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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
3
Valparaiso residents prepare for the holidays with arrivals from Tennessee and Michigan, post office staff additions, and social events. A farm fire destroys John Smithson’s Pleasant township home, loss insured. several local deaths and weddings are noted, including Charles I F Griffin, renowned lawyer and former Indiana secretary of state.
For the holidays. Lowest rates by way of the Nickel Plate Road. See nearest agent for full information, or address GC. A.sterlin, T. P. A., St. Wayne, Ind. 252.
An active local solicitor is sought to handle Mexican investments. A good proposition to the right man. Address given: La Trinidad 108 Dearborn St Chicago.
Harvey Oil Co announces salesmen needed to handle interests in Porter and adjacent counties. Salary or commission offered. Mail applications to Harvey Oil Co of Cleveland Ohio.
Chicago Great Western offers very low fares to North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon. Tickets on sale daily during October. Inquiries to J P Kilmer G P A Chicago.
Low rate homeseekers excursion tickets to West Northwest and Southwest points sold via Pennsylvania Lines. For fares times of trains and other details contact passenger and ticket agents of the Pennsylvania Lines.
A reader is advised to write J. P. Elmer of the Chicago Great Western Railway at 113 Adams Street Chicago for complete free information about trips west of Chicago. The notice invites inquiries and promises detailed guidance without cost.
Dr See of the United States Naval Observatory reports Mercury's diameter at 2,658 miles and notes no observable spots or limb darkening. He compares results with Lick Observatory and disputes Schiafarelli and Lowell. He also estimates about 1.2 billion telescopic meteors occur daily, with 10 to 15 million bright enough for naked eye reaching Earth daily.
Denver reports mountain lions in southern Utah are preying on wild horse colts, cutting colt numbers on the Boulder Thousand Lakes and Fish Lake ranges. Lions thrive with easy food and may threaten stockmen as wild horses decline, prompting a planned extermination to protect cattle and sheep interests.
Lebedeer a German in the French Foreign Legion told officers at Oran a ritual murder account linked to a masked Jewish group. He described being paid to kill a sleeping student in Koenitz, blood drained into a silver basin, and a sealed letter granting aid from Jews. He faces six months in prison while claims are verified.
A government check for 2049 dollars for Porto Rico excise payments arrived in Manati and caused a stir. The mayor announced there was no money in town to cash it and told creditors to await funds from San Juan. He kept the check secured in a cigarette box after locking it in the safe.
The dolphin is cited as moving considerably over 20 miles per hour, while salmon reach about 25 miles per hour over short distances. The Spanish mackerel is noted as among the fastest food fishes, gliding through water like a yacht. Predatory fish are described as generally the fastest swimmers. California’s fruits claim unique profitability across vast areas of the earth’s surface.
In 1895 Denmark founded the first cooperative egg export society. District depots collect eggs three times weekly and brand each with producer numbers. The system guarantees freshness and shifts losses to producers. By 1900 Denmark had 837 societies with 130,000 members, exporting 300 million eggs to England annually.
Albany Argus notes sky colors shift with season and time of day. Deepest blue occurs in December January March and September, while July August and November appear paler. Heat reduces atmospheric particles that scatter blue light, according to Prof. Tyndall's findings.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports Jim Younger plans marriage but will not bring a six shooter to the wedding. The vow reflects restraint in a past era of outlaw notoriety.
In Dexter Maine a 15 year old boy used horsehair snares to catch and rear pine grosbeaks during a deep cold spell. By April 1 he had 34 eggs and birds but many died when weather warmed. he shipped 30 to a Boston naturalist and earned 120 dollars. He may profit again if winter cold returns.
A New York Sun report notes women’s tendency to pin cushions aboard ships led to dozens of mattresses bursting on two large steamers. Stewards spent hours inflating discarded cushions after pins such as breast and safety pins were used to stab them. The line now posts a notice to avoid pinning berth cushions and mattresses.
A Michigan woman sitting behind a tall stranger pulled a stray thread that stretched down his back. She soon realized she was unraveling his undershirt in a church pew as the startled man turned to face her. The moment left her mortified and the crowd amused.
Over six months, exports from France rose by 17,450,000 while imports fell by 13,740,000. Of the export increase 17,000,000 is in manufactures, and manufactured imports decreased by 12,290,000.
A new statue in Berlin marks the seventy second monument in the city honoring Dismarck. The commemorated include twelve princes, eleven generals, nine scholars, ten poets, three physicians, and three statesmen.
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