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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
4
A Union Signal excerpt by Adelaide D. Reynolds urges readers to surpass mere feasting and gifts. True offering lies in kindness, encouragement, and a loving heart toward all humanity, reflecting God’s boundless charity beyond material tokens.
Sidney Payson endures the merciless ritual of Christmas shopping in State street. He rebels against conventional gifts by planning to buy useless, inappropriate presents to satirize the tradition and mock relatives.
A salesgirl helps Mr. Payson shop for a sister and niece, selecting novels and bright scarves while he orders a noisy rainbow scarf and eight cravats. Letters from a sister and her husband reveal warm exchanges, humor, and gifts, ending with Mr. Payson’s sly pride at the thoughtful oddities.
A Chicago postal item recounts letters acknowledging Christmas presents. One note describes joy at a skating pair and renewed youth after skating at Washington Park. The other letter teases a romantic side from Sidney and hints at a thoughtful gift, the book “a lover story.”
Mrs Goodman thanks Aunt Laura for a lovely and expensive present and notes the house jacket. Mr Goodman replies that his one humble box of toilet soap feels cheap in comparison and regrets the modest gift.
A black sergeant and a breezy western volunteer exchange repartee in the Philippines. The volunteer asks what the sergeant will do, he replies they will take up the white man's burden, and the brief moment shifts to other topics.
A Sunday school anecdote features a teacher quizzing boys on B C stand for before Christmas and a judge responding with a witty line about the holiday. The brief item captures humor in a classroom setting.
David T. Haines, a well known railroad promoter and natural gas man, dies in Munic at age 11. The obituary notes his prominence in transportation and energy ventures and marks the loss in the local community.
Muncie and Lafayette obituaries report David T. Haines 81 promoter of the Fort Wayne and Southern railroad and Jasper Packard former congressman and Civil War brigadier general. Haines built the Haines house owned Tremont house and other ventures in Muncie and Topeka. Packard died after a brief illness at Lafayette. funeral at the Indiana state soldiers home with a large army post pallbearers.
Bloomington resident Mrs JeNe Pritton seeks 10000 against 14 named individuals including Jacob Young George Marshall and Ira Wright for an August 7 Newark Green County assault. She alleges gun club sticks and choking forced entry to her home while her husband was beaten and she suffered lasting injuries and nervous condition.
Cards were issued Thursday for the marriage of Miss Cora Painter of Brazil Indiana and Herbert Hallead of Chicago to take place in Brazil Wednesday evening. Hallead served in a Michigan company in the late war with Spain and was wounded at San Juan Hill. He was cared for by Miss Painter as an immune nurse at Siboney hospital in Santiago and they grew fond while she tended him.
The Methodist judicial conference met in Indianapolis on Thursday morning and reversed the Ohio conference verdict against Rev. J M Life by sixteen to four. Life had been convicted in Ohio by six to five after two girls testified eighteen months earlier that he kissed them. The conference adjourned with Life the only case considered.
In Bristol Indiana Mrs Se lin Setters a married woman received by express a six month old baby. The express agent refused to say where it came from and the infant is to be adopted by Mrs Setters. The child was well dressed tagged and believed from near the Lake Shore line.
A natural gas well drilled by the Matthews Land Co four months ago supplies three 12 post window houses and supports large facilities in Mathews Indiana including a brick factory heading and hoop mill lamp chimney factory three sawmills a bottle house and about 200 residences with ample gas remaining.
Dublin Ind December 16 Wayne county has no county attorney after the council ordered a salary cut to 209 dollars. No attorney will take the job at the reduced pay, leaving the county without legal representation.
The Indiana supreme court affirmed a life imprisonment sentence for William Bridgewater of Indianapolis for stabbing in the Wharton murder case. Bridgewater and his wife had separated. he was traced after dropping his hat during the confrontation.
Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis is at home with stomach trouble and may undergo an operation, though his condition is not currently alarming.
Kokomo Indiana December 16 Judge Brownlee refused Minnie Melson a divorce after she admitted being sixteen saying infants cannot obtain divorces and such cases must be brought by parents or guardians.
In Indianapolis on Tuesday night the Commercial club held an informal reception for Gen. Harrison. Club president Capt. Wim. E. English and Dr. J. W. Hays assisted in receiving the guests.
New Albany Ind Dec 16 Howard Thompson a farmer near Martinsburg was shot in the shoulder by his son Henry after a quarrel over work division. The father swore out a warrant for his son who escaped. Thompson will recover.
Charles Gwinnup of Muncie Indiana was fined after a raid connected to the Hamilton murder trial. He testified about gambling rooms but was acquitted of possessing gambling paraphernalia.
James I. Rupe a merchant policeman who shot and killed William Arnold while attempting an arrest was released on his own recognizance. Arnold had spoken before his death that he provoked the trouble.
Frank Mulford of Dillsboro Indiana filed for bankruptcy declaring debts of 2176.12 while listing assets of 5.25 He is described as a dealer in vehicles and fine driving horses.
Winchester Indiana reports Fred Shaffer died Wednesday morning after a previous account of a night battle with a mad dog. He suffered hydrophobia in horrible agony, adding a tragic note to the long-standing canine incident in the area.
Wabash Indiana December 15 reports that three candidates to be coadjutor of the Catholic diocese are John Guendling Vicar General Schoeneff of Cincinnati and Rev Frank OBrien of Kalamazoo Michigan. names forwarded to Rome.
Washington December 15 President nominated postmasters for Indiana Amos A Covall Greentown and Edward L Maudlin New Carlisle in a late afternoon list indicating federal appointment actions pending confirmation
Miss Minnie Mulkey of Jeffersonville Indiana was near a grate when a celluloid comb in her hair caught fire and exploded. Her hair became a mass of flames and she is reported in critical condition.
Martha J Nowland sues for divorce in Indianapolis alleging her husband threw a frog in her face and gave her only one dress while they lived together. In Elwood a separate note says Dalt Woods and Ben Holt disrupted services at Holiness church and were arrested with more arrests expected.
In Kokomo Indiana the jury ruled for the street railway in a $10,900 damage suit brought by Mrs. Jackson wife of Assessor George Jackson seeking damages for injuries from a wreck. The company offered $500 prior to trial which was refused.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Hiram J. Coon and a nitroglycerin shell tied to a December 1945 report. Details are unclear but imply a wartime or munitions context with named individual.
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