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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
4
A Washington saloon marks the end of the growler as New Year arrives. Barkeepers, customers, and a red shirted worker recall the tradition, while the excise board warns saloon keepers that growler sales affect license prospects.
Reporters recount a humorous Capitol scene where Uncle Joe Cannon and Bret Burleson talked privately. Pie Belt attendees misread the exchange as grand politics while Burleson teased about footwear and a future inauguration.
A large Belmont oak, three feet in diameter, grows next to a brick wall as three story houses are built around it. The porch was split to allow the tree’s crown to shelter roofs and an alley. The preserved oak is part of a grove once filling the tract between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets and Clifton street, with about a dozen such oaks remaining.
Honeymoonish tourists stand before a painting in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. A self advertising man dominates the scene with an elaborate loud analysis that fails to persuade the young woman amid interruptions about a boxing match and local origins.
A German man named Boemer accompanied by a party of women and a man attended cafes along the Barbary coast then drove to Ocean and Corbett. At the beach the chauffeur sped off and one woman drew a pistol while her male companion restrained Boemer. He was hurled from the car, beaten, and lay bleeding until Ingleside police found him. the attackers took his jewelry.
A Texas tale recalls Henry Ziegland who survived a jilted lover, then facing vengeance decades later. After Matilda Tichnor's suicide and family feuds, a buried bullet in a tree finally exploded, killing Ziegland as dynamite blew the bullet free.
Two passengers aboard the storm battered Carmania claimed to be wealthy men. They were actually Broadway gamblers in disguise, and fellow passengers helped hide their true identities amid the shipboard drama.
On a stormy night at 172 South Water Street Fred J. Hohing a merchant man sits at a window when a drowning man named John Dunn falls into the icy river. Hohing, George Quinn and Cornelius Griffin assist, with Fritz Belthauser later diving deep to recover a lost watch then reward with the recovered money.
Mary Sewed a wooden leg for her fat dog Pet after an amputation. The device works, but inactivity and obesity sap her heart, and Pet dies after a ten mile pursuit along cattle trails.
Denver women at a Breslin Hotel send a telegram to W B Cross, governor of apple pride, asking if his public courting campaign will lead to a life partner. The six local women Mayme Lilian Margaret Flossie Maud sign the message, lamenting the publicity.
At the National Cat Club annual show in London’s Crystal Palace, Torrington the orange tabby with a red frill takes first prize. Owner Mrs. Horace Clark of Bideford, Devonshire values the cat at 5000 dollars. Judge Louis Wain hails unprecedented shading perfection in the coat and eye coloring.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a report about a disappearance linked to Evan, with unclear timing and parties. The readable bits mention Jones and some claim of Evan removing himself from the situation.
Elkhart police chief Albert Rinehart faces accusations of taking eighty dollars in protection payments from a resort proprietress. He denies the charges and accuses his assistant Sergt Arthur Withers of plotting to oust him before the upcoming chief’s appointment.
Advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets thoroughly cure constipation and help prevent serious diseases. The copy promotes the product as a favorite family laxative and references a physician with minimal details.
A six year old on the east side claims his teacher lacks knowledge after she asks the class to identify a red apple held aloft. The boy says the teacher does not know anything, prompting fatherly amusement as the Daily Paper is read at home.
Fragmentary text presents a dated mood of confusion and romance with disjointed phrases about marriage and money. No clear event or named entities emerge to anchor a full news summary.
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