27 Jan 1916
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
1
Kin Hubbard lampoons housework and marriage roles as Miss Fawn Lippincut rouses a New Palace hotel club with a ringing critique of modern girls. The piece contrasts homemaking, education, and practicality while praising a balanced, shared home life.
Hon Wick Peel addressed Bald Knob Grange 28 at Melodeon Hall on education and work after schooling. He warned that wealth and education can breed discontent and that society must balance enlightenment with manual labor realities. He urged careful upkeep of education and warned against lofty dreams without practical steps.
Indiana's December death toll reached 3122, up from 2842 last year, with pneumonia leading at 350 deaths. The state reports 61,511 births in 1915 and uneven city rates, while smallpox touched 19 counties with 246 cases and one death. Lake County had the highest birth rate, Brown the lowest. urban areas ran higher death rates than rural.
A list of Indiana inventors receiving patents includes Lee H. Geisendorff with a compressor, George Kingston of Kokomo with an antirefill bottle, Joel Klopfenstein of Preble with a machine for working dirt, Thomas Mulligan assigned to Bowser Co., a register actuating mechanism for meters, Thomas Mulligan assigned to Fort Wayne, a liquid meter, Thomas S. Rouse of Brazil assigned to Hydraulic Press Brick Co., a brick making machine by Samuel Je Shaw of Chicago, and a piston rings device by George He Stant of Connersville.
Fire destroys the Danville home of former Postmaster Charles P. Hornaday. A separate blaze wipes out the Hoadley stone mill at Stinesville with an estimated $100000 loss, described as the finest in the stone district. Indiana news notes include conventions of merchants associations and political events across Lafayette Fort Wayne Indianapolis and Bloomington.
A collage of humorous notes on behavior and society. Topics include a free ticket provoking disruption, parental and educational quirks, farmer land beliefs, culinary curiosities, fashion in tights, and the quirks of amateur theatre and spelling. Also remarks on metabolism of objects and urban sewers.
A Judge catalogs a gallery of social types. The girl who sings bid me good by, the boy who whistles Silver Threads Among the Gold, the night owls at 2 am, the quick tempered mother, the penny pinching bootblack, the boastful immigrant founder, all appear as comic portraits of manners and foibles in a sharp social sketch.
The excerpt reflects on fear giving advantage to the worst in people and urges calm leadership. It asserts that travel and effort matter more than simply arriving, and that giving character defines life more than its length. It frames life as trials to test improvement and action.
A compact aphorism asserts that greater effort reduces time for complaint. The quip hints at endurance and restraint in self analysis.
A 1915 column argues money alone cannot sustain or define a person. It stresses common sense over wealth, noting reputations grow from actions and charity, not cash. Without sense, money loses value. with sense, money serves humanity and community.
A discussion on three degrees of education, focusing on liberal or broad education between fundamentals and vocational training. The author weighs practical versus broad cultivation, notes college trends to mix general studies with vocational work, and urges obtaining as much education as possible without harming health or prospects.
A reflective piece notes lower animals laughless mirth in play, contrasting with humans who treat play as serious sport. It recalls watching a hippopotamus attempting games like croquet with solemn, deliberate effort in a quiet, observational tone.
A 1920s style notice explains shifts in household tools from wood and iron to aluminum and steel. It notes the rise of food choppers mechanical lighters enamel ware and the vacuum cleaner replacing older items like soap containers and matches.
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