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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1904
Page
7
In a Louisiana bayou setting, Cherie and exiled lover Tour-de-Suite dream of a shared home as prosperity arrives with a railroad. Cherie’s rapid rise in wealth faces Tour-de-Suite’s impatience and jealousy, driving a rift that tests loyalty, love, and hope for a spring wedding.
Poetically choreographed nap time ditty by J. M. Lewis in the Houston Post invites children to dream of a desert city where Old Mother Hubbard, Miss Muffet, robin redbreast, and tin soldiers populate a sleep inducing dreamscape. The playful verses mix familiar figures with a bedtime scene.
Nancy May Shrive, 14, is the only girl switchtender in the United States. She manages the switch at Violet Hill tollhouse on the Baltimore pike near York Pennsylvania, guiding cars on the York County Traction line and its westward spur. She began two years ago, initially volunteering as motorists would soon be forced to operate the switch themselves.
Cherie stands at the gate and recalls the dream of a home shared with Tour-de-Suite. He returns with a vow of happiness and kisses, lifting her in joy as sunset pines cast long shadows on the doorway. He whispers plans and leads her inside to a bright surprise.
A girl who carved a pick-handle into a switch lever aided motormen and conductors by sliding the switch. The superintendent noticed her work and provided a switch bar, praising her and recommending compensation. She now gets a small stipend on pay days.
Former Carthage Missouri teachers keep in touch via a circulating letter budget. No. 1 writes to No. 2, who passes it to No. 3 with her note, then onward through Nos. 4 and back to No. 1. The letters travel thousands of miles including Hawaii and South America as routes continually change.
A witty exchange recounts a man who raises a car window for a pretty young lady and her eyes, then raises his hat, provoking her father to raise cane. The quip captures a playful urban humor vignette from the period.
Indianapolis hosts the fifteenth annual United Mine Workers of America convention with about 1,000 delegates. President Mitchell delivers the afternoon address urging moderation and anti injunctions, supported by bills for an eight hour day. Financials show defense funds and strike aid, with total membership near 330,000 and paid-up 289,836. A stamp system is urged to preserve revenue from non paying members.
Chicago officials bar any theater openings for 60 days and possibly five months as the city enforces a new fire safety ordinance. The rules demand bond, fireproof stage construction, sprinklers, fire alarms, onstage firemen, and mayoral approval. Reopenings may occur within three weeks after revisions ease strict terms.
The Produce Exchange bank of Cleveland was forced to assign after cashier George A. Rose confessed to a 170000 dollar shortage from grain speculation on the Chicago Board of Trade. The loss wipes out paid up capital and surplus, with total liabilities near 300000 dollars.
Three Fulton children John 12 Sallie and Blanche aged 3 to 12 died in Kansas City Missouri after attempting to start a fire with coal oil. They were alone in the home at the time of the accident.
United States Minister Powell recognized the provisional government of General Morales as the de facto government of Santo Domingo and informed the diplomatic and consular corps of the decision on January 20.
Statewide floods report Indiana cities facing rising waters. The Indianapolis Northern Traction Co. bridge leans toward failure costing 30000 dollars. Wolf Creek rises two inches hourly while the Eclipse steamer seeks Stephensport to save lumber. Fort Wayne evacuates Spy Run as Sweeney Park floods. Cotton mills flood pumps drain cellars. Evansville braces for a 40 foot river surge with barges and towboats unable to anchor below Mt. Vernon.
Fort Wayne Indiana reports the three rivers overflowed banks with rising water. Riverside area partly submerged and many families rescued. Lake side suburb fears as water climbs toward dikes. Railroads crippled but not blocked amid four days of rain turning to heavy snow.
Heavy rains trigger rising Wabash river and creeks with water up 22 feet in 16 hours. Bottom lands inundated wrecking fences outbuildings and small stock. Connersville suburb flooded as strawboard works face possible water damage by Friday morning. River continues rising at about a foot per hour.
An ice gorge on Wildcat creek a mile above Kokomo floods and imperils the water works pumping station. South Kokomo residents brace the levee with hay straw and sand bags to shore up defenses as flooding looms.
Anderson Ind Jan 21 The American Strawboard Co owner of many plants in the region will abandon the fight and settle a raft of suits filed by about a hundred farmers seeking 5000 to 10000 dollars for stream pollution. The company has offered compromises and is moving toward settlements.
Anderson Ind Jan 21 William Lush referee of the Western Roller Polo league announced his resignation to become Yale baseball field coach. He handed in the resignation several days ago and will stay until a replacement is chosen, then depart for Yale College immediately.
Laporte Ind Jan 22 Chris Flentye father of Ella Wachs a victim of the Iroquois theater fire will file charges against a Chicago policeman for alleged theft of his daughter's diamonds Flentye says an envelope with jewels was given to the officer whom he knows.
A gas explosion at the Litz hotel near the National Soldiers' Home in Marion Indiana killed three people Charles Keitel owner Mrs Keitel and James Devlin and fatally injured Edward Gaskell and L H Hobis with three more seriously hurt. The blast in the kitchen raised mains pressure and likely forced gas through a weak valve. The blaze destroyed a billiard room drug store and grocery stock with an estimated loss of 50000 dollars.
Amboy and Denver report large flooded sections forcing evacuations. Suburbs of Elwood and North Peru face danger and South Peru could be ravaged if the Wabash overflows. The five span bridge has girders seven feet below high water. workers raised them two feet but rising water may sweep the structure, prompting dynamite use to save the town.
Justus L. Broderick and Wilson L. Collins former president and cashier of the Indianapolis National Bank were rearrested by U S Marshal Pettit of Indianapolis. They were held on warrants issued after bank examiner affidavits and were on the $5 000 bond. Pettit plans to take them to Indianapolis Saturday unless new bonds are posted under the indictment.
Sullivan Indiana January 23 a man and wife and two children living on a house boat moored at the foot of an island near Meron were thrown into the water when a mass of ice struck the boat. They managed to reach a sand bar and built a shelter. Their current home is unknown.
A state health bulletin reports 32 271 deaths in Indiana in 1903, down from 34 009 in 1902. The overall death rate was 12.75 per thousand, with city rate 16.6 and rural rate 10.9 per thousand.
James A. Jackson, a well to do farmer two miles west of Atlanta, Indiana, and veteran of the Civil War who served as color-bearer in Company B of the 26th Indiana, has died. The body was shipped to Mooresville for burial.
The smallest child born in Northern Indiana arrived at Mrs Roy Irvine in Wabash on January 21. It weighs about a pound and a half, is perfectly formed, nourishes normally, and appears healthy for its size.
Heavy rain saturated the area on Thursday in Crawfordsville Indiana. All streams rose over banks and flooded low lands. The Sugar Creek dam broke free from rushing ice causing renewed flooding.
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