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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
7
In a Paris area chateau scene, Baroness de Variolis contemplates remarriage to M. de Ludre after dismissing guests. She frets over a manipulative letter delivered via hat band and fears future pressure, imagining possible further coercion and independence after widowhood.
A woman toys with a hat and confronted by two unlabeled letters debates reading them. She schemes to confront M de Ludre about a possible marriage while fearing unseen watchers and questioning which letter is meant for her. The scene blends flirtation, prudence, and mistaken assumptions in a tense interlude.
Dr. Hermann von Schroetter of Vienna predicts future air travelers will wear hermetically sealed double-walled aluminum and glass cages and oxygen masks before ascent. He argues upper atmosphere issues stem from oxygen deficit and urges early oxygen inspiration, noting lungs receive less oxygen at altitude due to reduced pressure and the need for pressurized breathing.
A fragment notes the adoption of gunpowder clocks telescopes parchment paper and the mariner s compass during the thiddle ages. It references several key inventions in a historical development context.
A tale from Jules Legoux follows a woman who draws letters from a hat, reads one about a hopeful suitor Rene de Ludre, and discovers another about Jean the farmer. The letters reveal love, disappointment, and a clever method of hiding correspondence in a hat lining.
The Philadelphia Board of Education hygiene committee ruled that boys may wear sweaters at school if they wish. After appeals from Twenty-fourth ward teachers and a split among boards, the physician committee found no hygienic reason to ban indoor sweaters and left the matter settled.
Brain fog spreads rapidly as a fatal disease when it is accompanied by delirium tremens and related brain dysfunction. Medical officials warn of escalating cases and urge monitoring for neurological symptoms.
The Indiana Society of St. Louis held its fifth annual banquet at Planters last night with Lieut.-Gov. Gilbert as guest of honor. He praised Indiana lawyers from Isaac Blackford onward and celebrated the rural county lawyer, his duties, modest fees, and his vital role in community life. Indiana pride and thanks flowed as speakers lauded the Hoosier legal tradition.
Miss Erline Sinclair, 19, teacher at Parks school house, claims assault and battery by Floyd Deckard Ina Deckard Pearl Parks Katherine Parks Jessie McClellan and Gertrude McClellan after being forced into icy pond water two hours with only her head above surface. She may die from pneumonia symptoms.
Oliver S. Clay, jailed for attempting to kill a policeman, is declared insane after seeing the Purdue wreck near the workhouse. Witnesses say the Purdue special train wreck caused his mental collapse, as he raved and became a maniac.
Lulu Merrick, 16, testified before a judge in police court that she walks three miles to work and back, has no breakfast, eats two slices of stale bread with molasses for dinner, and relies on sharing with other girls. Her father William Merrick faced charges of cruel and inhuman treatment of his children.
Charles H. Kellogg a prominent Evansville hardware dealer and one of the city's wealthiest residents died suddenly of heart failure at his home. The funeral was attended by hundreds of leading citizens and business men. Kellogg was born in Cincinnati in 1835 and had long operated in Evansville.
Terre Haute Indiana December 10 President Kimmel of the State Intercollegiate association and physical director of the state normal school says the board of control meeting in Indianapolis Saturday will likely decide to discard all athletic records then existing.
Martinsville Indiana December 11 Fain Grady was found guilty by the jury of shooting with intent to commit murder in the second degree. The defense pleaded insanity and claimed jealousy triggered the act.
In Lafayette Indiana on December 11 Henry Stoll his wife and three children were traveling from Germany to Colorado aboard the Wabash train. En route to the hospital the wife gave birth to a daughter before disembarking from the ambulance.
Miss Ollie Palmer and her brother W F Palmer form a law partnership in Frankfort Indiana. Miss Palmer is the only woman attorney in this district and was formerly the county official court reporter.
The Central Bottle Co. factory in Elwood Indiana was offered at public sale by Receiver H A Masquelette under court order but drew no bids.
Thos Brown of Borden Indiana was found dead on Wednesday aged 55. Officials say he died by accidental shotgun discharge after contact with a barbed wire fence, the coroner ruling the death accidental. The case may influence a pending Louisville lawsuit linked to a similar death of R C Whayne.
Hanover Indiana December 10 reports sophomores apologized to President Fisher and faculty for a party in the college building. The class suspension was revoked and they will resume Thursday. Freshmen were reinstated unconditionally. other classes expect settlement Thursday.
John Hyde, a Kentucky migrant laborer, suffered a double fracture below the knee while working in a city trench in west Anderson. He previously broke both bones in his right leg at the city’s new Central Christian church, shortening that leg by two inches. Doctors fear the current injury may shorten the other limb as well.
Katherine Parks Jessie McClellan Gertrude Mc Clellan Ida Deckard and Floyd Deck er were arrested in Sullivan Indiana for participating in ducking their teacher Miss Sinclair in a pond. They posted bond and will be tried in January. Miss Sinclair is confined to bed with pneumonia. Notice posted on her door says school will open December 14.
Indianapolis December 11. Frank La Salle an agent for the State Union OM Co of Indianapolis altered his itinerary to catch a Pennsylvania fast train, which was wrecked at Steubenville Ohio, avoiding the later arrival that night.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana received the LL D degree from DePauw University in Greencastle during the inaugural exercises for Dr. Edwin Holt Hughes as university president.
Judge Carter modified the restraining order against strikers at the Indianapolis Foundry Co permitting two pickets near the plant and took under advisement a request for a temporary injunction.
In Greencastle Indiana on December 10 Dr Edwin Holt Hughes was inaugurated as president of DePauw University. The ceremony drew college and university presidents alumni from across the nation and Senator Albert J Beveridge attended as a guest.
Maurice F. Griffin won the Freed gold medal at Notre Dame in Indiana after tying with Byron V. Kanady of Lockport New York. Griffin earned the award for his delivery in the annual oratorical contest held Wednesday.
Plymouth Indiana December 12—the Indiana State Dairy Association met in annual convention with Samuel Schlosser presiding. Mayor D C Knott delivered the welcome address, which was followed by a response from G W Drischel.
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