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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
7
The item features a nostalgic verse about gratitude for life and a beloved partner, with lyric lines expressing happiness despite hardship. The piece cites J. M. Lewis of the Houston Post, noting affectionate description of a sweetheart and contentment with the world.
Kit Carew defies his father in Civil War times seeking loyalty to the king. After a stubborn confrontation, he is imprisoned then escapes to Oxford. He rises to a royalist agent role, bearing £2000 to fund the king’s reserve while navigating peril and duty on a dangerous mission.
A Royalist courier Kit, pursued by Parliament forces, seeks refuge in a remote house. A young Puritan girl Charity hides him in a closet as two men search the room, while a confrontation with her stern father and others unfolds in the stormy night.
In a heated chase during wartime turmoil, Kit confesses a misleading truth to spare Charity then faces capture. The Puritan guardian plans hanging, but Charity’s brother hints a kinder fate. Kit’s fate hinges on a marriage pact between Charity and his would be father in law.
In a tense escape scene Mistress Charity frees Kit with gold and letters. She reveals her father’s neutral stance toward Kit and guides him to safety as a storm rages. Later Sir Christopher Carew regrets his hasty command and Kit vows to wed Charity, seeking his father's pardon and her hand.
An old man encounters a six year old girl with a basket who speaks in formal grandiose language. She claims a father sent her to the shambleshie for a fat haunch and declines chocolate citing a distant family habit. A bystander explains she is the daughter of a heavy tragedian and language shaped by the family.
A tour of unusual street names across England and beyond. Pickled Egg Walk in Clerkenwell recalls a tavern serving pickled eggs. Hanging Sword Alley appears in Dickens. Leicester features The Holy Bones and Gallows Tree Gate. Hull hosts The Land of Green Ginger. Corydon shows Pump Pail where Peter Pottle once lived, a furniture dealer.
A brief dialogue excerpt shows Miss Pechis rebuffing Percy Vere with a firm no while Vere proclaims he cannot be deterred. The exchange ends with Miss Pechis inviting Vere to call upon her, reflecting social flirtation norms of the period.
Sergt Julius Frederick of the Greely expedition died at his home in Indianapolis at 4 30 PM Wednesday aged 53. Born in Germany he came to Lima Ohio as a child and enlisted in the U S Army at 17. He served in Troop L and fought on the frontier before joining the Greely Lady Franklin Bay expedition and surviving it. He leaves a wife Laura Koehler two daughters Thies and Sabine and a sister Mrs William Koehler.
Lafayette Indiana January 9. Marshal Dunkwiler a Battle Ground area farmer quarrels with his wife. He raises a shotgun to kill himself but she seizes the weapon. He fires with his foot tearing her hand and wounding himself fatally. authorities fear his death.
Edwin Bodiker, arrested in Richmond from Dayton, pleaded guilty to robbing Mrs. James Hants. He was bound over to the circuit court and again pled guilty, receiving a four year state prison sentence.
South Bend Ind Jan 8 The will of George P Morehead probated Thursday bequeaths his wife 50000 and the residue to Pittsburg nephews and nieces A local nephew is preparing to contest the will as the paper notes the marriage occurred only half an hour before his death.
Elkhart Indiana January 9 The bank receiver issued the first official statement for depositors stating there is a reasonable hope the Indiana National bank will pay out about 40 cents on the dollar.
Indianapolis January 7. The state board of agriculture voted not to hold a state fair in Indianapolis this year due to the world fair counter attraction. Several members will push at the next meeting to rescind the order.
A message from Warren Indiana reports Dick Roach formerly of Marion was killed in a saloon fight at Chicago Heights Illinois. Roach a glassblower who worked in gas belt factories was noted for keeping a habit of whipping policemen.
English financier J. W. Marshall from a London bank is inspecting the proposed Madison Greensburg Indianapolis electric road route from Pierceville Indiana. A favorable report next week could bring capital from London to start construction immediately.
Kokomo Indiana January 9 Miss June Reed renowned violinist returns after two years studying in France Germany and Switzerland. She will perform in a grand musical concert January 13 in Kokomo.
Mrs. Jane Young of Frankfort Indiana age seventy on her deathbed sues her son Charles Young to enjoin him from coming about her house and assisting her during illness. She alleges threats sales of farm stock for liquor and neglect by Charles and his son James calling them lazy tramps. A temporary order was issued pending a full hearing.
In Muncie Indiana Mrs Florence Hogan fought a Negro assailant who gripped her Thursday night. Neighbors and a shotgun posse searched the area and captured the suspect who was taken to the Hogans home and identified by Mrs Hogan.
Evansville Indiana September 9 The motion to quash the indictment in the case of William Kroener charged with taking part in recent riots was overruled by Judge Oscar E Welborn and the trial will begin at Princeton on Monday The case of Fred Behme also charged with riotous conspiracy is set for January 11.
Darrence Leppert files in Bartholomew circuit court seeking 10000 damages from James F. Wells and Elizabeth F. Wells for alienating the affections of his wife Like Wells Leppert. Wells previously served as Bartholomew county auditor and county superintendent and is now deputy auditor of Shelby county.
Shelbyville Indiana January 9 officers arrested Charles Bell an ex conv vict charging him with stealing eggs at McLane and Co poultry house Six dozen eggs were identified by McLane who had them marked before packing Leonard George Johnson and George Murray were also arrested for alleged involvement in the thefts
Flint bottle manufacturers in the middle and western states voted to close plants to limit production. They adopted a new price list with a slight rise and expect eastern flint glass makers to follow suit. The move aims to regulate prices across regions.
Fire at the Cowan Printing Co. plant in Muncie Indiana destroyed job work space formerly run by the Neely Printing Co. headed by C F S Neely noted in Cuban post affair investigations.
Marion Ind January 8 Mr and Mrs Nelson Skinner and their son who left six months ago to join a Mormon colony in Utah returned disappointed and disgusted. He said Indiana people who went west could not find jobs at a living salary.
Three hundred barrels of Standard Oil oil burn near a founding well west of Princeton Indiana. Authorities say the blaze cannot be subdued and likely started when a workman’s torch ignited the tanks.
A conference of Friends in Richmond Indiana decided to host the National Friends Educational convention in mid August. The aim is to decide a plan broadening the scope of learning in all Quaker colleges across the United States.
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