith McKellips and Ada Fend visited Michigan City friends for two days. Lizzie Wagner of Michigan City visits here. Dan Hibbard hears from his great great granddaughter Miss Margaret Hutcheson of Fennville. Mrs. Ross and family visit Orville Edwards in Crown Point. Philander Baird and wife see sons Charles in South Bend and John in Elkhart. Miss Gusta Baird visited Chicago last week. Mrs. Pink Standiford and son visited an uncle in Chicago.
Mrs. Rhoda St. Clair and Nelson St Clair family plus Duane Welch and James O Connor family and Miss Minnie Brewer spent Sunday with Allen Barnards. Turp Rogers family Hazel Bundy Frank Burner and spouses Charles Burner and spouses joined Orlando Barnards visit. Miss Hattie Link visited Florence Link. Reva Dodd returned from Westville after visiting grandparents. A Washington Park picnic drew Nathan Dodd Blanche Winters Les lie Dodd and Lincoln Dodd families.
A Chicago bound gentleman arriving with wife and three daughters claims a wallet containing $150, travel checks, five Battle Creek train tickets and the cash was stolen at Michigan Central Depot. Witnesses recall a man placing an arm around the traveler before the theft, and investigators urged him to stay for further leads.
In Lake County commissioners court Rev. Mr. Hoagland of Lowell opposed saloonkeeper Edwin Moore and triumphed over the applicant's lawyer Reuben Wood, leading to license denial.
The text outlines a misdemeanor for allowing Canada thistle to grow on land above four inches from ground level. First offense carries a fine over twenty dollars, while subsequent offenses carry fines between ten and fifty dollars.
An editorial in the Toledo Blade denounces abandoning core principles to please big trust interests in New York. It argues glory lies in honorable defeat, not in a Democracy that betrays its past, parades in fake colors, and masks its true stance. It predicts voters will choose a man American through and through with a virile future policy.
Ex Senator OConner of White County and Nelson J Bozarth of Valparaiso are named for the Democratic nomination. A district convention is proposed for September 1 in the north end at Michigan City Hammond Laporte or Valparaiso.
Superintendent Will H. Whittaker reports the Indiana reformatory will return between 1000 and 6000 to the state treasury from this year’s maintenance fund. Convict earnings are projected to exceed last year by 15000 to 20000, saving the state at least 20000 in one year. He cites improved food and comfort, and notes the maintenance fund runs about 120000 annually, with last legislature’s appropriation at 108000 plus a per capita daily allotment for a higher average inmate population around 960.
The Wabash Railroad announces round trip tickets to St Louis at 6 95 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this month. During the fair through Dec 15 rates vary weekly with 15 day, 60 day, season options. Morning No 5 departs Chicago at 5 07 am reaching St Louis 7 30 pm. other trains depart 9 17 pm and 11 30 pm arriving St Louis 7 33 am and 8 04 am. Return trains depart St Louis 9 5 pm and 11 32 pm arriving Chicago 5 22 pm and 7 30 am. Chair cars operate both directions. Change in time expected around June 19. D N Snively Agent.
The notice advertises Chicago to Hot Springs S D Deadwood and Lead at 27.50 and 30.70 dollars respectively with return options via the Chicago and North Western Ry. It promotes the Black Hills region as a sanitarium and asks readers to contact their home agent for information and tickets, offering an illustrated booklet by mail for 4 cents.
Round trip rates from Chicago include 1 to St Paul Minneapolis and return via the North Western Line at 1. Chicago to Superior and Duluth 22.00 round trip. 2. Chicago to Sault Ste Marie 2075 round trip. 3. Chicago to Marquette and return 1285 with on sale dates August 2 16 and September 6 20. Through sleeping care and appoint ed train service. Information from A H Wagnanner 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago.
A collage of items notes Andrew Carnegie potential vice presidency plans amid reflections on public figures. A St. Louis divorce case highlights long estrangement, while warnings target Washington police and a call for cop etiquette. Remedies and elixirs promote tonics for health, and a Monon rail excursion announces Sunday trips from Lafayette to Michigan City. Theodore Roosevelt is contrasted with controlled candidate messaging and independence from dictator influence.
W R Alden directs actions from one mile northwest of Weat ville, issuing urgent orders to be carried out at once.
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