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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
1
Kin Hubbard exhorts the Commercial Club at Melodeon Hall praising boldness as essential to success. He argues guts and nerve trump mere education and appearance, urging action over hesitation and noting modern competition. the talk ends with a quote from Tell Binkley on faint hearts.
A reflective piece on trouble as life’s constant equalizer. Hubbard argues that everyone faces hardship whether rich or poor, and trouble tempers vanity. The column cites contrasts between wealth and anxiety and notes the universal reach of misfortune. It ends by invoking Robert the laborer and a hopeful resolve to endure tomorrow.
A March 10 1737 New York newspaper recounts a 14 hour ride from New York to Philadelphia withJohn Butler driving at top speed and changing horses to reach Rubin Fitzrandolph’s ferry by night. Ancient Greeks believed Alyssum cured hiccups and mad dogs. today the flower is valued for fragrance and nectar.
Indiana reports show 906 people bitten by rabid animals between 1910 and 1915 with Marion County leading at 85 positive brain results. The study notes dog bites caused most infections, urges coordinated county and state anti rabies measures and cites the primary election law case evolving in courts.
The annual report by H. E. Barnard state food and drug commissioner notes ongoing unsolved food and water issues in Indiana. He acknowledges progress and better conditions than last year and cites Indiana ranking well among states as development in food control over the past decade is summarized in the state health board report to Governor Ralston by Dr. J. N. Hurty.
Articles announce Euclid Apartment Company with 16000 capital to buy sell real estate and own operate buildings with directors G A Hartmetz L M Hartmetz and L A Hartmetz Ingleside Land Company capital 20000 real estate directors Charles F Hartmetz Henry E Dreier William H McCurdy and Marcus S Sonntag Brant Bros Chapman Company Indianapolis led preliminary certificate of dissolution and related details
The annual report notes a new phase of supervision by the state board of health with Miss Gail M. Stapp directing disinfectants oversight. It urges careful testing of schoolhouse antiseptics, exposing frauds like Sandol King of Disinfectants, and concludes unknown compositions should not be bought for public use.
A. J. Hawkins, age seventy, found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of conspiracy to defraud. He obtained furniture by small payments then shipped it out of state and sold it. The penalty ranges from two to fourteen years in the state prison. Muncie notes a Democratic annual event in December in the Highth district.
A broad swipe of short items notes changes and events across Indiana communities. Resignations, bids, trials, and local incidents touch Veedersburg Marion Evansville Fort Wayne Crawfordsville Sullivan Shelbyville Marion Crown Point Franklin Shelbyville West Lafayette Wingate Lafayette and other towns with officials, schools, and court actions.
Robert confides his plan to marry to William and seeks advice on whether love alone justifies marriage. William challenges him to list six definite reasons, stresses compatibility and shared work, and urges evaluating readiness and long term partnership before a proposal. The dialogue shifts to wealth, merit, and the value of starting at the bottom to learn a trade.
German ingenuity produced a small light camera for carrier pigeons. The device weighed about 2% ounces with a 2 inch lens and could capture a 1% inch square image. Some models held eight sequential frames. others used two cameras with forward and rear views. An air bulb released the shutter after set intervals.
Gerald Stanley Lee argues in Mount Tom Magazine that a nation can achieve greater nobility and momentum for moral action than any one man. He compares individual virtue to collective force, warning that shared hatred can magnify harm.
The family head condemns extravagant spending while his spouse rebukes him for frittering time on golf. The exchange frames a clash over money priorities and daily conduct.
A fragmented quote discusses objections to sport shirts and comfort. The speaker notes others are convinced the shirts look handsome, though the dialogue remains unclear and incomplete.
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