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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
7
Auditor Corboy awarded the Sandy Hook ditch and Cobb branch ditch contract Friday to Trough Bros. The bid totaled $31,128.52 covering three parcels including the Sandy Hook ditch sections and Cobb branch work with per yard rates and totals for each section.
The article predicts a stormy February with warm spells, heavy rains, shifting to sleet and snow, plus potential floods and cold waves. It notes an upcoming Porter County Farmers Institute at Memorial Opera House on Feb 6 and 7 with a full program and local speakers.
Advertises low rates for Homeseekers and colonists traveling on the Nickel Plate Road on the first and third Tuesdays of February March and April 1903. Details and agents listed as C A Asterlin TPA Ft Wayne Ind. 1-29-31-
Ticket sale at all stations begins February 15 and continues daily through April 30 1903. For details see your nearest agent or write C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind.
A Broadway restaurant proprietor complains to the New York Times that young women collect spoons bearing house marks stolen from dining rooms. He notes patrons rarely confess, while a clever suitor once stamped spoons with restaurant names and gifted them to a chosen companion.
The article explains that many households mark china with a monogram or crest to distinguish pieces. Marks are placed on the side for wear resistance, often with script initials of the mistress. Gold lettering dominates, either flat or raised, with costs ranging from six dollars per dozen for flat gold to 15 to 18 dollars per dozen for raised lettering.
A London correspondent recalls Queen Victoria's early practice of giving a bounty to mothers of triplets, funded from her private purse. The piece then shifts to Indiana's political climate, praising Senator Fairbanks, noting Indiana's rapid development, agricultural strength, and notable state leaders who contributed to national service.
The South Side club in Chicago, a 300-woman organization, has enacted new by-laws allowing men to join. The Chicago Record-Herald calls it an encouraging sign of the times, noting earlier fears women would dispense with male fellows.
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