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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1904
Page
7
A poem by H. Stiles Bradley appears in NX, Y. Independent from Westville Indiana. It traces grief and memory as ghosts of lost life plans drift through the author’s thoughts and home. The piece laments missed chances and enduring sorrow.
David Henderson a renowned American artist invites Silvia to weekly drawing lessons in his mountain studio near Blowing Rock. Gorky helps with supplies as Henderson critiques her work and wrestles with his own artistic retreat and social obligations. He later flees temporarily to the calm of the Blue Ridge while his passion for art resurges.
In the Blue Ridge, Silvia grows into a poised young artist under the patient gaze of Gorky. David Henderson observes as Silvia sketches dramatic landscapes and contemplates a future beyond mountain life while fearing cities and a strict French maid.
A mountain studio tale closes on a note of loss as Silvia and Gorky depart for a life abroad after a summer with David Henderson. Silvia’s hidden nobility surfaces. a betrothal to a powerful noble promises a public union. David, left with memories, faces a future without his Paradise.
A planned exhibit will simulate Arctic weather using liquid air to create snow and blizzards every half hour. Visitors can watch icebergs, polar bears, and Esquimaux as a controllable climate show with icy winds of up to about 60 miles per hour.
Leslie's Monthly highlights that in 1902 the United States published 7 833 volumes while Germany produced 26 906. England published 7 700, and Germany far outpaced the U S in newspapers and periodicals with 21 000 versus 8 049. The piece urges home literary clubs to boost output.
A Wichita man riding through Vermont meets an old man hoeing a small corn patch. The visitor brags about Kansas farms with 160 acres, but the old man reveals he holds mortgages on several Kansas sections and chooses not to relocate, highlighting land burdens in Kansas.
Deputy Sheriff Will Williams and Captain Anthony George fought a violent encounter with Silas Mars as they removed Mars's children from poverty stricken home. Mars tried to shoot with a shotgun. Williams disarmed him and George overpowered him. The children were sent to an orphan's home, and Mars vowed to return.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge spoke at the Indiana Knights of Pythias Jubilee meeting in Tomlinson hall on moral effects of pythianism. He urged calm thinking, broad views, and charitable aims, saying the order strengthens the republic and seeks a million members today and more tomorrow.
Indianapolis hosts Lincoln day banquet at the Columbia club with 300 guests including Indiana Republicans leaders and members of Congress. Senator Beveridge presided. Charles Emory Smith spoke on Abraham Lincoln. William Hepburn toasted the Republican Party. Charles B. Landis spoke on the Sequel of It All. Beveridge noted Senator Hanna’s illness and a toast for his recovery.
Indianapolis February 11. Receivers letters show United States Assistant District Attorney LaFollette says Walter Brown J Broderick and W L Collins indicted in the Elkhart bank failure may have their attorneys examine the bank’s books.
Evansville Indiana February 13 Andrew J Taylor son of a prominent merchant was granted a new trial Friday. Judge Louis O Rasch fined him ten dollars and sentenced him to fifty days in county jail after a prior state prison term of from two to fourteen years for stealing a rifle from a gun shop during the July race riot. Several more riot cases remain to be tried.
Lee Moore returned home to find his wife dead behind the stove and their child nearly frozen in a buggy. Blood on the woman’s arms but no wounds visible. Coroner to conduct an autopsy to determine cause.
Thomas Fautz a 48 year old shoemaker died at the county jail after a period of insanity, allegedly triggered by a letter from his father disinheriting him. His wife reports the note preceded his mental collapse and death.
Dunkirk Indiana February 11 two hundred and fifty employees of the Beatty Brady Glass Co controlled by the National Glass Co have been ordered to strike because the National Co factories at Rochester Pennsylvania and Cumberland Maryland are being operated non union.
Laporte Ind Feb 11 The financial troubles of the Chicago and South Shore Railway Co over a $200 000 mortgage and a receiver suit have been resolved. A bondholder committee will operate the line between Laporte and Michigan City, settle claims and improve the road, while current management retires. A receivership hearing was set for Thursday in Indianapolis federal court.
Gov. Durbin instructs Sheriff Smith to move James McDonald from Jeffersonville reformatory with minimal delay for prisoner protection. He states no expectation of mob violence and directs careful arrangements for security during the transfer.
Petersburg Indiana February 12. Judge Ely of Pike circuit court received a letter from Governor Durbin asking why local officers made no efforts to capture the assailants in the January assault on Mrs. Lafayette Dedman at White River Chapel church.
In Richmond Indiana on February 13 authorities uncovered 64 United States government bonds hidden in a secret drawer fitted into a work table leg at the home of John H Mason. The bonds, valued at $10 500, were found shortly after his body was discovered the prior Monday night.
John H. Mason, longtime Richmond resident, was discovered dead at his residence Monday night. On Wednesday, investigators found bonds and stock certificates totaling about 9000 dollars and an unsigned will.
Burglars forced entry to the Orleans Indiana post office and blew the large safe open securing $400 in money and stamps. A fragment of the safe was found in W L Moore's store after being blown through two halls. Authorities suspect local involvement.
Shelbyville Indiana February 12 Arthur Davis sixteen Everett Sinks eleven both white and Marshall Banks fourteen colored escaped from the Gordon children's orphans' home and were caught near St Paul on their way to the Ohio river they said they were going to join Uncle Sam's navy.
St Louis February 13 Indiana day at the Louisiana purchase exposition has been shifted from September 15 to September 1 at the request of the Indiana worlds fair commission.
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