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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
1
Uncle Niles Turner reflects on aging with humor and pragmatism. He cautions against dwelling on the past or fearing the future and urges living in the present with purpose, work, and a daily effort to achieve something meaningful.
Ex editor delivered the baccalaureate address to the Apple Grove high school graduating class last Wednesday night. He praised energy and thrift as essential qualities for success in a nation nearing ninety-three million people, urging graduates to possess these traits.
A vintage voice extols hard work and frugality, citing Binkley and a line of self-made figures like Carnegie, Rockefeller, Frick, Moots, and Schwab. The piece argues opportunity comes from effort, warns against idle youth, and urges saving to climb from poverty to affluence.
Maud Willis and Bess Gil recount a quarrel where Percy and Claude both chase Bess. Gillis notes Percy’s dinner scene where Claude allegedly bribed the milk man to listen at ten. The judge hears the odd tale of jealousy and schemes.
A prominent theater manager signs a fresh contract with BFE, signaling renewed collaboration and upcoming productions. The agreement outlines responsibilities, touring plans, and financial terms for the next season.
The Indiana state board of education will open bids April 27 for five years of school textbooks with bids due April 26. The panel approved a resolution limiting supplementary book purchases without written city or county superintendent approval, and urged use of uniform state adopted texts. The industrial board released its first annual report on workers compensation, detailing 1915 accident data, wages, ages, and settlements.
The public service commission scheduled the first hearing for March 8 on a petition to merge New Long Distance Telephone, New Telephone, and Indianapolis Telephone companies. Morgan interests negotiated terms with Indiana buyers. Directors elected include William Fortune, Louis Hollweg, and others from the three companies.
The War Department has started a preparedness drive to test Indiana artillery batteries. Capt Clarence Deems Jr trains battery crews to pass examinations, with twenty enlisted men required per battery to earn ammunition at Sparta Wisconsin camp. Each fired round costs the government about 80 dollars, so only qualified batteries will be armed. Nearly one fifth of militia batteries failed last summer by missing maneuver and target practice camps.
A large fire in Hermansville Michigan spread from the yards of the Hermansville Lumber Company and was aided by high winds. Escanaba Iron Mountain and Marinette dispatched assistance. The town of Limbring with about 1200 residents is the principal industry and the loss is estimated at 200000 dollars or more.
In a brief wartime bulletin Berlin reports Austro-Hungarian forces repelled several weak assaults. The official note highlights momentum for the army and cautions about ongoing hostilities in the theater.
State brief reports John Hartley Jr drowned when his boat capsized in White River. searchers found the boat but not the body. Other items note Bloomington enlistment push, Allen Painter injured, police battle auto thieves, and various local incidents across Indiana.
A workman uncovering a trunk in a razed Philadelphia building found a body partly destroyed by quicklime and leather strips. The deceased is identified as Daniel J. Mewed who vanished in May 1914. Leroy Kelley, once McNichol's employee, is charged with murder after confessing to police but claims innocence and says McNichol is alive.
Two boys aged nine and ten in Orange New Jersey exposed a West Orange gang named the Crooks Athletic Club or the Terrible Fifty Eight. Police say the group promotes petty theft among members. George Durr and John McNerney were paroled to appear in juvenile court on larceny charges after shoplifting at Henry F Schmidt's store on Main Street. They took pens knives cigarettes flashlights and other loot.
George S. White of Boston was fined $10 by Judge Burke in municipal court for sleeping in North Station. White admitted dozing while standing and said his position drew a large crowd.
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