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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
7
The piece argues that immigrant children must be educated and integrated through coordinated school policy. It condemns lack of census data and entry into schools, calls for special classes, Americanization, and civics teaching aligned to local laws to ensure lawful, productive citizenship.
In Cat Hollow the boy Little Johnnie earns a place in the camp by courting a barber business and pushing a shooting incident. Three finger Bill and sheriff Fritz Stoessel rule a rough town with a makeshift justice system and a looming hanging threat over Johnnie after a deadly cross gulch shot.
A gang plans a pardon for Johnnie who faces hanging. The judge arrives with a fake setup and a wheelbarrow of ropes. Johnnie is executed when the trap is sprung, and Stoessel mourns beside the cracker box after the last shot.
A San Francisco Call poem warns that resisting temptation leads to lasting guilt. It stresses that every sin leaves a mark, and even deferred misdeeds haunt us later, with justice as an accusing vow against those who stray.
A scene shows an eminent professor admonishing his housemaid, Mary, to stop as she dusts a model globe. He laments that the earth’s waves move left to right, delivering a wry, playful domestic moment.
In Knightstown Indiana Haley Gipe on trial for murder shows interest in a ghastly nude corpse photograph of Mrs Millie Starbuck and her baby. The state seeks to prove he killed to rob the Starbuck home and his mother testifies to his 9 pm retirement while witnesses place him at 830 pm.
A purported former sergeant from the 22d Indiana Infantry is suspected of impersonation. He claims land and school land rights in Cowley County Kansas and offers filing help for a fee. He also touts African gray parrots and asks for advance shipping charges. He has reportedly toured Indiana communities including Martinsville.
Eddie Arndt a 12 year old schoolboy from Tracy Indiana discovered a broken rail on the main track near a bridge. He signaled the danger by waving his schoolbag as the approaching local train halted just short of the derailment. Communities plan Carnegie hero medal recognition for the brave boy.
Dr Milton H Chappel 64 longtime dentist and past grand master of Indiana Odd Fellows died after a stroke. He was found unconscious at his Cincinnati home with a head injury from a fall. A graduate of Ohio Dental College he helped found the Indiana Dental College and served on the Indiana State Dental Board. He leaves a family.
Thomas S. Johnson 72 prominent Portland merchant banker and brother of W. C. Johnson head of Cincinnati board of public service and George B. Johnson of the Methodist Book Concern died of paralysis. He was among Portland’s wealthiest citizens and the Cincinnati brothers were at his bedside.
Elkhart Indiana December 16 automobiled A tanson P Holly secretary of the New York Y M C A missing a noon Bristol wedding due to a four hour rail delay. Eugene Atkins and Earl App Bristol men delayed at Elkhart set out in a car and picked him up. Holly reached the Bristol home fifteen minutes before the ceremony.
President Hugh McGowan of the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Co will resign as general manager of the Indianapolis property on January 1, 1906 to devote time to the traction merger. He will be succeeded by Robert I. Todd of Providence Rhode Island as general manager of the Indianapolis system.
Washington Dec 14 The senate in executive session confirmed the following nominations of Indiana post masters Charles T Miller Cannell ton Wm F Coates Columbus Harry J Martin Franklin Herman Muller Hope Fred Kimbley Orleans John McCarney Scottsburg
In Rockport Indiana on December 14 Andres Harris a fisherman shot and killed his 17 year old son who was hiding behind brush as they hunted. Harris fired believing the boy was a raccoon. The coroner is investigating the fatal shooting.
County treasurer W A Bohland and auditor C C Miller sold the 13742 40 issue of six percent drainage ditch bonds to Andrew J Hickey of Laporte for James Long of Laporte. The sale price was 14242 40, a premium of 500. Six bidders participated.
George Brown was received at the Indiana reformatory from Allen county to serve two to fourteen years for shooting John Allgrove at Fort Wayne last August. Allgrove was thought mortally wounded but has recovered.
Evansville Ind Dec 15 William Thomas Morgan says he once was worth 2 000 000 and was sent to the poorhouse here He is 91 years old and says he lost his fortune funding relatives His father was a wealthy shipbuilder in Maine.
In Bluffton Indiana on December 16 the jury found Otto Cook the sixth defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the Preston Sanderson case. He faces a Michigan City prison sentence of two to twenty-one years.
Indianapolis announces the democratic primaries and district conventions will occur the first week of January. On January 8 the members-elect will convene to elect a chairman to serve until the opening of the national campaign in 1908.
Bedford Ind December 15 Mace Hitchcock on trial for shooting George House with intent to kill was found guilty by a jury of assault and battery. He received a hundred dollar fine and 180 days in jail. Both men were saloonkeepers.
A Lokal Anzeiger dispatch notes 350 killed in Mitau street fighting and executions at Lennewarden. Fire and shelling threaten Riga as troops reportedly join the revolt. Dragoons escorting 20 German families clash with 4600 Letts near Roemershof, surrender after capture to Lennowarden castle.
Shanghai reports a riot quelled with twenty Chinese killed and several foreigners wounded including the German consul and American vice consul. Washington notes serious unrest tied to strikes and a boycott, with police stations burned and up to about thirty killed, foreigners among the casualties.
In Alpena Michigan on aDecember 19 the 11 months old twins of Joseph Danford died in a blaze. Danford carried the blazing cradle outdoors and may lose his sight if he survives while his wife suffered severe burns escaping through a window.
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